Kelley Sought To Oust CAC Director
Former CAC chairman Orvel T. Kelley urged removal of Executive Director George A. Anderson citing irresponsibility and incompetence in a hand delivered letter to CAC leaders. He accused unpaid rent, loss of emergency funds, OEO violations, audit issues and mismanagement of building lease decisions.
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Kelley
CAC
Orvel T. Kelley
Aiken County Community Action Commission
George A. Anderson
Anderson
Kelly
Office of Equal Opportunity
OEO
Old Presbyterian Church
Aiken Tec
DuPont
Anderson a man of varied moods in CAC interview
George A. Anderson executive director of the Aiken County Community Action Commission discusses openness with Aiken Standard reporters noting willingness to cooperate while labeling CAC private and non profit and eleemosynary amid questions about salaries and public funding.
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George A. Anderson
Aiken County Community Action Commission
Aiken Standard
Lin Smithwick
CAC
Anderson
John A. Price
Leon Myrick
The
20 000 Striking Workers surround Portuguese Parliament
About 20 000 striking workers backed by Communist farmers surrounded the parliament in Lisbon and trapped Premier Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo inside his residence. A cabinet minister called the wage protests an attempted coup by the extreme left, as deputies were allowed to leave after a military appeal.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Rumsfeld Faces Senate Panel On Defense Nomination
The Senate Armed Services Committee appears ready to approve Donald H. Rumsfeld for secretary of defense. Rumsfeld, White House chief of staff and former Illinois congressman, was questioned again today. Chairman John C Stennis signaled quick voting after the hearing with little committee opposition.
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John C Stennis
D-Miss
Ford seeks new head for Home Loan Bank Board after Blackburn rejection
President Ford searches for a new nominee to lead the federal Home Loan Bank Board after the Senate Banking Committee rejected Ben B. Blackburn an ex Georgia congressman amid racial insensitivity accusations. White House aides say Blackburn previously suggested public hangings as a way to pressure public housing tenants to pay rent.
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Washington
Ford
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Senate Banking Committee
Ben B. Blackburn
Georgia
White House
Ron Nelsen
Blackburn
Atlanta Republican
GM executive's son freed after 55 hour kidnapping
Bloomfield Hills police said 13 year old Timothy Stempel, son of GM executive Robert C. Stempel, was returned home after a $150,000 ransom was paid. He arrived at Wayne County Medical Center at about 11 PM after the abduction outside his home.
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Bloomfield Hills
Mich
General Motors
Bloomfield Hills Township
Timothy Stempel
Robert C. Stempel
Wayne County Medical Center
Commissioner Dole To Wed In December
Federal Trade Commissioner M. Elizabeth Hanford and Senator Robert J. Dole announced engagement. Hanford, 39, serves on the FTC and completes her second year on Dec. 4. Dole, 52, is starting his second Senate term after eight years in the House. She is a Duke alumna and Harvard Law School graduate with a master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Washington
M. Elizabeth Hanford
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Hanford
Salisbury
N.C
FTC
Dole
Senate
U.S. House
Duke University
Harvard University Law School
Graduate School of Education
Lightning Strikes Twice in Booster Bowl Brothers Injured
Brothers Donnie and Doug Canady both suffered broken legs during Booster Bowl events Tuesday night. Donnie broke his leg in the opening Midget Division game and duplicated the injury in the Bantam Division contest. The report also notes a confusing aside about a congressman and a seed packet addressed to a private use penalty.
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Donnie
Doug Canady
Aitken Area Hit By Heavy Rains
A tornado near U S 25 four miles inside Edgefield County damaged a dozen homes and two or three mobile homes. Four people were treated and released from University Hospital in Augusta. Sheriff Griffis said there was no warning and radar did not detect the twister. The damage spanned about a quarter mile.
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Edgefield
U.S. 25
Edgefield County
H. H. Griffis
University Hospital
Augusta
Griffis
U. S. 25
National Weather Bureau
Tornado Hits County During Storm. Home Destroyed
Tornado described as a big whirlwind with a long tail struck the area during a storm. Joseph Jefferson said his mobile home was destroyed and he tried to outrun the funnel as a tractor trailer was blown on its side and blocked a highway. Edgefield deputies aided by neighboring units secured the scene.
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Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
U.S. 25
Board Funds Salley Garbage Compactor in County Action
Aiken County Board of Commissioners, on first reading, voted 2500 to donate to Salley Ralph B. Dion of College Acres, who represents 300 families, for a trash compactor truck. Dion opposed the measure while noting College Acres already has garbage service and may seek 22000 to replace its truck. The board defended the need as nonpolitical.
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Salley
Aiken
Lucas Ray
Dion
College Acres
Board Passes Resolution Lynn To Review Hospital Agreements
Aiken County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution ordering County Attorney William G. Lynn Jr. to review and investigate hospital closing agreements and related records. The move seeks clarity on which body holds authority to close Aiken County Hospital, amid bid solicitation questions and public disclosures.
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Aiken County Hospital
William G. Lynn Jr
Aiken
Aiken County
Pital Board of Trustees
Cullinan
HCA
Cleve Edmunds
Lynn
Donnie J. Williams
D.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Williams
Edmunds
Court
County Hospital Board of Trustees
Forest L. Kirby
George A. Poda
Board of Trustees
Oper Kirby
Dr. Poda
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