Navy names first black rear admiral amid Vietnam tour
Captain Samuel L. Gravely praised the Navy’s promotions process while returning the guided missile frigate Jouett from a seven month Vietnam coast tour. Gravely, a 1943 enlistee, becomes a historic black admiral candidate as the Pentagon selects 49 captains for rear admiral promotions.
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Calif
U.S
Samuel L. Gravely
Jouett
Vietnam
Gravely
Navy
United States
Pentagon
Pickpockets Collect $6,000 at Derby Crowds
Louisville police said pickpockets gathered nearly $6,000 from Churchill Downs on Derby day as bettors left with winnings.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Prince Charles Leads Friar Park In Big Polo Win
Prince Charles Polo team Friar Park defeated Windsor Park 8 to 342 in Windsor Park’s semi final of the Rodney Moore Cup. The 22 year old scored four goals while the Duke of Edinburgh was scoreless. Prince William of Gloucester added one Windsor Park tally.
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Windsor Park
England
Prince Charles
Friar Park
Prince
Duke of Edinburgh
Charles
Prince William of Gloucester
Rodney Moore
Bayh Opens Hearings on Juvenile Detention Abuse
Senator Birch Bayh opened Senate hearings accusing juvenile correctional institutions of beatings brutality and exposure to sexual attacks. He chairs the juvenile delinquency subcommittee and states rehabilitation is minimal. Early witnesses from El Paso condemned conditions at the county detention home and described rough treatment of youths.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
Indiana Democrat
Senate
el Paso
Tex
Nixon Outlines Farm Program to Aid Farmers
President Nixon returns to Washington with a 400 million dollar farm program aimed at boosting farmer incomes and exports. Loans total 349.4 million with a goal to push exports to 10 billion annually. a 7.4 billion forecast this year. He adds 1 million to the 27.7 million Foreign Agricultural Service budget in fiscal 1972.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Foreign Agricultural Service
Federal
SST Advancements Seek Federal Aid After SST Halt
Boeing and GE engineers urge Congress to provide 15 million to 20 million dollars to finish SST related technological advancements. A Seattle Boeing team meets lawmakers in Washington to argue the program should not be abandoned after the Senate blocked further funding on March 24.
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Seattle
Ton
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Senate
Al Capp Hospitalized After Collapse on Lecture Tour
Cartoonist Al Capp, 62, collapsed from exhaustion during a lecture tour and was admitted to Boone County Hospital in Harrison Arkansas. He was resting comfortably and likely to stay several days, according to a hospital spokesman and Capp's son Kim.
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Capp
Boone County Hospi
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Kim
Lil Abner
Army manual limits use of force against demonstrators
Federal troops deployed to prevent disruption of government are restricted to minimum necessary force. The Army field manual states force used must be no greater than what is reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
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Washington
Stolen 1968 Mustang Reported In Aiken
Police report a 1968 Mustang owned by James Hightower was stolen after being left near a Richland Avenue restaurant. A poodle owned by Mrs. W. M. Davis was also reported stolen from a yard and 25 eight track tapes were taken from a car in a Pizza Villa lot. A reward is offered and a tractor battery fire was the weekend’s only other incident.
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Jehnssee
Aiken
Hightower
Richland Avenue
W. M. Davis
Tus
Larry Kelley
Warrenville
Pizza Villa
North Augusta elects mayor and four council seats
North Augusta voters turnout light as incumbent Ray Walters runs unopposed for mayor. Four Republican and three Democratic candidates contend for four council seats with Fred Hamilton Wallace Hallman and Bubba Price seeking two-year terms while Jerry Lee Burttram stands for the one-year seat.
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Ray Walters
Walters
Repub
Licans
Fred Hamilton
Wallace J. Hallman
W. L.bubba Price
Price
Jerry Lee Burttram
The
McJunkin Corp
Lewis Jolley
Floyd Moore
Bill Gray
Dave Jones
Richard Day
Aiken County Judge Dismisses Jury Over Contacts
Judge Julius B Ness dismissed a 50 member petit jury after findings that majority panelists had been contacted during the week. He ordered a new jury impaneled for 9 30 am Wednesday in the opening session of the General Sessions Court. Ness said contacts were inadvertent and warned of possible jail if motives were shown. He noted it was his first such action in 13 years on the bench and apologized for the inconvenience.
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Julius B. Ness
Aiken
Ness
American Heritage In Danger
Miss Sallie Butler a 1956 law graduate from Indiana University told Aiken Rotary that America risks losing its heritage unless citizens provide children with meaningful challenges. She cited her global travel with the State Department and argued that higher status of women correlates with higher living standards while urging cooperation between women and men.
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America
Sallie Butler
Indiana University
Rotary
Miss Butler
United States Department of State
Quote on peaceful world by Aiken woman lawyer
Aiken resident and member of Women Lawyers and the American Bar Association advocates joint work by men and women on policy issues, paralleling collaboration in family life to achieve global peace.
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Aiken
Women Lawyers
The
American Bar Association
Bomb Threat Seminar Set by Chamber and Treasury
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the U S Treasury Department will hold a Bomb Threat seminar in South Carolina on May 20 from 9 a m to 4 p m Registration costs 4 00 and runs by mail only Deadline is May 10 The program targets corporate executives personnel managers security guards receptionists and switchboard operators with talks by specialists on security during emergencies.
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Greater Aiken
Chamber
Wade M. Brodie
Brodie
Antiwar protests clash with police on Washington streets
Thousands of protesters jammed streets in Washington in clashes with police and tear gas. Federal troops aided police while National Guardsmen and Marines increased security as demonstrations disrupted rush hour. About 3,000 arrests occurred by midmorning.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Rogers Starts Middle East Peace Mission With Jordan Side Trip
Secretary of State William P Rogers took an unannounced helicopter tour over parts of Jordan before meeting King Hussein to discuss the Arab-Israeli dispute. Government sources said the flight likely reviewed lands west of the Jordan River. The trip began amid ideal weather and followed a 22 hour stopover in Amman.
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Jordan
William P Rogers
Hussein
Rogers
Jordan Valley
Irbid
Jordan River
Israel
Middle East
Beirut
Grand Jury Opens Fourth Day in Seattle Bombing Probe
Leslie Bacon returns for a fourth day of questioning before a federal grand jury probing the March 1 bombing of the U S Capitol. Attorneys say she knows nothing of the attack and has been held on 100000 bond as a material witness.
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Wash
Leslie Bacon
U.S. Capitol
Miss Bacon
Jeffrey Steinborn
Michael Fayad
Washington, DC
Washington
Atherton
Calif
U.S. District Court
Favad
Steinborn
Stumper Deadline Nears for Aiken Standard Puzzle
Weekend sunshine drew readers away from the Stumper but the $570 jack pot remains up for grabs. Deadline is noon Wednesday for eligibility with extra copies sold at the Aiken Standard office on Rutland Drive.
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Rutland Drive
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