Christmas Deal Wins Governor's Cup at Aiken Harness Meet
Christmas Deal, owned by Pat Paquet, won the Governor's Cup at Aiken Harness Races, matching last season's form with a 2 19.2 mile and defeating Lucinda Ranger. The day faced track delays and scratches due to conditions from a late storm, with emphasis on crowd impact and track safety.
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Christmas Deal
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Lucinda Ranger
Aiken Mile
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American Cancer Society
Bradbury
John McCarthy
Paquet
Flashy Deal
McCarthy
Time Dancer
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Miracle Express
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Frank Nee
Don Larlee
Romeo Ranger
Ranger Acres Farm
George Wise
Snow Flake
Cindy Racine
Hercules
Kissinger Shifts Focus to Cyprus Talks in Ankara
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, flies to Ankara to discuss reviving negotiations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In Nicosia, President Makarios calls for full UN involvement to resolve the Cyprus crisis.
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Kissinger
Ankara
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Algeria Cuts Oil Price Slightly Amid Cartel Moves
Algeria lowers its low sulphur crude price by 21 cents a barrel to 11.75 dollars, a modest cut noted by Dubai sources. London observers question impact on US and European retail gasoline and fuel oil prices, following Abu Dhabi’s earlier higher quality oil reduction.
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Kuwait
Algeria
Dubai
London
United States
Europe
Abu Dhabi
Rebates End and Auto Sales Slide Across Market
DETROIT AP A week after rebates ended auto dealers report sharp sales drop and worry spring upturn may not come. Pittsburg Dodge dealer F M Constantin Jr says buyers slowed since March 1 and factory orders are only on need basis. Baltimore Chrysler Plymouth dealer Sam Breault notes showroom traffic fallen and some dealers are holding on.
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Detroit
F.M. Constantin Jr
Pittsburgh
Dodge
Sam Breault
Chrysler-Plymouth
Baltimore
Cigarette Ads Undermine Health Warnings say FTC
The Federal Trade Commission reports cigarette advertising last year increased faster than population growth. Total consumption reached 602.2 billion. The ads emphasize taste, desirable personality traits, and relief from health anxiety, the agency says in its annual Congress report.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Tal
Congress
Commission
Sean Connery Secretly Marries Portrait Painter
A London newspaper reports that James Bond actor Sean Connery has wed a French Moroccan portrait painter in a private ceremony. The couple reportedly kept the marriage confidential and away from public attention.
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London
Sean Connery
James
Bond
Weather Outlook: Cloudy Mild With Showers Likely
The forecast shows a dull but mild period with a 40 percent chance of rain today, easing to 30 percent tomorrow. Highs around 65 degrees today, a low near 45 tonight, and slightly warmer on Tuesday.
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North Carolina
Aiken Standard Sponsoring County Spelling Bee Preview
The Aiken Standard will sponsor the Aiken County School District Spelling Bee at the newspaper office on April 3. First and second place from each area advance to the district event. private schools may enter. No state contest this year. A daily misspelled word feature highlights Accelerate with note on common form excelerate. Mrs. George Kierspe is volunteer director.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken County
George Kierspe
Mrs. Salley Aiken real estate leader dies at 91
Eulalie Chafee Salley known as South Carolina's First Lady of Real Estate died of cancer at her Edgewood home aged 91. A longtime advocate for women's suffrage she helped push the 19th Amendment and lived to see South Carolina grant women the vote in 1969. Burial was private at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Eulalie Chafee Salley
South Carolina
Edgewood
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Salley
American Cancer Society
Aiken
Julian B. Salley
New Feature Starts Today in The Aiken Standard
A new feature titled We Hold These Truths A Chronicle of America begins today in the Aiken Standard It will appear three times weekly and recalls key events and figures from 200 years ago Editorial writer Ross Mackenzie and cartoonist Jeff MacNelly will contribute and illustrate the series using original sources to mark America’s bicentennial.
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Aiken Standard
Chronicle of America
Ross Mackenzie
Richmond News Leader
Jeff MacNelly
The
News Leader
America
Mackenzie and
MacNelly
Ford seeks 222 million aid to Cambodia amid opposition
Congress prepares to debate President Ford’s 222 million request to Cambodia as Senate leaders forecast rejection. House panels weigh additional aid while Gallup finds 78 percent oppose more Cambodia and South Vietnam assistance. Senate voices contrast on continuing support and Lon Nol regime fate.
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Ford
Cambodia
Senate
Hubert H Humphrey
D-Minn
U.S
Phnom Penh
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Full Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
Sparkman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Special Investigations
House
Thomas Harkin
Drowa
Gallup
Indochina
Cbss
Humphrey
Henry A Kissinger
USF
Lon Nol
Pentagon
Aiken City Council to hear rezoning for public housing complex
The council will first read an ordinance to rezone 18.6 acres on Chesterfield Street and Columbia Drive from R-1A to R-2 to permit a $2.5 million 100 unit public housing project. The Planning and Zoning Commission endorsed the change.
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Aiken
Chesterfield Street
Columbia Drive
Portsmouth Committee Targets Gaming in Troubled Times
The Portsmouth New Hampshire Committee of Safety urges local taverns and gaming houses to stop cards and billiards during colonial distress. Merchants are warned against price gouging, aligning with the Grand American Association. Public naming of offenders is implied.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Continental Congress
Grand American Association
Manki
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