Lions Club broom sale set for week of May 21
Dick Flynt promotes the Lions Club broom and light bulb sale with brooms priced at 2 and 2.75 dollars and light bulb packages at 1.50 dollars. The event runs Thursday through Saturday that week, as Lions aim to fund project needs. The sale coincides with a busy RSVP period for the first annual Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Dick Flynt
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken
Lions Club
Flynt
Chamber of Commerce
RSVP
Frank Galardi
Aiken Nursing Home
St. Mary's Women’s Club
Oil supply outlook for 1973-74 heating season
An Independent Petroleum Association of America report says domestic gasoline supply will be tight this summer. Any interruptions in supply patterns could worsen the shortage and hurt distillate inventories, jeopardizing heating oil stocks for next winter. The committee estimates heating oil demand for the 1973-74 winter will rise 6.6 percent from 1972-73.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Petroleum Association of America
Association
Connally Sidelined in Nixon Cabinet Return Talk
President Nixon discussed a possible new assignment with John B. Connally during a Florida White House meeting in Key Biscayne. Connally showed no interest in becoming Secretary of Defense and would likely serve on an interim or part-time basis if he rejoined. General Alexander Haig Jr. joined part of the talks as Nixon prepared to return to Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
John B. Connally
Connally
Secretary of the Treasury
Florida
White House
Key Biscayne
Texas
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nuclear Waste Disposal Hearing in Louisa Virginia
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's second day of hearings examined nuclear waste disposal deals and reactor core cooling issues as Virginia Electric and Power debates expanding the North Anna plant from two to four reactors. Opponents numbered ten speakers voicing concerns about disposal and safety ahead of a 1974 start.
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Louisa
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Atomic Energy Commission
George Freeman
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Vepco
North Anna
Debate Set On Immunity For Dean
The Senate Watergate committee prepared to debate granting limited immunity to John W. Dean III in exchange for swift public testimony. Federal prosecutors reportedly refused to guarantee Dean will not be prosecuted for testimony to the federal grand jury probing the Democratic National Committee break in and bugging.
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Washington
Senate
Watergate Committee
John W. Dean III
Dean
Democratic National
Cars Pass Relaxed Pollution Tests in 1975 Standards
Four U.S. made 1973 cars met the new relaxed 1975 pollution levels, while Detroit's Big Three assailed the standards as too strict. EPA results, published in the Federal Register, show a fifth Peugeot wagon also passing tests. automakers estimate many more 1973 models are near the threshold.
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Washington
Detroit
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Federal Register
Juveniles Sentenced In Store Robbery Case
Two Aiken County teenagers 18 were sentenced under the Youthful Offender Act after pleading guilty to robbery by force in the September Eubanks Grocery Store heist. Judge Julius B. Ness capped their time at six years.
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Aiken County
Eubanks
Consultants Urge New Hospital Construction Cost 10.9 Million
A plan backed by consultants calls for building a new hospital at a projected cost of 10.9 million dollars. The forecast notes regional weather warnings with flood risks in South Carolina including Savannah Saluda and Beard river basins and Ceasars Head rainfall totals about two inches early today with rain likely continuing. The Aiken area expects showers and thunderstorms with highs near 80 and overnight lows in the 50s through midweek.
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U.S. Weather Service
Columbia
South Carolina
Savannah
Saluda
Beard River
Ceasars
Aiken-area
Aiken County Hears Consultant Plan For New Hospital
Hospital consultants presented a proposal for a new county hospital at a July printing. The plan, by Hewitt and Rayner Hospital Consultants led by K James Hayner, calls for a full new facility at a cost of 10 955 000 with two floors at ground level due to terrain.
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Aiken County
K. James Hayner
Hewitt and Rayner Hospital Consultants
Aiken
Two Killed As Tornado Hits Alabama
A tornado tore through northeast Alabama early today killing one person and injuring at least two, with damage reported near Geraldine four miles north of Gadsden. The storm also affected Albertville and Guntersville along U.S. 431, with several buildings destroyed and Highway 75 blocked in Geraldine. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for DeKalb County, in effect until 6 30 am CDT.
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Geraldine
Ala
Alabama
Gadsden
Albertville
Guntersville
U.S. 431
National Weather Service
DeKalb County
Fort Payne
Valley Head
Nixon Pushes Consolidation of Disaster Aid Agency
President Nixon urged Congress to create a single federal disaster agency to accelerate aid and require greater state responsibility. The Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act would standardize benefits, improve administration, curb misuse, and boost preventive measures with a $250,000 grant per state in year one. It cites a record 48 disasters in 1972 and current spring floods and tornadoes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Ance
County to assume leadership role in future says Aiken official
Aiken County administrator Ronald LaCouture told the Aiken Lions Club the county will be in a leadership role in a few years. He likened county government to a corporation with citizens as stockholders and emphasized innovation and improving county products as key. He noted long hours and a push to present agendas and minutes to surrounding areas, aiming to craft policy creatively.
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Aiken County
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken
Aiken Lions Club
Citizens
Board of Commissioners
LaCouture
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Ola R. Hitt
Richmond Academy
Miss Hitt
James McMillan
Larry Scott
Fender Edward C. Cushman
Pierce
William Junior Pierce
General Sessions
North
Augusta
Scott's Lake
Cushman
Wagener
Reuben Courtney Thomas
Kelly Zier
Champ Parker Jr
Mississippi
St. Paul, Minn
Lee Lytle
Bruce Smith
Marshall County
Hayner
Ing
la Couture
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