Public reacts to 15 cent stamp hike at post office
A random survey in front of the Laurens Street Post Office finds most Arkenites oppose the 2 cent rate increase but accept it, arguing for better service to justify higher costs. Some praise the hike amid inflation, while others call for free service, and a few doubt improvement will come.
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Laurens Street
Ruth Staley
Faye Clark
Estelle Muse
Jean
W.F.) Edgar
Sol
Postal Service
Bruce Robinson
Robert Jones
Robinson
Jones
Pauline Howard
Warrenville
Caroline Kennett
Terry Prosser
Warren Miller
Aiken
Department of Social Services
Sylvia Fulmer
William Bell
Aiken High Cheerleaders Watch Menace of Injuries
Daily visits by coach Eddie Buck and staff to two hospitalized players Andy Ratchford and Ronnie Peterson raise concerns for Aiken High football season. Marshall Hagins of Aiken set for June television appearance on Popularity Awards. A fifth grade student at Aiken Elementary quips about a 70 percent sunshine forecast.
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Aiken High
Eddie Buck
Andy Ratchford
Ronnie Peterson
University Hospital
Marshall Hagins
Aiken
Hagins
Aiken Elementary
Democrats Predict Victory At Graniteville Stump Meeting
More than 400 people packed into Graniteville for a Democratic stump gathering as candidates from across South Carolina rallied. Rep. Butler Derrick urged optimism about statewide races while W.J. Bryan Dorn Lt. Gov. W. Brantley Harvey and Richard Riley claimed strong campaigns. Three of four Senate hopefuls Ravenel Triplett Culbertson touted primary wins against Strom Thurmond. McElveen did not attend.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Butler C. Derrick
D-S.c
Derrick
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Barnwell County
W.J. Bryan Dorn
W. Brantley Harvey
Harvey
Richard
Dick) Riley
Dorn
U.S
Senate
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Charles D
Pug) Ravenel
James T
Tom) Triplett
John Bolt Culbertson
Thurmond
Thomas T
Tom) McElveen
Republicans Told To Become Active
Col Lawrence W Warner urged an active majority at a May 18 stump meeting in Aiken attended by about 300, with gubernatorial candidates Raymon Finch and Ed Young and other state and local officials. Young proposed a statewide talent program to modernize government, while Stroud urged job growth and nonpartisanship in hiring. Local speakers included C Marshall Cain and Cecil Collins.
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Lawrence W. Warner
Aiken County
Republican Party
Republican Women’s Club
Belmont Street
Varner
U. S. House of Representatives
S. C. House of Representatives
Young
U. S
South Carolina
John Stroud
Walterboro
Stroud
Carter
Panama Canal
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
South
Sun Belt
Cecil L. Collins
S. C
House of Representatives
Richland youth jailed 26 years for rape and armed robbery
A 19 year old, Howard L. Brown, pleaded guilty to robbing a Graniteville grocery of 84 dollars and raping the cashier at gunpoint. Judge Rodney A. Peeples sentenced him to 12 years for armed robbery and 14 years for criminal sexual battery on opening day of General Sessions in Richland County.
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Richland County
General Sessions Court
Howard L. Brown
Rodney A. Peeples
Graniteville
Brown
Criminal Court
Aiken County
Peeples
Willie Emmett Belcher
Aiken
Cherry
Lyons
Page Five Highlights From Aiken County Today
Dear Abby advises on a family mixup. The editorial discusses local issues. Obituaries note community members. In sports, statistics and scores are summarized. Weather map shows regional conditions for the day.
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Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Bread Prices Reach A Peak
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says a one pound loaf of white bread averaged 36.2 cents in March, near three year high, up from 24.8 cents in 1971. Prices rose mainly from middleman costs despite farm wheat values up 19 percent since 1971.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Department
Weather Update Cloudy Skies Through Next Days
The forecast shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers daily. Tonight and Wednesday carry a 20 percent precipitation chance. Day highs stay in the upper 80s to near 90, with nightly low in the upper 60s to 60s.
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Staley
Howard
Clark
Edgar
Kennett
MUSE
Fulmer
Sarah Caskey
Bryan Dorn
Brantley Harvey
Richard Riley
Laurens’ Street
Boswell
Raymon Finch
ED Young
Richland
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