Gardner Sentenced in Grand Larceny Case in Aiken
Aiken County General Sessions Court convicts Tommie Gardner of grand larceny for the March 2 1970 auto theft owned by Paul Tewkesbury. Gardner receives four years to run consecutively with his prior sentence.
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Tommie Gardner
Aiken County
Gardner
Paul Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury
Barnwell Ave
Aiken
L. G. Eubanks
Bert Lee Moore
Williams
Belvedere
Boyd
Hamilton
Frank Cormany
Cummings Deemed Incompetent as Trial Nears
Otis Cummings Jr. remains mentally incompetent to stand trial for the Jaw 15 rape of an elderly Aiken woman. Dr Thomas Cooper testified he believes Cummings hears thoughts and fears mind control by doctors. Additional psychiatrists were to testify as the court noted a low chance of acquittal.
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Thomas Cooper
Otis Cummings Jr
Cummings Symptons
Cooper
Ness
Hamilton
S.C. Law Division
SLED
Boyd
Billy Hamilton
Orgie Bing
Weekend Forecast Courtesy of Aiken Weather
Aiken is in for a cool cloudy weekend with highs in the 70s rising to the low 80s, then falling to around 60 by Sunday through Tuesday. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 50, and a rain chance arrives Monday or Tuesday.
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Aiken
Malaria Outbreak Among Vietnam Returnees At Ft Bragg
National Center for Disease Control reports a malaria outbreak tied to shared needle use among Vietnam era servicemen at Ft Bragg North Carolina. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report cites 27 personnel involved and notes two recent hospital admissions for fever chills and headache amid heroin use and shared injection equipment.
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Atlanta, Ga
National Center For Disease Control
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Vietnam
JFK Benefit Show to Display Kennedy Watercolors
Watercolors by the late President John F. Kennedy, painted during recovery from a back injury in the mid-1950s, will go on public display for the first time in May. The exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art is a benefit for the John F. Kennedy Library and includes works by Kennedy family members.
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Boston
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Library
Kennedy
Institute of Contemporary Art
Paris
French Riviera
Grace Slick Injured In Foggy Golden Gate Crash
Grace Slick, 31, lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, suffered a concussion when her new foreign car slid into a concrete wall on a foggy Golden Gate Bridge approach. She was treated at Mission Emergency Hospital and later moved to an undisclosed location for about two days of hospitalization.
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San Francisco
Grace Slick
Golden Gate Bridge
California Highway Patrol
Mission Emergency Hospital
Bill Thompson
Senate Tradition Falls as Girls Become Page Pioneers
In Washington, two high school girls Paulette Desell and Ellen McConnell become the first Congressional girl pages, breaking an 182 year male-only tradition. The Senate approved the six month controversy by voice vote amid safety and workload concerns. Desell is sponsored by Sen Javits and McConnell by Sen Percy, with a third nominee Julie Price awaiting completion of her studies.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Paulette Desell
Sche
Desell
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Miss McConnell
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Julie Price
Bartlesville
Okla
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Court Clears Peron in Rape Charge
An Argentine court cleared former dictator Juan D. Peron now in exile in Spain of rape, citing statute of limitations. The ruling allows a potential return to Argentina, though observers doubt he will come back. The charge stemmed from his 1954 1955 liaison with 13 year old Nelly Rivas.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Spain
Peron
Argentina
Nelly Rivas
Suspicious Package Sent to Austin Mayor Causes Alarm
In Austin Texas a mailed package to Mayor Travis Larue prompted bomb squad action. Bomb-disposal experts concluded the package contained two spark plugs a can of olives and two bags of marijuana rather than a bomb.
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Austin, Tex
St. Paul
Development Board Chief Defends Nuclear Industry in South Carolina
J Bonner Manly of Columbia tells the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers in Aiken that progress in the states nuclear industry could be hindered by ill informed critics. He dismisses Townsend Belser and others as new found ecologists using half truths and insinuations to cast doubt on expert opinion.
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5. C. Development Board
South Carolina Development Board
J. Bonner Manly
Columbia
Townsend Belser
South Carolina
Manly
S.C. Society of Professional Engineers
Aiken
Belser
Sandlapper Magazine
Savannah River
SST toehold wobbles as Senate weighs delay
Washington AP reports the supersonic transport faces a fragile foothold in the Senate as lawmakers consider delaying a final vote. Estimates of added costs range from 150 to 1 billion dollars, with chairman Allen J. Ellender signaling likely defeat and a new start seen as expensive.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Allen J. Eliender
D-La
Boeing Co. Board
Ellender
New Stumper Puzzle Offers 590 Dollar Prize
The Aiken Standard promotes the Standard Stumper with a 590 dollar prize as the first anniversary edition settles in. Readers are urged to submit entries for another chance at winning and can pick up extra copies at 124 Rutland Drive. The new puzzle appears on page 2.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Liquor Supplying Aiken Stockade Inmates Under Scrutiny
In Aiken County General Sessions Court defendant Charlie Buff 27 and co defendant William Boyd 21 faced escape charges from the Aiken County Stockade. The judge heard claims that liquor supply came from an unseen source with Sheriff department stating no involvement. A bootlegger suspected of supplying the camp has been arrested. The stockade supervision lies with the county supervisor. See LIQUOR Page 12.
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Aiken County Stockade
Julius B. Ness
Aiken County General Sessions Court
Ness
Charlie Buff
William Howard Boyd
Boyd
G. H
Buck) Grant
Crosland Park
Paul D. Grant
Asbill Hotto
Leonard Williamson
Tyler Tyler
Williamson
Shoplifting Seminar Set For Aiken June 8
A seminar on shoplifting is planned for June 8 in the Heritage Room of Farm ers and Merchants Bank Lau rens Street Aiken. The event is sponsored by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Retail Council with speakers Mrs. Vivian Hudson James Hatchell and a 17 minute film The Silent Crime. Belk's director Billy Howard noted losses from shoplifters and recalled a ring operating from Augusta that targeted Aiken stores including Belk. The seminar begins at 10 am.
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Aiken
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Laurens Street
Greater
Augusta
Belk
Howard
Precious Nonsense festival finale reads at Aiken Playhouse
An evening of humorous readings closes the Spring Arts Festival at the Aiken Community Playhouse Virginia Acres tonight and tomorrow at 8 p m. Directed by Sue Currie, readers will perform excerpts from Catch 22 Alice in Wonderland Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Mark Twain using voice and minimal movement without props or stage makeup. Actors include Bob Clyburn Dick Currie Isabel Vandervelde and Sylvia Westerdahl. Admission for non season-ticket holders is 50 cents.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Virginia Acres
Verenes Intervenes In Courthouse Suit In Aiken
Stathy J. Verenes of Aiken a member of the State Development Board and local beer distributor intervenes in a court suit over relocating the Aiken County Court House The filing was made with the county clerk by Williams and Johnson the law firm handling the case. Harold C. Morris filed the original complaint on April 23 for local property owners.
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Stathy J. Verenes
Aiken
S. C. State Development Board
Aiken County Court House
Verenes
Williams and Johnson
Aiken County
John Henry Williams
Harold C. Morris
Morris
Nixon mobilizes forces to block NATO troop cuts
President Nixon recalls his top European commander and the U S ambassador to NATO to rally against a Mansfield amendment to halve European troop strength. He plans a rapid campaign to sway wavering Senate Republicans before Wednesday votes. Republicans warn of a possible presidential veto if the amendment passes.
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Washington
Nixon
Europe
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate
Dean Acheson
NATO
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
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Eubanks
Windsor
Howard Venson Boyd
Theodore W. Hamilton Sr
Claude Williams
Cummings
Cormany
George Allen Jr
Bing
Allen
Harlem
York Street
David Paige
Anderson Porter
COURT
Jfk
Eugene J.oyler
South
Florida
Miami
UPI
House
Gress
Warren Magnuson
Dash
Bob Clyburn
Dick Currie
Isabel Vandervelde
Sylvia Westerdahl
Playhouse
Schofield Gymnasium
James Ray
Aiken High School
Richland Avenue
Mansfield
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