Five Dead In Korean Clash On Island Standoff
AP reports three North Korean infiltrators clashed with South Koreans on Chuja Island in the Yellow Sea near Mokpo. One North Korean and four locals including a policeman and reservists were killed as security forces sealed the island and hunted the remaining two infiltrators. This marked the first North Korean cross border clash on South Korean soil this year.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chuja
Yellow Sea
Mokpo
Five Held Hostage In Sweden Drugs Store Siege
A young man in Goteborg seized a drug store and held seven women as hostages demanding freedom for three convicted criminals. Two women escaped unhurt as police prepared to act with caution while the gunman fired rounds from a submachine gun through the windows. He said ransom was revenge for a failed Stockholm bank robbery last September.
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Goteborg
Sweden
Stockholm
Youth Finds Good In People In Thompsonville
Angus Gaither an 18 year old valedictorian of 1974 faces a choice between Harvard University's 5250 dollar a year scholarship or staying home to care for his widowed mother and partially paralyzed brother. He has until Monday to decide and has already received about 35 supportive calls and offers of aid. The funds from the scholarship would be placed in a trust to aid his family and hire in home help while he is away at Harvard. He plans to lease the 400 acre farm to a neighbor.
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Thompsonville
Ill
United States
Angus Gaither
Illinois
Gaither
Harvard University
Harvard
Angus
Ervin decries Watergate moral climate at rally
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr of North Carolina said the Watergate transcripts show a troubling moral climate but warned impeachment requires high crimes. As chair of the Senate Watergate Committee he attacked the Nixon administration as repressive but dodged a call to remove or convict the president.
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Winston-Salem
Sam J. Ervin Jr
N.C
Ervin
Senate Watergate Committee
Congress
Dick Nixon
Rockefeller Breaks Hip on Asian Tour
Rockefeller, chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, fell and broke his hip in Taipei. A spokesman said no surgery was needed and he will be flown back to the United States after arriving Sunday and before continuing to Japan and South Korea.
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Taipei
Taiwan
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Rockefeller
United States
Japan
South Korea
Dean Credibility Tops Nixon in Harris Poll
AP dispatch notes a Harris poll of 1,555 adults showing 52 percent believe John W. Dean III knew about the Watergate cover-up. Thirty percent of May 7 8 respondents disbelieve his allegations while 45 percent call him more truthful than Nixon to 32 percent and 23 percent undecided. Dean testified in the Mitchell-Stans conspiracy trial.
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New York
Louis Harris
John W. Dean III
Nixon
White House
Harris
Dean
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Hearing aid donations aid those in need
A notice from Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center invites donations of used or broken hearing aids. They will be repaired by Telephone Pioneers and provided on a pay as able basis to those who cannot afford devices. An amusing overheard moment from an Aiken quick-food store is included. Arthur Fenn is cited as the first native born U.S. golf professional.
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Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Arthur Fenn
Aiken
U.S
E. W. Edgerton
Charleston
May term of General Sessions Court ends after 100 cases
Judge Julius B. Ness presided over the three week May term in Aiken County, clearing the docket of about 200 cases with roughly 60 nolle prossed by the State. Willis Johnson Jr. was found guilty in a DUI case, and several defendants were tried in absentia with sealed sentences.
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General Sessions Court
Julius B. Ness
Nolle
Lavaun Fox
Ness
Willis Johnson Jr
Aiken County
Judge Ness
Supreme Court
Herb Gladden
Metro
Jaworski accuses Nixon of subverting prosecutor independence
Special prosecutor Jaworski says Nixon is trying to make a farce of the independence charter as Sirica orders Nixon to obey a subpoena for Watergate tapes. Ford calls tapes relevant to a criminal proceeding, but St Clair says the White House will appeal. Gesell hears access requests in the plumbers case as Burhardt testifies. House Judiciary pursues closed hearings while Eastland sets an executive session.
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Washington
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
White House
Jaworski
U.S
John J. Sirica
Special Prosecutors Office
Gerald R. Ford
James St. Clair
Sirica
Gerhard A. Gesell
Fred Burhardt
Gesell
Capitol Hill
House Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean Ill
H R Haldeman
James O Eastland
D-Mass
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
Eastland
St. Clair
Candidates Told To Refile State House Nominations
March filers for the South Carolina State House in districts 82 and 86 are urged to refile by noon tomorrow to avoid disqualification. Democratic contenders Maury J. Busbee Medwell Hill Thomas A. Mims George L. Brighthorp and William A. Reel Jr. face possible ineligibility due to extended filing times. An official says refiling is safest as filing applies to a specific seat.
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State House of Representatives
Aiken County
Maury J. Busbee
Medwell Hill
Edgefield County
Thomas A. Mims
George L. Brighthorp
William A. Reel Jr
State Attorney General's Office
Attorney General's Office
Aiken
Little Change In Heather Anticipated Weather Update
The forecast offers warm days in the 80s and nights around 60s with mostly sunny skies. Occasional hints of rain appear, suggesting a brief shower but overall dry conditions persist.
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Heather
Retail Food Prices Drop In April
The Labor Department reports April CPI up six-tenths of a percent, smallest since September, moderating inflation. Food prices fall with the Food Price Index down four-tenths, and grocery prices down seven-tenths, the largest monthly drop since last September.
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Washington
Labor Department
Aiken Jaycees Sweep State Awards in Columbia
The Aiken Jaycees collected eight state awards and 15 division prizes at weekend ceremonies in Columbia. They earned the Parade of Chapters Award for top state rating, the J. S. Senate Award for best single project in international relations, and the Outstanding Local President to Bob Westmoreland. The Reverend Ernie Bowen received the Faith In God Award. Westmoreland credited all members for a great year.
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Aiken Jaycees
Columbia
South Carolina
J. S. Senate
Aiken
Bob Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Florida Steel, Inc
Ernie Bowen
Father Bowen
Giessenbier
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