Schedule For Aiken Spring Arts Festival
Aiken hosts a spring arts festival with events across May including Craft Show May 3 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium and Laurens Street, Festival Parade May 4, MACBETH at Cinema Theatre May 4 at 8 p.m. Sing Aiken May 5 at 8 p.m. Municipal Auditorium, An Evening of Theater May 7 at 8 p.m. at Aiken Community Playhouse, Light Up The Sky May 9, Concert In Dance May 9 at 8 p.m. at Aiken Junior High School, Clothesline Art Show May 9 1–6 p.m. and May 10 1–4 p.m. at Aiken Senior High Gymnatorium.
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Shakespear
Aiken Community Playhouse
Aiken Junior High School
Aiken
Fugitive Star Fights Court Order for Spousal Support
David Janssen star of The Fugitive is ordered by Superior Court in Santa Monica to pay $3,750 monthly support to his ex wife Ellie Janssen. The couple wed August 23 1958 in Las Vegas and separated on their tenth anniversary. The judge also assigned Janssen responsibility for legal fees and related costs as the dissolution of marriage proceeds.
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Santa Monica
Calif
David Janssen
Janssen
Ellie
New York
Superior Court
Richard L. Wells
Fonda Duo Named Harvard Lampoon Worst Of 1969
The Harvard Lampoon picked Peter and Jane Fonda as worst actor and worst actress of 1969. They awarded a Worst 10 package including Easy Rider and True Grit. Miss Fonda won for Spirits of the Dead and for marrying Roger Vadim. her brother was cited for helping shape Easy Rider.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Lampoon
Peter and
Jane Fonda
Putney Swope
Topaz
Bob and Carol and
Ted
Alice
True Grit
John and
Mary
Miss Fonda
Lampoon
Roger Vadim
Senate approves free and low price school lunches bill
The Senate approved a bill to extend free or low price lunches to more than 8 million children from poor families. It also funds a pilot breakfast program at 25 million dollars annually, 13 million above the Nixon administration request, and moves to the House and then the President for final action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Brave Woman Brave Wife Praised For Senate Fight
Virginia Simmons Carswell praised Martha Mitchell for her after hours call to a newspaper to pressure Fulbright. The Carswell comment came as Martha Mitchell stirred public attention over the Senate rejection of G Harrold Carswell. Carswell resigned as a federal judge to run for a Florida Senate seat.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Martha Mitchell
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia Simmons Carswell
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Air Force F111 wing crack during stress tests in San Diego
The Air Force disclosed an F111 aircraft wing undergoing stress testing in San Diego cracked at a point equivalent to seven years of service. The crack occurred after just over 3,000 hours of testing out of 4,000 hours planned, and officials said the test proved the aircraft has many years of use during which a fix can be devised.
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Washington
Air Force
San Diego
Calif
Johnson to address Chicago Democratic dinner tonight
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson will speak at a Chicago fundraising dinner for the Democratic Party. About 5,000 attendees are expected at the $100 plate event, his first public address since leaving office in 1969. Johnson will return to his Texas ranch after the dinner.
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Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Faulty Oxygen Tank Tied to Apollo 13 Explosion History
North American Rockwell officials say the oxygen tank from Apollo 13 had a history of being dropped and swapped from Apollo 10 and did not meet specifications. The tank passed 19 major tests in three years, but no past event pinpoints a cause. To keep Apollo 10 on schedule, modified tanks from Apollo 13 were installed in Apollo 10.
Tricentennial Wagoner Event With Parades and Shows
Wagons roll into Wagoner for a two day observance featuring vintage vehicles and period costumes. A 4 pm trail ride and 11 am parade tomorrow lead to the Wagener High School Horse Show Grounds event with a barbecue 4 to 8 pm. Police preside over a kangaroo court prize list includes longest distance wagon, best wagon, longest beard and best costume.
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Wagoner
Future Farmers of America
Wagener High School
Atlanta
Israeli raid strikes house in Lebanon and border work reported
An Israeli army unit moved into Lebanon and blew up a supposedly extremist collaborator's house in Houle. The raid, the second in eight weeks, came as Lebanon said Israel is erecting barbed wire along the 50 mile border. A Palestine guerrilla group claimed an Israeli fighter jet was shot down with casualties in a separate raid.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Houle
Beirut
Israel- Lebanon
al Fatah
May Day Appeal From Brezhnev In Red Square
In Red Square Brezhnev addressed thousands of workers with a peace oriented May Day message. He stood on Lenin's tomb with 11 Politburo members and praised the Communist world's solidarity while voicing support for Vietnamese communists and Arab peoples.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Red Square
Lenin
Brezhnev
Aiken Astonisher's Contest Is Finally Revealed In Full
The Standard Stumper contest created by the Aiken Astonisher debuts in today's paper on page 12. A $50 prize awaits a winner next week with prize increases to $120 after eight weeks if no one solves it. The rules and puzzles are printed on page 12, urging readers to study, sharpen their skills, and outsmart the editor for the cash.
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Aiken Astonisher
Aiken
AHS Opens May Day Activities
Aiken High School crowned Miss Melissa Hunter May Queen as May Day activities began with Miss Hope Maroney as Honor Attendant and the theme Saga of the West from a William T Slaughter composition. Mead Hall crowned Miss Sherry Scott with Miss Barbara Sorge as Maid of Honor. May Day continued through the day at USC Aiken Regional.
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Melissa Hunter
Aiken High School
Billy Hewitt
Hope Maroney
Spence Allen
Ashley Cottingham
Sharon Lawton
Douglas McLean
Busch
Aiken
P. E. Beasley
Miss Hunter
William T Slaughter
Mead Hall
F. J. Albrecht
Sherry Scott
Barbara Sorge
University of South Carolina Aiken
Colleen Barton
Carol Ridenhour
Kennedy
Kathy Crosswhite
L. C. Jones
Jamie Whitaker
Aiken Junior High School
Gale Johnson
Karen Barton
Cambodia Decision Reaction Is Mixed
Tokyo reports mixed global reaction to Nixon order sending US combat troops into Cambodia. Leaders in China, North Vietnam condemn, Japan and South Korea call it unavoidable, while Indonesia and Laos weigh impact and a regional peace conference may be delayed.
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Tokyo
China
North Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
Cambodia
Adam Malik
Peking
Hanoi
U. S
United States
Vietnam
Laos
Indochinese
Eisaku Sato
Kiichi Aichi
South Vietnam
New Zealand
Souvanna Phouma
White House
Formosa
Saigon
U.S
COSVN
U S Units Enter Cambodia in Major Vietnam War Move
About 8 000 U S combat troops swept into Cambodia 70 miles northwest of Saigon and began bases for assaults on the supreme Communist command zone. Aimed to stay awhile, the action marked the first large American ground presence in Cambodia in nine years of conflict.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Supreme Communist Command
South Vietnam
Parrot’s Beak
Svay Rieng
U.S. Command
Associated Press
Charles Ryan
Ryan
150 Cases Docketed For Sessions Court
Aiken County General Sessions Court will convene at 10 a.m. Monday with 150 cases on the docket. Judge Julius B. Ness will preside. Seven or eight narcotics cases are due, along with six murder cases and various other crimes including armed robbery assault and battery larceny and traffic violations.
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Aiken
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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Sessions Court
Julius B. Ness
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