Iris Festival set in Sumter with Cooper contender
lwann Cooper Miss Aiken travels to Sumter for Iris Festival events including Neptune's Daughter and Iris Queen titles. Bridges Dodge plans to gift her a car bearing her name for the trip. Herb Gladden recovers after major surgery at Aiken County Hospital. Rotary golfers retry their first annual tournament in rain or shine conditions as they attempt 18 holes again.
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Lwann Cooper
Aiken
Sumter
Bridges Dodge
Herb Gladden
Aiken County Hospital
Rotary
Skylab countdown for first space salvage operation
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP the countdown begins for man s first space salvage mission to repair the crippled Skylab and complete a 28 day flight Launch crews ready Saturn 1B rocket and Apollo ferry ship for liftoff at 9 am EDT Friday Skylab director William C Schneider says work remains but training has boosted confidence Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz practiced sun shade deployment at Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabama after Skylab overheated from a failed heat shield nine days ago
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
William C. Schneider
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Conrad
Kerwin
Banks Told To Tighten Lending
Washington AP Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve, urged 5700 banks to slow business lending to curb inflation. The government reported a 6 percent April rise in the cost of living, with overall inflation near 7 percent annually. Herbert Stein said the inflation wave appears to be receding.
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Washington
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve System
Burns
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Caulfield Testifies on Nixon Clemency Offer
Caulfield told Senate investigators he believed the clemency offer to James McCord came from President Nixon. He said loyalty to the president overrode concerns about illegality and noted he had no knowledge that anyone above John W. Dean III authorized the offer.
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Washington
John J. Caulfield
James McCord
Nixon
White House
Caulfield
Senate
Cambodian Airliner Attacked Near Svay Rieng
Ground fire struck a Cambodian DC3 airliner near Svay Rieng wounding one passenger and setting the craft ablaze the plane returning safely to Svay Rieng. The attack marks a second airliner hit in four days with a prior crash killing 11 aboard.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Svay Rieng
Kissinger Aide Heads to Saigon on Cease Fire Talks
William H. Sullivan deputy assistant secretary of state flies to Saigon to brief President Thieu and set new truce steps. The visit follows last weeks talks with Le Tho and Yen Co Thach in Paris as Kissinger and Tho plan a sixth meeting in the current discussion.
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Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
William H. Sullivan
Thieu
Kissin
le Tho
North Vietnam
Tho
Yen Co Thach
Sullivan
Kissinger
Paving Way for Aiken County Public Service Authority
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners moved to create the Aiken County Public Service Authority to oversee the $22.225 million Horse Creek Basin wastewater project and to file applications for 75 percent EPA funding. Davis and Floyd Engineers of Greenwood won the contract to manage design and construction with PSA governance to be appointed by the governor and approved by voters via a future bond referendum.
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Aiken
Public Service Authority
General Assembly
Environmental Protection Agency
Horse Creek
EPA
Davis and Floyd Engineers
Greenwood
PSA
Lower Savannah
Defendant Takes Stand To Testify
The case of William Joe Pierce went to the jury at the Aiken County Courthouse after closing arguments in a three day murder trial. Prosecutors and defense lawyers laid out their views as the issue turned on Pierce's alleged confession and discrepancies cited by the defense. The jury of seven women and five men heard arguments from Public Defender Cushman and Assistant Public Defender Westerdahl and Assistant Solicitor Fox before deliberations.
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Judy Rich
William Joe
Pierce
Aiken County
General Sessions Court
Julius B. Ness
North Augusta
Ann Austin Goodwin
Edward C. Cushman
Cushman
Miss Goodwin
Sylvia Westerdahl
Mrs. Westerdah
C. Lavaun Fox
Fleckman and Sikes Lead Midland Valley Open Field
Marty Fleckman and R H Sikes head a field of 69 professional golfers chasing a share of the 10000 purse at the Midland Valley Country Club. The 36 hole event on the 6915 yard course is part of the PGA second tour and offers prize money for pros not on the regular tour. Included are eight club pros and three from the Aiken area Chuck Mason Robert Adams and Keith with the event spanning Thursday and Friday.
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Marty Fleckman
R.H Sikes
Midland Valley Country Club
PGA
Harvey Raynor
Raynor
Aiken
Aiken Area
Chuck Mason
Bath
Robert Adams
Wagoner
Keith
One Paid One Denied Old Bills Haunt County Fathers
County commissioners confronted two old bills at the meeting. County Administrator Ronald La Couture presented charges totaling 2 294 02 that the county has owed since the prior regime. The session focused on settling longstanding financial obligations.
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Ronald LaCouture
County Commissioners Debate Late Bills Payment
The board voted to pay Whittle Brothers of Aiken 1221 for three months rent and refurbishing the Food Stamp Office building. Ed Farmer and Carroll Warner opposed, citing lack of knowledge and after the fact funding. A second bill from Elliotts Office Supply for 1073.02, ordered by the Legislative Delegation, was also questioned and tabled.
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LaCouture
Wade Brodie
Whittle Brothers of
Aiken
Ed Farmer
Carroll Warner
Warner
Brodie
Farmer
Commission
Harold Graybeal
Chance Of Rain Forecast In Area
Aiken area sees partly cloudy skies with a chance of thundershowers today tonight and tomorrow. Highs reach the upper 80s with lows around 60 degrees. Winds will be southwest at 10 to 15 mph.
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Aiken
Board Votes To Implement Youth Employment Project
The county plans a summer program offering 140 jobs for youths aged 14 to 21 meeting income guidelines. Jobs pay 1.60 dollars an hour for up to 26 hours weekly over nine weeks, with most work in county agencies. A director will be hired at 3 dollars an hour for nine weeks, funded by department of labor and emergency employment act funds.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
South Carolina Employment Service of
Aiken
Ronald LaCouture
Department of Labor
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Highway 3
Kompong Som
Aiken County Psa
South Carolina
Horse Creek Basin
Ness
McCord
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Fox
Augusta
Fleckman
Sikes
Susan Schubert
Aiken Lions Club
Dick Flynt
Lions Club
Wendell Hall
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