Aiken CAC Critics Question Costly Medical Transport
The Aiken County Community Action Commission faces scrutiny over its medical transport program. It paid 52 to 60.9 cents per mile to move clients and claimed 191 miles for a 12 mile trip. Officials cite nine DSS vans and 4 065 passengers served, with misgivings over procedures and mileage records.
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Aiken County
Community Action Commission
State Department of Social Services
Checker Cab Co
Augusta
Aiken Commission
Warrenville
Aiken
Social Services
Ords
Leon Myrick
DSS
CAC
George A. Anderson
Aiken-Edgefield Counties Community Action Commission, Inc
Anderson
Franco Breathing Trouble Amid Emergency Surgery
Gen Francisco Franco experiences breathing difficulties despite artificial respiration and kidney dialysis after emergency abdominal surgery. Medical sources report new kidney complications on the third day of his crisis. Eu r o p a Press notes doctors are worried. bulletin expected.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Europa Press
Franco
Moroccans Withdraw From Spanish Sahara Declared Objective Met
Hundreds of thousands of Moroccan volunteers began pulling back from the Spanish Sahara after King Hassan II announced the march had achieved its aim. Officials said the 350,000 volunteers would stay near the border to bolster bargaining power as negotiations continue on the territory’s future.
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Agadir
Morocco
Spanish Sahara
Hassan II
Hassan
Marrakech
Spain
United Nations
Hearst Will Not Plead Guilty to Bank Robbery Charges
Patricia Hearst, ruled competent to stand trial, will not plead guilty to federal bank robbery charges following her April 1974 Hibernia Bank raid involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army. Her attorney clarified she is not expected to plead guilty at today’s court appearance.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Albert Johnson
U.S. District Court
Oliver Carter
Hibernia Bank
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hearst
Four Belgians Taken Hostage at Tunisian Embassy
An armed Tunisian man entered the Belgian Embassy in Tunis and seized four Belgian nationals. Police cordoned the building while embassy staff provided details to the Associated Press. No motive was disclosed, and officials prevented reporters from approaching the scene.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Associated Press
Paris
Humphrey Leads Democratic 1968 Ticket Prospects
A US News and World Report poll of 162 National Democratic Committee members shows Hubert H. Humphrey leading for the presidential nomination with 49 percent. Henry M. Jackson trails at 14 percent, while Jimmy Carter leads for vice president with 41 percent.
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Washington
National Democratic Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Jimmy Carter
US News & World Report
Minnesota
Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Carter
Georgia
My Lai Figure Sentenced Five Years FT. Jackson
Sgt. J C David Mitchell the first man tried and acquitted in the 1968 My Lai massacre was sentenced to five years hard labor for accepting money from trainees in return for special favors. The 35-year Army veteran was convicted on 10 counts and faces a dishonorable discharge after his term. He also was found guilty of threatening trainees with minor violations if they did not pay.
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FT. Jackson
J.C. David Mitchell
My Lai
Army
Mitchell
Rotary guests to give speeches end of month
The November visitors to the Aiken Rotary Club are Michael W. Whitaker of St. Angela Academy and Scott S. Reeves of Aiken High. They will present speeches at the month’s end.
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Aiken Rotary Club
Michael W. Whitaker
St. Angela Academy
Scott S. Reeves
Aiken High
Records Seized From Mrs Scott's Office by Aiken Sheriff
Aiken County sheriff's deputies confiscated record books from Cleo Scott, registrar of Mesne Conveyance, on orders from the South Carolina attorney general's office. Investigators loaded the books for transport to Columbia amid an ongoing county audit uncovering discrepancies. Officials declined further comment.
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Cleo Scott
Aiken County
County Commission
Harold V. Graybeal
Showdown Looms Over Energy Tax Cuts and NYC Aid
Washington AP reports Congress and President Ford looming confrontations this week over energy policy tax cuts and New York City aid. Ford rejected the latest energy bill version without changes and warned against the 15 billion tax cut without spending limits. He also opposed House loan guarantees for NYC. Energy price controls expire Saturday. lawmakers seek a controls bill to curb gas spikes while conference committees clash over differences. Moss warns that a veto could come with political heat.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
New York City
House
House Senate
Conference Committee
Senate
Rep
John E. Moss
Calif
Fox Wins Grid Contest In Aiken Football Standings
Douglas Fox of Rt. 1 Box 160 Aiken won this week’s Aiken Standard football contest. Fox missed five predictions yet topped the field. Frances Morton of Aiken was runner up. Only two contests remain and this week’s results appear in tomorrow’s paper.
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Douglas Fox
Rt. 1
Aiken
Fox
Frances Morton
Weather Update Forecast Cool Turn Tonight and Tomorrow
The US Weather Service predicts a low in the upper 40s tonight with a high in the upper 70s tomorrow. The chance of rain drops to 10 percent. From Wednesday through Friday expect fair weather with near to slightly above normal temperatures.
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US Weather Service
Caver Named Head Coach for South Carolina Shrine Team
Hank Caver of L B C High School is chosen to lead the South Carolina Shrine Bowl squad for the 39th annual game. He succeeds Jim Fraser of T L Hanna High due to Fraser's playoff conflicts and notes the honor carries heavy work for a good cause.
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Scott Hunter
Hank Caver
L-B-C
South Carolina
Caver
Jim Fraser
T. L. Hanna High School
Anderson
Fraser
Seven Bound and Robbed at Betty's Health Spa
Seven people were tied up and robbed at Betty's Health Spa on S C 126 near Belvedere. Three customers and two female workers were bound with tape and locked in a closet by three robbers, while the owner Louise Upter and her mother were also bound. a manhunt followed as suspects cut the telephone line and hid the keys.
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Belvedere
Discrepancies cited in county audit prompt solicitor review
Auditors found unexplained discrepancies in the county audit and the matter was referred to the solicitor after notification by the commissioners. The 1972 audit cited deficiencies in the clerk of court and related offices before and after its separation, with questions over commissions from documentary stamps and improper payments to county workers.
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Mrs. Scott
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