French Troops Enter Zaire in Kolwezi Rescue Operation
French paratroopers dropped into Kolwezi amid reports rebels gain in Shaba province. The move aims to rescue 2,500 Europeans and 14 Americans, with Belgium funding to limit its role to hostage rescue. Forces engaged around Kolwezi and Mutshatsha as Belgians monitor deployment from Kamina base.
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Zaire
Kolwezi
Shaba
Brussels
Mobutu Sese Seko
Michel van Assel
Paris
Kol
Belgium
Belga
Kamina
Mobutu
France
United States
Britain
Morocco
Foreign Legion
Kinshasa
Power Outage Halts Aiken Standard Operations
The Aiken Standard faced a seven hour power failure yesterday due to electrical line problems. Phone service and power were disrupted from about 2:15 to 9:15 p.m. The paper apologizes for any inconvenience to customers.
Aiken News Highlights Junior Tales And Spring Plans
Area students count down to summer while a High senior weighs school break ins. Jeffrey Hankinson earns a fast rise in ballet with Aiken Civic Ballet Company set to perform at Hopeland Garden. A church bus caution sign hints at grandparent activity for seniors. A working mother jokes about a note to her boss as a child nods to late starts. Howard Cosell predicts Aiken training may matter for the Preakness.
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Jeffrey Hankinson
Aiken Civic Ballet Company
Hopeland Garden
St. John’s Methodist Church
County delays any 1978 79 license plan says year needed
Aiken County administrator L C Greene says a county business licensing system cannot be implemented quickly. It would take at least a year to formulate and run and yield revenue, making it an unlikely fix for 1978 79. He favors a 4 7 percent millage increase or further cuts and urges state action on released funds.
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Aiken County
L. C. Greene
Greene
General Assembly
Area Four plans renovations as 13 million high school package
Architect John Wells said working drawings for the Area Four high school renovations and additions should go to the state for approval within days. The plan includes Ridge Spring-Monetta Wagener Salley high schools and three new campuses, with costs rising about 2 thousand dollars daily due to inflation.
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Area Four
State Department of Education
John Wells
Area Four Advisory Council
Wells
Wells, Fleetwood & Hutchison
County Board of Education
Department of Education
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Wagener- Salley
Area Four Council
Sunny Weekend Outlook With Warm Temperatures
The forecast calls for bright sunshine Saturday with a high in the mid 80s and a low around 60. Sunday treks in clouds with scattered showers on Sunday and Monday, tapering Tuesday, as temperatures stay in the 80s to lows in the 60s.
Spoleto Hearing Set In Aiken
A federal judge in Aiken will hear an injunction bid by Spoleto USA sponsors to stop the American Guild of Labor Artists from alleged unfair labor practices. The NLRB filed suit in Columbia to protect the festival, aiming to avert 1978 cancellations.
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Associated Press
Aiken
American Guild of Labor Artists
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
U.S. District Court
Columbia
Spoleto
Allen Jaffee
New York
U.S
Charles Simons
Winston-Salem
N.C
Prac
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Wezi
Mutshatsha
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Aiken High
Howard Cosell
Wagener
Tony Cofer
Marion Webb
Paul Newman
Spoleto Hearing
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