GOP Sweeps Aiken City Council Election
Republicans won two incumbents and elected Hastings Wyman to a four year term on the Aiken City Council. Dr James H Suhrer led with 1642 votes, Q Jutson Fulmer followed with 1582, and Wyman had 1521. Democrats Raymond Kaplan defeated, while Platt and Cox trailed. Turnout was 2677 with precinct variations. Fulmer and Suhrer begin four year terms December 8 as a nurseryman, physician, and real estate operator.
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Aiken
James H. Suhere
Q. Jutson Fulmer, Sr
Hastings Wyman
Raymond Kaplan
Robert B. Platt
Douglas Cox
Fulmer
Suhrer
Wyman
Kaplan
Gilbert McMillan
Senate
GOP
Ex Astronaut John Glenn Eyes Ohio Senate Run
Former astronaut John Glenn said he hopes to announce soon his candidacy for the Senate from Ohio. He noted ongoing consideration and a favorable outlook, with Democratic Sen. Stephen Young's term expiring in 1971 and Young not seeking reelection. Glenn previously challenged Young in 1964 but withdrew after a fall at home. He has been associated with the Royal Crown Co.
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Washington
John Glenn
Senate
Ohio
Glenn
Stephen Young
Young
Royal Crown Co
Canadians Honor War Dead on Remembrance Day
Governor General Roland Michener laid a wreath at the National War Memorial to honor 110,000 Canadian war dead as a bagpipe lament sounded. Silver Cross mother Wilhelmina Gray of Vancouver placed a wreath on behalf of Canadian motherhood after also paying tribute.
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Ottawa
Roland Michener
Wilhelmina Gray
Vancouver
B. C
Montgomery portrait sale of Ike painting in London
Field Marshal Montgomery, turning 82, sells a self portrait painted by Dwight Eisenhower in Paris. The canvas shows Montgomery in uniform with a single American Legion of Merit medal. Auction set for November 26, driven by an American visitor's suggestion the work belong in America.
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London
Viscount Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Paris
Montgomery
Monty
American Legion of Merit
America
Israeli Cabinet Meets in Special Session on Security
The Israeli Cabinet held a special session in Jerusalem to discuss security, the second in three days. A government statement listed defense as the agenda item, while Tediot Ahronot quoted unnamed circles about possible aggressive moves from Arab states and a strong Israeli response. Military and government spokesmen offered no comment.
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Jerusalem
Tediot Ahronot
Cairo
Soviet Defense Minister Grechko Heads to Cuba
Soviet Defense Minister Andre A. Grechko left Moscow for Havana on an official visit, Tass reported. The journey marks the closest a Soviet defense minister has come to U S territory, following a prior Soviet delegation to Cuba four months earlier. The duration of his stay in Cuba was not announced.
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Moscow
Andre A. Grechko
Havana
Cuba
Tass
U. S
Grechko
Apollo 12 Readies for Moon Mission Blastoff
At Cape Kennedy Florida buoyed by an all clear from the weatherman the Apollo 12 crew rested in their quarters as countdown enters a 16 hour hold. Commanders Conrad Gordon and Bean focus on health for a 10 day lunar landing mission beginning Friday at 11 22 a m EST. Ground crew set up support gear to load supercold oxygen and hydrogen for the spacecraft fuel cells.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Mission Control
Houston
Tex
Liberty Bell Tolls In Aiken Veterans Day Display
About 1700 people visited the Aiken Liberty Bell display on Tuesday to toll a prayer for freedom and honor those who died for the nation. Aiken High School Naval ROTC, local police and fire crews, the Legion honor guards, and leaders from USC Aiken attended the daylong ceremony with prayers from Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant ministers.
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Aiken
Laurens Street
Frank Galardi
Americanism
American Legion Post 26
William Cuddihy
Norman Goldburg
Grover Staley
Bankers Trust
St. Angela High School
Aiken High School
Legion’s Honor Guards
Veterans Day ceremonies honor American war dead
Amid antiwar protests, President Nixon attends Veterans Day events across the nation. David Packard places the wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington. Nixon visits Veterans Administration hospitals in Washington and Northampton with his daughter Julie. A Ridgewood vigil collects over 400 signatures backing Nixon policy. Police counted about 1,000 at a Vermont rally.
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America
Nixon
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
David Packard
Veterans Administration Hospital
District of Columbia
William Nash
Glenn Seamon
Albert Tharp
Vietnam
Julie Eisenhower
Veterans Hospital
Northampton
Ridgewood
N.J
White House
American Legion
Richard Zelenka
Montpelier Vt
Deanne Davis
Airborne troops arrive as capital braces for protests
A small advance party from the 82nd Airborne flew from Ft. Bragg to Andrews AFB to prepare for possible paratrooper movement to Washington for weekend antiwar protests. Defense officials say no decision is final and any units would serve in a peacekeeping role only after a presidential emergency proclamation.
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Washington
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Pentagon
82Nd
Andrews Air Force Base
Defense Department
Justice Department
School Attendance Up As Board Reports 24 439 Enrolled
The County Board of Education reported a 24 439 30 day enrollment with 96 percent average daily attendance. Area 1 includes 9 214 students with 40 new ETV units and four elementary schools to gain Cablevision. A new 19.9 acre site near Wagener Road was bought for 28 000 to house a 750 800 pupil element ary school. Administrative Area Two focuses on accreditation studies while new North Augusta High School was dedicated. Area Three notes double session kindergarten and expanded special education courses. Area Four reports two new programs under T H Willis.
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County Board of Education
P. S. Beasley
Area 1
Cablevision
Aiken
Wagener Road
Ben Tillman
Buren Lown
North Augusta High School
L. L. Willis
Area Three
Area Four
T. H. Willis
Scouter of the Year Ronald Frontroth Honored
Ronald E. Frontroth Cubmaster of Pack 146 and sponsor South American Presbyterian Church was named Yamasee District Scout of the Year at the district Recognition Banquet in the Fiberglass Clubhouse. He earned the Yanabe Yalingway Award for outstanding adult volunteer service and holds degrees from Case Institute of Technology and the University of South Carolina. He works in the E I DuPont Savannah River Plant technical division and serves in multiple engineering and scouting leadership roles.
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Ronald E. Frontroth
South Airicn Presbyterian Church
Yamasee
Fiberglas
Works Technical Department
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