Old George Blanda Delivers Dramatic Final Drive
The 43-year-old Oakland Raiders quarterback, long seen as near retirement, sparked a 52 yard game winning field goal as Oakland beat the Cleveland Browns 23 to 20. Blanda entered in relief after Daryl Lamonica's injury and steadied the drive with a precise pass before sending the game to victory with seconds left.
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George Blanda
Mr. Blanda
Oakland Raiders
Horatio Alger
Oakland
Daryl Lamonica
Orden
Oakland Union
Blanda
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland
George
Ecstati
Cally
Old George
Raiders
Browns
Old Bill
Old Henry
Old John
Jetliner Mystery Baffles Aviation Experts
An Eastern Airlines DC-8 with 106 passengers lost all four engines at 14 000 feet over Ontario California then regained power and landed. A second incident with 128 passengers also lost engines on rollout. Investigators from FAA Douglas Pratt and Whitney found no reason for the simultaneous flame out. Tests showed fuel pump timing during descent may prevent recurrence.
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Eastern Airlines
Ontario
Calif
Mexico City
Eastern
Miami
FAA
Douglas Aircraft
Pratt and Whitney
Atlantic
Straits of Florida
Of Ghosts And Spooks In Aiken
Dorothy K. MacDowell recalls local legends and spectral sightings in Aiken. The essay names places such as Rusty Comb, Aunt Mintie's Arbutus Hill, Calico Springs, Devil's Back Bone, Sand River, Baptist Bottom, Schwarz's Pond, St Thaddeus Church, and Calico Springs as haunted sites with whispers of ghosts and phantoms wandering the town.
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Calico Springs
St. Thaddeus Church
Devil's Back Bone
Sand River
Baptist Bottom
Schwarz's Pond
Voting mix up prompts uproar in Aiken South Carolina
Two new residents allege ballot confusion at Precinct No 1 on Election Day 1970 caused their votes to be miscounted. They cite a missing instruction to vote for four candidates and inconsistent polling place guidance.
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Aiken
South Carolina
North Carolina
California
Georgia
ABC
Allen
Burgundy Rd
Aiken, S.C
Apocrypha Books Explained and Readable Selections
The apocrypha means hidden or secret and refers to extra ancient texts linked to the biblical canon. The Septuagint includes fourteen such books not in Hebrew scriptures, with items like Wisdom of Solomon and First Maccabees. Some church fathers accepted them, while Jerome did not.
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Bala Bazaar
Aviation
Paul Harvey
Dorothy K. Macdowell
Chloe
Chlo
Rusty Comb
James Henry Hammond
Yesteryear
Aldrich Place
Aldermans
Gaines Ashley
Hitchcock's
Lairds
Percivals
Whiskey Road
Dunbarton
Pine Log
Ellenton
Scilips
Courtney
Shaw Creek
Blackville
Hant
Hants
Reynold
James O. Wilkes
Sheridan
Ann Arbor, Mich
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Billy Graham
K.S
Pha
St. Augustine
St. Jerome
Peter
Paul
St. James
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