Aiken Triple Crown Weekend Events Schedule
A list of events across March and April in Aiken including ten mile road race at 10 a.m. and two mile jog at 10:15 a.m. on March 12, an annual ball at Houndslake CC, the 35th Aiken Trials on March 19, Hall of Fame induction March 20, and multiple horse races and related fundraisers. Polo Sundays at Whitney Field and Hall of Fame hours revised to mornings March 19 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Aiken Recreation Department
H.O Weeks Recreation Center
Houndslake Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Aiken Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
Aiken Horse Show
Heart of
Hitchcock Woods
Miner Trapped In Coal Mine Inches Toward Escape
Rescuers working through a four foot passage in Tower City Pennsylvania chip through a 50 foot coal wall hoping to free Ronald Adley a 37 year old miner trapped a mile inside a 400 foot mountain. Federal officials order a oil derrick drill from Utah to aid in locating seven other miners reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower City
Utah
Ronald Adley
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Aiken County Councilman Demands Probe Into Magistrates and Bondsmen
District 3 councilman Marvin E. Dunbar told the Tuesday meeting that numerous complaints reach him about magistrates and bondsmen. He accused a possible payoff scheme and urged public help plus statewide rules to certify bondsmen, as he warned of a conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Dunbar
Warnke Debate Opens on Arms Negotiator Nomination
Conservatives push back as Senate prepares for a long debate on Paul C Warnke’s nomination as chief U S arms negotiator. At least 10 Armed Services Committee members oppose him as debate may extend four days. Separate votes set next Wednesday on Warnke for Arms Control Agency director and U S delegation head to SALT talks with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul C. Warnke
Senate
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Warnke
Carter
U S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Soviet Union
Storms Trigger Flash Flood Threat Across Gulf States
Heavy thunderstorms caused flash flooding in the lower Mississippi valley with nearly an inch of rain in an hour at Baton Rouge Louisiana. Watches extended through the day for central and eastern Mississippi central Tennessee and southern central Indiana with additional watches in New York for a Saturday risk caused by rain melting snow and river ice jams. In the central Gulf coast region tornado watches remained in effect as storms moved across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Baton Rouge
Tennessee
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Indiana
New York State
Gulf Coast
Aiken TEC Receives 1.6 Million Grant for Expansion
U S Rep Butler Derrick announced Aiken Technical Education Center won a 1.6 million grant from the Economic Development Administration. The funds back a 3.3 million expansion tied to a bond referendum from last year, with 1.5 million from EDA and 100 thousand from the Coastal Plains Regional Commission. The school now enrolls over 1200 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Technical Education Center
Economic Development Administration
U.S
Butler C. Derrick
Aiken Tec
EDA
Coastal Plains Regional Commission
Rainy Weekend Outlook With Mild Temperatures Ahead
The forecast indicates 40 percent rain tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers Sunday. Monday should bring clearing skies and cooler temperatures, with tonight’s low in the 50s and tomorrow’s high in the low 60s.
Little League Tryouts Stir Idaho Laws and Local Comments
Local mothers warned to curb behavior as Idaho passes a law barring mothers from attending games. An anonymous donor in Aiken spreads tall tales about bad Bologna. Five crows in a yard eat meat then die after flying in different directions, a grim joke about staying calm under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Aiken
Busbee Urges Legal Protections for County Roads
Rep. M Judson Busbee proposes formal bonds by contractors to shield county roads and property owners from maintenance issues for five years. He cites Section 33 107 on belt lines and spur roads, noting amendments in 1972 extending legal protections and stressing highway department sole discretion on accepting roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
M. Judson Busbee
Busbee
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Unemployment Rises to 7.5 Percent in February
Washington AP reports 7.5 percent jobless rate in February up from 7.3 percent in January as layoffs grow and more people enter the labor force. Department notes 225000 rise in out of work mostly from energy shortages and 220000 more full time workers forced to part time due to production cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Area II Questions Board Action on Principal Assignments
Aiken County School District faced criticism from Area II Advisory Council members over the district’s recent principal changes for the 1977-78 school year. Council member James B. Seaquist defended the council’s input and disputed an editorial alleging no input from the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta Star
Area II Advisory Council
Seaquist
Driver Missing as Burned Car Revives Regional Violence Memory
A burned car found off Banks Mill Road Extension stirs memories of two prior shootings near Augusta. Joyce Marie Hennig, missing fiancé to be married Friday, is the driver now unaccounted for. In 1973 James Myers was fatally shot near Windsor and in 1975 Danny Digeon was wounded at Lover's Lane. Composite sketch issued. suspect not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks Mill Road
Joyce Marie Hennig
Brown
Old McDuffie Road
Augusta
James Myers
Windsor
Myers
Univer
Sal Manufacturing and Supply Co
Pine Log Road
Digeon
Sheriff's Department
Miss Heinig
Georgia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Safari
Kenya
Lin Smithwick
Marvin Dunbar
The
Associated Press
Reiye
Sign OF the Times
Gil
Pasadena
Calif
Rep. Busbee
John Sharkey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!