Thanksgiving Day USO dinner for 30 GIs at Fort Gordon
On Thanksgiving 1973 about 30 soldiers from Fort Gordon will dine with 15 local volunteer families under a USO program led by Sol Cohen of Aiken who serves as USO Council president in Augusta. Attendees at a Women's Diabetes Board benefit praised a smoke free building.
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Ft. Gordon
USO
Aikenite
Sol Cohen
USO Council
Augusta
Women’s Diabetes Board of
Aiken County
White House Faces New Watergate Tape Mystery
The White House must explain an 18 minute gap on a subpoenaed Watergate tape as Judge Sirica orders delivery of all subpoenaed tapes or court custody. He set a Monday deadline and warned 24 hour guard if needed to prevent further issues.
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Washington
White House
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Turner Trial Continues in Florida Federal Court
Two Mississippi men testified in Jacksonville that Glenn W. Turner’s operations caused them losses in a federal mail fraud trial involving Turner and eight associates. Larry Walker of Meridian said he lost 623 dollars after failing to obtain cosmetics from Koscot Interplanetary and Evan Eldridge Atkins of Columbus testified he lost 2452 dollars when cosmetics were moved from a cooperative warehouse without permission.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mississippi
Orlando
Glenn W. Turner
Turner
Oregon
Texas
Carolinas
Massachusetts
Larry Walker
Meridian
Miss
Koscot Interplanetary, Inc
Walker
Eldridge Atkins
Columbus
Atkins
Justice of the Peace
Brownouts Loom As Cold Winter Tightens Grip
Washington reports warn of a lean winter with fuel shortages forcing major cutbacks. An Interior Department study calls for halving private driving and jet travel, reducing electricity use by a fifth, and cutting home and office heating by 15 to 25 percent to keep the economy moving. Morton warns of possible East Coast brownouts starting in December as New England states report voltage reductions from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
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Washington
Interior Department
Rogers C.B. Morton
New England
Connecticut
Thomas J. Meskill
Agnew Joins J.W. Industries as Consultant
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is retained as a consultant for the newly cofounded international trade firm J.W. Industries by Frank Jameson. Jameson, ex Rockwell executive and Eva Gabor’s husband, said Agnew has been on the payroll since shortly after his resignation and will be paid a consultant’s retainer rather than a substantial salary.
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Los Angeles
Spiro T. Agnew
Frank Jameson
Jameson
Rockwell International
Eva Gabor
Agnew
J.W. Industries
Infant killed in Aiken house fire on Sumter Street
A three week old infant died in a fire at 123 Sumter Street Southeast Aiken. The blaze destroyed the home of City of Aiken sanitation worker Lawrence Abney. Abney his wife and their 19 month old son escaped and were treated and released. Fire officials said an exploding kerosene stove caused the fire. The infant died in its bed as the kitchen fire spread through the four room dwelling. Funeral arrangements are by Jackson Brooks Funeral Home of Aiken.
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Aiken Employe
Aiken
Lawrence Abney
Sumter St
S.E
Abney
Lawrence Abney Jr
R.A. Higgenbottom
Fire Department
Higgenbottom
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home of
Aiken County Board Debates Hospital Contract Delays
Vice Chairman Wade Brodie urged delaying action on the Hospital Corporation of America contract arguing the hospital project is a county function while Chairman Harold Graybeal backs respecting doctors wishes. The medical staff called for withholding contract actions until specific items are clarified, prompting a referendum plan for Nov 1974 to gauge tax funding support for a new hospital.
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Aiken
Brodie
State Board of Health
Aiken County
HCA
Don Pennington
Pennington
Kissinger Warns Oil Boycott Threatens Middle East Talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told reporters that a prolonged oil boycott by Arab nations could jeopardize peace negotiations and invite U S economic retaliation. He urged countries pressing the United States to weigh consequences during talks.
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Washington (Ap
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
U.S
United States
Kissinger
Nixon
William Porter
Porter
North America
Mid 70s Likely Today and Tomorrow Weather Outlook
The U S Weather Service in Columbia reports a 10 percent chance of rain with high temperatures in the mid 70s today and tomorrow. Tonight’s low will be in the 50s. The weekend to Monday calls for fair, unusually mild weather with highs in the 60s or low 70s and lows in the 40s. These notes accompany a separate briefing on Middle East tensions and potential US countermeasures amid oil embargo concerns.
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U.S. Weather Service
Columbia
Mining Will Harm Hitchcock Woods Says Geologist
A UC South Carolina geology professor warns that kaolin mining near Hitchcock Woods could trigger erosion sedimentation and pollution. Dr Frank T Caruccio says mining would disrupt the ecological food chain and expose the landscape prompting environmental concerns raised by Alexander Sanders for Friends of the Woods.
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Hitchcock Woods
University of South Carolina
Frank T. Caruccio
Alexander Sanders
Columbia Environmental
Friends of the Woods
Aiken
Some Will Feast Today While Others Will Not
Jeane Hall reports on Thanksgiving contrasts as Mary Williams of Aiken County will miss the turkey dinner. The widow lives alone in a three room house in Toole Hill Section and faces a holiday without the traditional feast.
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Jeane Hall
Mary Williams
Aiken County
Williams
Toole Hill
Aiken
Senator Thurmond to Lead Salley Chitlin Strut Parade
Senator Strom Thurmond will serve as Grand Marshall for the Eighth Annual Chitlin Strut in Salley, accompanied by his wife Nancy and two children. The 10 am parade will kick off a festival expected to draw up to 12,000 visitors, featuring chitlins, barbeque, country music, exhibits, and a NASA lecture exhibit for local schools.
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Aiken County Hospital
Joseph Farmer
Graybeal
East Aiken Elementary
Wendell Hal
Saudi Arabia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Woods
Hitchcock Woods Foxchase
J.M. Huber Corp
Langley
Aiken Preparatory School
Huber
The
Victor E. Shelford
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Caruccio
Salley’s
Strutters
Stillinger
Kitchens Mill
Salley
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