Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown art contest winners named
Mark Cukors won first in the ten and under division Susan Jones took first in the older group Entrants and their parents were invited to tonight’s dress rehearsal of the production A county commissioners meeting included Larry Murphy accused of showing poor films while planning a solid waste project The Rotary newsletter notes a fundraiser by the Aiken Lions Club nearly 1500 dollars to furnish the South Carolina Eye Bank conference room in West Columbia honoring Van Griffin killed in a car crash
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Mark Cukors
Susan Jones
Mark
Susan
Larry Murphy
Murphy
Aiken Lions Club
New
South Carolina Eye Bank
West Columbia
van Griffin
Griffin
Lions Club
Senate Watergate panel weighs immunity for witnesses
Senate investigators may grant limited immunity from prosecution to as many as eight Watergate figures to secure sworn public testimony. The panel plans to hold public hearings next week and may extend immunity to John Dean III, four Miami defendants, Jeb Magruder, and convicted conspirators E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy.
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Washington
Senate
Watergate Committee
White House
John Dean III
Dean
Miami
Jeb Stuart Magruder
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Cease-fire Fails as Fighting Flares Near Beirut Airport
Lebanese army and Palestinian guerrillas clashed again near Beirut's airport despite a new cease-fire. Guerrilla mortars and rockets sparked reprisals by tank and artillery fire. Fires burned behind lines near Shatilla refugee camp as a joint cease-fire panel pressed for an end to shelling.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Kissinger Says Talks With Soviets Cordial
Henry Kissinger reported cordial talks with Soviet leaders during a six day visit in Moscow area. He said more exchanges were needed before announcing Brezhnev's visit to the United States, and refused to disclose details.
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Moscow
Henry Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Nixon
London
Brezhnev
Kissinger
Zavidovo
Court Orders EPA to Release Full Water Pollution Funds
A federal court ruled against President Nixon by ordering the EPA to release the full $11 billion approved by Congress for 1973 and 1974 to fight water pollution. Judge Oliver Gasch said the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires timely allotment of the authorized sums for sewage treatment plant projects.
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Washington
Nixon
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
U.S. District Court
Oliver Gasch
City of
New York
EPA
Play To Open Friday At Aiken Community Playhouse
The Aiken Community Playhouse presents You're A Good Man Charlie Brown with Dick Currie as Charlie Brown Cheryl Cliff Lucy George Cole Schroeder Jack Carswell Linus and Jim Smotzel Smoopy May 11 12 17 18 and 19 five performances directed by Sue Currie with Jim Robinson scenery Betty Groh musical director and Cathy Calhoun choreographer Tickets are reserved seating for 200 seats and may be bought at the box office 2 4 and 7 9 p.m.
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Charlie Brown
Aiken Community Playhouse
Dick Currie
Cheryl Cliff
Lucy
George Cole
Schroeder
Jack Carswell
Linus
Jim Smotzel
Smoopy
Sue Currie
Jim Robinson
Snoopy
Betty Groh
Cathy Calhoun
Drugs Damned By Judge Refer Confidence In Court
Aiken County and Lexington area court actions include Johnnie Kinard linked to a shooting death at Corral Drive. Indictments against Ernest Cade and Timothy Garrett for murder. a 17 year old youth receives up to five years for housebreaking under the Youthful Offender Act. A drug case nudge prompts Judge Ness to call drugs a damning scourge and discuss legalization rumors. Candace Regel and Charles McLaren receive minor sentences for possession. Further murder indictments, including William Pierce Jr., involve a North Augusta babysitter death.
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Johnnie L. Kinard
Joe Brooks
Corral Drive
Ernest Clarence Cade
Timothy Garrett
Aiken County
Ness
Candace Anne Regel
Illinois
Charles Bruce McLaren
William “Junior” Pierce Jr
Muder
North Augusta
Weather Outlook: Warm, Partly Cloudy Across The Day
Expect lower 80s daytime with partly cloudy skies. Tonight’s low in upper 50s. Tomorrow warms to mid 80s with continued partly cloudy conditions. Rain chances 20 percent today, 10 percent tonight, and tomorrow. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph easing to 5 to 10 mph.
County OKs 114111 for countywide garbage system
County Commissioners approved a budget line of 114111 for a countywide garbage system and ordered purchasing for three 28 cubic yard side compactors and 210 four yard containers. Amick Equipment Co. of West Columbia will supply Pak Mor branded equipment after bids and reviews by Larry Murphy and Ralph Cullinan.
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Larry Murphy
Ralph Cullinan
Amick Equipment Co
West Columbia
Five Appointed To Aiken County Library Board
The Aiken County Commission appointed five new library board members and reappointed one. New appointees are Mrs. Sam Woodring Mrs. Chester Cromwell Ronald Royal and Vic Montengohi. Mrs. Otis Baughman was reappointed. The board will elect a chairman from among its members.
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Aiken County Library Board
Aiken County Commission
Jo Ann Price
Commission
Otis Baughman
Wagoner
Sam Woodring
North Augusta
Chester Cromwell
Graniteville
Ronald Royal
Aiken
Vic Montengohi
Aiken County Commision
Harold Graybeal
School Board Delays Parking and Sprinkling System Proposals
Aiken County School Board delayed decisions on funding for parking lot paving and Langley Elementary sprinkling system. Dr. G T Myers noted the sprinkler project had $17 000 approved earlier, with prior delay due to water supply. Board vote 4-3 to postpone, seeking a complete project list and priorities. Also approved a student exchange agreement with Edgefield County.
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Aiken County
Langley
G.T. Myers
Myers
M.B. Robinson
Robinson
Aiken Junior High
Olin Osbon
Osbon
William Twilly
Henry Moseley
Reginald Boylston
Carl Shealy
Ben Rusche
Lynn Hilley
Edgefield County
Edgefield
North Augusta High
Harraway to Attend Aiken Family Rally Saturday
Redskins star Charlie Harraway will join a Family Rally at Aiken High School stadium as part of the First Annual Prayer Breakfast. Speakers include Lt. Col. J. Quincy Collins Jr. and missionary Yoniko Tahara. the event precedes a youth-focused breakfast expected to draw over 400 people.
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Redskin
Harraway
Charlie Harraway
Washington Redskins
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Aiken
NFL
Larry Brown
J Quincy Collins Jr
Winnsboro
North Vietnam
Yoniko Tahara
Col. Collins
Paris
Paul Anderson
Anderson
Dedication of USCA Campus at Aiken Regional Campus
The University of South Carolina will dedicate the new building and facilities at the Aiken Regional Campus Sunday at 3 30 p m. Dr Thomas F Jones USC president will speak. The campus began in 1961 on Newberry Street as Banksia Mansion with 139 students and has grown to offer AA AS and bachelor degrees plus nursing and police administration.
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Aiken
University of South Carolina
Thomas F. Jones
Aiken County
William C. Casper
Banksia
Newberry Street
County
Columbia
Casper
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Richard Byrd
Rotary
General Sessions Court
Julius B. Ness
Little Paul Childress
Williard Childress
National Guard
Robert Causey
Causey
William Kelbough
South Aikien Presbyterian Church
Wendell Hall
Library Board
Cullinan
George Judge DeLaughter
Harold Graybea
Asc
Department of the Army
Wade Brodie
Ronald la Couture
Brodie
James W. Maddox
Good Hope Farms Road
Arthur Courtney
Paget
USCA
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