Mule Party and Steeplechase Weekend in Aiken
The schedule outlines events by the Aiken Steeplechase Association. Friday night at the Commercial Hotel features an annual Mule Party with a $25 per couple ticket. Saturday offers the Aiken Hunt at Steeplechase Field at 2 PM with multiple admission options and trackside amenities. Sunday hosts Polo at Whitney Field at 3 30 PM with $1 50 general admission.
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Calcutta
Aiken Steeplechase Assn
Aiken Hunt
Helping Hands, Inc
Aiken Sertoma Club
Whitney Field
Large Field Is Expected For Saturday Steeplechase
The Aiken Hunt Meet returns as the third leg of Aiken’s Triple Crown with six races on Saturday at 2 p.m. on Powderhouse Road. The Imperial Cup at $7,500 anchors the card, with 18 entries in the first event split into two divisions. Notable contenders include Tall Award and On Your Toes, while last year’s crowd and weather set a high bar. A mule race also headlines the fringe events in a long-running program.
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Scott Hunter
Aiken Hunt
Aiken
Atlanta
Camden
Tall Award
Bird
Wustenchef
June Hollow
Areas Abandoned In South Vietnam Told To Relocate
Thousands of refugees and soldiers moved toward coastal lowlands as South Vietnam abandons Kontum Pleiku and Darlac provinces after a two week Communist push. Thieu ordered the withdrawal leaving over 11,000 square miles and more than half a million people affected. Fate of 11 Americans in the region was unknown.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Kontum
Pleiku
Darlac
Maryland
Ford Links Security To Aid In Cambodia Crisis
President Ford pressed congressional leaders to back a supplementary military aid package for Cambodia linking its survival to U.S. security. He warned that Cambodia's fall could threaten national security as lawmakers weigh a revised aid bill and a House committee demand for a clear cutoff date.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
Cambodia
South Bend
Ind
United States
Congress
Senate
William S.S. Broomfield
Michigan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Rally Planned in Capital To Protest Unemployment
More than 50 000 workers are expected in Washington next month for a rally protesting high unemployment. The event is sponsored by AFL CIO industrial unions to convey workers' mood to Congress and the administration. George Meany is reportedly cool to the idea. An aide notes the rally is organized by a group within the federation, not the federation itself.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Congress
Jacob Clayman
Industrial Union
George Meany
Meany
Labor Federation
Hearst Ties Warrant to Hearst Case in Auto Embezzlement
Burlingame police issue an auto embezzlement warrant for sports radical Jack Scott tied to the Patricia Hearst case. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the rented car was due back March 1, the day of an aborted Oakland jailbreak by Symbionese Liberation Army members Russell Little and Joseph Remiro.
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SAN Francisco
Jack Scott
Patricia Hearst
Burlingame
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
Scott
Oakland
Symbionese Liberation Army
Russell Little
Joseph Remiro
Railroads Question Rock Island Bankruptcy Fate
Representatives from 15 railways meet the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago to discuss the Rock Island Lines reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws. Rock Island directors voted to stop accepting shipments effective March 31, prompting a somber remark from President John W. Ingram.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
John W. Ingram
Line
Aiken Coca Cola Plant Sprinkler Keeps Running
Lew Perkins USC Aiken basketball coach and athletic director has entered University Hospital in Augusta for back surgery while heavy rains soak Aiken County. The sprinkler at the Coca-Cola bottling plant continues watering the front lawn amid the wet weather as residents seek green grass this summer.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Coca-Cola
Lew Perkins
University of South Carolina-Aiken
University Hospital
Augusta
Gladden Receives Sertoma Service to Mankind Award
Herbert J. Gladden Jr. of Aiken received the Sertoma Service to Mankind Award from the Aiken Sertoma Club for leadership in church business and community work. He serves as group manager for Southern Bell and has long civic ties including Kiwanis Chamber of Commerce and Millbrook PTA.
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Aiken Sertoma Club
Herbert J. Gladden Jr
Gladden
Aiken County
Grand Jury
Frank T. Galardi
Sertoma
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Aiken
Great Falls
S. C
University of South Carolina
Southern Bell
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Aiken Pee Wee
Millbrook Elementary Pta
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Millbrook Baptist Church
Montmore
Massive Cuts Aim to Boost Economy and Jobs
The Senate opens debate on a 29.2 billion tax cut to stimulate demand and reduce unemployment, larger than Ford proposed. Oil depletion allowances become the main hurdle with possible filibusters from oil-state senators. Treasury officials warn the bill may be too large and widen deficits despite signs of economic improvement.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
House
Southend
Ind
Congress
Finance Committee
Treasury
Wiliam E. Simon
Ford Administration
Flash Flood Watch Expands Across State Regions
A flash flood watch is in effect today and tonight for portions of the state including Aiken County. The forecast calls for cloudy windy conditions with heavy rain during the day or night. Pleasant weather is forecast for Thursday through Saturday.
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Aiken County
Hospital Board To Meet Tomorrow With New Doctors
The Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees will meet tomorrow night at 7 30 pm in the hospital staff cafeteria. Two new doctors in Aiken are to be discussed along with a progress report on the new hospital being built by Hospital Corporation of America under Administrator J Sam Nesbit. The meeting is open to the public.
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Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Aiken
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
J. Sam Nesbit
McKenney and Tinsley Enter North Augusta Mayoral Race
Four more candidates joined North Augusta politics with Henry R. McKenney and Robert Tinsley vying for mayor after Raymond L. Walters decline. Daniel A. Davis seeks councilman seat. William Dodgen and W L Gray enter write-in and re election bids. Special election time for McKenney’s vacated council seat to be set tonight. general election on April 29.
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Eric Higgs
North Augusta
North Augustan
Henry R. McKenney
Robert Tinsley
Raymond L. Walters
Daniel A. Davis
William Dodgen
Coun
W.L. Gray
McKenney
Bobby
Daniel Davis
IBM
Augusta
Ellen Smith
Thomas W. Greene Dodgen
Democratic Party
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South Carolina National Bank
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SCN
Mason
Capital
Hearst Tiekets
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Little-Remiro
Carl Littlejohn
Sertoma Club
Todd
Chamber
Wendell Hall
Simon
Senate Budget Committee
Tinsley
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