Ex-POW Collins argues lack of will doomed Vietnam effort
Retired Air Force Col. James Quincy Collins, a seven and a half year prisoner in North Vietnam, says America failed in Vietnam from a lack of clear goals and political will. He advocates a definite goal, warns of Communist expansion, and discusses orphans and refugees, noting his own decorated service and ties to Aiken.
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James Quincy Collins
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America
Vietnam
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Southeast Asia
USCA
United States
Atlanta
California
Soil Systems, Inc
Marietta, Ga
Winnsboro
Citadel
Hanoi
Aiken
Greater Aiken
Pro Cuban Opposition Claims Washington Bombings
An anti Castro group claims responsibility for blasts at the Mexican chancery and Soviet Aeroflot offices in Washington with minor damage and no injuries. A note signed El Alacran threats Latin American governments recognizing Castro. Police say no blast at the Venezuelan embassy.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
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Aeroflot
Nezuelan
Castro E Alacran
Israeli Raiders Capture Five in Lebanon Antiterror Raid
An Israeli army raiding party crossed into southern Lebanon this morning and captured five suspected guerrillas, including a woman. The operation hit three villages about two miles into Lebanon, in the same area where Lebanese shelling incidents were reported this month.
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Lebanon
Welfare Errors Hit $500 Million in AFDC Program
A Department of Health Education and Welfare study says missteps by state and local officials and incorrect recipient information led to about $500 million in erroneous AFDC payments in early 1974. It finds 9.3 percent of families ineligible and 20.6 percent overpaid. seven of ten errors came from inaction on known facts such as age of children.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Aid To Families With Dependent Children
AFDC
Soviet Warships Visit U S Shore for First Exchange
Russian guided missile destroyers Boy kiy and Zhyuchiy are due in Boston for a first formal U S port visit in 30 years. U S ships Leahy and Tattnall sail toward Leningrad for a reciprocal visit to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Allied victory in World War II.
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Boston
Boykiy
Zhyuchiy
United States
Leahy
Tattnall
Leningrad
Russia
Germany
Aiken City Council to discuss transportation study and annexation
The Aiken City Council meets tonight to review the AKATS report from the Policy, Technical and Goals & Objectives Committees and send it to the state highway department for engineering studies. The agenda also includes a public hearing on annexing 125 acres of Houndslake property, an appointment to the Aiken Housing Authority, and bids for street improvements in the Azalea, Mimosa and Oleander area.
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Aiken
Aiken Area
State Highway Department
Houndslake
Aiken Housing Authority
Azalea
Mimosa
Oleander
Aiken Municipal
Park Ave
Weekend bicycle visit and fishing tales in Aiken
Former Aiken resident G Dana Waters IV biked from Statesboro Georgia to Aiken to visit his girlfriend Nancy Ward over the weekend. D E Red Ward an employee at the Savannah River Plant spent last week near Birmingham fishing and dined on tuna on return. An IRS official reported an Aiken resident’s income tax rebate check chewed by a dog and reissued the check.
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Aiken
G. Dana Waters IV
Statesboro
Nancy Ward
Alabama
D. E
Red
Ward
Savannah River
South Aikien Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Internal Revenue Office
IRS
Jackson Election Declared Void Sparks City Uncertainty
The state Attorney General voided Jackson's 1975 election, saying the mayor and three council members did not face a 1977 election. Councilmen McElmurray Russell and Garland ponder resigning as Marion Brinkley leads with 485 votes and calls grow to reschedule. Mayor Brown plans to stay until July 1 1977 amid ongoing dispute.
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Jackson
Treva G. Ashworth
Thomas McElmurray
J. Richard Russell
Robert Garland
Marion Brinkley
Robert Thornton
Hoyt Dunfieth
C.A. Hill
W.T. Phillips
Harold Thornton
J. M. Brown
A. Earlie Helms
Wallis Cassels
Cassels
Russell
Garland
Laos Crisis Deepens as Pathet Lao Seizes Control
The State Department says 1,000 Americans remain in Laos with no evacuation plans. In Bangkok, ASEAN talks discuss expanding membership. In Saigon, Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh urges Catholics to aid national reconciliation as Souvanna Phouma acknowledges Pathet Lao dominance in the coalition government."
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United States
Laos
Pathet Lao
Washington
Bangkok
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Burma
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
Singapore
Philippines
Thailand
Saigon
Nguyen van Binh
New York
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Souvanna Phouma
Savang Vathana
South
Vietnam
Aiken Choral Society Sings at Hopeland Gardens
The Aiken Choral Society under Coile Scarborough presents a Spring Concert at Hopeland Gardens tonight at 7. Grayson Haynes features on banjo with Betty Groh on accompaniment. If rain, the concert moves to First Baptist Church. The series offers free Monday evenings.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken Choral Society
Choral Society
Coile Scarborough
Grayson Haynes
Betty Groh
First Baptist Church
Weather Outlook Sees Rain Likely Later This Week
Forecast calls for a 20 percent rain chance today and 40 percent tonight with a 30 percent probability tomorrow. Temperatures stay in the low 80s with tonight's low near 60 degrees and a possibility of thunder showers tomorrow.
Housing Unit Approval Triggers Suit Against Aiken City
Aiken residents led by Robert L. Cato Carolyn Cato Tom McGee Ronnie Thompson and Darlene Thompson filed a declaratory judgment challenging the citys 4 3 vote approving a 18 acre low income housing project on Chesterfield Street and Columbia Avenue The group argues a 75 percent vote was required to override a protest petition while City Attorney Henry Summerall says a simple majority suffices HUD approved the 100 unit plan with two sites elderly and family housing featuring two story duplexes buffering trees sidewalks and tot lots A hearing before Circuit Court Judge Rodney Peeples was sought to resolve the legal question and a hearing was hoped for that week
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Aiken
Roland Windham
Henry Summerall
Chesterfield Street
Columbia Ave
Summerall
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Circuit
Rodney Peeples
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University of South Carolina
Wendell Hall
Sisouk Na Champassak
Ngon Sananikone
Hopeland
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