Expensive Thoroughbreds to Get Chance Saturday
Aiken Trials, 33rd annual, offer nine flat-track races at 2 p.m. at the Aiken Training Track with advanced tickets $1.50 and $2 at the gate. Trainer Mackenzie Miller notes annual upkeep around 12 000 dollars plus daily feed costs and veterinary fees as a horse aims for profits, as Lie Low set a track record last year and Miller hopes more earnings this season. Proceeds go to the Aiken Jaycees, with other Triple Crown weekend events including a horse show and polo.
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Secretariat
Mackenzie Miller
Aiken Trials Committee
Miller
Aiken
Lie Low
Triple Crown Schedule for Aiken Events This Week
The Friday 14 schedule lists a 9 30 a m hunt show at Hitchcock Woods with a $5 car ringside fee. Saturday 15 features the 33rd Aiken Trials at 2 p m benefits the Aiken Jaycees with advance $1 50 gate $2. Sunday 16 offers The Clearing horse show at Tala tha Church Road with 1 adults. Saturday 22 presents the Aiken Hunt at 2 p m with benefits to Helping Hands and related activities plus a mule race and mounted police. Weekly polo Sundays at Whitney Field at 3 30 p m with $1 50 admission. Tickets available from the Aiken Chamber of Commerce 400 Laurens Street NW 648 0485.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Aiken Jaycees
Talatha Church Road
Aiken Hunt
Helping Hands, Inc
Aiven Sertoma Club
Washington Park Mounted Police
Whitney Field
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Laurens Street
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Greek Cypriots agree to resume talks under UN auspices
The Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to restart negotiations on Cyprus under UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. The Security Council urged Waldheim to convene the talks personally, a role the Greeks wanted but the Turks opposed. Talks stalled after February 13 when Turks proclaimed a separate state in the occupied north.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Security Council
Waldheim
Cyprus
Northern
Explosion delays airlift to Phnom Penh amid rebel attack
Rebel gunners hit an ammunition dump at Phnom Penh airport forcing a one day suspension of U S airlift of ammunition rice and fuel into the besieged capital. The blast touched off more than 20 tons of ammunition and two commercial aircraft near the civilian terminal were damaged and deemed unserviceable.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
American Aircraft Company
Hollings Claims Oil Pressure From Textile Executives
Sen. Ernest Hollings says oil interests are enlisting textile executives in South Carolina to pressure him to back off repeal of the oil depletion allowance. He spoke at a committee hearing about the 22 percent deduction that saves producers about 2.5 billion dollars annually.
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Washington
South Carolina
Ernest Hollings
Hollings
About 30 Seek AHS Coaching Job
About 30 people applied for the vacant head football coach job at Aiken High School. Beasley said the list will be narrowed to five or six candidates and interviews will follow. The committee aims to name a new coach by April 1.
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Aiken High School
P.E. Beasley
Beasley
Senate Finance Takes Up Tax Cut Amid Depletion Debate
The Senate Finance Committee begins work on a tax cut near 30 billion, higher than Ford's plan and House action. Dem leaders push separating depletion repeal to avoid delays while Meany supports the $30 billion figure and proposes a $200 per person tax credit to aid wage earners under $20,000.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Senate Toe Caucus
Senate Committee
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Finance Committee
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Weather outlook brightens for Aiken as rain ends soon
Forecaster predicts an 80 to 90 percent chance of rain today and tonight, dropping to 20 percent tomorrow. Saturday for the Aiken Trials should be fair and cool with highs in the 60s, and a low tonight in the 50s with mid 70s tomorrow.
Early peaches damaged by freezes threaten scarce harvest
Peach growers in Monetta report major losses in early and mid bloom varieties due to last weeks freezes and unseasonably warm weather. Farmers William Du Bose and Gibson Fallaw warn the crop may be limited this year as trees face further cold risk and require sunshine to recover.
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Eric Higgs
William DuBose
DuBose and Sons Peach Farm
Monetta
Gibson Fallaw
Fallaw
Fallan
Gibson
Fallon
DuBose
Correction on marriage age figures cited by AP report
Probate Court clarifies that state law requires parental consent for anyone under 18 to marry. An AP story had stated 16 for females and 18 for males. officials say the correct rule applies to both sexes. A film-making class seeks footage of Hitchcock Woods in bloom. contact Julia Cobb at 648-6268.
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Associated Press
Bloom
Julia Cobb
Valley Park proposal gains board approval in principle
Aiken County Board of Commissioners gave a favorable nod to a 400000 Valley Creek recreation park near Clearwater at a working session. If approved next Tuesday, federal Outdoor Recreation funds would cover half the cost under a matching grant plan, benefiting county residents especially in Valley.
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Horse Creek Valley Park
Clearwater
Aiken
Harold V. Graybeal
North Augusta
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
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Leminick
Woodruff Drug
Wendell Hall
Randy Kelley
Lawrenceburg
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Nashville
Tennessee
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Ernest F Hollings
D-S.c
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kreeze
Valley Park
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