Aiken County Notes From Oil Orders to Fashion and Framing
Louis Cassels reports a humorous mix up over an order for toilet fluid and tork fluid resolved by Ronald LaCouture. Peggy S Lambert becomes secretary of the Mid Atlantic States Professional Picture Framers Association. Mary Cavanaugh reports Aiken fashion in Paris. Naomi Satterfield plans nutrition talks on Channel 10. American Legion Post 26 hosts a 7:30 p.m. dinner with USC coach Bobby Richardson as guest speaker.
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Louis Cassels
Aiken County
Ronald LaCouture
Cassels
Peggy S. Lambert
Mary Cavanaugh
Aiken
Europe
Paris
Naomi Satterfield
Carolina
Town and Country Club
American Legion Post
American Legion Club
USC
Bobby Richardson
Ty Jail
Morrison
Agnew Lawyers and Judge Confer Over Maryland Probe
Attorneys for Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Justice Department met privately with U.S. District Judge Walter E. Hoffman in Baltimore to stop leaks about the corruption investigation. Federal prosecutors planned to renew the special grand jury probe into the Agnew phase. No comments were offered by any participant.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Justice Department
Maryland
Agnew
U.S. District Court
Walter E. Hoffman
Nixon to Hold News Conference in Washington
President Nixon prepares for a news conference likely today his third in under two months arriving at the Executive Office Building suite at 8 am EDT to review briefing books before the session. White House aides would not confirm the plan saying only that they would let reporters know.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Mitchell and Gray to testify in Sharpstown case
Former Texas officials Wagorner Carr and John Osorio face federal charges tied to the Sharpstown bank scandal as John Mitchell and L. Patrick Gray III prepare to testify. Banker Frank W. Sharp, granted immunity, is also slated to testify.
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Dallas, Tex
Atty
John N. Mitchell
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Texas
Waggo
Ner Carr
John Osorio
Sharpstown
Mitchell
Gray
Frank W. Sharp
Meir says emigration will not stop despite camp closure
Prime Minister Golda Meir states she does not believe Austria's decision to close the Schoenau transit camp will halt Jews leaving the Soviet Union through Austria. She returns from Vienna and expresses sadness that Chancellor Kreisky did not reverse his pledge to Arab terrorists to shut the facility.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Schoenau
Soviet Union
Austria
Vienna
Meir
Bruno Kreisky
Cambodian Forces Pull Back After Khmer Rouge Shelling
Cambodian government troops pulled back across the Prek Thaot River 14 miles southwest of Phnom Penh following heavy Khmer Rouge shelling and ground probes.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Prek Thaot River
Khmer Rouge
Judge sentences six escapees in county case
Six defendants were sentenced for escape before Judge James B. Morrison. Five escaped from the Aiken County Stockade and one jumped from the courthouse window years ago. Names include Ivan Mason Jr and Rudell Hickson with additional months added. Toole and Dunbar received six and five months respectively. Corley escaped August after liquor incident. he got three more months. Joseph Williams jumped from the courthouse window and faces a public hearing tomorrow.
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James B. Morrison
Aiken County Stockade
Aiken County
Stockade
Ivan Mason Jr
Danny Toole
Ernest Corley
Rudell Hickson
Luther Dunbar
Mason
Sheriff's Department
Springfield
Ohio
Hickson
Columbia
Toole
Buck Wooten
Corley
Wooten
Perry
Prep School Notified Of Mining Plans By J M Huber Corp
Aiken Preparatory School learned J M Huber Corp of Langley seeks to exercise mineral rights on about 700 of the school’s 1 400 acres around Hitchcock Woods. The firm plans preliminary surveys and potential haul roads while environmental concerns are raised. Senator Laughlin notes federal impact hearings may apply.
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Skip Seiser
Aiken Preparatory School
J.M. Huber Corp of
Langley
Hitchcock Woods
Harold Fletcher
Alan Tewksbury
J.M. Huber Corp
Tewksbury
Huber
Huber Corp
Fletcher
Michael Laughlin
D. Aiken
Segretti Apologizes for Political Sabotage Actions
Donald H. Segretti admitted to Senate Watergate committee the tricks he pulled on Democrats last year and expressed that they were wrong. He said he was recruited by Dwight Chapin and Gordon Strachan and paid about $16,000 a year plus around $40,000 in expenses by Herbert Kalmbach, Nixon's former personal lawyer.
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Washington
Donald H. Segretti
Senate Watergate Committee
Gaskill Wins Aiken Weekly Football Contest
Bill Gaskill of Aiken took first place in the Aiken Standard weekly football contest with a near perfect score, tying with three others for accuracy and earning a $50 prize. Suzanne McCharen W L Crenshaw and Sidney Taprell also tied for second. Segretti testified in federal court about activities during the 1972 Florida primary including a phony Muskie letter and other pranks. He pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts, claiming the letter was his idea and apologizing publicly. He described recruiting assistants nationwide to disrupt campaigns and asked not to name all recruits. He highlighted actions like stink bombs, fake Muskie open houses, and solicitations for a nonexist ent Muskie open house. Two potential helpers, Rob ert Benz and Douglas Kelly, are slated to testify.
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Bill Gaskill
Aiken
Gaskill
Segretti
Florida
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Miami
Milwaukee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Robert M. Benz
Douglas Kelly
Courthouse Criticism Marks Aiken County Meeting
Presiding Circuit Court Judge James B. Morrison criticized the Aiken County Courthouse amid calls for maintenance. He cited years of neglect and urged carpet and ceiling repairs while directing County Administrator Ronald LaCouture to inform the commissioners. Morrison conveyed disappointment at the county’s stewardship.
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James B. Morrison
Aiken County
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken
LaCouture
Four Aiken County men indicted for murder
The Aiken County Grand Jury indicted Willie Dunbar James A Williams William Reno and Timothy Nunn Stokeley on murder charges. Dunbar allegedly killed Eddie Cummings near Beech Island on August 11 Williams shot Robert Williams near Glenville in June Reno faced death for the death of Thomas William Robinson near Belvedere Stokeley a bartender at the Heidelberg Inn stabbed a patron.
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Aiken County
Grand Jury
General Sessions Court
Willie Dunbar
Eddie Cummings
Beech Island
James A. Williams
Robert
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast In Aiken Area
The Aiken area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures today tonight and tomorrow with highs in the upper 80s and overnight lows around 60 to 67. Rain chances run 20 percent today 10 percent tonight and tomorrow with a cooler weekend outlook.
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Aiken Vicinity
North Augusta Sets Nov 19 Referendum for Stadium Bond
City Council approves a $350000 stadium bond referendum to fund a 9600 seat facility with a two phase plan. first phase covered by the bond, second via outside fund drive. completion aimed for fall 1974. Mayor Walters supports the plan noting a six mill tax increase could retire bonds in 15 years.
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North Augustans
Eric C Presley
Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Raymond L. Walters
Southern Railway
Walters
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