Laughlin switches parties shocks South Carolina lawmakers
Sen. Michael Laughlin announces he will join the Republican party after criticizing the Democrats for fiscal irresponsibility. He says the state Democratic party mirrors the national party and cites local party rifts in Aiken County. Rep. Irene Rudnick reacts with mixed feelings as Laughlin contemplates a 1976 run and potential races.
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Lin Smithwick
Laughlin-Dooley
Golly Pete
Senate
House
Michael Laughlin
Aiken
Laughlin
State Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Aiken County
Democratic Party
Irene K. Rudnick
Columbia
Irene
Republican Party
Rep
Rudnick
Triple Crown Schedule for Aiken Events in March
The list outlines multiple Aiken events from March including the Triple Crown races at Aiken Trials on March 13 with tickets 1.50 in advance and 2 at the gate, the March 19 Horse Show in the Woods at Hitchcock Woods Show Ring with 5 per car, March 20 Aiken Steeplechase at Steeplechase Field with 2.50 advance and 3 gate, March 27 Lancers Tournament at Powderhouse Field with 1.50 advance and 2 gate, a Harness Race at Aiken Mile Track benefiting the American Cancer Society with 2.50 advance and 3 gate, and the Triple Crown Ball at Houndslake Country Club priced 15 per couple from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Aiken
Jaycees
Woods
Hitchcock Woods
Sertoma Club
Lancers
Powderhouse Field
American Cancer Society
Aiken Mile
Houndslake Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Mardi Gras In New Orleans And Suburbs Today
Mardi Gras overtakes New Orleans with the city’s annual Fat Tuesday revelry. Suburban areas see part of the festival as crowding intensifies beyond the French Quarter amid the Carnival season marking the leadup to Lent.
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New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Family appeals to kidnappers in Niehous case
The Niehous family urged captors to make a ransom offer for William F Niehous, a 44 year old Toledo Ohio native and president of Owens Illinois Venezuela operations, who was abducted Friday by seven gunmen. Police said contact had not yet been made and identified suspects remained unnamed. Venezuelan Interior Minister Octavio Lepage said the event did not signal a revival of 1960s ultraleft violence.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
William F Niehous
Octavio Lepage
Toledo
Ohio
Niehous
Owens-Illinois Glass Manufacturing
Ultraleft
Part Sales Raise Auto Prices
Washington AP exclusive: State Farm vice president Donald P. McHugh tells a Senate Commerce subcommittee that auto manufacturers should stop selling repair parts exclusively through new car dealers. An independent repair shops group echoes the call for direct sales from maker warehouses.
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Washington
Donald P. McHugh
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Ers
Women Truckers Form Union in Los Angeles
Bitzy Gomez leads the Los Angeles Coalition of Women Truck Drivers formed to counter male dominated unions and employers who demean women on the road after a decade of harassment in the sleeper cabins.
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Los Angeles
Bitzy Gomez
Knights of the Road
Marty Clark Encounters Presidents in Washington and Midland Valley Feat
Marty Clark touring Washington DC on Friday met President Ford and shook his hand. She then spoke with Nelson Rockefeller and Ted Kennedy, taking photos with Kennedy. Meanwhile Idus H. Ricks celebrates a hole in one on Midland Valley's 170 yard No. 8, with friends sending congratulations.
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Marty Clark
Washington, D.C
White House
Ford
Marty
Nelson Rockefeller
Ted Kennedy
Idus H. Ricks
Midland Valley
Carter Is Man Primary In Massachussett
Georgia's Jimmy Carter leads the eight way Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary with Alabama Governor George Wallace among top contenders. Massachusetts delegates will be split by vote and Carter aims for a New Hampshire style win to solidify position ahead of Florida and Vermont contests. Wallace looms as rival with busing issue shaping Boston battle lines.
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Boston
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Massachusetts
New England
Alabama
George C. Wallace
New York
Forestson
Vermont
Florida
Wallace
Henry M Jackson Carter
Carter
Student Shot At Schofield
An Aiken High School student is in stable condition after surgery for a gunshot wound received during a church class at Schofield Campus. Another student, Marshall D Wise, is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying a firearm on school property.
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Aiken High School
Aiken Community Hospital
Weldon Lakes
Rt. 3
Aiken
Schofield
Marshall D Wise
Aiken High
J. Carroll Busbee
Public Safers
Warm weather and rain forecast for golfers weekend
Weather outlook promises 80 degree temperatures continue through tomorrow with near zero rain tonight and a 10 percent chance tomorrow. Cooler conditions arrive Friday with widely scattered showers likely by Saturday.
Derrick Sees U S Stature Rising as World Changes
Third District Rep. Butler C. Derrick warns the world is shifting and the United States must recognize realities. He argues for selective aid, critiques Vietnam era lessons, and outlines a task force plan to curb statutorily uncontrollable spending while reforming duplicated government services.
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Eric Higgs
Third District
Butler C. Derrick
D -S.C
United States
Times
Derrick
Russia
Angola
State Department
Angela
Congress
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