U S May Sue Ohio Union Benefit Fund Over Fees
The Labor Department threatens to sue the Ohio Highway Drivers Welfare Fund over 2.5 million in fees paid to fund officials. The action targets excessive fees paid to two Dayton attorneys who ran the fund for 27 000 truckers since 1972 and seeks voluntary compliance with the 1974 federal pension reform law. Administrator Robert C Knee Jr faces ouster.
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Washington
Labor Department
Teamsters Union
Ohio
Dayton
Robert C. Knee Jr
Carter Weighs Global Energy Co op for Peaceful Nuclear Power
The Carter administration considers a world wide energy cooperative to provide equal access to nuclear power for peaceful uses. The plan aims to help poor nations develop and curb weapon spread by offering non nuclear countries access to atomic power without building their own facilities.
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Washington
Carter
Trudeau and Margeret Trudeau Separate Report Called Unlikely
A Toronto TV report that Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his wife Margeret had agreed to separate was dismissed as extremely unlikely by a Trudeau spokesman. The office stated they would know if a separation were planned, while not denying the claim officially without direct contact.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Margaret
Trudeau
Toronto
CFTO
New Life for Kennedy and King Assassination Committee
The House extends the assassinations committee to 1978 by 230 to 181. Chairman Louis Stokes says the panel will lay to rest rumors about the JFK and MLK murders after the chief counsel Richard Sprague resigned. Stokes credits Sprague and rejects claims of unfair treatment by former chairman Henry Gonzalez.
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Washington
House
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Troversial
Richard A. Sprague
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Sprague
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
Rust College Administration Building Fire After Student Protest
About 200 students occupied the Rust College administration building in Holly Springs Mississippi early today to protest the appointment of the college president. The building burned and was brought under control by 5 a.m. Authorities say warrants were sworn for four students suspected of starting the blaze.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Rust College
Sam Coopwood
Coopwood
Folger Ups Coffee Price Again
Folger Coffee Co raises wholesale ground coffee by 25 cents to 4.43 a pound as green bean costs rise above 3 a pound. It marks Folger’s fourth hike this year totaling 1.35 a pound. Retail impact may lag months depending on grocer pricing and inventory. Some grocers use loss leader pricing to attract customers.
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Cincinnati
Folger Coffee Co
Folger
Voter Registration Open at Jackson Town Hall
Voter books will be open tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Jackson Town Hall. Weather update notes two sunny weekends and predicts more sunshine for Saturday’s Triple Crown third leg for harness racing fans.
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Jackson Town Hall
Harness Races End Aiken Triple Crown
The Aiken Sulky Races cap the final weekend of the Triple Crown at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Aiken Mile Track with Gott Cup the feature honoring James Gott. Polo follows Sunday at Whitney Field with a 3 p.m. start and season-lengthening weather delays noted.
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Aiken
Aiken Mile
Banks Mill Road
Whitney Field
Chamber of Commerce
James Gott
City of Aiken
Alum Creek
Brandywine
Aikenpolo
Tom Biddle
2000 Jam Auditorium To Speak On Russell Dam
About 2000 attended a six hour public hearing in Anderson on the Richard B. Russell dam and reservoir. The hearing, held by the Army Corps of Engineers at President Carter’s request, drew more speakers in favor than against and highlighted concerns over energy reserves, costs, and wildlife mitigation.
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Russell Dam
Anderson
Richard B. Russell
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Carter
Bob Bennett
South Carolina Electric Cooperatives Association
Palmetto State
Southeast
Alan Stocks
Augusta
The
Friends of the Savannah River
Stocks
South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Georgia Bass Clubs
Bass Anglers Sportsmen's Society
BASS
South Carolina Forestry Association
Corps of Engineers
Brezhnev Rejects U.S. Proposals in Moscow Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance ends five day Moscow mission without SALT breakthrough. Brezhnev rejects two US proposals while Vance and Gromyko plan May talks. Schmidt in Bonn refuses US demand on Brazil nuclear deal amid push for economic recovery.
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Bonn
West Germany
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
Vance
Helmut Schmidt
London
Paris
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Carter
Brazil
Schmidt
Japan
Cool Night and Sunny Weekend Forecast for Aiken
The Aiken area expects a cool night with a low in the mid 40s and a sunny day tomorrow with a high in the mid 70s. Rain chances are low at 10 percent tonight and tomorrow, with a weekend showing more showers possible and temperatures staying in the 70s.
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Aiken
Two Aiken Men Charged In Kidnapping And Rape Case
Two Aiken County men Allen Kneece and Billy McIntosh were charged with kidnapping and housebreaking in the abduction of a local woman on Tuesday. Each faces 50 000 bond on kidnapping and 5 000 on housebreaking. additional rape and assault charges for McIntosh are expected.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Whittington
Nuclear Fuel Storage Request Raises SC Officials
South Carolina officials reacted to a State Department request that Allied General Nuclear Services store 70 tons of India's spent fuel. The Nuclear Advisory Council asked for written details, sending a letter to Joseph Nye and state leaders noting potential economic and storage space impacts if AGNS receives NRC licensing.
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Columbia
U.S. State Department
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
India
South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council
Joseph
Nye
State Department
Carter
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Edward J. Hennelly
Nuclear Advisory Council
State Department of South Carolina
Ing
James B. Edwards
South Carolina
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
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Memphis
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Laura Bradberry
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Murry Sill
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Brezhnev
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