Deaths Ruth Argo Stillinger of Salley
Mrs. Ruth Argo Stillinger of Salley widow of the late William R. Stillinger died Tuesday in an Aiken hospital. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Salley Oak View Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Vera Richardson Asheboro NC Doris Starnes Niagara Falls NY Jessie Burnside Rochester NY four sons Guymon Stillinger Summerville Vance O Stillinger Kingstree William T Stillinger Lester M Stillinger Salley a sister Jessie Gregory Canadys and half sister Ellen Williams Blackville. Friends may call at Baughman Funeral Home Wagen er.
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Ruth Argo Stillinger
Salley
William R. Stillinger
Aiken
Salley-Oak View Cemetery
R. D. Parkinson
Carl Koon
Vera Richardson
Asheboro
N.C
Doris Starnes
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Jessie Burnside
Rochester
Memorial for Ernest E. Roberts in Augusta
A memorial service for Ernest E. Roberts of 1711 Brentwood Place Aiken who died September 20 will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Quaker Meeting House 340 Telfair Street Augusta.
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Ernest E. Roberts
Brentwood Place
Aiken
Quaker Meeting House
Telfair St
Augusta
Carter wins Georgia governor race in Democratic landslide
Gov elect Jimmy Carter defeats Hal Suit by 59 percent as 84 percent of precincts report. Maddox congratulates Carter and will serve as lieutenant governor. Carter plans a Florida fishing trip with Ernest Vandiver to aid in forming the new administration.
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Atlanta, Ga
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Hal Suit
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Florida
Ernest Vandiver
Vandiver
Carl Sanders
Nixon
Valley Vote Yields Republican Winners in County Races
Valley Vote results list Republican victors Marshall Cain 876 Zack Fulmer 805 and Julian Dunbar 765 in county races while Democrat contenders B. W. Baker John Henry Williams and elder Jones trail.
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Marshall Cain
Zack Fulmer
Julian Dunbar
B. W. Baker
John Henry Williams
Elden Jones
Referendum on council government in 1968 faced defeat
The article covers reactions to the failed home rule referendum in 1968 with quotes from George H. Grant and Sen. Gilbert McMillan. It notes turnout of about 20,000 voters countywide, 58 percent voting against the proposal, and mentions a prior 1968 February vote showing clearer opposition. Incumbents led in several areas while Cain topped eight House candidates.
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Maxwell
George H. Grant
Aiken
Democrat Party
Grant
Aiken County
Gilbert McMillan
America
Cain
House
Kennedy Tops Maine With Sixty Three Percent Vote
Edward M. Kennedy achieved 63 percent in Maine, surpassing rival targets but below his 1964 peak. Humphrey won 58 percent in Minnesota. New York and Pennsylvania re elected Republican governors Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan, respectively.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Chappaquiddick
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Aiken County Democrats win state wide races in election
In Aiken County the Democratic slate won across statewide races with incumbents O Frank Thornton and Cyril B Busbee losing to their Republican challengers by narrow margins for treasurer and education posts. Other Democrats won unopposed or defeated rivals as results rolled in amid local council contest outcomes.
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Aiken County
O. Frank Thornton
Jack E. Shaw
Thornton
Shaw
Cyril B. Busbee
Inez Clark Eddings
Elizabeth Hough
Grady L. Patterson Jr
Daniel McLeod
Henry Mills
Robert L. McCrady
William L. Harrelson
Don Maxwell
Frank Cormany Sr
Carl Shealy
Ralph Cullinan
Maxwell
Thomas Brown
Cormany
Community Calendar Highlights November Events
The calendar lists a series of local events from November 6 to 28 including a walk in clinic at Ai ken Barnwell Mental Health Center, a Music Color Therapy lecture by Roy Scoggins at Mason ic Lodge Hall, a Gospel Country Western Sing at Center School, a Millbrook Elementary PTA meeting with Dr Eleanor Lombard, and the Holiday Hippodrome at Aiken Municipal Auditorium. Proceeds fund a new fire truck and equipment for the fire department. A horse show by Wildwood Garden Club takes place at Deanwood Farms with eighteen classes.
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Roy Scoggins
Masonic Lodge Hall
Laurens Street
Aiken Psychic Group
Center Community Volunteer Fire Dept
Millbrook Elementary School
PTA
Eleanor Lombard
Aiken Municipal Auditorium
Center Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc
The
Wildwood Garden Club of
New Ellenton
Deanwood Farms
Aiken
Highway 19
Nixon Satisfied With Balloting in 1970 Election
President Nixon expressed satisfaction with Senate and House results after a campaign heavy year. White House officials noted the trend defied usual off year losses, while noting disappointment in governor races as Democrats gained 12 state houses from Republicans.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Senate
House
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Herbert Klein
GOP
USCA Students Stage Five Act Skit On Drug Problem
Twenty USCA students led by professor Randy Clark will perform a five act play in local schools during National Education Week. The production "Out of Sight Man, Out of Sight" examines college drug pushers and narcotics.
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USCA
Randy Clark
Aiken
Clark
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