Aiken Steeplechase Sees Crowd of 4500 Amid Accident
Captain O W Ray of the Aiken Police estimates about 4500 attended the steeplechase scene, the largest in memory, with Calypso Boy II breaking a leg after a hurdle fall and destruction of the horse. Jockeys adjust to a new line up start while riders await the flag for better results.
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O.W. Ray
Aiken
Ray
A. Smith Bowman
C.W.B. Cushman Jr
Charles S Bird, Jr
Atlanta
Going On Phnom Penh Airlift Resumes Amid Allied Setback
The US airlift resumed after a two day pause as rebels overran the Tool Leap defense perimeter six miles from Phnom Penh and infiltrated a sugar factory 18 miles west. Insurgents armed with grenades killed many soldiers families members. Tuol Leap commander arrested for abandoning post.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tool Leap
Tuol Leap
Kurdish Rebels Quit Kurdish Autonomy Battle
Beirut reports thousands of Kurdish rebels flee their northern Iraq enclave and surrender arms to Iranian forces or the Baghdad regime. Returning travelers describe gloom as Mullah Mustafa Barzani tells Pesh Merga the 13 year war for autonomy is over.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Arab Socialist Regime
Baghdad
Kurdistan
Mustafa Barzani
Pesh Merga
Ford's Campaign In Early Stage
Advisers to President Ford discuss forming a campaign committee outside the White House for the 1976 re election. Robert Hartmann says no decision has been made. Nixon blames Watergate on not running his own re election campaign in 1972.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Robert T Hartmann
Richard M Nixon
Committee For
Tate Becomes Reunited With Soviet Daughter in Florida
Retired Adm. Jackson R. Tate held a secret meeting with his daughter Victoria Fyodorova in Orange Park Florida. He spoke briefly by telephone with the Soviet actress he had loved during World War II as Fyodorova arrived in Florida Sunday to meet her ailing father for the first time.
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Orange Park
Fla
Jackson R. Tate
Tate
Victoria Fyodorova
Florida
Aikenites correct sports error on Channel 10 report
Irate locals note that the Aiken girls basketball team won the championship over West Florence after a Channel 10 announcer miscalled the result. The Saturday Sunday weekend events include steeplechase polo Hitchcock Woods hike and Anne Lattimore art show. Two off duty officers arrived at the Aiken Standard unaware they carried no guns and aided in the search for an armed robbery at Mitchell Shopping Center.
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Channel 10
Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
USCA
Anne Lattimore
David Keel
Sgt. Voight
F&m
Mitchell
Keel
Mulliken Not Arrested In Latest Drug Crackdown
Aiken Standard corrects a previous report that Ralph Mulliken of Belvedere Clearwater Road was arrested and charged with narcotics distribution. The charges were dropped after deputies identified a paperwork error by Deputy Paul Lagrow who had the wrong arrest sheet.
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Mulliken
Aiken Standard
Ralph Mulliken
Clearwater Rd
Belvedere
Paul Lagrow
Aiken
Tornado Hits Atlanta Killing One and Injuring Dozens
A northwest Atlanta tornado killed one person and injured dozens as it ripped through homes and businesses at dawn. Gov. Busbee was reportedly in the Georgia governor’s mansion during the storm, which damaged the Perry Homes public housing area and caused outages, overturned trucks, and shattered school buses. Rescue crews searched debris as city officials sought federal disaster aid.
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Atlanta
Jerry Price
Georgia
George Busbee
Perry Homes
North Georgia
Gordon County
Calhoun
Hall
Gilmber
Rome
Adairsville
Robbery at Mitchell Bank Involves 4 or 5 Suspects
Four or five black males robbed the Mitchell Shopping Center branch of the Farmers and Merchants Bank between 9 30 and 10 00 am today. The amount of money taken was not known. A witness J. G. George of Whiskey Road said the robbers entered and ordered everyone to lie on the floor.
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Mitchell
Farmers and Merchants Bank
J. G. George
Whiskey Road
George
James D. McNair
Graniteville
Lla
Masonic
City Council Considers Chesterfield Street Zoning Change
Aiken City Council plans an 8 pm meeting to discuss a zoning change for properties on Chesterfield Street and Columbia Drive as part of a proposed 100 unit public housing project. The vote follows earlier legal concerns over right of way to a cemetery and residents fear congestion.
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Aiken
Chesterfield Street
Columbia Drive
Roland Windham
Aiken County
North Augusta
Department of Housing and Urban Development
South Carolina
Showers End as Severe Weather Watch Persists in Aiken
Weather update notes showers ending this evening in Aiken County with a severe thunderstorm and tornado watch active until 7 p.m. Tonight. The pre April showers are expected to wind down, leaving a near zero chance of rain for tomorrow.
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Aiken
Wendell Hall
Aiken County
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Aiken High School
West Florence
Scott Hunter
Kim Moss
Maynard Jackson
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