U.S. and South Vietnamese to assault Cambodia bases
American and South Vietnamese forces prepare new offensives into Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong base camps along the border. Air strikes and ground drives have already intensified, with casualties reported on both sides and large hoards of captured arms and supplies uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Cambodia
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Mekong Delta
U.S
Indochina
Mimot
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Charles Ryan
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Parrot’s Beak
Fishhook
Chu Lai
Americal Division
da Nang
Standard Stumper Prize Promises Cash Award
A contest offering a 50 dollar prize invites readers to submit as many entries. The first Standard Stumper was printed in last Friday's paper with extra copies at the Aiken Standard building. Entries must be in by 6 p.m. tomorrow via mail pony express or in person to be eligible.
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Aiken
Rutland Drive
Pony Express
U. S
Fire Damages Carolina Pipeline Station on Dibble Road
A blaze of unknown origin damaged the compressor station of Carolina Pipeline Co on Dibble Road Extension just before noon. Damage believed heavy. the plant serves eastern customers including Myrtle Beach. Tommy Padgett of Southern Natural Gas Co alerted Aiken Fire Department. All units responded and foam was used to subdue the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Pipeline Co
Dibble Road
Myrtle Beach
Tommy Padgett
Southern Natural Gas Co
Aiken
Panthers Rally Peacekeepers Return Home
About 2,500 National Guardsmen sent to New Haven to guard a Black Panthers rally were ordered home without taking action. Guardsmen began leaving Sunday night as thousands of demonstrators dispersed after open air rallies Friday and Saturday. Tensions were high at the weekend start but the events caused little disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Coast Guard searches for 21 missing after Caribbean jet crash
The Coast Guard pressed on with a search for 21 missing passengers and one crew member after a DC9 jetliner ditched in heavy rain near St Martin. Forty survivors and one dead were confirmed as the plane, leased from Overseas National Airways, flew from New York to the Leeward Islands when it went down 200 miles west of San Juan.
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San Juan
P.R
U.S. Coast Guard
Caribbean
New York Area
Coast Guard
Overseas National Airways
New York
St. Martin
Leeward Islands
Draft extended beyond July 1 1971 predicts two years
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird predicts Congress will extend the draft at least two years past the July 1 1971 expiration. He says the exact end date cannot be set now, noting factors like progress in Vietnamization, reductions in military strength after redeployment, and enlistees’ response to pay increases or other incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Kennedy declines 1972 presidential bid vows no draft
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says he will not seek the Democratic nomination in 1972 and that the vice presidency is out as well. He leaves a door open to possible national activity after 1972 but cites personal reasons for his hesitation and says he would not accept a draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senator Sunday
Bond Increase For USDA Dead
Senator Gilbert E. McMillan of Aiken effectively killed a bill authorizing a bond increase for the USDA dead program. The action stalls state funding plans and leaves the measure without passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Gilbert E. McMillan
R-Aiken
Two Drownings Reported In Aiken County Ponds
Two men drowned in separate Saturday pond accidents in Aiken County within an hour and under five miles apart. James Richardson, 19, of Smithville North Carolina, drowned near Camp Gravatt while swimming with a religious group. Eugene Corley of Montmorenci died in a Foxtown pond. both bodies recovered and funeral plans for Corley pending.
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Aiken
Aiken County
James Gregory
James Richardson
RFD 2
Smithville
Camp Gravatt
Richardson
North Carolina
Eugene Corley
Montmorenci
Foxtown
Corley
Miller Funeral Home
St Angela Students Win Scholarships
Two St Angela Academy students win scholarships. Kathleen Flannagan daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Flannagan of 105 Glenn Place receives a 1000 National Honor Society Scholarship paid to the college for tuition and other costs. Floyd Cummings of RFD 4 earns a 2500 Amherst College scholarship plus a 350 job supplement to pursue physics and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Flannagan
National Honor Society
Kathleen
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Glenn Place
National Association of Secondary Principals
United States
Floyd Cummings
RFD 4
Amherst College
Cummings
Amherst
Toll Is Biggest Since 1967 War
Israeli soldiers killed 21 Arab guerrillas in a northern Jordan valley clash, the largest death toll in a ground action since the 1967 war, with no Israeli casualties. Jordanian civilians and five Israelis were killed or wounded in separate artillery exchanges, and shells were fired from Lebanon at northern Galilee settlements. Egyptian commandos claimed destruction of an Israeli encampment on the Sinai, marking a fifth raid in eight days. King Hussein warned the Middle East could face a major power conflict due to U.S. indifference.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan Valley
Jordan
Nahal Mehola
Amman
Wadi Elyabis
Kuraimah
Lebanon
Galilee
Suez Canal
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Hussein
United States
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Student Addresses Austria Belief From Rotary Exchange
Miss Georgia Lee Hallman of Wildwood Road Aiken South Carolina and a USC Aiken campus student spoke to the Aiken Rotary Club detailing her Rotary Exchange experience in Austria. She noted Austria’s population about seven million and land area near 32 000 square miles along with religious composition.
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Georgia Lee Hallman
University of South Carolina
Rotary Club
T B. Hallman
Wildwood Road
Aiken
Stop Smoking Sessions Get Under Way Tonight
A first group therapy session for the Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking starts at 8 p.m. at the Aiken County Health Center. Army doctor Capt. Rueben Thorbes and Pastor Hubert T. Anderson lead a week of nightly sessions with a color film on lung cancer, focusing on craving reduction, will power, and home or work control programs.
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Aiken County Health Center
Richland Avenue
Rueben Thorbes
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USCA
Colleen Barton
University of South Carolina Aiken
Carol Riddenhour
Jimmy Cushman
Vic Blackman
David Clark
Alice Holley
Busch
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bulletin
Panther Rally
McMillan
Senate
House
G. H Grant
Elden Jones
Clyde Strom
Higher Education Commission
HEC
Robert E. Penland
St. Angela
St. Angela Academy
Kathleen Flannagan
Rotary
Hubert T. Anderson
Columbia
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