Aiken Triple Crown Schedule Highlights Local Racing Events
The March events list includes a ten mile road race at 10 a.m. and a 2 mile jog at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday with a $2 advance mile registration. Other activities include an annual ball at Houndslake, trials on March 19, induction at the Hall of Fame, horse shows, hunts, and harness racing with varied admission fees and charity ties. Polo Sundays at Whitney Field accompany weekends, and the Hall of Fame hours adjust March 19 and 26 mornings.
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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
Aiken Hunt
Sertoma Club
Helping Hands
Whitney Field
Quake Aid Stream Reaches Romania From 13 Nations
Foreign aid for Romania's earthquake victims is increasing with planes from 13 nations. East Germany leads with daily planeloads of medical supplies and food while the US sends a C 130 with antibiotics and bandages. Brezhnev and Carter exchanged messages of aid and sympathy.
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Bucharest
Romania
East Germany
Air Force
Austria
Britain
Bulgaria
Italy
Poland
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
West Germany
Greece
Denmark
Communist Party
Scinteia
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Brezhnev
Tea prices surge as coffee switchers rise costs worldwide
London dealers warn tea may cost Britain up to twice current prices this summer as coffee drinkers continue shifting to cheaper tea. Auction prices jumped from 1.20 to 2.90 dollars per kilo, with Brooke Bond noting American and Canadian buyers cutting into a market once oversupplied.
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London
Britain
Brooke Bond
Near East
HEW Reorganizes Under Califano Plan to Cut Waste
Division chiefs across the Health Education and Welfare department report to new bosses amid a major reshaping. HEW Secretary Joseph Califano says the overhaul aims to save taxpayers at least 2 billion annually by trimming errors, fraud and abuse in welfare health care and student aid.
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Washington
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Gas Tax Bill Recalled In South Carolina House Vote
A proposal to raise gasoline tax by two cents per gallon won a test vote in the South Carolina House. The measure would cost motorists about $30 yearly and was sent to the Education and Public Works Committee after already passing Ways and Means. The 65-24 tally favored recalling the bill from Public Works and signaled House sentiment on the issue.
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Columia
South Carolina
House
Education and Public Works Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Public Works Committee
Cloudy Skies Foresee Weekend Showers in Aiken County
The forecast calls for clouds to linger with a 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow. Scattered showers and possible thundershowers are expected Saturday while temperatures remain mild with highs in the mid 70s and nighttime lows near the mid 40s.
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Aiken County
Aiken Board Names Midland Valley High School
After last night’s meeting the Aiken County Board of Education approved the name Midland Valley High School for the new valley school. One member urged Area III Superintendent Clarence Dickert that the new school not be run like the Midland Valley Country Club.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Midland Valley High School
New Valley
Area III
Clarence Dickert
Midland Valley Country Club
Two Aiken County officials apply for county administrator
L C Greene and Donnie J Williams apply for the county administrator post. Greene has been acting administrator and leads Civil Defense. Williams previously served as administrator and claims he can guide the county out of financial trouble. Other applicants hold county posts or work in a local corporation.
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Aiken County
L.C. Greene
Donnie J. Williams
Brenan Greene
Council
Greene
Williams
Travel Ban To Communist Lands Lifted By Carter Policy Change
PSA ordinances gain quick first readings at Aiken County Council meeting. Rep Butler C. Derrick reports FHA approves 3.3 million loan for Horse Creek Basin Waste Water Treatment interceptor lines.
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Carter
Public Service Authority
PSA
Aiken County
Butler C. Derrick
Derrick
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Horse Creek Basin
Carrol H. Warner
Hickey Case Discussed At Aiken County Session
An executive session after a special Aiken County Council meeting covered a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over a $13,000 tax claim. Howard M. Hickey Jr stated officials were instructed to refrain from comments, while claiming no hidden matters. The IRS seeks taxes tied to the county’s purchase of an ambulance operation from a Virginia man.
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Aiken
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Aiken County
Virginia
Thomas Hulfish
Aiken HUD Program Said To Be In Order
City officials report no problems with HUD funded spending after a monitoring session with HUD officials. Patricia Harris indicated actions to assure compliance may be taken for cities not following the program. A Harvard MIT study notes possible fund shifting from poverty areas with tacit federal approval.
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Aiken
Department of Housing & Urban Development
HUD
Michael D. Strickland
Patricia Harris
Washington
Associated Press
Harris
Harvard-M.i.t. Joint Center For Urban Studies
Carter lifts travel ban to Vietnam North Korea Cambodia Cuba
President Carter announced the ban on travel to Vietnam North Korea Cambodia and Cuba will be lifted effective March 18. He cautioned travelers to take precautions since the United States has no diplomatic relations with those nations and any ties are not likely in the near term. The statement confirmed earlier State Department reports.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Vietnam
North Korea
Cambodia
Cuba
United States
State Department
Aiken County School Board names new chair and vice chair
The Aiken County Board of Education elected Oscar A Towler as chairwoman and Lynn Hilley as vice chairwoman. Towler is USC Aiken psychology professor and Hilley previously chaired the board. Hilley also joins the South Carolina School Board Association as a director and legislative coordinator. The board approved Midland Valley High School as the new valley school name replacing Langley Bath Clearwater and Leavelle McCampbell High Schools.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Oscar A
Emilie) Towler
James R (Lynn) Hilley
Towler
Usc-Aiken
Hilley
South Carolina School Board Association
SCSBA
Midland Valley High School
New Valley
Langley- Bath-Clearwater
Leavelle-McCampbell High
Clarence Dickert
Carter proposes 1.5 billion youth program to spur jobs
President Carter unveils a 1.5 billion youth employment stimulus aiming to create about one million full time and one million summer jobs to curb high youth unemployment especially in urban minority communities. He also defends troop withdrawal plans from Korea and hints at possible minor border changes in the Middle East, saying details require Arab leaders after mid May. A grand jury probe into former CIA Director is noted.
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Carter
Congress
Korea
South Korea
Japan
Middle East
CIA
Richard
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University of Missouri School of Journalism
National Press Photographers’ Association
National Geographic
Bruce Bisping
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Robert Madden
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Dan Jury
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