Coordinated Effort Promotes South Carolina Water Planning
Aiken meeting on the Cooperative Program in Water Resources Investigation and Water Quality Control highlighted the need for coordinated regional planning. Officials discussed determining water use via 2800 questionnaires and warned that water resources are long term, with past droughts recalling York’s 1954 55 dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Water Resources Commission
Regional Commission
Aiken
Lower Savannah
Stallings
Regional Planning Commission
Aull
York
Dr. Marine
Standard Stumper Bests 1 318 Fees
A reader puzzle update notes 1 318 in fees with a grand total of 350 for the new Standard Stumper to appear Friday. Mentions several errors by readers including Mrs G E Knighton from North Augusta and others who mistook words like wide puff and huff. The item wishes readers a Thanksgiving and hints at a new puzzle after a day’s break.
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G. E. Knighton
Conspiracy Charges Tie Southern Airways to Shell Defects
A federal grand jury indicts Southern Airways Co. Inc and 12 former employees on one conspiracy to defraud the government and 14 counts of concealment for sending 15,000 defective artillery shells to the Army between June 1967 and December 1969. The shells came from Defense Metal Products, later Southern Metal Products Division at Sylacauga. Defendants allegedly instructed inspectors to allow defective projectiles to pass while government inspectors were away.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Airways Co., Inc
Defense Metal Products Co., Inc
Southern Airways Co. Inc
Defense Metal Products
Southern Metal Products Division
Sylacauga
New Food Stamp Rules Aim to Curb Abuse
The Agriculture Department issued uniform procedures for handling claims against food stamp clients and reporting actions to the department. The move follows a September charge of widespread abuse in the program, with cited problem areas including Chicago Philadelphia San Antonio and Washington D C. No new restrictions or penalties are added.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
States
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Antonio
Tex
Washington D.C
Department
Explosion Strikes Midtown Office Building Housing Aeroflot
An early morning blast hit a midtown Manhattan building on East 49th Street housing Aeroflot and Intourist offices. Police evacuated the area amid fears of another device. no injuries reported and WMCA radio signal disrupted. An anonymous caller linked the act to Jewish Russia trials and the phrase never again.
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New York
Manhattan
Aeroflot
Intourist
East 49Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Associated Press
Russia
Soviet Union
Jewish Defense League
WMCA
Madison Avenue
New Jersey
Pedestrian Fatally Struck Near Aiken
Aiken County Coroner identifies Robert Parks Williams of 22 Roslyn Circle as the pedestrian killed on Highway 19 near Virginia Acres Recreation Park. The driver, Robert P. Voigt of Aiken, was en route to the post office as a substitute mail carrier. The crash occurred about 4:50 a.m. No charges filed yet pending Highway Patrol investigation.
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Aiken
James Gregory
Robert Parks Williams
Roslyn Circle
Gregory
Williams
Robert P. Voigt
Aiken Post Office
Virginia Acres Recreation Park
Voigt
Highway Patrol
Pentagon offers few details on Son Tay raid
The Pentagon supplied limited information about the Son Tay prison raid, leaving key questions unresolved. It identified top commando leaders as an Air Force brigadier and an Army colonel, both previously based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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Washington
Pentagon
Son Tay
Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Thanksgiving Proclamations and Son Tay Raid Details
The piece notes Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation stressing unity and gratitude. It also reports on the Son Tay raid, detailing a 40-strong helicopter assault near Hanoi, surprise entry at 2 am, minimal prison rescue success, and security concerns cited by Melvin Laird and Jerry Friedheim.
Laird Briefs Senate on Countermeasures for North Vietnam
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would urge strong countermeasures for any North Vietnamese retaliation after the failed U S commando rescue. He cited potential actions to free POWs and warned of immediate retaliation for further strikes or violations of understandings tied to bombing halts.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hill
Senate
J.W. Fulbright
House Foreign Affairs Committee
William P. Rogers
North Vietnam
Nixon
Demilitarized Zone
Republican Committee
Aiken Youth Charged In Bomb Threats
A 13 year old from Aiken faced charges after three separate telephone bomb threats were placed to Kennedy Junior High School in Aiken County. The threats were made at five minute intervals starting at 9 am and the case will be heard by the juvenile court. Authorities noted a recent spike with about two threats weekly affecting multiple schools.
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Aiken
Kennedy Junior
Aiken County
Salley Prepares for Fifth Annual Chitlin Strut
Salley residents brace for 10 000 to 12 000 attendees at the Fifth Annual Chitlin Strut. Mayor Jack Able, who started the event to fund town improvements, expects to avoid shortages as in prior years while raising money for a trash truck and local projects.
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Salley
Able
Tollie Cooper
Police
Holiday Schedule for Aiken Standard Thanksgiving
The business and advertising departments will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. Display ads for Friday must arrive by noon Wednesday. Classified ads for Friday are due by 10 a.m. Thursday. The switchboard stays open until noon Thanksgiving. Normal deadlines resume Friday.
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The
Aiken Standard
Nuclear Council Dinner Marks 20th Savannah Site Anniversary
The Nuclear Council dinner on December 7 at Augusta's Town House will celebrate the site selection anniversary for the Savannah River plant. Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg of Washington will deliver the principal address, introduced by Sherman Drawdy. James D. McNair will be master of ceremonies and Curtis A. Nelson will present a salute to the Central Savannah River Area. Dr. M. H. Wahl will discuss productive partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Savannah River
Glenn T. Seaborg
Washington
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Sherman Drawdy
South Carolina - Georgia Nuclear Council
James D. McNair
Aiken
Louis Cassels
United Press International
Old Ellenton
South Carolina
Curtis A. Nelson
Commission
M. H. Wahl
Wilmington
Delaware
Atomic Energy Division
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
United Fund Chairmen Lauded for Near-Goal Drive
United Fund executives praised chairmen at the board meeting after reporting 95 percent of the campaign goal achieved. George Brelsford announced an extension through Dec 11 to allow last minute pledges and finish individual campaigns.
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United Fund
George Brelsford
Brelsford
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Richard Nixon
White House
National Turkey Federation
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