Beech Island Obituary for Francis Fickling Dunbar Jr.
Francis Fickling Dunbar Jr., 67, of 1154 Sand Bar Ferry Road, Beech Island, died Tuesday. Graveside services 5 p.m. Thursday at Hammond Cemetery Beech Island officiated by Rev. Joseph W Gardner. Native of Augusta, lifelong resident, active in agriculture groups including South Carolina Swine Producers Association and Aiken County Farm Bureau. Survived by widow Louise Holcombe sister Gussie D. Holmes Beech Island and brother Charles S. Dunbar Salisbury NC.
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Hammond Cemetery
Joseph W Gardner
Augusta
South Carolina Swine Producers Association
Aiken County Farm Bureau
Aiken County Livestock Association
Beech Island Soy Bean Association
Dunbar
Tax Commission Funds Retailers In Bootlegging
The South Carolina Tax Commission fined a Mount Pleasant lounge operator 10000 dollars for an interstate beer bootlegging operation led by known bootleggers of highly taxed beer and cigarettes. Investigations continue and officials say a breakthrough may reveal a wide tax avoidance scheme.
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Columbia
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Aiken Standard Publication Details
The Aiken Standard began in 1867 and is published each afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. Mail and delivery rates are listed, along with office address and subscription terms.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
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Associated Press
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Vietnam War Chronicle Far South Cambodia Push
A South Vietnamese commu nique reports 96 North Vietnamese soldiers killed and 100 sampans plus 30 huts destroyed. Eight South Vietnamese killed and 25 wounded as forces move toward Phnom Penh. U.S. advisers in Cambodia tally American losses and stockpiles found while parties within three days extract details of the broader campaign.
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Antiwar protests shift focus to college commencements
Antiwar students turn commencement exercises into protest venues as campuses near year end. Brandeis reports strikes at about 265 colleges while ceremonies at Union Theological Seminary mark six campus deaths. Yale backs Peace Commencement Fund with broad student support.
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New York
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Ohio
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Jackson
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Campus Violence Endangers Vote For 18 Year Olds
Washington AP reports campus violence threatens momentum for lowering the voting age to 18. House Republicans risk losing support as antiwar sentiment shapes votes and Nixon's stance complicates passage. Mikva and Railsback urge progressive backing while protests draw national attention and reactions.
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Alaskans Urge Hickel To Run For Governor
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel, first cabinet member to publicly question Nixon policy on young dissenters, is reportedly being urged to seek another term as Alaska governor. He denies the reports, saying he has no plans to leave the Nixon Cabinet and intends to serve while productive.
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Three Juvenile Escapees Captured Near Beech Island
Three of nine youths who fled the South Carolina School for Boys at Florence were arrested by Aiken County Deputies in Beech Island. Ages 14 and 15 were taken from a home after escaping around midnight Thursday, with authorities linking the escape to a fellow inmate’s fatal stabbing. Florence police charged Allen Todd of Anderson with murder in the death of 14-year-old Jack Butler.
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Aiken County
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Drowning Victim Ronald Shackelford Jr Identified
The body of Ronald L. Shackelford Jr. of Augusta was recovered from the Savannah River near Jackson Landing after he disappeared while fishing at Silver Bluff on May 14. Aiken County Coroner James Gregory identified him. search crews found an abandoned boat and life preserver, with no inquest planned at this time.
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Aiken County
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Ronald L. Shackelford Jr
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Silver Bluff
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Jackson Landing
Aiken County Rescue Squad
William C Busch Joins Timmerman Sales Staff
William C Busch of Hahn Street in Aiken has joined Timmerman Motor Company on Richland Avenue. Ben Timmerman announced the hire. Busch, long active in civic work, is a former Aiken Lions Club president and serves on local health and alcoholism commissions. Mrs. Busch works at the Housing Authority and leads Aiken BPW.
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Hahn Street
Aiken
Timmerman Motor Company
Richland Avenue
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Tip to motorists on speed limits and safety
A brief warning advises drivers to reduce speed on highways to avoid fatal mistakes and fatalities, urging caution and safer driving behavior.
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