Local candidates face June 8 primary with six seats set
Primary results loom as six House seats appear unopposed while GOP filings close. In Senate District 8 two Democratic contenders Robert Bell and William Knott seek Laughlin's seat. Incumbent Sen Jimmy Martin faces Nikki Setler. The fiercest race pits Sylvia Westerdah versus John Harte Jr for 2nd Circuit Solicitor with no Republican challenger. Fox retires, both candidates promise full time tenure and no plea bargaining. District 7 Republicans wage a three way contest.
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State House of Representatives
GOP
Auditor
William A. Rees
Edgefield
Cecil L. Collins
North Augusta
M. Judson Busbee
D. Wagener
Carl M. Hair
James L. Gregory
Sue H. Roe
Robert M. Bell
William E. Knotts
Michael L. Laughlin
R.aiken
Jimmy L. Martin
D-Cayce
Nikki G. Setler
Sylvia W. Westerdah
John W. Harte Jr
2Nd Circuit
C. LaVaun Fox
Aiken, Barnwell
Bamberg
Meat Inspectors Took Bribes Said to Undermine System
Army meat inspectors allegedly learned to steal take bribes and use institutes to avoid hassling packers selling inferior meat to the Pentagon at sirloin prices. Senator Lawton Chiles said lack of discipline fraternization and poor inspector training produced a rotten military meat procurement system at a Senate hearing.
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Washington
Army
Pentagon
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Senate Government Operations
Bolivian Ambassador to France Slain Near Seine
Bolivian ambassador General Joaquin Zenteno Anaya was shot to death by gunmen who claimed ties to the Che Brigade. The 53 year old, former foreign minister, was killed while walking to his car by the Seine, marking the third ambassador killed in Europe since October.
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Paris
France
Ernesto Wo. Guevara
Che Brigade
Joaquin Zenteno Anaya
Bolivia
Seine River
Zenteno Anaya
Europe
Ray Loses Another Appeal in MLK Case
Cincinnati AP report says James Earl Ray will seek Supreme Court review after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his bid to overturn his 1969 guilty plea for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The panel ruled the appeal implausible and upheld Judge Robert B. McRae's handling of the Shelby County case.
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Cincinnati
James Earl Ray
Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S
U.S. Dist
Robert B. McRae
Ray
Shelby County
Tenn
Trial Decision Costs $100 000 in Hearst Case
A prosecutor rejects delaying Hearst and Harrises to try them together. Weinglass calls the plan two trials instead of one and says it will cost at least an extra $100,000. Hearst remains in custody for medical tests at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego until July 25.
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Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Sam Mayerson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Miss Hearst
Harrises
Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
San Diego
New Senate Panel To Oversee Intelligence Agencies
Key senators back a compromise creating a new Senate committee with exclusive CIA oversight while jointly sharing FBI and military spy agency authority with existing panels. The plan aims to avert a major floor fight over how intelligence oversight is structured.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
CIA
Ity
FBI
Marijuana eyedrops eyed as glaucoma treatment in animal tests
Reston Virginia AP reports a Medical College of Georgia researcher says animal tests show marijuana liquid is as good or better than current anti glaucoma medications. Dr. Keith Green notes focus on cannabis related substances to reduce euphoric side effects.
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Reston
Medical College of Georgia
Keith Green
Aiken TEC Hosts Free Blood Screening Event
The Aiken County Heart Association sponsors a screening in the TEC lobby tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Blood will be drawn free of charge during the session, part of a state wide effort to promote health checks.
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Aiken County Heart Association
Aiken Technical Ed- Center
TEC
Three States Hold Primaries In 1976 Nomination Race
Associated Press tally shows Carter leading Democrats as Nebraska hosts a key primary with 23 delegates, while Ford and Reagan clash in Republican races in Nebraska and West Virginia. Byrd leads West Virginia Democrats as Wallace and others appear. Connecticut votes to prep delegates for June conventions.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Nebraska
Ford
Ronald Reagan
West Virginia
Connecticut
Reagan
West
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Carter
Robert Byrd
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Henry M Jackson
Washington
Jackson
Udall
Wallace
City Council rejects bids for municipal building project
City Council voters rejected two bids for remodeling the municipal building as quoted far above the anticipated 150000 target. City Manager Windham noted bids from Quattlebaum Contractors 220420 and T Nichols Construction 208500. The council instructed the city architect to seek more information and reconsider financing using revenue shares and interest earnings. The meeting also details a separate mini pumper bid for the fire division and a mowing machine bid for parkway upkeep.
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Aiken
Roland Windham
Council Quattlebaum Contractors Inc
T.M. Nichols Construction Co
Augusta
Windham
Weather Outlook Mixed Tonight Then Clear Ahead
A 3 percent chance of showers or thundershowers tonight drops to near zero tomorrow. Clear mild conditions return Thursday with showers possible Friday. Highs in the 70s to low 80s each day, with tonight's lows in the 50s.
Peach crop outlook steady in Aiken County expects strong season
Aiken County and the ridge area brace for a good peach harvest despite light rainfall and frost. Farm agent Jim Evans notes earlier varieties suffered some from lack of rain, while some varieties required thinning. Last year the region faced a chilling shortage.
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Aiken County
Ridge
Jim Evans
North Augusta man acquitted in rape case after 45 minute jury deliberation
A 21-year-old North Augusta man, Eddie L. Madison of Colony Court Apartments, was freed yesterday by a General Sessions Court jury after 45 minutes of deliberation. The trial detailed the alleged assault on a 23-year-old Augusta woman, with testimony detailing abduction across the Savannah River, threats with a gun, and two rapes in wooded areas.
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North Augusta
General Sessions Court
Eddie L. Madison
Colony Court Apartments
Madison
Edward Cushman
Aiken County
Mickey Johnson
Augusta
Savannah River
North
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