Local grand jury probes library book The Inner City Mother Goose
Erie County New York grand jury investigates use of Eve Merriam volume funded by federal Model Cities funds. Judge Heffron cites eight rhymes attacking police and one attacking a judge amid courtroom noise. Aiken community leaders and library groups involved in related civic notices.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Grand Jury
Inner City
Erie County
William G. Heffron
Eve Merriam
Jack
Mother Goose
Heffron
Senate Kills Consumer Protection Agency Bid
The Senate, in a third filibuster, refused to end debate on a bill to create a Consumer Protection Agency. Cloture failed 52 to 30, three votes short of the two thirds needed. Backers say the measure is dead barring a miracle, per a leading supporter.
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Washington
Senate
Consumer Protection Agency
Sena
Tors
Cancer experts meet on BCG as cancer treatment
Scientists from 10 nations convene in Bethesda to assess whether the BCG bacteria could become a new human cancer therapy. The U S National Cancer Institute sponsors the conference and notes no proof yet of effectiveness, though research is encouraging.
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Bethesda, Md
U.S. National Cancer Institute
NCI
Congress Overrides Nixon Veto On Railroad Pension Increase
Congress overrode President Nixon's veto with tallies of 353 to 29 in the House and 78 to 5 in the Senate. The move grants 900000 retired railroad workers a temporary penny increase in pensions and makes the bill law.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Kidneys Removed And Repaired Reported
In San Francisco two operations removed a diseased kidney, repaired it, and returned it to the patient. Russell L. Lawson of the University of Oregon Medical School spoke to the American College of Surgeons noting no tissue rejection risk with the patient's own kidney.
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San Francisco
American College of Surgeons
Russell L. Lawson
University of Oregon Medical School
ACS
Belvedere Man Sentenced In Manslaughter Case
Rufus Price of Belvedere pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the murder of his wife and received a nine year sentence from Judge Louis Rosen. Testimony showed Price's wife was seeing another man and nurses who worked with Price defended him. Four stockade escapees from the June 9 breakout were also sentenced to short terms, with others receiving various terms for larceny and drug charges as General Sessions Court continued.
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General Sessions
Aiken
Louis Rosen
Orangeburg
Judy Rich
General Sessions Court
Rufus Price
Belvedere
Rosen
Price
Atkenite
Ernest Corley
Corley
Aiken County Stockade
L.T. Tyler
Davis
William Hazel
Donald Quiller Quiller
Brenda J. Widener
Ronald Wayne Tyson
Wendell Eugene Fleming
Wholesale Food Prices Rise in September Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.3 percent overall rise in wholesale prices for September led by a 0.6 percent jump in farm products and processed foods. Over 13 months under wage price controls the index climbed 4.3 percent, with food and feeds up 17.4 percent in the third quarter.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Aiken Area Weather With Rain Likely Today
Shower chances rise in the Aiken area with variable clouds and temperatures in the mid 70s today and low to mid 60s tonight. Expect a 70 percent rain probability today, near zero tonight, and about 20 percent Friday, with small craft warnings along the coast from Cape Fear to Savannah.
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Aiken
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cape Fear
Savannah
Charlotte Provides Free Dog Traps for Pound Relief
The Charlotte city pound offers free wire mesh dog traps to residents troubled by raiding dogs. The cages capture stray or nuisance dogs without injury, baited with meat or bones, and the user can redeem the dog at the pound for seven dollars.
Bradberry Indicted On LSD Charge in South Carolina
Saint Edward Bradberry known as Porky of Aiken was indicted in General Sessions Court on a drug violation. Authorities say he was arrested for simple possession of LSD and bond was set at 10000 by Magistrate George DeLaughter. The case follows four prior state drug law violations.
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Saint Edward
Porky) Bradberry
Aiken
General Sessions
Bradberry
Grand
S.C
Sheriff's Department
George DeLaughter
Delegation Signs Over Check For Aiken County To Join COG
The Aiken County Delegation signed over a $10,500 check for the county's share of Metro COG administrative costs. Funds were turned over to the Lower Savannah Region for the controversial Aiken Richmond County Metropolitan Council of Governments last week.
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Aiken County
Steve Craw
Aiken- Richmond County
Planning and Development Council
Lsrpdc
Metro-Cog
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Richmond
Aiken
Georgia
COG
House Representatives
Sen
Gilbert McMillan
Turner Jailed Five Hours Then Posts Bond in Contempt Case
Glenn W. Turner, 38, was jailed five hours after a 600 woman demonstration disrupted court proceedings. A $2,000 bond was set by Judge Joseph McNulty for Turner and two associates facing 86 counts of violating Florida securities law over the Dare To Be Great course. The contempt citation could have jailed him 150 days. a review was scheduled for 10 a.m. in Lakeland to decide if the bond becomes permanent.
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Clearwater, Fla
Glenn W. Turner
Circuit
Pinellas County
Second District Court of Appeals
Joseph McNulty
Lakeland
William A. Patterson
Turner
Patterson
Turner Company
Florida
Orlando
Glenn
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Friends of the
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Clyde Lott
The
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al Sauerborn
Aiken Rehabilitation Workshop
Audley Ward
Clarence Barron
Sylvia Westerdahl
COURT
Wallace A. Eubanks
Peach Orchard Road
Eubanks
Thomas Bates
Ronald Eubanks
Dave Daniels
Bill McAlhaney
Mike Hatten
Charlotte
Charlotte, N.C
Glenn Turner
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