Candidates Rally Across Districts As Voters Hit Polls
Early voting sees Cecil Collins and George Snelling crisscross precincts in District 83 while Marion McGowan and James Goodman pursue votes in District 84. Irene Rudnick and Marshall Cain move between precincts and courthouse in District 85, with M Judson Busbee and Gaines Washburn active in District 86. County Board races feature Jo Ann Price and Forest Kirby plus Edwin Farmer and Cleve Edmunds watching polls and awaiting results at the courthouse and party HQs.
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Aiken
Marion D. McGowan
District 84
James H. Goodman
McGowan
Graniteville
Goodman
Marshall Cain
Irene K. Rudnick
Rudnick
M. Judson Busbee
Gaines Washburn
County Board of Commissioners
Jo Ann Price
Forest L. Kirby
North Aiken County
William A Reel
North Augusta
Cecil L. Collins
George B Snelling
Valley
Israelis Raid Majdal Zoun in Lebanon Kidnapping
In Majdal Zoun in southern Lebanon Israeli helicopters landed around sunrise before about 150 troops entered from multiple directions. They blew up the home of the town headman and abducted him and his eldest son as witnesses reported. The town lies six miles from the Israeli border amid tobacco fields and olive groves.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Majdal Zoun
British Leaders Win First Clash in Parliament
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his Labor government weathered an early parliamentary test defeating a Conservative motion by 14 votes. The motion aimed to block plans to nationalize ship building and aircraft industries and to take a 51 percent stake in North Sea oil development.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor
Rome Violence Aimed At U S Honeywell Office
A group of youths stormed the Rome Honeywell office assaulted a woman employee and hurled a Molotov adding fire. It marked the fourth attack on an American target in four days amid protests against Henry Kissinger’s visit as thousands of leftist students marched downtown.
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Rome
Honeywell
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Black Voter Turnout Seen At Record Levels
ANN ARBOR Mich AP Black voters are expected to turn out in record numbers for today s elections and will have a substantial nationwide impact. Dr Art Miller director of the study at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research says turnout by blacks will match whites for the first time and blacks will wield greater influence especially in areas with large Black populations.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Art Miller
Institute For Social Research
Wallet theft leads to arrest in Aiken
An Aiken man Willie Dozier was arrested on grand larceny charges after a wallet containing about 900 dollars vanished from Annie Ramsey’s car. Ramsey reported the loss at 5 30 p m. A separate incident saw Dennis Robertson charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene after a car crash at York and Colleton Streets. A fight at Majik Market led to arrests for disorderly conduct of Ernest Franklin and Tooney Pearson.
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Aiken
Willie Thomas Dozier
Kershaw St
Annie Lee Ramsey
Rt. 3
Dozier
Dennis Robertson
Sharyn Lane
York and
Colleton
Robertson
Majik
Richland Avenue
Vaucluse Road
Ernest Franklin
Tooney Pearson
Graniteville
Names used in poll demonstration machines at the polls
Voters see automatics demonstrated with famed names such as President George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Other sample labels include National Recreation Department Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio and Department of Self-Preservation Joe Louis. Winners of a Hallo ween Poster Contest receive $25 savings bonds by visiting the Aiken Standard Office.
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
National Recreation Department
Babe Ruth
Joe Dimaggio
Department of Self-Preservation
Joe Lewis
Mark
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Juanita Folks
Rt. 4
Lizsmith
Longwood Drive
Heavy turnout forecast for Aiken County election day
Across South Carolina voting opened with light to moderate turnout in most areas while Beaufort saw heavy early turnout. In Columbia and the Upstate, pace ranged from slow to heavy by region as polls opened at 8 am and expected to run until 7 pm or 8 pm in Lancaster.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Charleston
Rock Hill
Wendell Hall
England
Aiken
North Augusta
Aiken County Voters Turn Out Early For Election Day
Aiken County residents queued at polls under cloudy skies to cast ballots for governor and county offices while deciding the Aiken County Hospital and Horse Creek Valley Wastewater Plant. Election officials predicted about twenty thousand of thirty six thousand registered voters would vote this non presidential election day.
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Aiken County
County Board of Commissioners
Horse Creek Valley
The
Election Commission
Eugene Ergland
Light Turnout in Off-Year Elections Across Nation
Voters faced a light turnout predicted amid economic worries and Watergate as Democrats seek gains in 34 Senate seats 35 governorships all 435 House seats and local offices. In South Carolina turnout appeared light with forecasts of rain and busy precincts reporting steady voting at Aiken and North Augusta.
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Washington
Ford
United States of America
Senate
Associated Press
GOP
Downtown Aiken plans three revitalization projects
City officials and merchants advance three efforts to upgrade Aiken's central business district. Concrete ramps will connect curbs to sidewalks with about 19 ramps slated for installation by the State Highway Department to aid elderly and disabled pedestrians.
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Aiken
Central Business District
Cbd
Chesley A. Gwinn
Gwinn
State Highway Department
City Officials to Hold Neighborhood Information Exchange Meetings
Aiken officials plan six NIEP meetings in November across Precincts Four Three One Five Two and Six. Each session features department head briefings followed by citizen Q and A to review budgets operations and future plans. Gwinn notes potential service adjustments based on resident input.
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Aiken
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
New Public Works Center
Dupont Drive
Vanwood
City Hall
Teen Town
Aiken County Hospital
Silver Bluff Road
Ches Gwinn
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Joseph Harley
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