North Korea Demands U.S. Troop Withdrawal at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom North Korea renews demand for all U.S. troops to leave South Korea to ensure peace. It accuses the United States of blocking Korean unification by sabotaging conferences on unification per the 1953 armistice. Maj. Gen. Han Yong-ok speaks at the 329th AMC meeting.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
U.S
South Korea
Korean Peninsula
United States
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Han Yong-ok
William P Rogers
Washington
Meany Quits Pay Board Over Labor Slant
AFL-CIO leader George Meany announces his resignation from the Pay Board after a meeting with labor chiefs in Washington. He says he and two other labor heads Floyd Smith and I W Abel will quit immediately, accusing the program of bias against workers.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Washington
Meany
Machinists
Floyd Smith
I.W. Abel
Hussein plans U S visit to discuss Middle East peace
King Hussein said he would travel to the United States within days to confer with President Nixon on his proposals for the region. He denied any direct talks with Israel about a semiautonomous Palestine on the West Bank and said a United Arab Kingdom could be formed only if Israel accepts the 1967 UN Resolution as the basis for peace.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
United States
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
Palestine
West Bank
Jordan River
U.N. Security Council
Two Americans Die In Indochina War Toll Rises
AP reports two American soldiers were killed in action and 12 wounded in Indochina last week, the lowest U.S. casualty toll in four months. South Vietnamese losses were higher with 357 government troops killed and 943 wounded, plus 20 missing, as fighting increased in the Hue A Shau valley and central highlands.
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Saigon
Indochina
U.S
Hue-A Shau
Central Highlands
Equal Rights Bill Passes After Senate Vote
Congress approves a constitutional amendment for women’s equal rights by an 84 to 8 Senate vote. Supporters celebrate with cheers and a champagne toast. Sen Sam Ervin of North Carolina condemned the proposal, insisting opponents misquote scripture.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Miss Stallworth Relinquishes Miss Aiken Title for National Queen
Susan Stallworth quits Miss Aiken to become National Watermelon Queen and depart for Europe late April. Jane Sherer, runner up, becomes Miss Aiken and will enter the Miss South Carolina contest in Greenville in July. Sherer, 20, USC Aiken student, previously Miss North Augusta, calls the change unexpected.
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Miss Aiken
Susan Stallworth
Europe
Miss Stallworth
Miss Sherer
Aiken
South Carolina
Greenville
Susan
Jaycees
North Augusta
University of South Carolina Aiken
Sunny weather for Aiken steeplechase on Saturday
The third leg of the Triple Crown is forecast in Aiken with highs in the upper 60s to near 70 and clear skies. Tonight will be colder with scattered frost and low in the mid 30s, while tomorrow brings around 70 with little temperature change and near zero rain chances. An extended outlook shows a chance of showers Monday.
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Aiken
Industrialists Defend Charges Of Pollution
A staff report recounts a rodeo themed column about a mule race with humorous ruminations on mule behavior. The narrator reflects on training and acclimation before the anticipated Saturday race.
Living Costs Jump as Grocery Prices Lead Rise in February
Washington AP report shows the Consumer Price Index rose 0.5 percent in February the sharpest gain in nine months. Grocery prices surged 1.9 percent the largest monthly increase since March 1958, while weekly earnings rose 35 cents to 130.27 but purchasing power fell 24 cents. The rise continues under Phase 2 controls with living costs accelerating beyond pre freeze rates.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Afl-Cio
Bureau
Filing Fees Cut for Aiken County Commissioners Race
The Executive Committee of the Aiken County Democratic Party lowered filing fees for Democratic candidates. Six commissioner seats drop from 250 to 125 dollars while the chairman's fee reduces from 600 to 175 dollars, citing salary changes in the new home rule bill.
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New County Board of Commissioners
Aiken County
Democratic Party
Mary Baker
Board of Commissioners
GOP Forum Highlights Taxes and Milk Price Fixing
A Republican platform forum at the County Courthouse drew 20 attendees and spotlighted taxes milk price fixing and inequitable tax appraisals between industrial and farm land. The event is part of a traveling state forum series led by Dan Ross to inform the platform committee.
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Republican Party
Platform Committee
Dan Ross
Paigns
Columbia
Florence
Greenville
Charleston
Gene Hamlet
South Carolina Tax Commission
Methods to Improve Aiken CBD Plan Proposes Redevelopment
The 1969 CBD plan for Aiken suggests creating a private redevelopment corporation of merchants and property owners as an overall planning vehicle. It also recommends securing federal urban renewal funds and considers a constitutional amendment voted statewide.
Regional Officials Meet Over River Pollution Findings
Mayors and industrialists from both sides of the Savannah River gathered in Augusta for a pollution enforcement conference. A federal EPA report blamed lack of regional planning in Aiken County and identified chromium pollution from two local industries. The session included state agency remarks and concluded with an executive session to draft Washington recommendations due today.
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Savannah River
Augusta
Federal
Environment Protection
Aiken County
Horse Creek
Holiday Inn
Georgia
South Carolina
EPA
Washington, DC
Charles Hollis
Kenneth Tinsley
South Carolina Pollution Control Authority
R. S Howard
Leonard Ledbetter
Georgia Water Quality Control
Stumper Hins Again, Jackpot Still Growing
No winner for this week’s Stumper puzzle as prize money rises to 370 dollars. Puzzle lovers can try again in Friday’s newspaper for another chance at the growing jackpot of 370 dollars.
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
Reynolds
Powderhouse Field
Powderhouse Road
Whitmey Field
Mead Ave
Susan Schubert
Arkansas
Jane Sherer
Miss
Mule
Vietnam
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