Time Has Arrived To Think Of Others In Aiken
Aiken area residents are urged to aid the needy during Christmas. The Salvation Army and the Aiken Jaycees will again organize Christmas shopping for underprivileged children and provide food and clothing for the needy. Donations support both groups, with options for anonymous gifts or in memory of loved ones. The Jaycees tour is set for December 18.
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Aiken
Salvation Army
Aiken Jaycees
Jaycees
Astronaut Irwin meets poet James Freeman in Kansas City
Apollo 15 moonwalker James B. Irwin spent about two hours with poet James D. Freeman who wrote the poem I Am There carried to the moon. Freeman is Unity religious research director and the meeting precedes Irwin's speech at William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri.
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Kansas City
James B. Irwin
Irwin
James D. Freeman
William Jewell College
Liberty
Freeman
Unity
South Vietnamese Paratroopers Make New Eastern Cambodia Landing
About 300 South Vietnamese paratroopers thrust into eastern Cambodia 20 miles from Saigon, landing four miles southeast of Cam Be. U S air support preceded the drop, with initial light resistance. Dam Be, a major supply depot for North Vietnamese, lies 18 miles south along Highway 7. Other units moved within 10 miles of the Chup rubber plantation, a key target of the 25 000 man offensive. Chup is thought to host the North Vietnamese 9th Division headquarters.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Cam Be
U.S
Dam Be
Highway 7
South Vietnam
Chup
9Th Division
Two Teachers Stabbed in San Francisco School
A woman entered Hillcrest School in the Portola Heights district and stabbed two teachers several times with an ice pick while terrified kindergartners watched. Rosemary Hardy, 34, surrendered to police and was booked on two counts of attempted murder after claiming one wounded instructor’s daughter crying caused the incident.
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San Francisco
Cry
Rosemary Hardy
Hillcrest School
Portola Heights
Nader Allies Target Du Pont Over Delaware Outsized Influence
A Ralph Nader affiliated study group accuses the Du Pont family and Du Pont Co. of forming a “company state” in Delaware that exploits land, people, and resources. Du Pont president calls the report inaccurate and distorted.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
du Pont
Delaware
du Pont Co
Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd to be Paroled
Florence Arizona AP reports the 67 year old Winnie Ruth Judd known as the Tiger Woman may gain parole from the Arizona State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Judd was convicted for the 1931 dismemberment murder of one roommate whose body was found in trunks shipped from Arizona to Los Angeles.
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Florence, Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Los Angeles
Arizona
Final Grid Contest Upsets Reward Winner
The final Standard football contest of the season produced many upsets with 15 entries tied at two misses. William B. Bockhold earns a $50 prize for correctly predicting the VML vs VP1 total points, joining a list of 15 two-miss entrants. The winner's check will be mailed this week.
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William B. Bockhold
Dogwood Road
V.M.L
Bond Issue Up To Commissioners In Aiken County
Aiken County may seek board approval to issue revenue bonds for industrial expansion under state financing laws. State Development Board officials outlined safeguards and noted 100 percent financing and tax free interest make the bonds attractive, while the Budget and Control Board must approve and residents have 20 days to protest.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
South Carolina
Carl B. Watson Jr
S.C
Watson and
Stathy Verenes
Watson
Control Board
Com
Coatiwerd Oe
Veto Threat Shapes Tax Bill Talk in Washington
Democrats see President Nixon’s threatened veto as a tactic to pressure on campaign financing and tax relief provisions. Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas called it a polite method, noting such statements are not new.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Nixon Sets China Visit Date for February 21 1972
President Nixon will arrive in Peking February 21 for talks with Chinese leaders in a historic mission aimed at peace. White House spokesman say timing agreed with Kissinger, with specifics on trip length to be released today. The visit precedes a planned Moscow trip in late May and follows talks with allied leaders in December and January.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
White House
Henry Kissinger
Ronald L. Ziegler
People’s Republic of China
United States of America
China
Moscow
France
Britain
West Germany
Japan
Canada
Work Begins On State Budget Bill
South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee starts work on a 50 million plus budget bulge for the next fiscal year. Rep. R. J. Aycock says agencies requests must be trimmed to anticipated revenue. Education Department, Educational Television Commission, and SC Education Association to appear. Sessions scheduled today through next week as a revenue outlook review by State Auditor Pat Smith precedes budget recommendations to the full House by mid January.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means
South Carolina
R. J. Aycock
D-Sumter
State Department of Education
Educational Television Commission
South Carolina Education Association
Aycock
Pat Smith
Court House Plans Held In Abeyance By Aiken Delegation
The Aiken County legislative delegation unanimously suspended plans for a new county court house to fund urgent hospital needs and ambulance service. They cited rising costs from 2.5 to over 2.7 million dollars, potential tax increases, and a pending lawsuit as reasons to delay the court house project.
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Aiken County
Court House
Ray backs McGowan in court fight
Ray Backs McGowan in court fight pledging support to Marion D McGowan's bid to annul magistrate appointments. He accuses Sen Laughlin and Dooley and Gov West of voter discrimination that kept him from the Wagener magistrate post and appeals to join the legal challenge.
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Ray
McGowan
Wagener
Lucas Ray
Marion D McGowan
Marion D. McGowan
Michael Laughlin
A.J. Dooley
John C. West
Warrenville
Lens Laughlin
Dooley
West
Optimistic view for Hopelands project in Aiken
Landscape architect Robert E. Marvin told Aiken Rotarians that Hopelands on Whiskey Road could impact every resident as planning shapes a 148 acre estate donated by Mrs. Iselin. He stressed environment oriented growth, with no design decisions yet and invitations for public suggestions.
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Hopelands
Aiken
Robert E. Marvin
Walterboro
S.C
Marvin
Iselin
Whiskey Road
Clemson
Rotarians
Fuel Shortage Threatens Industry
Washington AP reports White House energy adviser Fred Weinhold warns severe natural gas shortages could force major industrial plants to close this winter. He says homes and hospitals will be heated, but interruptible gas contracts may cause large curtailments for key manufacturers amid tight gas supply even as coal and fuel oil stocks remain adequate.
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Washington
White House
Fred Weinhold
Office of Science and Technology
Weinhold
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Seaboard
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Nader
Patrick Ramdeen
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David Bookstayer
Hammond Road
Helen Coleman
Audubon Ave
Dorothy Hamilton
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Veto
Emily Hindman
R.E. Marvin
Arkenites
Robert E. Marvin Aiken
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