Aiken TEC Seeks County Backing for Expanded Center
Aiken Technical Education Center seeks county funds to expand beyond current capacity. Director Ashley J. Little seeks 42 percent county funding to leverage 33 percent from the EDA with a 1977 target to add space and an ETV station, citing local job needs and veteran enrollment.
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Aiken Technical Education Center
TEC
County Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Harold V. Graybeal
Aiken Tec
Ashley J. Little
Economic Development Administration
Perrine
Congress
Little
Aiken County
Stathy J. Vernes
State Development Board
Aiken
Roland Windham
Coastal Plains
Christmas Mail Strains U S Post Offices Under New Rules
The Postal Service cut overtime and hiring due to a seven million dollar daily deficit yet expects the Christmas mail flow to reach over nine billion pieces through December 24. Businesses may mass mail before a December 28 rate rise, risking a mail jam, while postal leaders insist offices will clear by Christmas Eve.
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Washington
Postal Service
Henry Cooper
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
W.F. Bolger
Aiken Standard Notice and Publisher Information
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes every afternoon except weekends. Addresses: P O Box 456 and 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29801. All advance payments must be made to Aiken Standard-PBM. limitations apply to carrier payments beyond five weeks.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
AI Ken Standard - Pbm
Opry marks sixty years from fiddler boast to national stage
The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville celebrates six decades since the radio debut of the WS M Barn Dance led by Uncle Jimmy Thompson and George D Hay. From basic sawdust floors at Ryman to a modern Opryland complex, the show propelled Nashville as country music capital.
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Nashville, Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
Jimmy Thompson
George D. Hay
the Opry
Nashville
Hay
Grand Old Opry
The
Opry
Deford Bailey
Dave Macon
War Memorial Auditorium
Ryman
Roy Acuff
Ryman Auditorium
Fires Put Out By Rains In Northern Los Angeles Hills
Rains ended two brush fires north and east of Los Angeles after five days of flames that burned 100 square miles, caused 17.5 million dollars in damage, and displaced about 5,600 people. Officials said a cold front boosted mop-up efforts as turf and timber areas were scorched and watershed damage tallied at 17 million with 40 structures damaged.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Dave Waite
U.S. Forest Service
San Gabriel Valley
Fred Cooper Re elected Treasurer of Southeast ASTA Board
Fred Cooper of Crest Travel has been reelected as treasurer and member of the Southeast Chapter Board of the American Society of Travel Agents ASTA. Cooper also serves as a director of the Travel Agents of the Carolinas.
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Fred Cooper
Crest Travel
Southeast Chapter
American Society of Travel Agents
ASTA
Cooper
Travel Agents of
Carolinas
Chain Letter Investigation Hits North Carolina, South Carolina
USPS officials probe illegal chain letters circulating in five North Carolina counties and parts of South Carolina. Recipients urged to mail six dollar money orders, violating federal law and risking one to five years' imprisonment plus a $1000 fine.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Postal Service
South Carolina
Cleveland
Wilkes
Lincoln
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Post Office
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Evan S. Flynn
Flynn
Kenneth Perrine
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Charles W. Ensor
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Murry
Pee Wee King
Golden West Cowboys
Eddy Arnold
Tennessee Plowboys
Red Foley
Ernest Tubb
Cowboy Copas
Hank Williams
Opryland Us.a
Richard Nixon
Acuff
Forest Service
California
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Texas
Plains
Mrashwurst Agency Service
Dial
Melvin C. Garlow
Alexandria
Ion
Augusta
Seiko
Lady Seiko
Dear Humane
North Augusta
Robert E. Johnson
Sylvia Osbon
Triple O Commercial Art & Printing Co
Aiken County Humane Society
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