Aiken Harness and Horse Events Schedule
Reg a Ne reg a Ne a Triple Crown Schedule harness racing on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Aiken Mile Track Banks Mill Road. Aiken Trials on March 15 at 2 p.m. at the Aiken Training Track Two Notch Road. Hall of Fame Induction March 16 at noon at Hopeland Gardens. Bowl Game and Smart Angle inducted. Horse Show in the Woods March 21 at 9 a.m. Hitchcock Woods. Aiken Hunt Meet March 22 at 1 p.m. Steeplechase Track Audubon Avenue.
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Banks Mill Road
Two Notch Road
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Smart Angle
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Woods
Hitchcock Woods
Aiken Hunt
Audubon Avenue
Rock Hill man receives death for neighbor murder
Sylvester Adams of Rock Hill is sentenced to die in the electric chair for the October murder of his 16 year old neighbor. He also gets a life term for kidnapping and five years for housebreaking. The murder verdict goes to the South Carolina Supreme Court on automatic appeal. A seven woman five man jury deliberated under two hours after being sequestered at a Rock Hill motel following the verdict.
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Sylvester Adams
Rock Hill
Adams
State Supreme Court
Ford Will Decide By April On Presidential Run
Gerald Ford adviser Bob Barrett says by April Ford will be deeply involved in politics or out of it. Ford has wavered on running and said he might accept a genuine party draft. He told the New York Times Reagan cannot win, citing conservative views.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Ford
Jerry Ford
Bob Barrett
Republican Party
New York Times
Ronald Reagan
Iran Embassy Hostage Crisis Shifts as Militants Demand UN Submission
Militants who hold the U S Embassy in Tehran imposed new terms for a UN commission access visit. They demanded the panel first submit findings on the ousted shah and U S crimes in Iran to the United Nations. If accepted, a visit to about 50 hostages could be reconsidered as the standoff continues.
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Associated Press
U.S
Tehran
U.N. Commission
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Foreign Ministry
Shah
United Nations
Iran
Girl Brings Snow Home Plans Ice From Melted Snow
Aiken Sunday snow scene shows a young girl bringing in a bucket of snow to melt and freeze for ice. Sertoma Club members who helped with Aiken's Rakin' enjoyed a steak dinner, despite Berry Crane claiming he helped by tossing out trash for others to pick up.
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Sertoma Club
Aiken
Berry Crane
Riding Sulkies Beats Flying My Debut as Reporter Driver
Aiken Harness Race previews as the author drives a sulky to promote the event. Gates open at 10 a.m. post time is 2 p.m. Tickets cost 3 dollars for adults and 1.50 for children with reserved rail parking at 25 dollars. The race is part of Aiken’s Triple Crown at the Aiken Mile Track on Banks Mill Road.
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Aiken
Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Mile
Banks Mill Road
Elizabeth Harrington
Liz
James Larente
Jimmy
Committee Unveils Three Plans For Area 1 School Zoning
Area 1 Blue Ribbon Committee proposes three elementary zoning plans aimed at achieving racial balance within 5 percent and a 1 to 20 teacher pupil ratio for grades 1-3. Plans vary on feeder patterns to East Aiken and Millbrook with about 40 percent of students moved. An open house for Area elementary schools is set for March 10 at 7 30 p.m.
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Aiken County
Kenneth J. Hofstetter
Aiken
Banks Mill
East Aiken
Pine Log Road
Silver Bluff Road
Millbrook
Laurens Street
Hitchcock Woods
Pine Log
Elmwood
Brookhaven
Hampton and
Richland
Barbara Clemens
Mac
Hanna
Schofield
Kennedy
Kennedy Confident of Victory in Massachusetts Primary
Massachusetts Democrats voted in a presidential contest seen as crucial for Sen. Edward Kennedy to stave off Carter. Bush and Reagan battled for top Republican spot as Vermont also held its primary. Kennedy declared he would win on home ground, while Brown, Anderson, Baker, Crane and others campaigned in Massachusetts and Vermont.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
Vermont
New Hampshire
Reagan
California
Bush
Kennedy
New England
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Harte Announces Candidacy for Second Circuit Solicitor
Robert J. Harte, former Aiken County Public Defender, expected to announce his Democratic bid for Second Circuit Solicitor. He criticizes backlog and poor communication in the office while contrasting Solicitor Sylvia W. Westerdahl’s quoted denial of backing issues and citing a high conviction rate in 1979 statistics.
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Aiken County
Robert J. Harte
Second Circuit
Harte
Solicitor’s Office
Second Judicial Circuit
Sylvia W. Westerdahl
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Hran
Oe Aiken
Erma Bombeck
Science
Dear Abby
Lynne Katonak
Senate
David L. Flynn
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Wisconsin
Illinois
John B. Anderson
Philip M. Crane
Harte Challenges For Solicitor
University of South Carolina
New Ellenton
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