Theater Manager Exonerated in Child Act Case at Aiken
Walt er Thomas Land, 20, manager of the Mark I Theater, was exonerated by a four hour jury verdict on charges of improper act upon a child. Judge Julius B. Ness criticized the jury for a supposed quick verdict and noted Land’s prior conviction for improper exposure in 1970.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Walter Thomas Land
Julius B. Ness
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Land
Aiken Man
Mark I
Edward Cushman
Sylvia Westerdahl
Antiwar protests erupt on college campuses nationwide
Protests spread to more than a dozen campuses after President Nixon ordered mining of North Vietnamese ports. Peaceful marches contrasted with clashes at UC Berkeley where about 500 protesters overturned an empty police car and uprooted a fence around the former People’s Park during a torchlight demonstration.
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Associated Press
Nixon
University of California
Berkeley
Columbia University
New York City
People’s Park
Nixon Moves to Cut Indochina Supply Lines
Reactions split over President Nixon's move to cut sea and land supply lines to North Vietnam. Supporters call it a necessary step, while critics call it reckless and demand congressional action. Senator Hartke denounces it as illegal. Lawrence O'Brien says it creates conditions unacceptable to Hanoi.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Viet Cong warns Nixon over North Vietnam blockade
The Viet Cong in Paris denounced President Nixon's port blockade as an ultimatum to the Vietnamese people and urged immediate halt to war acts and serious negotiations. The delegation stated they will never give up until their objectives are achieved.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
Tass
Kremlin
Free Gold Prices Soar Amid Nixon War Escalation
President Nixon's Viet Nam War escalation drove gold prices higher in European bullion markets as the dollar weakened. Investors watched for developments in Europe with the dollar at a two month low in Paris and weak in London Frankfurt and Zurich. London fixed gold at a record 54 dollars per fine ounce, up 1.50 from Monday night.
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Nixon
U.S
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Rescuers Inch Down Shaft to Reach Trapped Miners
Kellogg Idaho AP reports two man rescue teams descend a four foot wide air shaft to reach 58 miners trapped nearly a mile underground after a mine fire. In four hours they cleared rock from 200 feet of shaft amid heat and humidity as they relay an air capsule. Thirty five miners at other levels perished in the blaze at the nation’s richest silver mine.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Nine Thousand Drafted For Army in June Roll
The Selective Service System announced that about 9,000 men with lottery numbers through 35 will report to the Army in June. This completes a prior call for 15,000 men over April May and June, with only numbers through 15 called so far.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Army
Com
Clearing, Cooler Tonight Weather Forecast
The U S Weather Bureau predicts clearing and cooler conditions tonight with lows in the upper forties to low fifties. Tomorrow should be sunny and mild with highs in the 70s and a ten percent chance of rain today tonight and Wednesday. Winds tomorrow will be southeast 10 to 15 miles per hour.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Tass Accuses Nixon of Aggressive Acts
Tass in Moscow accuses President Nixon of naked aggressive acts and violations of international law over North Vietnam. The dispatch cites mining port entrances and orders against internal waters, rails and roads. North Vietnam and the Viet Cong reject any ultimatum while signaling refusal to negotiate.
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Tass
Nixon
North Vietnam
Washington
North
Vietnam
Thurmond and others back Nixon North Vietnam action
Senator Thurmond urged Congress to support Nixon measures against North Vietnam calling them diplomatic and aiming to blunt the invasion. Congressman Dorn and General Clark backed the blockade and escalation while noting prior calls to target military assets and protect U.S. troops as they withdraw.
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R.S.C
Nixon
North Vietnam
Thurmond
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
DSC
North Vietnamese
Mark Clark
U S
South Vietnam
Dorn
U.S
Council Votes To Remove Downtown Parking Meters
Aiken city council approved removing downtown parking meters after free parking era. They delayed two hour limit signs pending enforcement. meter staff cost deemed impractical. Local students proposed a Laurens Street pedestrian mall with grass trees Old English buildings and an ice cream parlor by 1976.
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Aiken
Albert George
Roland Windham
Council
Aiken Day School
Laurens Street
Airport Master Plan Update Approved by City Council
City council last night accepted a Federal Aviation Administration grant for drawing an updated master plan for Aiken Windham noting the grant covers two thirds of the cost and $3,800 locally via timber sales. May or Odell Weeks was authorized to contract Wilbur Smith and Associates Columbia to update the plan and radios for the public safety department were approved.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Aiken
Roland Windham
Windham
Odell Weeks
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Columbia
Public Safety Department
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