Two Aiken Youths Crown Bodies Recovered After Boat Accident
McCormick South Carolina two teenaged youths were recovered from Hall Creek at Clark Hill after a boating accident around 2 a.m. Bob Wocum and John A Reese Jr. were identified among four in the water. Divers and local officials assisted including Sheriff J P Gaver Deputy Johnny Franklin and Coroner Jack Bowen. Reese was the son of John A Reese and resided on Pine Log Road. Wocum was believed to be from Michigan living in an Aiken boarding house.
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McCormick
Aiken County
Hall Creek
Clark Hill
Bob Wocum
John A. Reese Jr
McCormick Rescue Squad
McCormick County Sheriff's Department
J.P. Gaver
Johnny Franklin
McCormick County
Jack Bowen
Reese
John A. Reese
Pine Log Rd
Culler’s
Half Acre
Wocum
Michigan
Aiken
Wall Street slips in early trading on downward trend
New York stocks head lower as selling resumes after Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average falls about four points while losses outweigh gains by nearly two to one on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
Social Security checks rise 8 percent this July
Thirty five million Americans on Social Security or adult welfare will receive an 8 percent benefit increase starting in July. Retirees gain from $7.60 to $37 more per month, with larger bumps for long term beneficiaries and couples, though SSI recipients in about half the states may miss the extra funds if states do not pass them along.
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Washington
Ford
U.S. Cools to Saigon PRG Diplomatic Overture
American officials show no rush to respond to the Saigon Provisional Revolutionary Government offer. They remain unsure what Washington would recognize and seek clarification on the diplomatic relationship.
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Washington
Saigon
United States
Mexico criticizes U S timing of underground test
Mexico's ambassador Alfonso Garcia Robles denounced the United States for staging a large underground nuclear test during a conference reviewing the 1968 nuclear weapons treaty. He said the move was in very bad taste and unnecessary.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Mexico
United State
Alfonso Garcia Robles
Americans Arrested in Laos Safe Under House Quarantine
Three American aid officials are under house arrest in southern Laos, reportedly safe. The U.S. Embassy denied threats by Savannakhet students to kill them, after a mob ransacked the USAID office and the officials were moved to the provincial governor’s house.
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Laos
Vientiane, Laos
U.S
Savannakhet
Vientiane
U.S. Agency For International Development
Wet Weather Persists After Storms Yesterday
A calm day is followed by continued chances of rain. today 80 percent, 70 percent Saturday. Gusts of up to 39 mph were recorded at Bush Field in Augusta. Thundershowers expected today and tomorrow with a high near 85 degrees and showers into Saturday.
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Aiken County
Bush Field
Augusta
USC A director of student activities injures toe
Marty Clark of USC A had a mishap on campus when she struck her dresser foot and broke a toe while dressing. Judge Rodney Peeples presided in general sessions court this week amid remarks about the courthouse condition. Aiken County Commissioner Cleve Edmunds attended court hearings and heard Peeples discuss the discomforts in the building.
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Marty Clark
Usc-A
Rodney Peeples
General Sessions Court
Aiken County
Cleve Edmunds
Peeples
Craig sentenced to life in prison for Cooper murder
Cecil Calvin Craig was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of murder in the January death of Henry Lee Cooper. The trial spanned two and a half days with witnesses recounting threats and the defendant admitting firing over the head during altercations in self defense.
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Rodney Peeples
Cecil Calvin Craig
Henry Lee Cooper
Craig
Cooper
Mayaguez rescue signals US power in Asia
U S officials say the Mayaguez rescue demonstrates that the United States is not a paper tiger in Asia as tensions rise with North Korea and China over Cambodia and Southeast Asia. Two Americans killed and 14 missing after Tang island attack as the ship heads toward Singapore with 33 crew.
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Washington
Mayaguez
U.S
China
North Korea
United States
Asia
South Vietnam
South Korea
Thailand Gulf
Tang
Singapore
Thailand
R. J. Reynolds Industries
Sea-Land Services, Inc
Hong Kong
Southeast Asia
Bangkok
Cambodia
Red Cross Seen as Good Neighbors at 58th Dinner
LIN SMITHWICK reports James Rivers pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church praised the Red Cross as a team of good neighbors. He cited routine efforts like blood donations first aid classes and financial aid building goodwill for higher aims as local volunteers support service members and families.
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Lin Smithwick
American Red Cross
Red Cross
James Rivers
Millbrook Baptist Church
Rivers
Air Force
Carl Littlejohn
Aiken County
The
Strom Thurmond
Littlejohn
W T Slaughter Funeral Tomorrow
William T Slaughter 55 director of Aiken High School bands was found shot to death at 108 Chesterfield St the wound ruled self inflicted by Capt O W Ray of the Ai ken Police Department A shotgun was used Funeral services set for 5 30 p m at St John s United Methodist Church with two pastors officiating pallbearers listed and honorary pallbearers named Slaughter a longtime music director and organist is survived by a widow two daughters a son and two grandchildren. Friends may view at the residence or George Funeral Home.
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William T. Slaughter
Aiken
Chesterfield St
O.W. Ray
Ray
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Robert James
Robert Tanner
Slaughter
Harrington
Delaware
Aiken County
St. John’s United Methodist
First Baptist Church
Ter
Sandra Ferguson
Seattle
Wash
William F. Slaughter
George Funeral Home
Timmerman Attacks Federal Regulations At SCMTA Meet
Robert P. Timmerman Graniteville Co president and SCMTA president urged less government regulation and more business involvement in social and political affairs in a speech to SCMTA annual meeting. He blamed excessive rules for high costs and unemployment and urged teaching capitalism to youth.
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Robert P. Timmerman
Graniteville Co
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
SCMTA
Timmerman
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Hospital Corporation of America
Wendell Hall
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Chris Brooks
J.O. Willis
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