Aiken County Board Seeks Space for Departments at Budget Session
At the budget session the Aiken County Board of Commissioners heard requests for more office space from several departments. County Administrator Ronald LaCouture urged officials to present solutions with every request. Some departments favored using the grand jury room behind the courthouse, though space was limited. Veterans Affairs Officer Lucien Hockman referenced a $350 budget line for a national convention, joking about skipping major powwows due to being an Indian.
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Aiken
Nixon Hosts White House POW Homecoming Dinner
President Nixon and family prepare a landmark homecoming party for 682 former prisoners of war and 1,214 guests on the White House south lawn under a vast orange and yellow tent. Nixon works at Camp David then briefings at the State Department while Mrs Nixon and daughters greet families. VIPs include Agnew and Kissinger along with members of key Appropriations and Armed Services committees.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Camp David
State Department
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia Cox
House
Senate
Appropriations
Armed Services Committees
Spiro T. Agnew
Henry A. Kissinger
Sunshield Loaded On Rescue Ship For Skylab Mission
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP a rescue ship carries sunshades and repair tools for the crippled Skylab orbital lab. The Saturn 1B rocket is set to launch at 9 a m EDT Friday with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz to rendezvous 272 miles above Earth. Three sun shield options were chosen to lower lab temperatures to about 70 degrees within days while the crew completes a 28 day mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Orbiting Laboratory
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
NASA
Skylab
William C. Schneider
U.S. Opposes Arab-Israeli Settlement Committee at U N
At Egypt's request the Security Council plans a June 4 debate on Middle East deadlock. A three to fifteen nation committee to seek a settlement is debated, but the United States and Israel oppose new mechanisms and favor the 1967 principles. Waldheim and Jarring remain limited options.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
United States
Egypt
Middle East
Israel
McCord Testimony Under Scrutiny At Watergate Hearings
The Senate Watergate committee added three days of hearings June 5 to 7 amid a legal dispute over James W. McCord Jr.'s testimony on the wiretapping burglary. Chairman Sam J. Ervin Jr. said the panel will not be slowed by lawyer conflicts as it enters its fifth day of testimony.
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Washington
Senate
James W. McCord Jr
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Coup Blocked By Greek Military
The Greek army junta announced it blocked an attempted coup by two retired admirals and officers from three navy ships. The plan, set for Wednesday morning, was foiled when authorities arrested the two admirals at their homes before execution.
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Athens
Greece
Budget Hearings Set for County Budgets in Aiken
Aiken County Board of Commissioners reviewed eight department budgets totaling 311,051.17 for 1973-74, compared with 194,863.62 last year. Public Defender Cushman and Mrs. Westerdahl presented Defender Corporation needs of 22,515.66, with salaries and related costs dominating. The Board also considered the Board of Registration and elections budget requests, noting potential minimal needs if no elections occur this year.
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Aiken
USCA
Edward C. Cushman
Sylvia Westerdahl
Defender Corporation
Aiken County
Public Defender’s Office
Cushman
Eugene England
County Elections Commission
Election Commission
England
Pierce's Mother Describes Trial and Bond Struggles
Mrs. Jewel White of Midville Georgia speaks emotionally about her son Pierce who faces nine counts including murder burglary and larceny in an Aiken County courtroom. She criticizes jail conditions and recounts allegations of drugging and a prisoner escape plot while awaiting the jury verdict.
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Junior
Jewel White
Midville
Aiken County
Pierce
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Judge Ness Denies Retrial Motion in North Augusta Case
William Joe Pierce received two life terms for murder and burglary and a ten year larceny sentence to run concurrently in the death of babysitter Ann Goodwin. Judge Julius B. Ness denied retrial after Pierce claimed innocence and urged public disclosure of jail events. Pierce spoke to his mother and later said he was not guilty as he was escorted away.
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Judy Rich
William Joe
Pierce
Julius B. Ness
North Augusta
Ann Goodwin
Edward Cushman
Sylvia Westerdahl
Ness
Showers Expected In Area Near Aiken
Weather forecast calls for variable cloudy skies with warm temperatures and thunderstorms today and tonight. A small craft advisory is in effect on the lakes. High today in the upper 80s, low tonight in the mid 60s. Tomorrow partly cloudy with highs mid 80s. Rain chance 80 percent today and tonight, 20 percent tomorrow. Winds southwest 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts near storms. Extended outlook Saturday to Monday: partly cloudy with a chance of showers, highs in the 80s, overnight lows 50s to 60s.
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Aiken
LaCouture Proposals for Sheriff Department Overhaul
Aiken County Administrator Ronald LaCou ture outlined a plan to revamp the sheriff's department from an antiquated system into an innovative agency. The report, presented to the County Board of Commissioners, argues sufficient funding could have accelerated modernization. Aiken Standard staffer Susan Schubert provides an in depth look on Page 1B.
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LaCouture
Ronald LaCouture
Sheriff's Department
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Susan Schubert
Solon Linked To Fund Probe Apparently Kills Himself
U.S. Representative William O Mills was found dead from a gunshot wound at his Mulberry Hill Farm in Talbot County Maryland near Washington. An aide said Mills appeared to have died by his own hand and authorities noted powder burns on his shirt. The 48 year old had been implicated in a report about undisclosed 25 000 contributions from Nixon campaign funds. Mills had been elected to Congress in 1971 after Rogers Morton left to become Interior Secretary.
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U. N
Kurt Waldheim
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarring
Moscow
Jarring
Waldheim
Easton
William O. Mills
Maryland
Washington Post
Nixon
Maryland Board of Election
Mills
Jack Shaum
Mulberry Hill
Talbot County
Washington
Dave Thackery
Congress
Rogers CB. Morton
Secretary
The
Interior
Trial outcomes hinge on one defense witness
The three day trial centered on a single defense witness, former police reporter John C. Orr, who testified that in 1973 Pierce told him the gun that killed the girl was in a Savannah pawn shop. Cushman and Mrs Westerdahl faced denial of their motion for a new trial and were praised by Judge Ness for their handling of the case. Pierce was found guilty of murder, with notes on other charges kept for jury deliberation.
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Pierce
John C. Orr
Savannah
Cushman
Westerdahl
Ness
B.E. Nichols
North Augusta
Olin C. Redd
J.P. Strom
Orr
Aiken County
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Easton Memorial Hospital
Dave Collingwood
Lancaster
Midland Valley Country Club
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