Bremer Set for July 12 State Trial in Wallace Shooting
Arthur H. Bremer, the man accused in the Laurel campaign rally shooting that targeted Gov. George C. Wallace, is scheduled for a July 12 state court trial. He faces federal charges of assaulting Wallace and Secret Service agent Nicholas Zarvos, with a federal grand jury also indicting him on gun control violations.
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Baltimore
Arthur H. Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Laurel
Bremer
Wallace
Nicholas Zarvos
Secret Service
North Augusta Drug Hotline Expands to Countywide Service
North Augusta official Paul Hyer announced the hotline now covers Aiken County after a meeting with the Aiken County Drug and Alcohol Commission. New numbers 648 5444 and 593 5444 join existing 279 1999, all answered at the hotline headquarters.
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North Augusta
Paul Hyer
Aiken County
Hyer
Wallace Recovers From Infection After Surgery
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is recuperating in Silver Spring after a minor procedure to drain pus from an infected area near a wound. Doctors say the operation on Thursday will speed his recovery and that the infection was expected.
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Silver Spring
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Trade deficit climbs past two billion dollars
The Commerce Department reports April imports exceeding exports by 699.4 million dollars marking the worst trade deficit start for the United States. The year’s total deficit stands at about 2.2 billion dollars.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Missiles Break Up N Viet Tank Assault
US forces using electronically guided missiles halted a North Vietnamese tank assault on Kontum City in the central highlands, with about a dozen tanks destroyed. South Vietnamese marines repelled a fourth assault at My Chanh near Hue, while air strikes targeted Haiphong as the port isolation campaign continued. a Navy plane was reported lost and the pilot missing.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Kontum City
My Chanh
Hue
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Jury Reinforces Death Occurrence In Transplant Case
A Virginia Law and Equity Court jury cleared four defendants in a landmark heart transplant suit. The medical opinion that death occurs when the brain dies, even if the heart and other organs function, was reinforced by the verdict. Dr. David M. Hume and colleagues were found innocent of causing the donor's death.
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Richmond, Va
David M. Hume
Law and Equity Court
Board Restores Part Of Price Hike
The Price Commission on Thursday allowed four can companies to raise prices by 2 percent while it reviews how can prices influence supermarket pricing. The move partially reverses a prior increase taken last month as the investigation proceeds.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Can
Nixon and wife attend Bolshoi Ballet encounter protest
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon were greeted by a public expression of opposition to Vietnam policy during a Bolshoi Ballet visit to see Swan Lake in Moscow. A woman shouted from the top balcony just before the final act urging Vietnam withdrawal or freedom for Vietnam.
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Moscow
Nixon
Bolshoi Ballet
Vietnam
Peach Season Nears In South Carolina Beach Area
Jerrold Watson, a Monetta peach grower, reports Early Gold peaches picked last Friday in Johnston. The South Carolina Beach season expected to be in full swing the week of June 12 with fresh peaches and peach products anticipated.
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Jerrold Watson
Johnston
South Carolina
Nixon Soviet SALT accord signals breakthrough at Moscow
In Moscow President Nixon and Soviet leaders announced a two part SALT settlement. One part limits antiballistic missile sites under a treaty to be ratified by the US Senate. The other freezes offensive missile deployments at current US levels while allowing replacement with more advanced weapons. A joint trade commission will also promote mutually advantageous relations.
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Moscow
Nixon
U.S
US Senate
United States
Aiken High Student Charged After Assault on Assistant Principal
Lester Lamar Youngblood 18 of Aiken charged with assault and battery of high and aggravated nature after allegedly striking Assistant Principal E S Flynn at the school when told to stop smoking. He was arraigned and released on 500 dollar bond.
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Aiken High School
Lester Lamar Youngbigod
Rt 2
Aiken
E.S. Flynn
Flynn
Youngblood
Glenn Holley
Aiken County
Meeting Site Is Changed for Aiken County Waste Discussion
The Thursday meeting on the solid waste situation in Aiken County moves to the Aiken County Health Department Auditorium at 7 30 p m. The Lower Savannah Regional Council and the Solid Waste Division of the Board of Health sponsor the session formerly at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Aiken County
Lower Savannah
GOP petitions court to halt SC primary election bill
The South Carolina GOP filed a federal circuit petition in Columbia seeking a restraining order on the new primary election bill until its constitutionality is ruled. GOP chairman Kenneth Powell argues the six day window and party conventions violate the 14th Amendment by letting Democrats influence Republican nominations.
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South Carolina Republican Party
Federal Circuit Court
Columbia
Kenneth Powell
GOP
U.S
Powell
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Wilder Files Senate Bid in Six-County District
Joe Wilder, Barnwell broadcaster and longtime community leader, announces he will file as a Democrat for one of four seats in the new six county senatorial district that includes Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg, Edgefield and Lexington. Primary is June 27. Wilder, a 1947 UGA journalism grad, runs radio stations in the Carolinas and has been an adviser to Clemson and a former commissioner at large on the SC Aeronautics Commission.
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Barnwell
Joe Wilder
Aiken
Bamberg
Edgefield
Lexington
Wilder
North
South Carolina
Lower Savannah
University of Georgia
Clemson University School of Agriculture
S.C. Aeronautics Commission
Retirement ends long career of South Carolina senator
Senate veteran Edgar Allan Brown announced he will not seek re election after 30 years in the legislature citing health and a reapportionment plan that would force him into a five county district He turns 84 July 11 and says he may remain as caretaker governor if court orders extend terms He recalled his influence since 1922 and said he will do his full duty despite retirement considerations
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Edgar Allan Brown
Brown
Barnwell
Senate
State House
Aiken
Lexington
Edgefield
Bamberg
Windy Warm With Chance Of Rain Today And Tomorrow
Variable cloudiness brings wind and warmth with a chance of showers mainly in the afternoon and evening. Tonight lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Tomorrow highs near 80s, around mid 80s, with rain probability low at about 3 percent today and tomorrow and 10 percent tonight. Winds shift from southeast tonight to northeast and east at 10 to 20 mph tomorrow.
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