Gunnells Wins Valley runoff as Grant loses in Democratic primary
Low turnout and weak cross‑ticket votes felled incumbent Sheriff Paul D. Grant who earned 15 of 59 precints in Aiken County. W Ralph Gunnells carried Horse Creek Valley and boosted turnout, while Mike McElhaney edged Jack Adkison for the Valley Council seat by 68 votes amid overall turnout dips.
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Aiken County
Paul D. Grant
Grant
W. Ralph Gunnells
Horse Creek Valley
Mike McElhaney
Valley Council
Jack Adkison
Voter turnout shifts mark council race in split precincts
In Aiken and surrounding areas turnout fell in several precincts after a prior election. Grant lost votes while Gunnells gained in most rural precincts, with rural and Valley precincts showing varied turnout and several polling issues noted by Ralph Haywood of the county election commission.
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Grant
Salley
Gunnells
Wagener
Shaws Fork
Gunnell
Adkison
L. V. Davis
Willow Springs
Soviets Reject Carter Transitional Plan Over Afghan War
Moscow via Tass denounces President Carter’s renewed transition proposal as selfish interference in Afghanistan. The Tass commentary marks the Kremlin’s first response after Carter spoke in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on Tuesday.
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Soviet Union
Carter
Afghanistan
Tass
Kremlin
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe Tour Ends Today In Portugal
President Carter arrived in Lisbon to praise Portugal's six year old democracy and thank the government for backing his Iran and Afghanistan policies. Air Force One landed at Portela Airport at 4 25 a.m. EDT, the tour’s final stop.
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Portugal
Carter
Iran
Afghanistan
Air Force One
Portela
Vietnam resumes war on guerrillas declared by foreign minister
Vietnam's foreign minister said refugees aided by Thailand to return to Cambodia are armed guerrillas and that Hanoi will stop them or trap them. Meanwhile Vietnamese forces pressed attacks along the Thai Cambodian border for a fourth day.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Cambodia
Hanoi
Beebop Boyce Walks for March of Dimes with Plastic Snake
Brian Beebop Boyce traveled across states raising funds for the March of Dimes carrying a plastic snake on his pack. At night he kept the snake outside his tent to deter prowlers while the mush room auditorium trains Alaskan Huskies to pull a sled when they hear mush.
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Brian
Beebop) Boyce
Beebop
Inside Today Aiken County Today Highlights
Aiken County Today features classifieds and community calendar items. Dear Abby and Erma Bombeck columns appear alongside obituaries and local business notices. Sports, television listings, comics, and weather wrap the regional edition.
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Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Who Is He Solicitor-Elect Harte Aims To Boost Circuit
Robert J. Harte, a USC Law School graduate and former Aiken County public defender, was elected Second Circuit Solicitor by about a two to one margin. Born in Newnan Georgia, he is 30 and has lived in Aiken 28 years after earning a Alabama bachelor’s degree. He plans to retire campaign debt, close his private practice, and study office location, with aim to improve ties with law enforcement.
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Robert J. Harte
Harte
University of South Carolina Law School
John W. Harte
Cecil Lunsford
Newnan
Aiken
University of Alabama
Aiken County
Registrar of Mesne Conveyance
Solicitor’s Office
Second Circuit
Draft Fight Shifting To Courts
The ACLU plans to sue to block Carter's draft renewal claiming it targets only men and violates the Fifth Amendment. Congress has approved $13.3 million to register 19 and 20 year old men this summer with July 21 likely as the effective date.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
House
Senate
Runoff election ballots seized in security move
Democratic Party Chairman Robert M. Oswald said agents of the State Law Enforcement Division seized runoff election ballots as a security measure agreed to by both parties. He noted a prior auditorium commitment at the Aiken Electric Cooperative prevented keeping the ballots.
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Democratic Party
Robert M. Oswald
Oswald
Aiken Electric Cooperative
James
Skeet) Perry
Huey
Buck) Cockrell
Joe Means
Danny Myers
Ralph C. Heywood
Aiken County
Ballots moved to council complex after security concerns
Oswald arranged for ballots to be received at the Aiken County Council Complex rather than the Cooperative. Candidate W Ralph Gunnells refused to sign the new agreement, leading to a court order request for SLEC to take charge and transport ballots to the computer center. Ballots were later checked by election officials and observers. no SLED agents were assigned to the transport.
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Oswald
Aiken County Election Commission
W. Ralph Gunnells
Columbia
SLEC
Election Commission
Aiken County
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Europe
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Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Carl Levin
D-Mich
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