Tent Erected as Volunteers Gather for Fairgrounds Event
Jaycee families take Thursday off to set up the big tent at the fairgrounds. Aiken Junior Women's Club collects warm clothing and shoes for Kalmia Hill School families with boxes at Kalmia Plaza A&P, Aiken Office Supply, and Woodruff Drugs. Forty six years ago tomorrow the Jazz Singer opened with Al Jolson, marking talking movies.
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Aiken Office Supply
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Calley Defense Opens Fresh Appeal Hearing
Three civilian judges on the U S Court of Military Appeals began fresh deliberations on Lt William L Calley Jr case over the My Lai massacre. Legal team contends he acted as a soldier carrying out his duty at My Lai on March 16 1968. The court expects weeks or months before ruling with Nixon promising a final decision based on personal factors rather than law.
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Nixon
Terrorists Deny Threat Against Soviet Embassies
The Eagles of the Palestine Revolution deny involvement in a Thursday threat to attack Soviet embassies abroad over Jewish emigration to Israel. An Nahar attributed the ultimatum to them, signaling ties to the Saiqa guerrilla group allied with Syria.
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Meir seeks international aid to save Schoenau transit camp
Prime Minister Golda Meir urged global support to preserve the Schoenau transit camp for Jewish emigres from the Soviet Union. She praised President Nixon for opposing Austria's closure of the camp, a move Defense Minister Moshe Dayan called sad and sickening.
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Justice Dept To Answer Agnew In Grand Jury Fight
The Justice Department will formally respond today to Spiro T. Agnew’s bid to halt the federal grand jury in the war offenses investigation. A lengthy government brief is expected to rebut Agnew’s argument that indicting a vice president for any crime is illegal.
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Benz: Tricks Were Revenge
A Florida Republican says he did campaign dirty work last year to punish Democrats for past actions. Robert Benz, 25, claimed Democrats impersonated a newsman and spread phony posters against William Cramer after working for him in 1970. He said he took $150 a month from Donald Segretti, an undercover White House operative, to disrupt Democratic primary campaigns last year.
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GOP
Senate
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Donald H. Segretti
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Agnew Subpoena Targets Time Magazine Source
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's lawyers issued a subpoena to Time magazine to reveal writers or contributors of articles alleging an indictment in Maryland. Time declined to disclose confidential sources, the magazine said.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Nixon at Florida White House weekend visit amid Watergate ties
President Nixon arrived at Key Biscayne for a weekend stay with White House lawyer J. Fred Buzhardt, involved in the Watergate tapes case and Agnew matters. Buzhardt joined aides Haig Ziegler and Buchanan to assist legal strategy and negotiations with the Justice Department.
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Patrick J. Buchanan
Nixon
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Hospital Information To Be Published
The Aiken Standard plans a boxscore comparing private and public hospitals in Aiken County. It will show costs, current actions to obtain a new county hospital, and related facts. A series begins with an in-depth look at Edgefield County hospital, covering building cost financing and equipment purchases.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
Edgefield County Hospital
Taxi Robbery Jury Frees 28 Year Old In Aiken Case
Aiken County General Sessions Court jurors exonerated 28 year old Benjamin Oliver after fifteen minutes finding him not guilty in a May 19 taxi cab robbery. Public Defender Cushman argued the case rests on circumstantial evidence and absence of identifying witnesses.
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Aiken County
Edward C. Cushman
Teenagers Keep Jobs As Unemployment Stays At 4.8
The Labor Department reports the national job picture steady for the fourth straight month with the unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. More teens remained employed, slowing the usual September labor force drop and boosting seasonally adjusted employment by about 700,000, the first rise since June.
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Labor Department
Department
Lawmakers See 124 District Plan for SC House Reapportionment
In Columbia AP, optimism widens that SC House seats will be 124 single member districts. Big county legislators win on a move to keep four large counties undivided, a vote seen as blocking subdivision to protect minority voting strength and dodge federal objections.
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Dcalhoun
Weekend Weather Warm in Aiken Area
The Aiken area expects warm, mostly sunny conditions today and tomorrow. Highs near 90 today and mid 80s tomorrow, with a 10 percent chance of rain today and tonight. Tonight partly cloudy with upper 60s. winds variable to southerly then northerly. Sunday through Tuesday may see partly cloudy skies and mild nights.
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Aiken
Aiken Jaycees Ready To Open Fifth Annual Fair
The Aiken County Jaycees prepare for the Fifth Annual Jaycee Fair opening Monday and running through next Saturday. The Deggeller Amusement Company will arrive to set up the new Super 73 Magic Midway with more rides and entertainment. Exhibits cover canning and baking, home crafts, youth activities, agriculture, photography, ceramics, and China painting with a large exhibition tent as home to expanding displays.
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Aiken County
Deggeller Amusement Company
Department For Agriculture
September Jobs Report Shows Modest Labor Force Rise
The labor force rose by an estimated 750000 in September led by teens, while jobs declined less than usual for September leaving the civilian labor force at about 89 million and employed workers near 84.8 million. The unemployment rate held around 4.3 percent with small upticks in average weekly hours and earnings.
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