Aiken Gem and Mineral Show Draws 2000+ Attendees
The eighth Aiken Gem and Mineral Show opened to the public at 1 p.m. but draw crowds by noon. Local and world exhibits featured agate fossils and amethyst, SC's official gem, with 2000 plus attendees. Names include R. H. Searle Ralph Wilmer and many hobbyists from Aiken Augusta and North Augusta. The event also showcased Indian artifacts and a swap shop at the University of South Carolina Extension building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kilbey
Aiken
South Carolina
Sandhills
Paula Jean Swope
Deborah Hocutt
E. W. Recupido
Jennifer Newman
Jeff Newman
Arthur Croll
J. H. Hocutt
Roy E. Rosier
C. W. Beck
G. D. Jordan
N. D. Price
Bill Shelton
R. H. Searles
Ray McJenkin
Ralph Welmer
Recupido
Mildred Johnson
Willis Brotherton
Cecil Butler
Blaine Zippler
North Augusta
Savannah River
Young Zippler
Charles B. Lewis
Augusta
Lewis
Martinez
The
Gem and Mineral Society
University of South Carolina Extension
Previews Of Progress Opens Area School Tour
General Motors presents the Previews of Progress science show in 15 area junior and senior high schools during March. The exhibit opened today at Aiken High School and will tour the Aiken area for two weeks featuring energy conversions gas turbine engines fuel cells and solar cells as nine research demonstrations.
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General Motors
Aiken High School
Aiken
America
Edward N. Cole
Aiken Junior High School
Kennedy Junior High School
Schofield High School
Justice Department wins decision in Swiss court
Switzerland's federal Supreme Court upheld the U S Justice Department access to secret Swiss bank files linked to a multimillion dollar U S Navy defense contract fraud. A Zurich bank and a Swiss official were named in the U S indictment as coconspirators in channeling 3.3 million into protected accounts used by two Americans, Francis N. Rosenbaum and Andrew L. Stone, who received 10 year sentences.
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Justice Department
Lausanne
Switzerland
Federal Supreme Court
U.S. Justice Department
U.S
Zurich
Washington
Aargau
Francis N. Rosenbaum
St. Louis
Andrew L. Stone
Dropout Rate Declining Aids Disadvantaged Youth in South Carolina
In Columbia AP report South Carolina launches a million dollar program to prevent dropout among 208000 disadvantaged and physically handicapped youths. In its first year 51 classes for the disadvantaged and 14 for the physically handicapped operate aiming to catch students at eighth grade or earlier and to combine vocational and academic work to foster a success image and lead to a diploma. Robert Davis Union Schools superintendent notes it as a pilot in several systems.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Cecil H. Johnson Jr
Johnson
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Aiken Standard
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Armour
Elizabeth Dietz
Tom Campbell
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First Baptist Church
First State National Bank
Jackson
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