Aiken Horse Show and Society Events March Schedule
A schedule of events in Aiken including the Aiken Horse Show in Hitch cock Woods, Triple Crown Dance, Aiken Trials at Two Notch Road, St Patrick’s Day Ball at St Angela Gym, Aiken Charity Horse Show at Twin Creek Farms, Polo at Whitney Field, and the Aiken Hunt Meet with a later hunter show and polo on Dibble Road.
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Aiken Horse Show
Hitchcock Woods
South Boundary
Hitchcock Woods Foundation
Aiken
Aiken Training
Two Notch Road
ST. Patrick's Day
St. Angela Gym
Pete Bostwick
Twin Creek Farms
Whitney
Aiken Hunt Meet
Powderhouse Road
Whitney Polo Field
VC Delays Prisoner Release List From Hanoi to Friday
Viet Cong named 32 American prisoners slated for turnover but postponed until Friday. North Vietnam was to release 108 Americans on Wednesday. Three C141 planes would fly them from Hanoi to Clark Air Base in the Philippines with the first arrival near 4:15 p.m. local time. The VC list included 27 U.S. service members and five American civilians.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Clark
Philippines
South Vietnam
Three Held on Charges in Stennis Shooting Probe
Tyrone Marshall, 19, John Marshall, 21, and Derick Holloway, 18, all of Northeast Washington, were arrested and held under 100000 bond for armed robbery and violating a federal law that protects members of Congress. The arrests followed a large manhunt by a 30 member police FBI team. They were to be arraigned before a U.S. magistrate.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Tyrone Marshall
John S. Marshall
Derick Holloway
Northeast
District of Columbia
FBI
U.S
Downey Receives Advice After Release From China
Former prisoner John T. Downey, 42, visits his critically ill mother Mary V. Downey in New Britain Connecticut. The CIA agent spent 20 years in a Communist Chinese prison before his release Sunday in a world reunion ending a journey from abroad.
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New Britain, Conn
John T. Downey
Mary V
Downey
CIA
Sunday
Amtrak Train Derails In Georgia After Truck Collision
An auto passenger train from Washington to Sanford derailed in dense fog at Hortense Georgia after colliding with a truck. The truck driver was killed and about ten persons injured. Two locomotives and 21 cars derailed, including 14 auto cars carrying passengers' vehicles.
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Hortense
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Lutheran Church Leader Dies in Minneapolis
Dr. Kent Knutson, 48, a longtime Lutheran leader and the second president of the American Lutheran Church, died Monday from a rare central nervous system disorder. He led the ALC after its 1970 election following the 1960 merger of Lutheran churches.
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Minneapolis
Kent Knutson
ALC
Leash We Can Do Pun Draws Groans in Aiken Council
City Councilman Hastings Wyman amuses during a dog control discussion with a pun about a leash. The meeting also features remarks from Rev. Julian Craig at First Presbyterians and a humor note about a chandelier proposal from a deacon.
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Hastings Wyman
Aiken
Wyman
Julian Craig
First Presbyterians
Most Employes Urged To Park Off Laurens
Aiken merchants urge employees to park on side streets or back lots to free Laurens Street. A poll of 29 downtown businesspeople shows all but nine favor moving parking, with several threatening dismissal for Laurens parking and a call for controlled parking or meters. Local banks plan lots for staff. some merchants admit limited action on enforcement.
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Laurens
Susan Schubert
Aiken
Laurens Street
Courage
Jimmie Rhoden
Farmers and Merchants Bank
First Presbyterian Church
C.T. Coleman
Coleman's Shoes
Mary Ann Merrill
Top Dollar
Weather outlook for Aiken predicts showers tomorrow
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow after mainly sunny warm weather today. Skies will be partly cloudy tonight and cloudy tomorrow with a high near the upper 70s and a low in the upper 50s. Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph tonight becoming southerly.
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Aiken
U.S
Horse Case Backed To Zoning Board
NEW ELLENTON leaders seek to amend the town ordinance to allow keeping horses in residential areas. The council required the proposal first go to the zoning board, with a public hearing and recommendation before any final action.
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New Ellenton
Zoning Board
C. H. Shaw
Shaw
Gene Rollins
Merchants Plan Revitalization Of Aiken’s Downtown
More than 100 downtown merchants met at Farmers and Merchants Bank in downtown Aiken to discuss reviving the city center. They voted to hire a retired PR and advertising man to develop programs for downtown and lead improvement efforts.
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Emily L. Bull
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Aiken
Leash Law Sought For Aiken City Council Debate
Aiken residents push for a dog leash law as council weighs dog control options. Speakers urge study of costs and quick progress ahead of the March 26 meeting while plans for a Vietnam veterans monument move forward. John W. Carney, guest speaker and former Calgon promotions executive, pitches downtown remodeling and cooperative advertising ideas.
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New Ellenton
Aikenites
Heyward S. Blackwell
Jehnssee
S.E
James L. Oswald
Fermata Place
Council
Odell Weeks
Roland Windham
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Belvedere group pursues center site in Belvedere
Belvedere Community Council discussed building a center last night led by Mrs. Carolyn Floyd of the Women's Club. A 3000 copy neighborhood letter will gauge resident support while fund raising efforts include a Belvedere Community Day Center with a barbeque bake sale bingo train rides pony rides and cement block sales. The center would be available for public rentals and land donation suggestions are invited.
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Belvedere
Carolyn Floyd
Belvedere’s Woman’s Club
Gerald Rosenbrook
Belvedere Jaycees
Jayceeettes
Lions Club
Woman’s Club
Floyd
Vedere Community Day Center
William Smith
North Augusta
Swathmore Drive To Be Paved In Belvedere Area
Belvedere Community Council vice president Gerald Rosenbrook said Swathmore Drive behind Belvedere Elementary will be paved this summer after discussions with County Commission Chair Harold Graybeal and approval to blacktop. Repair work on an open culvert at Francis and Elizabeth Streets is now in progress.
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Belvedere
Swathmore Drive
Gerald Rosenbrook
Rosenbrook
County Commission
Harold Graybeal
Commission
Edwin Farmer
Fracis
Elizabeth Street
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Fermata Club
Stennis
Amtrak
Frank Sloan
Thomas Dry Cleaners
Carney
Ramrod Drive
Wendell Hall
Rollins
BOARD
John W. Carney
The
Merchants Association
Calgon Corp
Pittsburgh
Merchants’ Association
Tocoa
Strom Thurmond
Nixon
Belvedere Group
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