Cleo J. Scott To Be Suspended
Cleo J. Scott, Aiken County Registrar of Mesne Conveyance, will be suspended late today amid an embezzlement indictment and pending legal action. Gov. Ed wards' office says the suspension is without pay, with an interim appointment to be named early next week. Mrs Scott, former Clerk of Court, has filed for re election on the Democratic ticket.
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Cleo J. Scott
Aiken
Robert L. Liming
James B. Edwards
Scott
Liming
Embassy staff to be retested over radiation after glow
A medical technician will recheck American Embassy Moscow staff for white blood cell count changes after a February spike. Officials said a flu outbreak then could have caused the high counts, and the renewed tests aim to determine if Russian microwave exposure contributed to the changes.
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Washington
Moscow
State Department
Interest in Military Declines as Economy Improves
A new Army survey shows rising civilian job prospects and stronger economic futures for youths, leading to declining interest in volunteer military service. Maj. Gen. Eugene Forrester notes the trend could hinder maintaining an all volunteer force despite past quota fulfillment since 1974 recession.
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Washington
Army
Eugene P. Forrester
Pentagon
Senate Votes For Detente Amid Qualifying Tone
The Senate approved a detente resolution 86 to 7, backing Ford while adding qualifiers on military strength and urging the Soviets to remove Cuban forces from Africa. Senator Adlai Stevenson called the measure unintelligible after reviewing it multiple times.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
U.S
Africa
United States
Adlai Stevenson
FBI факtson Promoted Panther Gang War and Killings
Senate intelligence committee staff report accuses the FBI of directing more than 200 counterintelligence operations against the Black Panther Party and provoking violence with a rival group. It cites the 1969 deadly raid on Chicago where Fred Hampton and another Panther were killed and denounces tactics as deplorable while praising credit for bloodshed.
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Washington
FBI
Senate Intelligence Committee
Bureau
BPP
Jurors Acquit Gov Arch Moore in Ex Tortion Trial
Jurors in Arch Moore Jr. federal extortion trial find the governor not guilty, saying the government failed to present strong proof. Juror Edrie Ballard, a Danville piano teacher, noted no actual evidence of guilt. Verdict delivered on the 11th trial day in U.S. District Court in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Edrie E. Ballard
Danville
U.S. District Court
Attempted murder charges in Means shooting on reservation
Two men face attempted murder charges after the early Wednesday shooting of American Indian Movement leader Russell Means and another man on a Wagner, South Carolina, reservation. FBI says three others charged as accessories. Means and John Thomas survived surgeries and are listed in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.
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Sioux Falls
Russell Means
FBI
Means
AIM
John Thomas
Sacred Heart Hospital
Yankton
Atty
William Janklow
Wagner
S.C
Thomas
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Standing Rock
Bismarck
N.D
FBI Plot Aims to Defame King and Coretta Scott King
Senate documents show the FBI drafted a counterintelligence plan in April 1969 to undermine Martin Luther King Jr and his widow Coretta Scott King. The Atlanta bureau forwarded the proposal to Washington as a possible countermeasure to attack their public image one year after King’s assassination.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
Senate
Atlanta
Bureau
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King
Aiken Chamber launches parkway beautification fund drive
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce starts a citywide effort to fund maintenance for Aiken’s 176 parkways. A memorial book is created for donors and residents are urged to give to the general fund or memorials. Executive director Burrell Whitley notes a memorial has already been received.
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Aiken
Greater Aiken
Chamber
Parkway Beautification Committee
John Thomas
Advisors Wary Ford May Not Clinch First Ballot Victory
Washington AP reports key Ford advisers grow pessimistic about securing 1130 votes at the GOP convention with Reagan gaining momentum. Dole predicts neither Ford nor Reagan reaches first ballot, while Michigan and other crossover states raise risk of a contested convention and potential party discord. Rockefeller leads a bloc of uncommitted New York delegates.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Robert Dole
Reagan
Kansas City
Texas
Indiana
Georgia
Alabama
Michigan
George Wallace
Senate
GOP
Robert F Griffin
White House
Ron Nessen
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tenn
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Female Drug Violator Sentenced in Youthful Offender Trial
Elizabeth Louise Cooper 22, an unmarried mother of two, was sentenced in General Sessions Court by Judge Rodney A. Peeples to a term under the Youthful Offender Division. She admitted selling drugs and obtaining them from a man in jail. The sentence ranges from one to three years with urged psychiatric treatment and vocational training.
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Aiken County
General Sessions Court
Rodney A. Peeples
S.C. Department of Corrections
Aiken
Peeples
Elizabeth Louise Cooper
Miss Cooper
Edward C. Cushman
Beaufort
Rain Expected To Hit Area By Tomorrow
Clouds linger as precipitation chances rise from 20 percent tonight to 50 percent tomorrow. Scattered showers continue through Monday with mild highs in the 70s and low 80s and tonight’s lows in the 60s.
Renovation Bids For City Hall High
Windham reports city hall renovation bids far exceed $150,000 goal. City Manager Roland H. Windham says the council may accept one of two bids but outcomes are unclear. Details to be presented at the next council meeting.
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Aiken
Roland H. Windham
GOP Filing Deadline Nears For Aiken Candidates
Next Monday at noon is the final deadline for GOP filings for the offices of House of Representatives State Senate Congress and Solicitor. In Aiken County 47 have filed 27 Democrats and 21 Republicans with petition routes offering ballot access if signatures meet district and county totals.
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GOP
House of Representatives
State Senate
Congress
Aiken
Col. L.W. Warner
Aiken County
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