Aiken Triple Crown Events Schedule March
A schedule of March events at Aiken features Lancers balls and tournaments through March 25. Highlights include Miss Triple Crown title reception, Lancers charges at Powderhouse Field, harness races for Cancer Society, and multiple polo and horse show events at Whitney Field and Hitchcock Woods.
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Lancers
Fermata Club
Whitney Field
Aiken Horse Show
Hitchcock Woods
South Boundary
Hitchcock Woods Foundation
Aiken
Whitney Polo Field
Viet Cong Demand POW Releases and Exchange Phase Two
The Viet Cong asked Saigon to release one fourth of prisoners and start phase two of prisoner exchanges immediately, proposing completion by week’s end. The note came from Col Dang Van Thu, deputy VC delegation chief, to Lt Gen Du Quoc Dong, senior Saigon military rep.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Dang van Thu
Joint Military Commission
du Quoc Dong
Pearl Buck Dies at 80 in Danby Vermont
Author Pearl Buck daughter of missionaries and Nobel and Pulitzer prize winner died at her Danby Vermont home. Private secretary Beverly Drake said she died quietly about 7:25 a.m. after undergoing gall bladder surgery last fall.
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Danby, Vt
Pear S. Buck
China
Beverly Drake
Miss Buck
NAM Urges Retaining Tax Provisions for Business
The National Association of Manufacturers calls for keeping tax provisions important to business and seeks liberalization in some cases. E. A. Vaughn said hysteria over reform has diminished in testimony prepared for House Ways and Means Committee hearings.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
E. A. Vaughn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Indians Seek Peace Terms at Wounded Knee Standoff
Federal officials express mild optimism for a reasonable agreement with the occupying Lakota at Wounded Knee after a weeklong siege. Militants demand Interior Department assurances on tribal reforms before they depart. Ralph Erickson, top Justice official at Pine Ridge, voices cautious hope for resolution.
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Wounded Knee
5&.D
Interior Department
Ralph Erickson
U.S. Attorney General
Justice Department
Pine Ridge Reservation
Frogs Heard Before Rain In Aiken Area
Aiken residents report hearing frogs in chorus before last night’s downpour. Rev. James L. Goodwin of First Presbyterian is at Aiken County Hospital for tests and observation. Robert S. Perry Jr. notes a busload from LaGrange, Georgia heads to Aiken Steeplechase. Aiken trainer E Barry Ryan showed a Keeneland Racetrack film to the Rotary Club.
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First Presbyterian Church
James L. Goodwin
Aiken County Hospital
Robert S. Perry Jr
LaGrange
Aiken
E. Barry Ryan
Keeneland Racetrack
County Administrator Begins Stockade Study For March Report
Ronald LaCouture is the new Aiken County administrator earning 21000 dollars annually. He starts by studying the county stockade and aims to present detailed recommendations by March. LaCouture works with former supervisor Mackey Scott to learn day to day operations during the transition.
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Ronald LaCouture
Aiken County
Board of Commissioners
LaCouture
Mackey Scott
Scott
Rain Likely With Breaks Seen For Harness Races
The Weather Bureau forecasts showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow with a 60 percent rain chance today, 30 percent on Wednesday, and a cooler stretch into Thursday. Expect mild 70s highs and 50s lows with partly cloudy conditions Friday and Saturday.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Lightning Strikes Home on Vaucluse Road Damages House
Harold Widener reported a 4:55 a.m. lightning hit his home on Vaucluse Road causing a attic fire and extensive interior damage. Firefighters contained the blaze with two engines and 15 men present. A second bolt caused minor damage to a K-Mart parking lot light fixture.
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Vaucluse Road
Harold Widener
Vaucluse Rd
Widener
Aiken
J.C. Busbee
K-Mart
College Acres
Near Collision Reported Over French Skies After Two Spanish Jets Crash
Paris AP dispatch notes a near collision as a SAS Boeing 720 with 178 aboard narrowly avoided a cross path near Abbeville. Earlier, Iberia DC9 with 68 aboard exploded midair after collision with Spantax Convair Coronado 108 aboard over western France. casualties include 47 Britons, 11 Spaniards, 2 Japanese, 1 Irish passenger and 7 Spanish crew.
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Paris
France
Stockholm
SAS
Rolf Bandell
Abbeville
Bandell
Canary Islands
Nantes
Iberia Airlines
Lancing Tourney Draws 29 Riders at Powderhouse Field
SUSAN SCHUBERT reports the Lancing tournament will feature about 29 riders in a Saturday 10:30 a.m. event at Powderhouse Polo Field. Lancer Dr Grayson Brown of Augusta addressed the Aiken Sertoma Club on the upcoming competition. The piece notes lancing's medieval roots and its revival in the South Carolina Low country with rings replacing knights.
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Susan Schubert
Powderhouse Polo Field
Grayson Brown
Augusta
Aiken Sertoma Club
South Carolina
Lancing
Aiken Standard Produces 86 Page Paper and Horse Issue
The Aiken Standard reaches an 86 page milestone with Just Horses a 72 page horse edition included today. Readers can order extra copies by mail for 25 cents each to any USA address using the coupon or a separate list of names and addresses.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Just Horses
USA
Co Principals Named At St Angela Academy
Henry C. Caver and Sister Alice Joseph Brady named co principals of St Angela Academy effective June 1. Mother Marie Daniel Hummel announces changes for the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy and staff additions.
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Henry C. Caver
Alice Joseph Brady
St. Angela Academy
Marie Daniel Hummel
Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy
Charleston
St. Angela
Mary Charles Gibson
Mary Albert Greer
Marcella Zwingmann
Mary Thomas Neal
St. An
Drews Academy
Myrtle Beach
Jean Marie O'Shea
Our Lady of Mt
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