Bond Issue To Expand Aiken TEC Voted By County
Aiken County voters will decide a 1.7 million bond for Aiken Technical Education Center expansion. The project adds 55 000 square feet to serve 2 400 students, funded by 1.7 million in bonds, federal aid, and 300 thousand from the state, with a 2.47 mill tax increase expected. TEC projects 400 new jobs yearly and 15 million dollars in county economic impact if 300 graduates finish annually. eight more courses are sought.
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Aiken County
Aiken Technical Education Center
TEC
Aiken Tec
Ashley J. Little
Aiken Technical College
Aiken County Technical College
Leslie Clark
North Augusta and Aiken TEC races dominate voter notice
North Augusta voters face council contests with 6022 registered voters across five precincts while debates intensify over a local election. In parallel Aiken TEC pushes a referendum to expand facilities and gain a designated television studio funded by the state with a broad promotional push and costs listed.
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North Augusta
FBI Documents Link CIA Plot to Castro to Kennedy Assassination
The Senate intelligence committee will receive FBI files showing the bureau knew of a CIA plan to kill Fidel Castro on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Senator Richard Schweiker says the papers, not given to the Warren Commission, will be turned over today.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
FBI
Bureau
CIA
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Intelligence Committee
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Philippine jet hijacked by six tribesmen at Zamboanga
Six Moslem tribesmen seized a Philippine Airlines plane with 103 passengers and six crew en route home. They forced a landing at Zamboanga airport and demanded 375 000 dollars and a DC8 to flee the Philippines. Security forces ringed the craft during negotiations.
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Manila
the Philippines
Philippines Airlines
PAL
Zamboanga
Philippines
Zamboanga International
Ford weighs federal funds plan to curb court-ordered busing
President Ford denies links between his desegregation policy and upcoming primaries and considers using federal money to help school districts avoid extensive busing. A White House source cites a range of approaches and possible legislation to limit busing as a desegregation tool, without details.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Parole Chance For Caril Fugate In 1958 Case
Caril Fugate, age 32, who at 14 joined Charles Starkweather on a deadly spree, will face parole consideration on June 20 before the Nebraska Parole Board. Some relatives oppose release as a new identity and residence are arranged in another Midwestern state. The 1958 killings left 10 victims. Starkweather was executed in 1959 after a gas station robbery death.
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Lincoln
Neb
Caril Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Miss Fugate
Vic
Tims
Parole Board
Starkweather
Tobacco allotment transfer bill stalls in House
A Senate passed bill to allow tobacco allotments to cross county lines awaits House action. It has been referred to a House Agriculture subcommittee with Rep. John W. Jenrette Jr. saying its chances to become law before this fall's crop are slim. Senator Strom Thurmond backs the proposal conditional on a referendum by affected farmers.
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Washington
House
House Agriculture
John W. Jenrette Jr
D-S.c
Jenrette
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Agencies urge private mail for cost savings
Government asks agencies to shift some mail to private delivery firms to cut costs. A General Services Administration bulletin titled Reducing Mail Costs circulated last month, recommending use of commercial small parcel carriers as a cheaper alternative to Priority Mail and insured USPS parcels.
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Washingtn
U.S
Aiken Youth Warns Against Swimming or Camping
Dr Thomas F Frist of Hospital Corporation of America spoke at the hospital auxiliary luncheon in Nashville praising volunteer hours by auxiliary members and candy strippers while noting a young Aikenite says he will never swim or camp citing Jaws and Grizzly as his reasons.
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Thomas F. Frist
Hospital Corporation of America
Nashville
Hospital
Corporation
Biggest Rise Since January in April Consumer Prices
The Labor Department reports April consumer prices rose four tenths of a percent led by a six tenths rise in food, the first since December. The CPI stood at 168.2, with overall prices up 2.9 percent annualized in Q1 and wholesale prices up eight tenths in April signaling possible inflation uptick.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Labor Department
Agriculture Department
Heat wave forecast hits county with back to back hot days
The county is due for a hot weekend with expected highs in the upper 80s and near 9 for today. Tonight and tomorrow should stay mostly dry with lows in the high 50s to low 60s. Rain chances rise Monday as showers move in from coastal areas.
Leary Named Aiken Standard Sports Editor
Joseph Mark Leary named sports editor at the Aiken Standard succeeding Scott B. Hunter who becomes news editor. Leary, USC journalism graduate from Cataumet Massachusetts, previously wrote for The Gamecock and held sports editor roles. Hunter, now news editor, holds an UNC journalism masters and joined the paper in June 1973.
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Joseph Mark Leary
Aiken Standard
Leary
Scott B. Hunter
University of South Carolina
Cataumet
Mass
Joan M. Leary
Col
Robert P Leary
USC
The
Gamecock
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Hunter
James M. Hunter
Rockville
University of North Carolina
Citizens Advisory Group Forms On Aiken County Schools Tax
More than fifty residents attended a meeting to form a Citizens Advisory Group for the Aiken County School District. The group will advise the Board of Education on a potential tax referendum, with Dr Carl Shealy leading the effort. Committees on Finances Personnel Alcohol Drugs and Discipline Curriculum and Facilities toured rooms to review data and define needs. The groups will meet again to share first impressions and help sell the referendum if the board agrees.
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Aiken County
Board of Education
Carl Shealy
Shealy
Aiken Hospital Expansion Moving Through Health Plans
Steps are under way to review Aiken Community Hospital's proposed 290 bed expansion separate from Augusta GA needs. The hospital seeks a Certificate of Need from DHEC with review by East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency and awaits formal action from the HSA after COG members transfer oversight.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Augusta
Aiken Hospital
S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency
HSA
Georgia
Aiken County
Aiken
Aiken Com
Munity Hospital
Orren Byrd
Lower Savannah
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