Owens Corning Banquet Honors Aiken Plant Staff
City of Aiken lauds Owens Corning employees at the Tenth Annual Service Award Banquet honoring 138 ten year and 144 five year workers. Speakers include Ben E. Boyd Senator Er nest Hollings Michael Hardwick and Harold Boeschenstein who emphasize South Carolina attitude and future fiber glass growth.
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Michael Hardwick
Harold Boeschenstein
Ernest F. Hollings
Ben E. Boyd
Owens-Corning
Aiken
Owens- Corning
Special Products Group
South Carolina
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Senator Hollings
Hollings
Danville
Orangeburg
Senate
Nixon
Aiken-located
Fiberglas
Boeschenstein
Stathy Verenes
Help Wanted We Need Winner In Stumper 28 Contest
The deadline for Standard Stumper No 28 passed at noon as entries are reviewed for a 320.00 prize. The Stumper denies cheating rumors and says a free word will be given weekly until solved, with a possible two free words next week if no winner emerges.
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Stumper
Bub
GM UAW labor deal eyed with COLA and pension features
DETROIT AP reporting a tentative GM UAW contract includes the union core demand restoring an unlimited cost of living escalation and a major pension provision of 500 dollars monthly after 30 years, though described through a complex formula.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Former agent pleads guilty in Van Doren theft case
Kenneth Kip Tracy, 66, an accountant and former business agent for Mami Van Doren, pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft in Municipal Court. A second grand theft charge for $9,465 will be addressed at sentencing December 1. An audit showed Van Doren’s losses totaling about $46,000 over three years, though some may reflect legitimate wages.
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Los Angeles
Mamie van Doren
Kenneth Kip Tracy
Miss van Doren
Tracy
Think Ahead Warns Teachers to Seek Other Jobs
The Labor Department preview forecasts a decade shift as education demand wanes. It notes two of three women graduates entered teaching but expects unemployment risk for those pursuing that field, while government and service sectors will add jobs by 1980.
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Washington
Labor Department
Unem
Laird seeks 20 million for riot control training and gear
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird plans to request 20 million dollars from the Senate to provide National Guardsmen and Reserve units with enhanced riot-control training and protective equipment. Pentagon aides say the goal is to reduce injuries and minimize firearm use during civil disturbances, citing Kent State as a context.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
Pentagon
Myth Shattered Earhart Claim Denied by Bolam
Mrs. Guy Bolam rejected the claim she is Amelia Earhart calling the theory in a book utter nonsense. Authors claim Earhart flew on a secret mission to photograph Japanese sites at Truk and was shot down and later lived under a alias.
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New York
Amelia Earhart
Guy Bolam
Pacific
Air Force
Miss Earhart
Land of
Truk
U. S
Joe Klaas
Joseph Gervais
Reds Launch Moon Probe Luna 17
The Soviet Luna 17 unmanned moon mission launched after noon Tuesday and, at 1 a.m. EST, was over 86,000 miles from Earth. Tass said the probe would test new on-board systems and continue lunar and near-moon research, possibly returning samples similar to Luna 16.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
Soviet Union
Queen Honors Actor Richard Burton at Buckingham Palace
On Burton's 45th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II named Richard Burton a Commander of the British Empire, with his wife Elizabeth Taylor present as she watched the investiture at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth II
Burton
Buckingham Palace
Pentagon Questions Generals in Ankara Over Armenia Detention
In Ankara officials hear Maj. Gen. Edward C. D. Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude McQuarrie recount three weeks in Soviet Armenia after their plane crossed the border. The generals were ordered not to speak publicly while Washington weighs the sensitive episode and its impact on U.S.-Turkey-Soviet relations.
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Ankara
Turkey
Pentagon
Armenia
Washington
Edward C. D. Scherrer
U.S
Claude McQuarrie Jr
Leninakan
Soviet
Cevat Denli
James P. Russell
Russell
Moscow
Kars
Denii
Scherrer
Hornets End Year Against Orangeburg
The Aiken Hornets host Orangeburg to close a rough season now 3-7. The game moved from Orangeburg to Aiken's field as Orangeburg, ranked seventh in the state's AP poll at 9-1-0, visits for a late-season contest.
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Hornets
Orangeburg
Aiken Hornets
Aiken
Radioactive Cleanup Underway After Savannah River Plant Incident
Cleanup continues at the Savannah River Plant K reactor after a Monday incident in which a antimony-beryllium source rod separated during removal. No radiation escaped outside the reactor building and no personnel were exposed as confinement filters contained the release. The shutdown will extend beyond the usual period while investigators determine the cause.
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Savannah River
Bombing Channel Cuts North Vietnamese Supply Lines Near DMZ
Air armada of American fighters and B52 bombers attacked Ho Chi Minh supply routes from Kampong Cham toward Laos and Cambodia. The assault covered 300 miles of land and water in a bid to halt NVA reinforcements, with $30 million spent on about 1 000 raids this month. Cambodian forces tried to restore defenses along Highway 7 between Kompong Cham and Skoun as Troeung was briefly reoccupied and abandoned.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Laos
Kampong Cham
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Skoun
Troeung
Langley Man Killed In Holdup At Gloverville Store
A Langley man, Terry Wyman Rearden, 27, was shot and killed last night during an attempted holdup at a Gloverville Quik Way Grocery. Alton Norris, the operator, said a rifle wielding suspect demanded money and Norris’s pistol. Norris fired, the robber collapsed and died. An idling car was found near the store as crowd control was arranged on S C Highway 421.
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Langley
Gloverville
Asbil Hutto
Aiken County
Norris
Hutto
S. C
Vernon Frederickson Jr
Fayetteville
N. C
Millbrook Grocers
Aiken
Beech Island
Veterans Honored Across Aiken County Services Mark Day
American veterans from all wars and prisoners of war in Southeast Asia are honored in Aiken County. Aiken Post 26 placed a wreath at the Veterans Monument in Aiken Memorial Gardens during a 10:30 a.m. service with a color guard from Aiken High School NROTC and remarks by Post Commander Harold Lott. The Rev J S Preveaux delivered the invocation. New Ellenton Post 169 held a graveside service at 11 a.m. for World War II veteran Pat Elkens Key at Corinth Baptist Church with the Rev Charles Perkins.
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Southeast Asia
Aiken County
American Legion
Veterans Monument
Aiken Memorial Gardens
Aiken Post 26
Aiken High School
NROTC
Harold Lott
J. S. Preveaux
Millbrook Baptist Church
New Ellenton
Pat Elkens Key
Corinth Baptist Church
Charles Perkins
De Gaulle funeral tribute draws world leaders to Paris and Colombey
World leaders including President Nixon and Soviet Premier Kosygin attend funeral tribute to Charles de Gaulle at Notre Dame. Dignitaries will march to Colombey les Deux Eglises for a simple burial per de Gaulle's wishes. Security tight as 144 military personnel and 20 cadets escort the event.
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Paris
Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
Charles de Gaulle
Notre Dame
France
de Gaulle
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
la Boisserie
Paul VI
Lorraine
Moscow
Kosygin
Colombey
Air Force One de
Africa
Pompidou
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