Aiken Car Dealers Weather Slump With Optimistic Outlook
Local Aiken auto dealers report only a modest decline in new car volume versus last year as nationwide sales lag. Dealers extend hours and push promotions amid tightened credit, with used cars and larger models selling better. Ford, Toyota, Chevrolet and Fiat-Pontiac outlets note steadier demand and cautious optimism for a near-term pickup.
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Aiken
Detroit
Rere
Bill Vernon
Vernon Chevrolet
Vernon
Toyota
William Ellington
Ellington Buick-Cadillac
Ellington
Chevrolet
Israelis Launch Second Naval Attack On Lebanon
Israeli gunboats carried out a second overnight strike on Rashidiye refugee camp near Tyre, home to about 30,000 Palestinians. Israeli officials said the raid hit a terrorist departure base and the vessels withdrew after coastal fire and Lebanese tanks forced them back. Casualty details were not yet assessed by Beirut.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Rashidiye
Tyre
Morton Warns War Will Threaten Gasoline Supply
Interior Secretary Rogers B. Morton says a new Arab-Israeli war and oil embargo could repeat last year’s gasoline shortages. He admits little short term options exist and notes no program to counter an embargo, though hopes to outline the problem in coming years.
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Washington
United States
Rogers CB. Morton
New Coal Contract Talks Delayed by Union Official's Funeral
Washington AP reports a recess in coal contract talks as miners gather in Bessemer Alabama for the funeral of Sam Littlefield a United Mine Workers official slain during a hotel robbery. The delay pushes a nationwide strike into a third week amid discussions on benefit redistribution.
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Washington
Bessemer
Ala
United Mine Workers Bargaining Council
Sam Littlefield
UMW
Prosecution Opens Final Week in Watergate Cover-Up Trial
Prosecution enters the final week of the Watergate cover-up trial and plans a 10 minute video of Senate Watergate Committee hearings for jurors. Paul O'Brien, lawyer aiding the Nixon re election committee defense against a $1 million DNC suit, testifies. O'Brien is named an undicticted co-conspirator by the grand jury that indicted the defendants.
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Washington
Paul O’brien
Congress Reopens Amid Lame-Duck Session Pressure
Congress reconvenes with unfinished business and several vetoes from President Ford awaiting action. Both houses plan Thanksgiving recess as Democratic leaders push to override amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and a voting rehabilitation bill. Override votes expected Wednesday.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
House
Ford Begins Tokyo Visit With Brief Airport Welcome
President Ford arrived in Tokyo after a 15 hour flight and headed to the Wasakasa Palace for a 17 hour rest before meetings with Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Tanaka. Security was tightened as 25 000 Tokyo police surrounded the visit amid demonstrations that were largely nonviolent.
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Tokyo
Ford
Japan
Washington
Emperor Hirohito
Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka
Wasaksaka Palace
White House
Padgett Resigns As Wagener Chief
Wagener Police Chief Melvin Padgett resigns after weeks of controversy over alleged over policing and tactics. The mayor and town council accepted the resignation Saturday afternoon in a pact with Padgett. Local officials cite easing tensions as the town returns to normal.
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Padgett
Wagener
Melvin Padgett
John
Tony
Neighborhood NIEP Meetings Three Nights This Week
City of Ai ken hosts NIEP neighborhood information meetings across six precincts this week. Precinct One and Precinct Five meet at City Hall while Precinct Two convenes at Teen Town behind Ai ken County Hospital. All start at 7 p.m. and invite all residents to share input for annual city planning.
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City of Aiken
City Hall
Precinct One
Precinct Five
Teen Town
Aiken County Hospital
North Augusta Council to hear plan on mobile homes at schools
The Planning and Zoning Commission seeks permission at Tuesday night’s council meeting to set up mobile homes at various North Augusta schools to curb vandalism. The agenda includes approving bills, amending code to adopt the 1975 Edition NEC, department reports, and a visitor presentation. The session starts at 8 p.m.
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North Augusta
Planning and Zoning Commission
Rain Brings Light Relief After Long Drought
Granville resident L S Nesmith reports one inch of rain from 3 am to 6 am with more showers expected today and tapering tonight. A 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow is forecast. Temperatures reach mid 60s today and around 70 tomorrow with northeasterly winds at 5 to 15 mph.
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L.S. Nesmith
Graniteville
Saxbe Urges Authority Over FBI To Halt Secret Programs
Attorney General William Saxbe called for lasting control over FBI powers to prevent a repeat of covert counter intelligence aimed at radicals and extremists. He cited a long running program, Cointerpro, that targeted groups from 1956 to 1971 and involved thousands of proposed actions across domestic organizations.
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Washington
William B. Saxbe
FBI
Bureau
Saxbe
NBC
Meet the Press
Associated Press
Jack Anderson
New Left
Socialist Workers Party
U.S. Communist Party
Cointerpro
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Trial Opens in Greenville for Migrant Camp Operator
A Ridge Spring migrant camp operator and two assistants go on trial in Greenville US District Court on an 11 count indictment for conspiring to hold five workers in involuntary servitude during May and June. The case cites threats with a gun and forced return of a worker from Johnston.
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Ridge Spring
Greenville
Cleveland Williams
Roosevelt Band
LeRoy Alford Jr
Williams
Possum Hollow
Saluda County
Bus Crash Injures Twelve in North Augusta
North Augusta police released names of twelve injured when a Trailways bus crashed into a tree off Georgia Avenue. Miss Mabel Shaw, 29, of Charlotte, NC, was admitted to University hospital in critical condition with severe facial lacerations. Her condition was reported as serious.
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North Augusta
Trailways
Georgia Avenue
Mabel Shaw
Charlotte
University Hospital
Seven entrants tie in college football contest
Seven entrants guessed all games correctly in this week's College Football Contest. Rt 3 won with a tie breaking guess of 57 points, USC versus Wake Forest at 55. other entries include Har mon A. Lowe, TJ Buch Miller, Emil Studinka, Leroy Edison, James Campbell, and Mark Goodman.
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Mickey Hornsby
USC
Wake Forest
Harmon A. Lowe
TJ. Buchmiller
Williams
Emil Studinka
Citadel
Leroy Edison
Graniteville
James Campbell
Oak St
Mark Goodman
Magnolia St
Life on Mars: Viking probes to land July 4 1976
NASA scientists describe the Viking Mars mission with two 1200 pound landers to reach the red planet in 1976. Each lander carries a soil probe biological detector weather station and cameras to test for micro organisms and Martian life.
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Mars
NASA
Viking
Red Planet
Viking Project
Gary Price
Langley Research Center
Virginia
Aiken
Earth
United States
Savannah River
Mars’ Plains
Polar Cap
Price
Red
Louisiana
Matinee Change Delays The King and I for Christmas Parade
An 11 am matinee of The King and I is moved to 1 pm December 7 for the Christmas parade. The notice mentions Jim and Harriet Peterson as house parents at a home for disturbed children and notes local theft warnings ahead of Christmas.
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ol’St. Nic
King and I
Episcopal Church Home
York
Jim
Harriet Peterson
James Peterson
North Augusta
Robert F Lofgren
Aiken
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Morton
Prosecution
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U.S
James Hodgson
Takeshi Yasukawa
NIEP
Precinct Four
Tizens
Precinct
Ches Gwinn
North Augusta Council
Debby Wendel
Johnston
Artis Booth
Julius B. Ness
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