Arkenites on a cruise and travelers homebound
Betty Post Helen Salley and the Fred Coopers sail toward Mon fogo Bay and return to Charleston this weekend. Dr Robert Sipe departs for Hong Kong and Far East routes. Monsignor George Lewis Smith returns from the Mediterranean after Easter. Mrs Carl Littlejohn misses Red Cross banquet with a broken foot. Jwann Cooper Miss Aiken was a Rose Queen finalist in Orangeburg last weekend.
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Arkenites
Betty Post
Helen Salley
Fred Coopers
Montego Bay
Charleston
Robert Sipe
Hong Kong
Far East
George Lewis Smith
Mediterranean
Holy Land
Carl Littlejohn
Red Cross
Jwann Cooper
Aiken
Orangeburg
Three Die in Lakewood Hotel Fire
A Landmark Manhattan Hotel in Lakewood New Jersey burned at 1:37 a.m. killing three people among four missing. Ten others were injured and treated at Paul Kimball Hospital as 165 firefighters battled the blaze. The cause was not determined.
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Lakewood
Manhattan
Paul Kimball Hospital
Gunmen Take Gems At N Y Airport
Three gunmen seized diamonds emeralds and other stones valued around 500000 at the Air India cargo terminal Kennedy Airport New York. They forced the night supervisor to remove 31 jewel boxes from a vault loaded into two cartons while a third gunman guarded outside and stopped a truck driver and a security guard. Value pending due to missing shipping documents.
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New York
Air India
Kennedy Airport
India
United States
Judge weighs trial halt amid probe links to Watergate
In Los Angeles the Pentagon papers case judge Matt Byrne said the decision to pause the trial and seek sworn testimony from former Attorneys General John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst and nine others hinges on the government's response to a request for a full investigation into a break-in at Daniel Lisberg’s psychiatrist office. Leonard Boudin, Lisberg’s chief attorney, pressed for a detailed hearing with those involved.
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Los Angeles
U.S
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Liisberg
Elisberg
Leonard Boudin
Attys
John N. Mitchell
Richard G. Kleindienst
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Atty
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Congress
Sen
Henry Bellman
Okla
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Richardson
Massachusetts
May Day Observances Sweep Across Nations
Workers in foreign countries marked International Labor Day with parades and celebrations while Britain staged a 24 hour strike. In Peking crowds gathered under red flags with official reports noting party leaders attended, and Moscow announced Leonid Brezhnev received a Lenin Peace Prize as part of the day’s festivities.
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Associated Press
United States
Britain
Peking Parks
Hsinhua News Oe
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Tsetung
Moscow
Tass
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Schultz Recalled For Questions By House Tax Writers
Treasury Secretary George P. Schultz was recalled by the House Ways and Means Committee to explain administration tax reform proposals described as politically inspired. Rep. William J. Green urged the measures fail to close loopholes or reduce the deficit, calling the effort a political maneuver. Schultz agreed to submit written comments on the proposals.
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Washington
House
Treasury
George P. Schultz
Ways and Means Committee
Shultz
William J. Green
Dpa
Green
North Viet Nam foes not ready for Kissinger Tho meeting
Paris sources report Paris minister Fe Nguyen Co Thach says atmosphere not right for a Kissinger Tho meeting. He spoke after three talks with William Sullivan in Hanoi reviewing the Vietnam cease fire. White House aides had said Sullivan Thach talks could lead to another Nixon adviser meeting with Le Duc Tho.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
White House
Sullivan
Thach
Nixon
Law Day prompts police call to curb apathy in courts
North Augusta official Walter Newman Aiken County Sheriff Paul Grant and Aiken Public Safety Director J C Busbee critique legal technicalities they say shield guilty parties while urging stronger deterrents including death penalty support for crimes against officers. They condemn Miranda and urge civic involvement to reverse public apathy.
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Walter New
North Augusta
Aiken County
Paul Grant
Grant
Newman
Public Safety
J.C. Busbee
Aiken
Red Cross Manager Praises Aiken Chapter At Banquet
National Red Cross leader Paul Moore lauded the Aiken County Chapter at its 56th annual meeting before 200 attendees. He lauded water safety and first aid units and noted 1 444 certificates issued in nine months. He warned the disaster fund faces stress from recent floods hurricanes and tornadoes and urged ongoing support for military families and volunteers.
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RED Cross
Paul Moore
Jwann Cooper
Elric Pinckney
Wendell Hall
Aiken County
Southeastern Area National Red Cross
Moore
Aiken
United States
Nixon Assumes Responsibility for Watergate Crisis
President Nixon announced he assumes final responsibility for the Watergate scandal on the 100th day of his second term. He said the man at the top must bear the responsibility and pledged that those criminally guilty would pay the penalty, while portraying himself as a victim of trusted associates.
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Washington
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Two Children Hurt In North Augusta Wreck
Two five year old children, Benjamin Fred Edgin and Thomas Wayne McConnell, were treated and released at University Hospital after a crash involving three cars and a van carrying seven kindergartners. The collision at Georgia Avenue and Buena Vista occurred at 9 05 a.m. and a Buchanan woman was charged with running a red light.
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University Hospital
Benjamin Fred Edgin
Thomas Wayne McConnell
Clarence Hopler
Georgia Avenue
Buena Vista
Betty Jean Newsome Buchanan
Colony Court
Ernest Edwards
Augusta
Jean Hall
June Hites
Stanton Drive
North Augusta
Party Cloudy Warm Forecast For Tomorrow
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy and warm temperatures tonight and Wednesday with a 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow. Lows tonight in the 50s and highs tomorrow in the 80s. The three day forecast shows a chance of showers Thursday, then mostly fair and cooler Friday and Saturday with highs around 80 Thursday and in the 70s Friday and Saturday.
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Buchanan
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Elliot L. Richardson
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Muskie Dmaine
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Shirley Chisholm
D-Ny
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