Truckers Blockade Affects Four Terminals in Sweetwater
Four fuel terminals in Sweetwater faced a blockade by independent truckers led by James Evans of Augusta. Gas and diesel deliveries to Amoco Gulf Phillips facilities slowed, with Southern Facilities staying largely accessible. The dispute centers on diesel prices and Interstate Commerce Commission rules along with a 55 mph limit, as White House talks and local patrols navigate the standoff.
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Sweetwater
Amoco
Gulf
Phillips Oil
Southern
James Evans
Augusta
S&s
U.S. 25
E.C. Shuford
George Griffith
Griffith
John L. Pitman
Belvedere
Milner
National Guard
Richard Riley
Marion Brown
Aiken
V J Ray Faces Council Hearing Over Firing
V J Ray Jr. appears at 5 30 p m to protest his recent firing by Magistrate Max A Meek amid claims of age and immaturity. He previously served as constable for Judge L Glenn Holley. The meeting includes a third reading and public hearing for the 1979 80 budget and three emergency ordinances.
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V.J. Ray Jr
Aiken County
Ray
Max A. Meek
Meek
L. Glenn Holley
Three Aiken bachelors clash over shared home and dog
Aiken men considering joint ownership face a dispute over including a dog in their new family arrangement. Megan Ness awaits a baby and urges family members to speak to the unborn sibling. A Peach Festival visitor notes water systems run at full speed despite heavy rain.
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Megan Ness
Trenton
This Family's Found The Key See Page 5A Inside Today
A compact teaser notes the family discovers a key and directs readers to page 5A for details amid the Today section contents across classifieds comics community calendar editorials obituaries sports television weather.
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Aiken County
Soviet Leader Sits Firm Amid Talks at Vienna Summit
AP reports Brezhnev and aides held firm, nixed real dialogue with Carter aside from the Backfire bomber issue. Brezhnev, aged 72, showed fatigue and slurred speech, while Carter led most talks with extemporaneous remarks. Chernenko offered no input, treated as aide. Gromyko and Ustinov played stronger roles.
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Vienna
Austria
Leonid Brezhnev
Carter
U.S
Brezhnev
Andrei Gromyko
Politburo
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Chernenko
Gromyko
Defense
Dmitri F. Ustinov
Carter vows to campaign for SALT II ratification
President Carter urged a joint session to win Senate approval of the SALT II treaty. Critics pressed for amendments with Senator Baker calling passage unlikely without changes. Key figures Kennedy and Jackson weighed in as the Foreign Relations Committee mapped July hearings led by Church with Vance and Brown set to testify.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Union
Senate
Carter
Congress
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Harold Brown
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
Cancer as a Many Sided Evil and Its Slow Progress
A medical overview explains cancer as a variation of normal cell life with trillions of cells forming daily. Scientists like Dr. James P. Holland note only a fraction become cancer, while radiation, environmental insults, injury, and aging may trigger malignancy.
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James P. Holland
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York City
Mrs. Cassels Chosen Chair of South Carolina Arts Commission
Charlotte Cassels elected chairman for 1979 80 term of the South Carolina Arts Commission beginning July 1. She becomes the first woman to lead the panel, succeeding Kenneth R. Brown. Cassels is active in multiple arts and civic roles in Aiken and Washington and has served since 1977.
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Charlotte Cassels
South Carolina Arts Commission
Aiken
James Edwards
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Thurmond Whatley
Kathryn Smith
Sweetwater Fuel Terminal
V.J. Ray
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Walter Mondale
Mrs. Cassels
S.C. Arts Commission
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