Good Will Gesture Expands Free Hearing Tests in Aiken County
A fall United Fund effort funded free hearing tests at the Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center in Aiken. The program, run by the Joseph M. Granade Hearing and Speech Department, now offers year round testing with appointments. The center serves about 500 people yearly and is active in training through college affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Whittle
W.A. Whittle
Yerassee Ave
Aiken
Zandra Marshall
Joseph M. Granade Hearing and Speech Department
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Mike
Granade
Judy Rich
United Fund
Joseph M. Granade
R.D. McCrosky
Richland Avenue
Aiken County Hospital
McCrosky
Martha Horton School
Hitchcock Center
Hampton Institute
Virginia
Gallaudet College
Washington
Speech and Hearing Department
Crippled Children’s Society
St John’s Methodist Church
Audio Visual Equipment Available At Library
Aiken County Library now lends a sound-and-color 16mm film Conservation Wildlife donated by The Friends of the Library. Mrs. James Lackey notes new projectors and a slide attachment funded by Friends, plus Cry of the Marsh as a companion item. Additional items include records on parliamentary procedure, drug policy discussions, poetry and prose albums, a Music Quiz, language study records, and children’s dramatizations and songs.
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Friends of the Library Organization
Aiken
James Lackey
Friends of the Library
Lackey
Consumer Frauds Through the Ages and Toll Evasion
A commentary contrasts ancient skepticism of marketplaces with modern scams. It notes Triborough Authority toll cheaters totaling 603,186 incidents costing $194,201.32, and quotes Sen. Warren Magnuson on lagging consumer protection laws and growing fraudulent practices across the marketplace.
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Iaseler Eau Aneamme Ista Sardonic
Anacharsis
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Better Business Bureau
New York
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Hugh Ed Eggersman Named to Who's Who Among US Students
Hugh Ed Eggersman of 507 Carolyn Circle North Augusta has been chosen for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. A recreation major senior at the University of Southern Mississippi he earned national and Southeastern lineman honors during 1970 71 and is currently Defensive Player of the Week. He graduated from North Augusta Senior High School.
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Hugh Edward Eggersman
Edward Eggersman
Carolyn Circle
North Augusta
Eggersman
University of Southern Mississippi
Southeastern
USM
North Augusta Senior High School
Child Care Compromise Sets Fees in Antipoverty Bill
Congress reaches a compromise on a $2 billion child care program within a $6 billion anti poverty bill to start in 1973. Families under $4310 receive free care, those above pay scaled rates, and higher income limits face rising charges while the White House weighs the measure. The Office of Economic Opportunity programs extend to June 30, 1973 as reforms proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Dawn deer hunt at Savannah River Plant barricade
Narrator arrives at a pre dawn deer hunt scene near the Savannah River Plant barricade. Cars, campers, and armed men fill the road while dogs bay and guns are checked, revealing a tense, eerie early morning gathering. The piece ends with a cryptic personal note about the author’s purpose.
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Savannah River
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Aiken County
Gray Fox
Bill Rich
Belvedere
Nixon
House
Helen Mary Fenninger
LEE
Jack
Revere
U.S
Mevere Tire Guarantee
Tee
Telco
Fis
Oat
Wehrome Heir
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