End of SST funding leaves program to private finance
Washington AP reports that from Tuesday the U S will be out of the SST business as Congress rejected 134 million in subsidies ending federal involvement. William M Magruder of the Department of Transportation says private financing may occur but talks are not encouraging.
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Washington
U.S
William M Magruder
Department of Transportation
Age
Congress
Senate
House
Magruder
Coed Jails Proposed by Congressman Mikva in Prison Reform
Representative Abner Mikva of Illinois suggests mixed gender prisons as a reform to ease inmate complaints. His views stem from prison visits and survey responses showing the top grievance as lack of normal sexual relations and separation from family.
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Washington
Abner J. Mikva
D-Ill
Mikva
Tito Visits Pope in Vatican First Communist Leader Meets Pope
President Tito of Yugoslavia, in a top hat and tails, met Pope Paul VI in the Vatican for over an hour. The Pope praised Tito for seeking peace and international collaboration and urged Church noninterference in state affairs.
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Vatican City
Tito
Yugoslavia
Paul VI
Tate Trial Resumes Deliberations In Murder Case
Los Angeles AP reports jurors in the Sharon Tate murder trial resume deliberations after a two month verdict return that sentenced Charles Manson and three followers to death or life imprisonment. The panel, sequestered in a downtown hotel, spent 52 hours reviewing evidence before a Sunday break. Convicted co defendants Susan Atkins Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten remain part of the case.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Charles Manson
Search On For Killer Pell City Teen Charged In Parents Death
Authorities across the Southeast seek 19 year old James Nathan Ball in the shotgun deaths of his parents J T Ball and Flossie Lee Ball both aged 37. Dist Atty Charles Robinson says Ball is charged with murder and is believed to be with a 16 year old girl as he travels.
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Pell City. Ala
Pell City
James Nathan Ball
J.T
Flossie Lee Ball
Charles Robinson
Prize Dog Found on School Grounds in China Grove
Nova a blue ribbon Wei mariner show dog missing a month is found on China Grove Elementary School grounds by custodian Carl Wilkerson.
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China Grove
N.C
Carl Wilkerson
Inside Today Highlights and Sections
A compact rundown of the paper’s sections including Comics Editorial Deaths Want Ads Women’s News and a brief note on daily features. It previews the day’s reads and sections without detailed event coverage.
North Augusta GOP set for mayor as Democrat fails to file
Incumbent Ray Walters leads North Augusta race after Democrats pass filing deadline. Three Democrats seek two year council terms: Hamilton Hallman Price. One year council seat goes to Burttram. All candidates bring local civic roles. Republicans run full slate.
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North Augusta
Ray Walters
Red Hamilton
Wallace J Hallman
W. L.bubba Price
Walters
Jerry Lee Burttram
McJunkin Corp
Hamilton
Clearwater Finishing Plant
Drop Your Pants Case Ends in Dismissal
An Akron attorney urged the defendant to drop his pants during a Driving While Intoxicated trial in Kent Ohio. The seven woman jury gasped as the defendant revealed deformed legs from World War II injuries. Municipal Court Judge Robert Kent dismissed the case.
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Kent
Ohio
Akron
Robert Kent
Streetsboro
Roger Dipaolo
Railroads Face Financial Strain Despite Freight Dominance
Ernest R. Boyd of Southern Railway told Aiken Rotarians that railroads move more freight than all other transport combined yet face a financial collapse. He cited a government study showing a one month rail shutdown would shrink GDP by 13 percent and raise unemployment by 15 percent while highlighting rail’s crucial role in moving cotton, canned foods, and pulp and paper. He blamed the low 2.4 percent investment rate and discussed potential nationalization as a proposed solution.
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Ernest R. Boyd
Southern Railway
Columbia
Boyd
Aiken
America
U.S
Bond Proposal Seeks 1.6 Million for Aiken Projects
Aiken City Manager Roland Windham proposes a 1.6 million bond to fund a 1.3 million storm drainage system a 323 912 public works facility a 405 000 public safety building and a 482 822 multi purpose activities building The plan would raise 20 mills in taxes or about 30 dollars more per year for the average homeowner with separate votes on each item and petitions already in process for a freeholder majority backing.
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Aiken
Roland Windham
Windham
Teen Town
City Progress Committee
Frank Galardi
Aiken Architectural Firm
Alexander and
North Vietnamese Overrun U S Artillery Position
North Vietnamese sappers overran a U S artillery base near Da Nang at 2 a m. killing 33 Americans and wounding 76 in an hour while U S forces reported 12 sapper deaths. The assault marked the region’s high American toll and ongoing enemy action.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Marble Mountain
Chu Lai
Thurmond ‘Man To Beat’ In 1972 South Carolina Battle
Three South Carolina Democrats say Strom Thurmond will be a hard candidate to defeated in 1972 due to fatherhood and long public service. They note his age forty eight and his recent support for Nixon as potential vulnerabilities. The race remains unsettled with no clear front runner to challenge the longtime senator.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
S.C
South Carolina
FBI Joins Search For 3 Escapees in South Carolina
The FBI joined the hunt for three inmates who fled Friday morning from the S C Central Correctional Institution in Columbia. Authorities say the men may have crossed the state line into Georgia or Florida and are considered extremely dangerous.
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FBI
S.C. Central Correctional Institution
Columbia
Roper
Highway Patrol
Richard V. Woods
Beaufort
Richard Flynn
Florida
David Anthony Johnson
Greenwood County
Asbill Hutto
Aiken County
Phillips
J W. Strickland
South Carolina- Georgia
Georgia
Strickland
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Hammond Hills
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Henry Moormann
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