Name changes mark Fort Gordon hospital confusion
Col Alton B Peyton commander at Fort Gordon said the Eisenhower Hospital has changed names five times in two years. He spoke to the Aiken Kiwanis Club where Scott Boyd of New Ellenton, his subordinate, attended with his Kiwanian father Hugh Boyd. Boyd recalled roaming so far he crossed the Alabama state line before realizing the detour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton B. Peyton
Dwight D. Eisenhower Hospital
Fort Gordon
Eisenhower Hospital
Col. Peyton
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Scott Boyd
New Ellenton
Hugh Boyd
Scott
Alabama
IUE Approves 37 Month GE Contract Ending Strike Fears
IUE conference board chairman John Shambo says the union’s 88 000 members ratified a 37 month contract with General Electric to avoid another long strike. The deal retroactive to May 28 gives 47 cents hourly raises. Independent UE members begin ratification later this week.
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New York
International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
John Shambo
IUE
United Electrical Workers
IWE
Postal Contract Nears for 600000 Workers in Talks
AP reports near agreement on a new contract for 600000 postal workers with wage boosts and benefits. AFL-CIO APWU president Francis Filbey says major issues resolved and a tentative deal could be announced tonight, while USPS chief negotiator Darrell Brown calls progress preliminary with items still unsettled. Sources close to talks say a settlement is near barring a last minute hitch.
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Washington
Francis Filbey
Afl-Cio American Postal Workers Union
Darrell F. Brown
Postal Service
Filbey
Brown
Skylab crews fetch sun film from space telescope
Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and Paul J. Weitz stepped outside Skylab for a three hour space walk to remove six film canisters and replace them. The mission nears its 28 day limit with splashdown set for 9 48 a m EDT Friday in the Pacific Ocean 828 miles southwest of San Diego.
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Pacific Ocean
San Diego
Calif
Israel protests East Germany UN bid over Nazi reparations
Israel objects to East Germany joining the United Nations citing lack of recognition of Nazi crimes and backing of Arab terrorist groups. The Security Council is to review both German membership applications, with General Assembly action expected in September.
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United Nations
Israel
East Germany
Tekoah
Security Council
East
West Germany
General Assembly
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Connally sidesteps rumors on leaving post
Part time presidential adviser John B. Connally avoids comment on rumors of his departure saying he will state his position at a news conference later this week. He notes Washington is a rumor factory and discusses rescheduling a round the world trip while denying reduced access and discomfort in the Executive Office Building.
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Washington
John B. Connally
Connally
Treasury
White House
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Schlesinger Signals possible renewed bombing of North Vietnam
Defense Secretary designate James R. Schlesinger says he might back renewed American bombing of North Vietnam if Hanoi mounts a threatening offensive against South Vietnam. He testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is expected to take days to vote on his nomination. Schlesinger, 44, is CIA director and the youngest man named to be defense chief.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Schlesinger
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Central Intelligence Agency
Urban and Rural Planning Called for Aiken County
County Administrator Ronald LaCouture urged the Aiken Board of Realtors to pursue planned growth balancing urban and rural needs. He warned of crime rise, development pressures, and the need for coordinated regional planning, open space conservation, and enhanced services to ensure future job opportunities for local youth.
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Aiken
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken Board of Realtors
Aiken County
LaCouture
Board of Commissioners, Planning Commission
Aiken Area Weather Forecast Predicts Warm Ahead
The Aiken vicinity forecast shows partly cloudy skies with warm weather today and tomorrow. Highs near 90, lows upper 60s, rain chances 30 percent today and tonight 50 percent tomorrow. Winds light or gusty near storms. Extended outlook calls for scattered showers into Saturday with highs in the 80s.
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Aiken
Three Arrests Reported In Aiken Incidents
An Aiken woman Christine Smith was arrested and charged with assault and battery after hitting a man with a hatchet. Eddie Lemon treated at Aiken County Hospital for a back wound. Tony Cumbee was arrested for indecent exposure at Virginia Acres Park. Marion Munford charged with petty larceny at McCrory’s. Missing wallet in Hampton House Apartments and a car break-in on Berkeley Avenue reported yesterday.
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Eddie Lemon
Harry St
Aiken County Hospital
Christine Smith
Aiken
Virginia Acres Park
Tony Cumbee
E. Boundary
McCrory’s
Marion Munford
Fairfield
Martis Harley
Hampton House
Barbara Allen
Berkeley Ave
Growers Predicting Great Peach Crop This Summer
South Carolina reports the 1973 peach harvest should total about 260 million pounds, an 18 percent rise from last year and 10 percent below 1971. May conditions were generally favorable, though hail and wind damage affected some areas. Growers now expect a strong season with adequate pickers and peaches not rotting on trees.
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South Carolina
Two Divers Dead After 31 Hours In Submarine Rescue
Rear Adm. John Maurer announced two men trapped in the 21 foot Johnson Sea Link minisub are dead. Clayton Link 31, son of inventor Edwin Link, and Albert Stover 51, a veteran diver, had been unconscious since early Monday with no breathing since 8 am. The Sea Diver was transporting the sub to Key West when word of their deaths was received.
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Key West
Fla
John Maurer
Clayton Link
Edwin Link
Albert Stover
Navy
Maurer
Hospital talks and future plan for Eisenhower Hospital
Col Alton B Peyton commander of Eisenhower General Hospital at Fort Gordon spoke to the Aiken Kiwanis Club about the $40 million project set for completion in September 1974. He touted capacity for 700 patients and 27 newborns with emergency conversion to 1 222 patients for 60 days and suggested the CSRA could be served under certain conditions. He supported the aim of a top class hospital even at lower cost.
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Alton B. Peyton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fort Gordon
Aiken
Peyton
CSRA
Aikens Two New Priests Like Poetry And Rotary
Fr Roy F. Aiken and Fr Ernest F. Bowen moved to Aiken to serve as pastor and associate pastor of St Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Aiken, a Greenville native ordained 27 years ago in New York, has led St Johns Sumerville and chaired local drives. Bowen, 27, arrives from North Augusta to assist in Aiken.
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Aiken
Roy F. Aiken
Ernest F. Bowen
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
New York
Fr. Aiken
Greenville
St. Peter's
Columbia
Charleston
St. John’s Church
Summerville
Chamber of Commerce
Cancer, Heart
United Fund
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Aiken County Public Libr
Skylab
Nixon
Til Riken
William Coleman
L.H. Jackson
Rick Hawkins
Brie
Robert Meek
Archibald “Jock’’ Mennies
Link
Stover
Poetry
St. Anthony's
Walterboro
Fr. Bowen
North Augusta
Sara Molen
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