Aiken Area Community Calendar Highlights Local Groups
Aiken area groups list monthly meetings and events at church halls city offices and clubs. Notable entries include Aiken Area Council on Aging Aiken Chess Club Citizens Advisory Council City Council Board of Education and Rotary Club activities with public access often noted.
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Aiken Chess Club
Pet Dairy
Highway 215
Aiken
Aiken Citizens Advisory Council
Aiken City
City Hall
Park Avenue
Aiken City Council
Council
Aiken County Board OF Education
Aiken Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
U.S. L
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Highway 19
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club
Senior Citizens
Crosland Drive
Aiken Recreation Department
Virginia Acres Activities House
Whiskey Rd
Aiken events list includes art show and horse show
On Thursday March 17 clubs gather in Columbia for the Artist Guild Annual Spring Show at the Columbia Museum of Art. In Aiken the Horse Show runs in Hitchcock Woods with a 9:30 am start and a National Secretaries Association Scholarship Benefit Barbecue at Eustis Park School with tickets at 2.00 and 1.25 dollars.
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Aiken
Hitchcock
Woods
National Secretaries Association
Eustis Park School
Afternoon at the Aiken Host Meet features Imperial Cup
The event on Saturday March 1 offers four flat races and two hurdle races from four furlongs to a mile seven furlongs with purses from 306 to 4000 dollars. Proceeds benefit Aiken County Hospital. General admission is 1.54 dollars with advance tickets at local stores. Reserved infield and tent party packages priced to 75 dollars include parking and meals, available by box 386 or phone 645 4838.
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Aiken
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Hotel
Julia's
Lemimick
Woodruff
Cloud 7
Aikes Ting
Aiken Standard Publication Details and Rates
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes every afternoon except Saturday and Sunday. It operates from 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken South Carolina with ZIP 798601 and carries AP and UPI dispatches. Subscriptions include carrier and mail rates with corrections policy noted.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Community Concerts and Events in Aiken and USC Arts Series
Aiken hosts a series of events including a guitar recital by Jorge Morel at Aiken Junior High Auditorium on March 22 and a concert by Frits de Jonge and USC musicians in the USCA ballroom. The Garden Club Awards Luncheon April 1 at Midland Valley Country Club, a Rooster Club Horse Show March 4 at Ellenton Junior High, and an Adib Fazal concert April 23 at USCA Ballroom are listed. Also noted: garden tours at St Thaddeus Church, an AARP meeting April 1, and a Langley-Bath-Clearwater Junior Miss Pageant at LBC High School Auditorium. Public invited where indicated.
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Philip Mulen
University of South Carolina
Aiken
USCA
Owens-Corning Fibergias
Salvation Army Advisory Board
St. John’s Methodist Church
Salvation Army Citadel
Gayle Dr
American Legion Auxiliary
Mayhew Hankinson
South Boundary SE
Aiken P
the Fantastics
Garden Club
Council of Aiken
Midland Valley Country Club
Frits de Jonge
USC
Jim Pritchard
John Adams
Adib Fazal
The
US Arts Commission
Spm
Langley - Bath - Clearwater
L-B-C High School
Aiken Trials Set at Aiken Training Track Run Today
At 2 p.m. an Afternoon of Horse Racing unfolds at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road in Aiken. The Aiken Trials offer eight or nine flat races featuring Aiken-trained thoroughbreds with general admission $1.40 in advance at local businesses and $2 at the gate.
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Aiken
Two Notch Road
Medina Ordered To Stand Trial For My Lai Slayings
Capt Ernest Medina commander of Company C at My Lai faces court martial on three counts of premeditated murder plus assault with a dangerous weapon for alleged killings of at least 100 villagers and two more people. Lt William Calley Jr. also stands trial for 102 murders. Medina may testify for Calley but can invoke the Fifth Amendment.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Calley
Medina
Company C
Montrose
Colo
Army
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Three Witnesses Remain In My Lai Court Martial
Three witnesses were left to be called in Lt. William L. Calley Jr.'s court martial as rebuttal closes. The trial could move to the combat jury next week on the third anniversary of My Lai. Medina and Henderson were among potential witnesses, with Koster and Mitchell considered if needed.
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James Bergthold
Niagara Falls
Dennis Conti
William L. Calley
UPI
My Lai
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Charlie Company
Americal
Calley
Latimer
Koster
David Mitchell
Ft. Hood
Tex
Reid Kennedy
Louis Martin
Modesto
Calif
Filibuster Bill Faces final push in Senate
In Washington the Senate weighs a last bid to curb filibuster rules on debate limits. Senator Miller proposes a compromise requiring a two thirds vote or three fifths with cross‑party consent, while leaders warn defeat ends efforts and shifts to lowering the voting age to 18.
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Washington
Senate
Jack Miller
Lown
Miller
Mike Mansfield
Sen
Frank Church
D-Idaho
FBI Files Raw Material Of Tyranny
Sen. Charles Mathias charged the FBI has quietly taken over Project SEARCH a 10 state criminal history data exchange system. He urged standards to protect privacy explaining the system could threaten individual rights and noting the FBI criticized an early ethics draft while the project was funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
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Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
FBI
Maryland
Congress
Mathias
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Laird Outlines Strategy for Realistic Deterrence
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird presented a five year plan stressing deterrence through total free world military power and negotiations from strength. He called for 2.5 million U.S. forces, restrained spending, and a tilt toward limited ABM deployment while pursuing SALT talks in Vienna.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Congress
Pentagon
U.S
Defense Department
Nixon
United States
General Cole summoned in PX inquiry over bribes and impropriety
Washington AP A former one star general Earl F Cole was recalled from forced retirement to answer allegations that he took bribes from an international slot machine syndicate and protected Crum Crum tied firms and PX club operations in Vietnam and Europe The testimony ties Cole to misuse of PX policy authority and interference with investigations involving Crum and associated businesses.
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Washington
Post Exchange
Earl F. Cole
Abraham Ribicoff
Pxs
Army
Cole
Army-Air Force Exchange
Europe
Vietnam
William J. Crum
U.S
Vitnam
U.S. Military Systems Command
Saigon
Hong Kong
Price and Co
Crum
Robert Ivey
Sarl Electronics
Jack Bybee
Bybee
Carlings
Agnew Says U S May Not Back North Vietnam Invasion
Vice President Spiro Agnew told reporters in New Orleans the United States may not provide the same support for any incursion into North Vietnam as offered to South Vietnamese forces in Laos and Cambodia. He said he would not approve a venture into North Vietnam but did not close off future options for President Nixon.
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New Orleans
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken County
Rutland Dr . Aiken
Aiken Welcome Wagon Club
American Legion
Old Airport Road
Whitney Polo Field
Meade Avenue
Commercial
Ati
Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center
Newberry St
National Honor Society
Regina
St. Angela
Berrie Road
Friends of the Academy
Fantasticks
Aiken Community Playhouse
Virginia Acres Park
Randi Ward
Aiken Community Theater
Queen City
Order of the Eastern Star
Aiken Masonic Temple
Kalmia Hill School
Red Cross
Aiken Municipal Auditorium
P.m
Jorge Morel
Aiken Junior High School Auditorum
Fiberglas Women's Club
Fiberglas
Manning Owens
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Richland Avenue West
Deus Episcopal Church
Pendleton Street
Albert George
New Ellenton Junior High
Rooster Club
St. Thaddeus Garden Tour
St Thaddeus Church Parish House
American Association of Retired Persons
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
My Khe
E.R. Medina
11Th Brigade
Henderson
George Latimer
Samuel W. Koster
Denve
UPI Weather Forecast
Kansas City
Jor TH
Montreal
Toronto
Santa
York
Pacific Northwest
Minnesota
Illinois
New England
Boston
Kennedy
Johnson
Indochina
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Washington, D.C
Vienna
Defense
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
General Cole
Agnew
South Carolina
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