Aiken's March Events Include Polo Races and Shows
Aiken hosts a packed weekend lineup with Miss Triple Crown at the Fermata Club on Friday. Saturday features the Lancing Tournament at Powderhouse Polo Field and harness races at Aiken Mile Track to aid the Cancer Society. Polo at Whitney Field Sunday, plus an Aiken Horse Show and the Aiken Trials.
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Aiken
Two Notch Road
Whitney Field
Aiken Hunt Meet
Aiken Triple Rown
Dibble
Whitney Polo Field
Gamecocks Accept NCAA Tourney Bid
Coach Frank McGuire announced that the University of South Carolina Gamecocks accepted an at large NCAA tournament bid. They are placed in the Midwest Regional at Wichita State with two games remaining before the March 10 kickoff in Houston.
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Frank McGuire
University of South Carolina
Gamecocks
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Texas Tech
Houston
Tex
South Carolina
Wichita
McGuire
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Duquesne
U S and North Vietnam Agree Nine Point Peace Declaration
The United States and North Vietnam reached a nine point declaration to support the Vietnam peace accord. The document was to be approved at a plenary session of the international conference on Vietnam. Both sides made concessions, with North Vietnam and its allies dropping a hard recall demand and the U S and allies agreeing to recognize the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government as a full participant.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Viet Cong
Nixon Defends Welfare Changes to Congress
President Nixon defended his revamped social welfare program in a special message to Congress noting intense controversy and misunderstanding. He signaled backing away from the 1969 reform that would have guaranteed a minimum income for poor families and emphasized reorganizing and scrapping past federal human resources activities.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Dollar Under Siege as Bundesbank Intervenes in FX Markets
The US dollar faced renewed pressure on European foreign exchange markets. The West German central bank bought over a billion dollars to defend the floor price as the dollar slipped in Frankfurt London Zurich Brussels and Milan. Bundesbank officials called the situation alarming.
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Zurich
Brussels
Milan
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ICAO condemns Israel over Libyan airliner crash
The ICAO adopted a resolution by 105 to 1 condemning Israel for the Feb. 21 Sinai airliner shoot down that killed 106. Israel was the sole negative vote with Colombia and Malawi abstaining. the measure calls for an ICAO investigation.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
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Sinai Desert
United Nations
ICAO
Colombia
Malawi
Fear Crime Syndrome Drives Gun Sales Surge in Aiken County
Local dealers report a threefold rise in gun purchases in the past month with many first time buyers including women. Stores like Widener's in North Augusta, Aiken Sporting Goods, and K Mart in Aiken note high demand for 38 revolvers, shotguns, and .22 pistols, plus rising sales of mace and tear gas for self defense.
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Lor
Aiken Sporting Goods
Taylor
Ray
North Augusta
Aiken Springtime Weather Rises Toward Seventy
The Aiken area expects near seventy for tomorrow with today in the mid sixties. Sunny and mild conditions prevail with a partly cloudy night and a low around the 40s. Variable winds under 10 mph today, south to 15 mph Friday, chances of rain near twenty percent on Friday.
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Aiken
Communists Say 142 More POWs To Be Released
Saigon AP The Communists informed the United States they will release 142 more American prisoners of war and deliver the names to U S representatives in Saigon tonight. A U S spokesman said 108 military prisoners will be freed by North Vietnam while Viet Cong will release 26 military personnel and eight civilians in South Vietnam. The date was not fixed.
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Laos
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Chief Says Tension Relaxed
Public Safety Director Walter Newman said the tension in North Augusta has relaxed somewhat after arrests in connection with a recent assault. He attributed the calm to the arrest of a black man charged with rape and armed robbery in Augusta.
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Public Safety
Walter Newman
Newman
Augusta
Wagener Man Killed in HeadOn Crash Involving Four Horses
A 23 year old Wagener man, Clifford Mundy, died at the scene after his eastbound car crossed the center line on SC Highway 215 and collided head on with a horse van. The van, carrying four valuable thoroughbreds owned by Dr. Robert Sherman, sustained three injured horses. The driver, Woodrow Wilson Depue of Manville New Jersey, and a passenger were not seriously hurt. Accident occurred one half mile east of secondary road 575 near Kitchens Mill.
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J.L. Gregory
Clifford Mundy
Rt. 1
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W.O. Bradley
South Carolina Highway Patrol
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Hialeah
Fla
Woodrow Wilson Depue
Manville
N.J
Bradley
Robert Sherman
Allentown
Aiken County Leads in Library Circulation and Local News
In 1970-71 Aiken County libraries circulated more books than nine similarly sized counties, sparking talk of local intellect. The Aiken Rotary Club adds four new members Jim Holden Ashford Milner John Surles and Captain Fred Carver. An unusual child who asks questions his parents can answer. As spring nears Ark enites prepare grills and charcoal recalling that 50 years ago hobos cooked outside.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Triple Crown Parade Canceled Over Band Shortage
Triple Crown Parade slated for Saturday is canceled after the committee failed to secure marching bands. Chairman Robert Perry Jr. said no schools could confirm a band by Friday night, leaving the event without participants.
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Triple Crown Committee
Robert §. Perry Jr
Perry
Woman Hurt When Car Rams Patrol Building
Graniteville resident Jeannette Widner was photographed for a license renewal when a car driven by Leroy Davis of Williston crashed into the License Sales Office at the Highway Patrol Headquarters in Aiken. Widner suffered a severe leg injury and underwent surgery at Aiken County Hospital. she is reported to be doing fine. Patrolman G L Yarborough said the 10:15 am crash created an 8 by 12 foot hole. the driver and Mundy escaped injury. The accident remains under investigation.
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Aiken
Aiken County Hospital
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G.L. Yarborough
Leroy Davis
Rt. 2
Williston
Gladys Moore
Monroe Mundy
Horse Edition Set Tuesday 72 Pages Mail Orders Available
The Aiken Standard announces a third annual Horse Edition of 72 pages, 20 more than last year, featuring Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds. Regular subscribers receive a copy. others may order extras by mailing names and addresses with 25 cents per copy to P.O. Box 456, Aiken SC 29801.
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South Boundary
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Twin Creek Farms
N. Viets
Chuck Ray
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Eddie Tay
K-Mart Sporting Goods
T.W. Morton
Morton
Triple Crown
Pat Roberts
Defense
State Departments
Tin
Gia Lam
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
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