U S Reversed Two Air Force Squadrons From Europe
In a quiet shift last year the United States pulled two Air Force squadrons from Europe despite public pledges to bolster American strength there. A senior commander testified that more squadrons had been added to the dual-basing list previously. Under dual basing, US and NATO defense units rotate from the United States to Europe for maneuvers, with most units later brought home as part of a 1964 program to reduce the balance of payments deficit.
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Washington
United States
Europe
U.S
House Appropriations Committee
NATO
Allied Firebases Bombarded Near Saigon Again
North Vietnamese gunners attacked allied firebases below the DMZ as South Vietnamese and American units swept the jungles. More than 20 rockets hit Charlie 2, an American base three miles below the DMZ, with light casualties including some killed.
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Demilitarized Zone
Charlie 2
Dmz
Seven survive crash of DC3 off Eureka coast
A chartered DC3 with 23 Californians on board crashed during takeoff off Eureka. The Coast Guard reported seven survivors and ten bodies recovered with ten or six still missing as searchers faced high winds and four foot waves offshore.
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Eureka
Calif
Coast Guard
Here
House May Set Spending Record In Five Budget Bills
The House, sticking to its schedule, will exit next Thursday for a long weekend having passed five appropriations bills in five legislative days. The bills total 41 billion dollars in new obligational authority, a record for nondefense measures.
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Washington
House
Four Die In Weekend South Carolina Traffic
The State Highway Patrol identified four victims from weekend crashes. Gregg S. Smith, 17, of Spartanburg, died when his motorcycle was struck near Spartanburg. Fred W. Queen, 30, of Gray Court, died in Greenville hospital from injuries from a Laurens County crash Friday. Wayne Thompson, 2, of Spartanburg, was killed in a wreck near Woodruff. George Medina Jr., 21, of New Orleans, was killed in a head on collision at the Lake Murray dam in Lexington County.
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Gregg S. Smith
Spartanburg
Fred W. Queen
Gray Court
Greenville
Laurens County
Wayne Thompson
Spaartanburg
Woodruff
George Medina Jr
New Orleans
Lake Murray
Lexington County
Bicentennial Commission urges concrete ideas from states
Williamsburg Virginia AP reports the commission chair pressures bicentennial delegates from the original 13 states to move beyond abstraction and present tangible plans for the commemorative efforts.
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Williamsburg
Aiken Names New Chamber of Commerce Director
Aiken appoints 24 year old David Bryan McCanless as chamber director after completing University of Georgia chamber courses. He emphasizes people, community cordiality, and the chamber as a problem solving agency guiding local growth and economic well being. He moves with wife and two year old daughter Sarah Margaret from Rock Hill.
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Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce
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Sarah Margaret
Drug Fight Outlined By Public Health Panel
Jaffe, a 37 year old methadone advocate and Nixon appointee, leads hearings on about 50 anti drug bills. Nixon seeks 370 million in antidrug funds and a network of 300 treatment sites via community mental health centers to fight narcotics abuse nationwide.
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Young Veterans Play The Game at Menlo Park VA Hospital
AP Science Writer describes The Game a brutal verbal-therapy method for drug addicts at Menlo Park VA Hospital. Veterans face brutal yet structured confrontation with rules against physical violence and mandatory participation while housing, education and methadone support accompany the program.
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Vietnam
Veterans Administration Hospital
Menlo Park
San Francisco
Just Get Your Copies and Enter Friday’s Aiken Contest
Readers are invited to collect Friday’s papers and enter the Standard Stamper drawing with multiple entries to increase odds. Extra copies are available at the Aiken Standard office for those who misplaced theirs.
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Elisberg to surrender in Boston on top secret case
Dr. Daniel Elisberg a former Pentagon researcher at MIT and source of the Pentagon papers was to surrender to the U S attorney in Boston to answer federal warrants for unauthorized possession of top secret documents and failure to return them. The FBI planned weekend arrests despite his surrender decision.
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Two men charged in Morris's Grocery robbery and assault
Jessie Mc Nabb and Samuel Barnum were formally charged with three counts of armed robbery and three counts of assault with intent to kill over the Morris's Grocery robbery in North Augusta. Bond set at $30 000 as they faced local court as authorities clarified gun ownership via the FBI NCIC listing.
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Samuel Barnum
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
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Aiken County
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C. B. Smith
Ronnie Craven
Aiken
Cleo Scott
Georgia
FBI
Washington, D.C
Savannah
Louisville
National Crime Information Center
Los Angeles
Court overturns Ali conviction for draft evasion
Washington AP reports the U S Supreme Court reversed the conviction of former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali who was sentenced to five years in prison for draft evasion in a landmark ruling.
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Supreme Court
Muhammad Ali
Court weighs publication of Pentagon papers showdown
The Supreme Court faces whether The New York Times and The Washington Post may publish excerpts from a 47 volume Defense Department study on Vietnam. The case tests press freedom against national security concerns as the government seeks to halt further publication.
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Miss Aiken Runner-up in Hampton County Watermelon Festival
Estill hosts the Hampton County Watermelon Festival where Elayne Mills won, Susan Stallworth earned first runner-up and Miss Aiken will represent Aiken in Miss South Carolina. Stallworth, daughter of Mr and Mrs WH Stallworth, will travel with current Miss Aiken Vikki Smith to Greenville for the July Miss South Carolina pageant and compete at Beaufort Water Festival on July 23.
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