Embezzlement charge filed against Mesne Conveyance official
Cleo J. Scott former Aiken County clerk of court and Register of Mesne Conveyance was indicted by a grand jury on embezzlement of public funds. Audits since 1968 showed discrepancies in the clerk of court office, with funds unrecorded or unreconciled, prompting removal of records and a state investigation.
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Cleo J. Scott
Aiken County
Grand
S.C
Scott
Harold V. Graybeal
Aiken
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Boy Is Born To Victoria Polly In Greenwich
Victoria Fyodorova Polly delivered an 8 pound boy at Greenwich Hospital at 10 06 p m on Monday night. Frederick Pouy, 37, was in the delivery room and Mrs Polly's mother Zoya Fyodorova joined relatives after the birth.
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Greenwich, Conn
Greenwich Hospital
Victoria Fyodorova
Polly
Pouy
Frederick Pouy
Tax Returns Show Small Difference Between Ford and Reagan
Presidents Ford and Reagan released near identical tax data for 1975. Reagan earned over 252 thousand dollars and paid 106 thousand in taxes, while Ford earned about 252 thousand with taxes of 106 thousand five hundred ten dollars.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Weicker Holds Up Vote On Federal Election Bill
Senator Lowell Weicker Jr of Connecticut blocks final action on a Federal Election Commission funding bill. He seeks public demand for Watergate style reforms and votes before the July 4 recess on oversight of intelligence, full financial disclosure, and privacy protections for individual tax returns.
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Washington
Federal Election Commission
Lowell Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Weicker
Local labor strikes disrupt daily life nationwide
The Associated Press notes strikes touch many communities from central Ohio cement truck drivers to New York hotel doormen and elevator operators. Nurses in Connecticut and delivery workers in 13 states, plus San Francisco city workers, show the broad spread while most actions remain low profile.
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Ohio
New York
Connecticut
Midwestern
Rocky Mountain
San Francisco
U.N. To Debate Egyptian Charges On Israeli War Policy
The United Nations Security Council planned a debate today or Wednesday on Egypts claim that Israel conducts a violent terrorist campaign in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Egypt asked for an urgent meeting and for the Palestine Liberation Organization to join the discussion. Observers said the move could be seen as anti Israel propaganda on Israel independence day starting at 8 p.m. Israel time.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations Security Council
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Council
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N
Syria Attacks Peacemaking Effort in Lebanon
Beiruts report says Syria assails the American peacemaking mission as Lebanese Muslim and Christian factions clash using tanks heavy artillery and rockets. Al Baath calls allied forces to foil L Dean Brown mission while Ford administration backs Syria's push to end the war and prevent a leftist Muslim victory.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Damascus
al- Baath
Baath Socialist Party
Ford
L. Dean Brown
Brown
Jewish Youths Attack Vehicles After Jerusalem Bombing
Gangs of Jewish youths attacked cars and buses in Arab East Jerusalem after a motor scooter bomb injures 30 near Zion Square ahead of a Wailing Wall service. Police blamed Arab guerillas for the blast, the second in five days, intended to disrupt Israel's independence day. The explosion damaged storefronts and left blood in the streets with no fatalities.
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Jerusalem
Arab East Jerusalem
Israel
Cotton shed collapse in Edgefield injures six and kills one
A partially burned cotton shed owned by Edgefield County collapsed at 1 30 pm while workers removed a sprinkler system. One man died, six were injured five sent to Edgefield County Hospital three to Greenwood hospital. roof collapse as eight escaped.
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Johnston
Edgefield County
George Swearinger
Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home
Edgefield County Hospital
James Fagin
George Miller
Gordon Payne
Bill Jay
J.B. Hall
Claude Clark
Greenwood Self-Memorial Hospital
Clark
Butch Carter
Carter
Reagan Gains Ground as GOP Primary Battles Rise
Voters in Indiana Georgia and Alabama pick delegates as Reagan pressures Ford in a three state primary day. Texas sweep of 96 delegates boosts Reagan and shifts momentum away from Ford amid crossovers and bunched Democratic races.
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Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Ford
Reagan
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
Texas
California
Jimmy Carter
Alabam
Pana Canal
District of
Columb
Carter
Gear
New York
Pennsylva
Ted Ford
Joe Wilkinson
Warm, Dry May Weather Predicted With 80s
Forecast calls for another warm breezy day with temperatures climbing into the 80s and near zero probability of rain. Lows tonight expected in the mid 40s as May continues mild and dry.
Holland Backs Carter For President
Rep Kenneth L Holland of South Carolina endorses Jimmy Carter saying he earned the nomination and noting Carters primary victories strain organized labor and establishment Democrats. The Camden legislator announced support in Washington asserting Carter has worked hard for the nomination.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Kenneth L. Holland
D S.C
Carter
Georgia
Holland
Camden
Twenty three DUI pleas in May term court in Aiken
On the first day of the May term General Sessions Court in Aiken County judge Rodney Peeples heard 30 guilty pleas, 23 for driving under the influence. Most defendants received probation with alcohol education, to be completed within 120 days, or face prison. others got suspended sentences or fines with probation and required school attendance.
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Jeane Hall
Aiken County
James Junior Green
Franklin Lindsey Simmons Jr
Julian Sammy Beard
Thomas Harry Stein
John Landy
Thomas Jefferson
Mark Youngblood Sharrock
Paul Dofus Boyd
Gordon Hampton Carpenter Jr
Evan Wright
Elijah Wallace
Jesse Bartley Cato
David Louis Inglehart
William Dexter Hamlet
Aiken
James Harold Baughman
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