Augusta man James Thomas Waites 38 dies after train strike
James Thomas Waites of Augusta 38 native of Hamburg died from injuries after being struck by a train near Martinez. Funeral arrangements by Elliott Sons. Survived by four daughters Sherry Ann Lake Viola Margaret Louise and Kathy Jean Waites all in part, one son Thomas, four sisters and three brothers.
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Augusta
James Thomas Waites
Bayvale Road
Martinez
Elliott Sons Funeral
Waites
Hamburg
Sherry Ann Waites
Lake Viola Waites
Margaret Louise Waites
Kathy Jean Waites
Atlanta
Thomas Waites
Rebecca Dutz
Edgefield
Lottie Rainey
Annie Marion Corley
Irene Rosier
Jimmy Waites
North Augusta
Charley Waites
Hawthorne
Calif Troy Waites
Jacksonville
Funeral services for John Lewis Allen Jr in Appling Georgia
John Lewis Allen Jr. husband of Frances Bailey Allen of Appling died Saturday in a local infirmary. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Dunn's Chapel Methodist Church Leah with Rev. J. W. Lee and Rev. Aubrey Ponce officiating. Burial will follow in the church yard cemetery. Surviving are three daughters Rene Allen Dorothy Allen Barbara Allen all of Appling. two sons John Lewis Allen U S Navy Bruce W. Allen Appling. his parents Mr and Mrs John L. Allen Gainesville Florida. two stepdaughters Mrs Kenneth Snell Riverside California and Mrs Brett Brunner of Atlanta. Full military honors will be given at graveside.
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Appling
John Lewis Allen Jr
Frances Bailey Allen
Rt. 1
Dunn's Chapel Methodist Church
Leah
J. W. Lee
Aubrey Ponce
Larene Allen
Dorothy Allen
Barbara Allen
John
Augusta Merchant Homer L Newsome Dies at 72
Homer L Newsome of 308 Reynolds St Augusta died Sunday after a two month illness. Funeral at Elliott Sons Funeral Home chapel at 4 p m with Rev Charles H Duffey officiating. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Survived by step son Wayne Roose and four sisters Mrs C W McNeal Mrs Lewis Jackson Mrs Esther Marsh and Mrs Hartwell Williford.
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Augusta
Homer L. Newsome
Reynolds St
Reba Seigler Newsome
Elliott Sons Funeral Home
Charles H. Duffey
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Newsome
Avera
Wayne Roose
C. W McNeal
Lewis Jackson
Aiken
Esther Marsh
Wrens
Hartwell Williford
Sandersville
Death of Mrs Rose Richardson in Wagener
Mrs Rose Richardson died Thursday at her daughter's home in Wagener after an extended illness. Funeral services were held today at 4 p.m. at Sharon Baptist Church with Rev L M Tyler officiating. Burial followed at Okey Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. A native of Aiken County she was a daughter of the late Annie Garvin and a member of Okey Spring Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Bessie Kitchings Wagener a son Wilson Richardson Columbia and a sister Mrs Vickie Waldo also of Columbia.
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Wagener
Rose Richardson
Sharon Baptist Church
L. M. Tyler
Okey Spring Baptist Church
Richardson
Aiken County
Annie Garvin
Bessie Kitchings
Wilson Richardson
Columbia
Vickie Waldo
City Council Advances Sewage Plant Upgrade and Parking Rule Delay
Council suspended enforcement of the parking meter law until July 1. It approved a federal grant for sewage treatment plant improvements with a total project cost of 1.52 million dollars and grants covering 50 percent. The plan increases plant size and capacity. An Adult Development Center plan was presented for study. A Southern Railway petition to delete part of flag protection ordinances was referred for further study. Sidney Carter’s neighborhood analysis report on 15 city areas was accepted.
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Lewis Brown
Quality Water Control Authority
Department of Public Works
Ashley Little
Southern Railway
Park Avenue
Council
Sidney Carter
Wagener widow Mrs Austin Singleton dies at 79
Mrs. Leath ella Key Singleton 79 of Wagener widow of Austin Singleton died Sunday after a brief illness at a Columbia hospital. She was a native of Aiken County and a longtime grocery store owner in Wagener. She belonged to Baughmanville Baptist Church and its choirs and societies. Survived by two daughters, a son, and two sisters.
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Union Progress Societies
Singleton
Wagener
Gertrude Baskett
Jamaica
N.Y
Inez McField
St. Albans
Austin Singleton Jr
Bayside
Long Island
Minnie Jeffferson
Hollis
Leila Hammonds
Forrest Hill
Death notice for Herbert Lee Witcher of Atlanta
Herbert Lee Witcher 28 of Atlanta husband of Betty Ann Witcher died Sunday in an Atlanta infirmary. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Posey's Funeral Home chapel North Augusta with Rev Clyde Riley officiating. Burial in Sunset Hill Cemetery. He was a Augusta native, recent Atlanta resident, employed by Colonial Bakery, a Baptist, and survived by widow Betty Ann, a son Herbert Lee Witcher of Atlanta, father Charles E Witcher North Augusta, and brothers Marion E Witcher North Augusta Charles Witcher Atlanta and James H Witcher Decatur Georgia.
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Atlanta
Herbert Lee Witcher
Betty Ann Witcher
Posey’s
Funeral Home Chapel
North Augusta
Clyde Riley
Sunset Hill
Witcher
Augusta
Colonial Bakery
The
Baptist Church
Charles E. Witcher
Marion E. Witcher
Charles Witcher
James H. Witcher
Decatur
Mitchell denounces 1920s bullies and DC protests
Mitchell condemns 1920s style bullying and suppression of civil rights by extremists. He says leaders misled followers into believing their cause justified violence and dismisses Kennedy's claim that police made nearly 7,000 first day arrests as false.
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Washington, D.C
Mitchell
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Washington
Breakin at Schofield School Leads to Drug Arrest
A break in at Schofield School netted $37 in change from a desk in the utility room. A 19 year old, Norman Saville Belcher of Aiken, was charged with marijuana possession, arraigned before Magistrate Glenn Holley, and released on $500 bail after police arrested him at a Richland Avenue service station where he worked.
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Schofield School
Aiken
Norman Saville Belcher
Glenn Holley
Richland Avenue
Pending Aiken County magistrate appointments
Sen. Michael Laughlin reports a new system for Aiken County magistrate appointments with eight seats likely. All terms expired May 4, but incumbents serve until successors are named, with governors relying on Senate confirmation and prior primary results for recommendations.
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Aiken
John C. West
Michael Laughlin
Laughlin
S.C. House of Representatives
Senate
Jackson Election Sparks Write-In Challenge
Voters in Jackson head to polls to elect a mayor six council members and a public works commissioner amid a write-in push for better government. Incumbents James Ellis Jr. and Thomas McElmurray face potential opposition with former chiefs Bell Copeland Helms and others, while Mayor Brown runs unopposed. John Mills opposes incumbent commissioner Hiers.
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Jackson
James K. Ellis Jr
Thomas W. McElmurray
James A. Bell
W. Melvane Scott
L. A. Mc
Bank Reform Effort Gets Under Way
Washington AP reports the first large-scale post New Deal push to revise bank regulatory laws begins in Congress. Two weeks of House Banking Committee hearings show broad agreement on updating rules, with debate over prohibitions versus flexible agency discretion on issues like interlocks, bank trusts, brokered deposits, and equity kickers. The Nixon administration is expected to back a flexible approach as mid June language work starts.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking Committee
Aiken Magistrate Defends Suspended $15 Fine in Hardship Case
Magistrate Glenn Holley says he suspended a $15 speeding fine because the defendant’s wife was critically ill. He notes the case totaled $42,494 across 2,576 cases with no unaccounted funds and that all monies were sent to the county treasurer. Auditors found 78 docket discrepancies but flagged only the Holley case for the $15 issue. Holley asserts proper records and annual audits over 20 years, defending his procedures and denying malfeasance.
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Aiken
Glenn Holley
Aiken Standard
Holley
Langley
Lester Chitty
Chitty
S.C. Highway Department
Aiken County
Trade at Nizhni Novgorod Fair in Imperial Russia
Before 1917 the bulk of Russian trade passed through the medieval Nizhni Novgorod fair. In its final years it conducted an annual business exceeding 100 million dollars, reflecting the fair’s central role in the empire’s commerce.
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Russian Empire
Nizni Novgorod
U S POWs Said To Endure Brutal Interrogation In Hanoi
Defector Dr Dang Tan charged North Vietnam with brutal POW interrogations and extensive exploitation for strategic and propaganda aims. He said POWs are paraded in Hanoi and other cities and subjected to brain washing, indoctrination, and political instigation. He claimed foreign advisers aided the North and that POWs will not be released soon.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Dang Tan
Communist Party
North
Central Committee
Central Committee of
Ministry of Public Security
Ministry of National Defense
Soviet Union
China
Cuba
United States
Tan
Pleiku
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Teaching Time and the Month Its Length
Bulova Watch Company researchers report children typically take eight to nine years to fully grasp the length of a month. The AP notes Carl Sandburg’s view that time is a great teacher is challenged by the survey findings.
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Teaching Time
New York
Carl Sandburg
Bulova Watch Company
Court Ed Hazel in shoot accident sentencing details
Testimony shows Hazel and Green drank early. Hazel, Green's son in law, previously jailed for shooting Green in 1966. Jury deliberates after judge Ness charges. Counts convicted of assault on Lt. Martin, sentenced to three years with probation. Green’s DUI case listed with suspended sentence and probation.
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Ed Hazel
Green
Hazel
Julius B. Ness
James Lewis
Aiken
Aiken County
Roger Martin
NAACP
Matthew Perry
Columbia
George Anderson
DuPont Company
Martin
Morgan Street
Aiken County Hospital
Harry Lee Williams
Williams
Ness
Perry
South Carolina
James L. Counts
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Federal Reserve System
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John A. Volpe
General Joe Wheeler
Sons of Confederate Veterans
First Baptist Church
Alderman Duncan
Busch
U.S
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Ho Chi Minh Trail
FOX
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United Artists
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Richland W Aiken
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