Belvedere Ridge bookshop owner turns hobby into real estate ventures
Weston R. Harper operates a Belvedere Ridge bookstore with about 35 000 books and plans a larger room for 100 000 titles. A Charleston real estate figure turned Aiken County investor, Harper developed Belvedere Ridge with 950 lots, sold Pinecrest land to a local firm, and owns Lakewood North Augusta properties while eyeing a new 10 acre pond project.
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Weston R
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Belvedere Ridge
Harper
Charleston
King Street
Lopez
Aiken County
Fermata Club
Whiskey Road
Esther Moore
Olanta
Lakewood
Pinecrest
Pine
Standard Stumper Deadline Near for 330 Prize
Get the 330 Standard Stumper in before noon Wednesday to help with Christmas shopping and Thanksgiving turkey. Recall free words No 15 Across and No 18 Down. A fun puzzle to occupy you and brighten mind and heart with delight.
Senate blocks Nix job safety bill in lame duck clash
In Washington the Senate rejected the White House backed substitute for a job safety bill, 41 to 39, killing the administration plan. Seven Republicans joined 34 Democrats to oppose tabling, while 27 Republicans and 12 Democrats supported it. Senator Charles Goodell was among those voting to table.
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Senate
Nixon
White House
Charles Goodell
R-N.y
James L. Buckley
ABA mobilizes bankers to back watered down holding bill
The American Bankers Association launches a last minute campaign in 69 home districts to press for Senate favored language on a one bank holding company bill. The push targets House-Senate conferees including Reps Sullivan Reuss and Stanton who hold large bank stock blocs.
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American Bankers Association
ABA
House
Senate
House-Senate
Leonor K. Sullivan
D-Mo
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
J. William Stanton
Ohio
War Powers Resolution sent to Senate by House vote
Emergency War Powers House passed a resolution recognizing a president has emergency war powers and urging reporting to Congress when used. It reiterates Congress declares war and urges consultation before action and prompt notification to congressional leaders when forces are committed abroad. Rep. Pucinski calls the measure weak and nonbinding.
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Roman C. Pucinski
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Nixon Outtalks Pearl Bailey at White House Visit
Washington AP Pearl Bailey jokingly offered to sit in the First Lady chair during an open house at the White House. President Nixon declined and retrieved a chair from behind his desk, joking that the upholstered seat was heavy while Bailey exclaimed about another chair.
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Nixons to Attend Art Exhibit in Philadelphia
President and Mrs. Nixon will fly from Washington by helicopter tonight for the opening of an art exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Mrs. Nixon will unveil three restored paintings by Sully Bouguereau and Becker as part of the To Save a Heritage show featuring 200 works.
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George Frederick Cooke
Richard III
William Bouguereau
Carl F. Becker
Senate Opens Probe of GI Drug Abuse
A special Senate subcommittee launched a new inquiry into GI drug abuse with a focus on alcohol as a major issue. Sen. Harold Hughes chairs the probe, aiming to determine the scope and nature of the problem in the armed services and seek solutions. Staff visits and expert consultations support the investigation.
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D-lowa
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
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Demilitarized Zone
Korea
Toll 55000 in East Pakistan cyclone disaster report
Officials said the official death toll reached 55000 with potential figures up to 300000 or 500000. Cholera spread on Hatia island as relief ships landed medical supplies. Affected area covered 2388 square miles in five districts with 2.2 million people.
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Syed Ahmed
Hatia
Ganges
A. M. Anisuzzaman
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Soviet Luna 17 lands initiates Lunokhod 1 experiments
Tass reports Luna 17 landed on the moon and deployed Lunokhod 1, a self propelled eight wheeled lunar vehicle. The module conducts experiments about 65 feet from the mother ship and is Earth controlled with all systems normal. Lunokhod 1 carries a French reflector for laser positioning.
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Moscow
Tass
Bochlum Observatory
West Germany
Lions urged modern state constitution in South Carolina
Aiken Lions heard editor William D. Workman of the Columbia State press for a modernized constitution. He cited the 1895 revision as outdated and warned federal encroachment unless states update their political structures. He also noted risks from a proposed U.S. constitutional revision.
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William D. Workman
Columbia State
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Center For
South Vietnamese strike into Cambodia uncovers huge ammo stockpile
South Vietnamese troops entered northeast Cambodia and found a 254 ton cache of 85 mm ammunition in four holes inside Ratanakiri Province. The push followed rocket and mortar attacks on two US bases, killing three Americans and wounding 20, the heaviest toll in a day since July. Four clashes left one North Vietnamese guard dead and seven others killed. two South Vietnamese soldiers were wounded when a helicopter was hit. US B52s and fighter bombers targeted supply routes north and south of the 4500-man task force, based near Bien Hoa, the first large base attack since May.
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Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ratanakiri
U.S
Bien Hoa
Money managers edge toward expansionist policy signals
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee signaled easing of credit conditions and stronger growth in the money supply. The panel, overseeing $50 billion in Treasury securities, aims for about 5 percent yearly money supply growth as inflation eases and policy shifts.
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