POWs Describe Torture and Courage After Vietnam Captivity
The last of 587 Vietnam era POWs freed at Clark Air Base share brutal details of beatings, starvation, and torture by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. Navy Capt. Jeremiah Denton Jr. recounts years of solitary confinement and torture, while others describe “the strap” and insect-infested wounds. Prisoners formed codes, limited information, and maintained military discipline, with sources noting Pentagon pressure to keep silence on these revelations.
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Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Washington
Pentagon
Clark
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Virginia Beach
Jeremiah Denton
North Vietnam
Meat Boycott Plans Continue Despite Nixon Price Ceilings
Organizers of the meat boycott say the planned week long consumer action remains on for Sunday despite President Nixon ordering price ceilings on beef pork and lamb at current levels. The National Farmers Organization plans tonight meetings in major meat producing areas to decide further action after urging members to withhold hogs cattle and lambs from the market.
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Associated Press
Nixon
National Farmers Organization
Militant H Rap Brown Convicted in Manhattan Bar Robbery
H Rap Brown and three codefendants were found guilty by a State Supreme Court jury in a West Side Manhattan bar robbery and officer assault case. The jurors were deadlocked on other charges tied to the shootout. Judge Fraiman dismissed the panel after 19 hours of deliberation. Kunstler decried the verdict as a miscarriage of justice, while the prosecutor called it fair.
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New York
H. Rap Brown
West Side
Manhattan
State Supreme Court
Brown
William M. Kunstler
Asst. Dist. Atty
Jack T. Litman
Nixon imposes immediate ceiling on meat prices nationwide
President Nixon announced a price ceiling on supermarket and wholesale meat effective immediately as he seeks a permanent fix for rising costs. He spoke amid a televised Viet Nam withdrawal address, urging support for his budget fight with Congress and warning Hanoi to honor the peace accord.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Congress
Nixon declares Vietnam mission fulfilled amid cease-fire doubts
President Nixon told the nation the United States has ended direct military involvement in Vietnam and achieved his goal of an honorable peace. He noted no American forces remain in Vietnam for the first time in 12 years and said all U S POWs are on their way home, while warning Hanoi may not fully honor the cease-fire.
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Washington
United Staes
Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
White House
Harness Races Reset Sunday at Aiken Mile Track
Inclement weather postpones the Aiken Harness Races to Sunday. E H Minniear manager of the Aiken Mile Track announced the event sponsored by the Aiken County Shrine Club will start at 2 o clock on Sunday weather permitting.
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Aiken
E.H. Minniear
The
Aiken County Shrine Club
Minniear
Grayson Hanes Recovers Then Performs in Local Show
Grayson Hanes returns on both feet after recovery from an ice storm injury. At Aiken High Senior Class production Damn Yankees Linda Moody as Lola steals the show. The show runs tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Aiken Junior High. Don Atkinson nets a six-pound fish at Gem Lakes, though it weighs just over four pounds.
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Grayson Hanes
Aiken High
Linda Moody
Lola
Aiken Junior High
Don Atkinson
Shealy
Gem Lakes
Students To Clear Litter From Streets In Aiken
More than 250 people including Aiken High School campuses Schofield St Angela Academy Scout Troop 121 Army and Air Force Reserves join a four hour litter cleanup of main streets sponsored by the Aiken Beautification Committee and Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce. Workers focus on street side litter as motorists are asked to drive carefully through the area.
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Aiken
Aiken High School
Schofield
St. Angela Academy
Scout Troop
Army Reserves
Air Force Reserves
Aiken Beautification Committee
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Richland
Hayne
Park Avenues
Air Force
Highway 19
Rutland Drive
Rain Likely As Weekend Golfers Brace For Showers
The U S Weather Service expects occasional rain and thunder tonight with lows in the upper 40s. Saturday will be cloudy and cool with a chance of showers. There is a 40 percent chance of rain today and tomorrow and an 80 percent chance tomorrow. Highs today and tomorrow around 60.
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U.S. Weather Service
Study proposes single county treatment plant in Aiken County
A long awaited report recommends a regional water waste treatment plant for Aiken County with a county wide sewer and water district. The plan covers Horse Creek Valley pollution cleanup and a trunk system serving multiple communities at an estimated 34.1 million through 1995, mostly 27.7 million by 1975. EPA extended the completion deadline after commissioning the study in Augusta.
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Alec Lamis
Aiken County
Horse Creek
Aiken
North Augusta
Graniteville
Warrenville
Clearwater
Greenwood
Augusta
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
SC Lawmaker Warns of Possible Tax Increase in 1974 75
South Carolina House minority leader Rep. C. Marshal Cain warns of a tax increase for fiscal 1974 75. He cites the large 1973 74 budget of 853 million and a 2.3 million imbalance in a money bill, noting surplus funds of 95 million and 45 million bonding authority may be altered by the Senate.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Marshal Cain
Aiken
Cain
Senate
Brothers challenge in fight over electric power line rights
Oliver and Arthur Mowry sue Central Electric Power Co-Op Inc and federal agencies over a proposed 12.3 mile feeder line in Couchton O.W. Mowry land. Their lawyer Beattie says NEPA compliance is at issue and could reshape utility right of way planning in South Carolina.
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Goliath
Oliver Mowry
Arthur
Central Electric Power Co-Op Inc
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The
Rural Electrification Administration
O.W Mowry
Arthur Mowry
Couchton
New Ellenton
Franklin D. Beattie Jr
Beattie
Dants
Aiken
South Carolina
Plantiffs
O.S. Mowry
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Engineering plan outlines Horse Creek sewage system and alternatives
The report details a 22 million gallon daily sewage plan centered on a Horse Creek trunk with connections to Sand River, Little Horse Creek, North Augusta and Beech Island. Alternatives include Scheme 1 a and 1 b and Scheme 2 using Graniteville and Clearwater plants plus Aiken expansion. Langley Pond dredging or abandonment is proposed with cleaning costs above $1 million.
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Horse Creek
Graniteville
Sand River
Little Horse Creek
North Augusta
Beech Island
Belvedere
Aiken
Clearwater
Aiken City
Langley Pond
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By Louise Cook
Elon College
N.C
York Street
Aiken County Hospital
Arnold G. Fraiman
Aiken Estates
St. Angela
Army
Rep
Brothers Battling Central Co-Op
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