Hoax claims $2 million treasure exhibit at Joye Cottage
A Greenville News ad promised a $2 million Spanish treasure display at Joye Cottage in Aiken on April 27, but owner Whitney Tower says there is no treasure and calls it a hoax. A misleading want ad by Frank Marshall led to letters from unrelated individuals, including Eleanor Bailey, chief librarian of Atlanta Public Library, who denies writing.
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Joye Cottage
Aiken
Whitney Tower
Frank Marshall
Greenville News
Marshall
G. Marshall
Emily Bull
Tower
New York
Sports Illustrated
Eleanor Bailey
Atlanta Public Library
Bailey
Augusta
Atlanta
Kissinger to Pursue Partial Israel Syria Pact This Weekend
Kissinger aides say he cannot broker a full troop disengagement this weekend but will press toward a partial pact. He will meet today with Prime Minister Meir and Israeli leaders then confer with Syrian President Assad in Damascus on Saturday.
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Golda Meir
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Nixon Gift Records Confidential Defense of Privacy
The White House says records of foreign gifts to President Nixon and family will remain confidential to avoid diplomatic embarrassment. The disclosure follows reports from the Washington Post that the Nixon family received three sets of jewels from Saudi royalty over five years, worn at official functions, with gifts not publicized. A 1966 law states such gifts become U.S. property.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
The
Wash
Ington Post
Maxine Cheshire
United States
Four Indicted In Zebra Murders in San Francisco
A San Francisco grand jury indicted Manuel Moore 29 J C Simon 29 and Larry C Green 22 for three Zebra slayings since last October. The three pleaded innocent in Municipal Court and remain jailed, part of a May 1 raid that rounded up seven black suspects. four others were released for lack of evidence.
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San Francisco
Manuel Moore
J.C. Simon
Larry C. Green
Ford Relaxes In Hawaii During West Coast Swing
Vice President Gerald R. Ford visits Hawaii on a busy schedule including three speeches two receptions a news conference and a visit to the Arizona Memorial honoring Pearl Harbor. He says he looks forward to a working and vacationing weekend as he continues his tour beginning after arriving Thursday night.
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Honolulu
Gerald R. Ford
Hawaii
Arizona Memorial
Pearl Harbor
Ford
Nixon Resting Under Florida Sun
President Nixon arrives at Key Biscayne for a long weekend stay with wife Pat and daughter Tricia Cox. He traveled with staff chief Alexander Haig and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler and is expected to remain until at least Sunday.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Bayside
Pat
Tricia Cox
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Stephen B. Bull
Weather Outlook With Warm Humid Conditions
A warm humid spell continues with a 30 percent chance of rain this afternoon, 20 percent tonight, and 10 percent tomorrow. Thunder showers are possible this afternoon and coastal areas may see slightly higher rain chances. Temperatures rise to 92 degrees tomorrow with a low of 70 tonight. sunny skies are forecast for tomorrow through Monday.
Knick knacks and fabrics donated to local center drive crafts
Readers are invited to donate unused perfume records and clothing to the Adult Development Center in Richland Aiken for client projects. Patchwork quilts skirts and pillows will be produced by center clients and sold in the arts and crafts store. George C. Lenz Sr. named First Vice Commander of Augusta Last Man's Club. He notes he may be the last WWI veteran in Aiken and jokes about who will be left. Thought for the Day jokes about heredity and teenagers.
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Adult Development Center
Richland
Aiken
Arts and Crafts
George C. Lenz Sr
Last Man
Augusta
Georgia Calvary
Lenz
Health Dept Approves Firm's Letter Of Intent
Hospital Corporation of America gains state health approval for a 190 bed hospital in Aiken County. Formal certificate of need could follow within weeks, with construction possibly starting by late June and an 18 to 24 month build. Aiken County voters will decide privatization in November.
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Hospital Corporation of America
State Department of Health
Aiken County
State Health Department
E. Kenneth Aycock
The
Aiken Standard
Marshall Cain
Richard Coney
Nashville, Tenn
David Malone
HCA
University of South Carolina
Aiken
Thomas F. Frist Jr
Aiken County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Inc
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
City files suit on fallen bridge in Aiken County
A declaratory judgment action against Southern Railway Company and M. L. McGee Company was filed in Aiken County to force repair of a collapsed bridge on Laurens Street. City officials allege the bridge was in poor condition before the January collapse and accuse the railroad and engineers of inaction.
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Southern Railway Company
M. L. McGee Company
Aiken County
Henry Busbee
City of
Aiken
Railroad and Construction Company
Laurens Street
Roland Windham
City
Southern Railway
Windham
Union Street
Edwards Says Integrity Key Theme In South Carolina Primary
State Sen. James B. Edwards voiced integrity in office as the big issue at a Republican rally in Charleston. He opposed McGovern Humphrey visit and proposed Watergate renaming satire. Edwards outlined plans for higher teacher pay, regional hospital training, and keeping SC doctors from leaving the state. Campbell Morrisette and Gwenyfred Bush joined as other GOP candidates.
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S.C
Republican Party
James B. Edwards
Charleston
William C. Westmoreland
Seutement
Gwenyfred Bush
U. S
Nixon
George N. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edwards
Watergate
Washington
Chappaquiddick
Bobby Baker
Billy Sol Estes
Walter Jenkins
Teddy Kennedy
South Carolina
Campbell
Prayer Breakfast Draws 500 Youth at Millbrook Church
About 500 young people attend the second annual Aiken Prayer Breakfast at Millbrook Baptist Church Gymnasium. John Staggers of Washington DC, assistant mayor, leads a list of honored guests. Staggers, Charleston native, is noted for youth work and his role in the fellowship movement seeking reconciliation through Christ.
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Millbrook Baptist Church
John Staggers
Washington, D.C
Staggers
Charleston
Fellowship
Jesus Christ
Christ
Judge Acquits Deputy in Shooting Death Case
Circuit Court Judge Julius B Ness directed a verdict of acquittal for Deputy Herbert Ronald Busbee in the shooting death of armed robbery suspect George Allen Jr 25 of Aiken. Veredict issued at 12 40 p m.
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Circuit Court
Julius B. Ness
Ness
Herbert Ronald Busbee
George Allen Jr
Aiken
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Donna Herron
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Dianne Herron
Marsha Moore
Wendell Hall
Health Dept
Derby Wendel
Rep
Carroll A. Campbell Jr
Greenville
N. Welch Morrisette Jr
Columbia
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