Shoppers Buy Necessities Amid Cautious Christmas Spending
Retailers in Aiken report shoppers shifting to value and basics as inflation steadies and recession fears rise. Managers at J.B. White, Belk, and Roses note early buying, fewer gift items, and a compact shopping window between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Bank of America Center cites steady credit use.
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Aiken
Ronald L. Fowler
J.B. White
Belk’s
Howard
F Hoses Stores, Inc
Wichard
K-Mart
Jim Harth
Roses
Bank Americaid Center
Columbia
Carol Hinson
Prices rise in October as clothing and autos surge
Consumer prices climbed nine tenths of a percent in October led by higher costs for clothing, food and automobiles. The 12 month total rose 12.2 percent, the largest 12 month gain since 1947, with inflation continuing to bite American shoppers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Camp Operators Draw Prison Terms
US District Judge Robert Chapman sentenced Cleveland Williams to four years and Roosevelt Band to three years for conspiracy to hold white workers in peonage and involuntary servitude at a migrant labor camp in Greenville. A third defendant, Leroy Alford Jr., was acquitted. jurors included one Black man.
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Greenville
Robert
Filipino Son: Love Motivated Flight From Manila
A 16 year old Manila boy who flew to the United States to visit his father after the Philippine ambassador was held at gunpoint says the act was done out of love. Napoleon Lechoco Jr. spent 30 minutes with his father at a mental institution where the elder Lechoco is being evaluated for competency to stand trial. The youth, eldest of seven, apologized to Ambassador Eduardo Z. Romualdez for his father’s actions.
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Washington
United States
Manila
Napoleon Lechoco Jr
Lech
Oco
Eduardo Z. Romualdez
Army May Announce Cutbacks At Major U S Facilities
Pentagon sources say the Army nears a decision to close or cut back about six major U S sites, likely eliminating thousands of jobs in a slumping economy. Secretary Callaway has met with lawmakers over preventing the Frankford Arsenal closure and reducing Blue Grass Army Depot activities.
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Washington
Army
United States
Pentagon
Howard H. Callaway
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Blue Grass
Lexington
Survivors praise crew after Nairobi 747 crash
Survivors of the Lufthansa jumbo jet crash praised the crew for quick action that saved lives. The Boeing 747 lost power on takeoff from Nairobi, plunging into a muddy field and exploding, killing 59 of 157 aboard in the first fatal 747 crash.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Lufthansa
Poda Blasts Indigent Plan At Aiken County Hospital
Hospital trustees condemn per patient indigent funding as a malfunctional shift from block grants. Dr George Poda criticizes the county board for halting the annual $201 000 indigent grant and delaying approvals, urging restoration of full indigent coverage and warning of higher costs.
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Aiken County Hospital
George Poda
Department of Social Services
County Board of Commissioners
J. Sam Nesbit Jr
Poda
Nesbit
Commis
County Grants Create 28 Jobs Across Aiken County
Aiken County receives the second part of a two grant package totaling 212000 to fund 28 positions through June 1975. Jobs include maintenance clerical and patrol work for USC Aiken city of Aiken North Augusta New Ellenton and related agencies with residency and unemployment requirements.
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Aiken County
State Employment Office
South Carolina
Office of Manpower, Planning and Coordination
City of
Aiken
James A. Dono
Usc-Aiken
City of Aiken
North Augusta
New Ellenton
Council On Aging
Soil Conservation Service
County of
Shoplifting Seminar Brings Experts and Films to Aiken
A shoplifting and bad check passing seminar will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Bankers Trust Conference Room 135 Laurens St sponsored by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Administration. Two sessions run 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 with panelists including Magistrate Glenn Holley Sheriff Paul Grant and local detectives and attorneys. Films The Shoplifter and The Paperchanger will be shown followed by a Q and A period teaching merchants how to spot shoppers likely to shoplift or pass bad checks.
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Bankers Trust
Laurens St
Greater
Government Sues to Break Up Bell System Telecom Empire
The Justice Department sues to dissolve AT T and its Bell System to spur competition and lower phone rates. The case targets Western Electric and Bell Labs, with potential divestiture of Western Electric and split more than one firm to run Bell equipment and research units. A trial is likely three years away.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Keith Clear- Walters
Clearwaters
At&t Board
John D. deButts
Herb Gladden
Aiken
Southern Bell
Western Electric Co. Inc
Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc
ATAT
Western Electric
Bell Labs
Black Cat Survivor After Morning House Fire
A morning fire at 719 Hayne Ave caused by a floor gas heater was brought under control by two Aiken fire trucks and an ambulance. Fire Chief Carroll Busbee noted flames spread to a wall. resident George Rodriguez was away when a fireman rescued his cat hiding upstairs. Eulalie Rutledge arrived to view the charred heater area.
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Hayne Ave
Aiken
Carroll Busbee
George Rodriguez
Eulalie Rutledge
Sunny Mild Skies Persist Through Weekend
The forecast calls for sunny mild today with mid 60s highs and 30s lows. A small craft advisory remains for area lakes. Friday also looks sunny and mild with mid 60s highs. Winds WNW 10 to 20 mph today decreasing tonight then west to 15 mph. Rain probability near zero today tonight and tomorrow. Saturday through Monday trend partly cloudy and mild with a late Saturday increase in clouds and a Sunday shower chance.
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