Blatt Opposes New Tax Hikes and Kindergarten Expansion
Barnwell legislator House Speaker Solomon Blatt pledges to oppose any new taxes beyond last year’s 63 million increase. He also denounces funding for a 3 million kindergarten expansion, says emergencies only justify tax raises, and urges taxpayers to demand clarity on government spending. He links deficit fears to current revenue trends and warns against federal aid that raises taxes. Blatt notes sturdier fiscal restraint and asserts money should be used to avoid waste.
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Columbia House
Solomon Blatt
Barnwell
Blatt
Barnwell Law
State Budget Control Board
S.C. Education Assn
House
Washington
South Carolina
Barnwell Democrat
Budget and Control Board
Senate Finance Committee
Edgar A. Brown
Ways and Means Committee
R. J. Aycock
State Chamber of Commont
South Carolina praised by U S ambassador in Paris visit
Sargent Shriv er, ambassador to France, lauded South Carolina as highly successful in attracting European industry. He spoke during a welcome for a Palmetto State industry hunting delegation. The group meets French executives and plans to return Thursday after talks on development, training, financing, and engineering to help French firms set up facilities efficiently.
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Paris
Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
South Carolina
America
Shriver
Palmetto
South
Unemployment Up Sparks Inflation Fight Debate
The nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 4.0 percent in September the biggest rise since 1960, with 3 million unemployed among 81.4 million in the labor force. The report signals renewed contention over President Nixon’s inflation policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Ora
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Priest Groppi Denied Immediate Release in Wisconsin
Federal Judge James Doyle denied Rev. James E. Groppi’s plea for immediate release from Dane County Jail. The judge ruled Groppi did not show exhausted state court remedies before seeking release after leading three days of welfare protests and an 11 hour Assembly takedown.
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Madison, Wis
James E. Groppi
Dane County
James Doyle
Groppi
State
State Assembly
Pope reaffirms papal authority at Vatican meeting
Pope Paul VI restated that the Pope is the supreme ruler of the Catholic Church, a claim he rooted in Jesus Christ. He spoke at the opening of a theological commission's first meeting to advise on faith doctrine and morals. Two members, Yves Rahner and a fellow Dominican, were once investigated for dissent. The discussions began after his address.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Jesus Christ
Sion
Yves Rahner
Vatican
White House denies Rivers pressured Nixon on Green Berets case
The White House said chairman L Mendel Rivers and other lawmakers discussed the Green Berets matter with Bryce Harlow but did not have direct meetings with President Nixon. The denial centers on allegations of pressuring Nixon to drop murder charges against eight Green Berets.
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Washington
White House
L. Mendel Rivers
D. S.C
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Green Berets
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rivers
Congress
Bryce Harlow
Mansfield says he is feeling fine after checkup
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield announced from Bethesda Maryland that all tests were negative after a six day series of checkups at the Naval Medical Center He returned to work last Thursday and stated he feels good about the results.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Bethesda, Md
Naval Medical Center
Israeli jets down three Egyptian MIGs over Suez Canal
Israeli forces repel a large Egyptian air raid across the Suez Canal as more than 20 Egyptian planes attack targets along the canal. Three Egyptian MIGs are downed two MIG21s in air battles and a MIG17 by a Hawk missile with pilots reportedly parachuting into Egyptian territory.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Canal
Smiling Young Robber Strikes San Francisco Shop
A smiling young woman with a derringer pistol robbed the Custom Shirt Shop on Market Street in a second incident in five days. She had taken $215 from the till and $60 from clerk Robert Lippman’s wallet, after previously netting $218, six neckties and a blouse. She demanded the diamond ring but left when it was not on his hand.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Robert Lippman
Eisenhower Dollar Blocked in House Protest
The House blocked legislation to mint a Dwight D. Eisenhower dollar amid cries of gag rule and scrap metal. Proponents want silver in the coin instead of the current alloy. Rep. H R Gross of Iowa argued the bill would desecrate Eisenhower's memory. the measure failed 48 to 54 and fell about 30 votes short of a two thirds majority.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. R. Gross
Eisenhower
Pyle National Moves Petelco Division to Aiken Facility
The Pyle National Company relocates its Petelco Division to a new Aiken plant finishing Oct. G. J. F. Shearer says the consolidation will unite marketing and engineering with manufacturing to boost quick reaction capability for the petroleum sector. Harmon Burbury becomes Petelco general manager, Alfred Olivetti heads marketing, and William Wedding leads engineering. Wedding joins from Whiteway with noted industry expertise and a UC Cincinnati degree earned in 1950.
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Pyle National Company
Petelco
Aiken
Pyle National
G. J. F. Shearer
Harmon Burbury
Alfred Olivetti
William Wedding
Wed
Hartzog Expects Aiken United Fund To Reach Goal
Hartzog told Ai ken Rotarians the Aiken County United Fund aims for 261169 this year and residents will contribute their fair share. He screened The Part You Play explaining how agency budgets guide fundraising and the value of services from Rehabilitation Workshop and Alston Wilkes Society to Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and the Salvation Army. The drive targets completion by October.
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Conrad Hartzog
Aiken County United Fund
Aiken
Aiken County
Hartzog
United Fund
Alston Wilkes Society
Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
6 County Economic Plan Set for Savannah River region
The Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission aims to spur six county economic growth using water resources. It asks the U S Army Corps of Engineers for a feasibility study on a South Carolina marina near Horse Creek and a joint reconnaissance study of regional water resources. Gunnells meets the Corps in Savannah Wednesday.
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Lower Savannah
Savannah River
Santee-Cooper River
Gunnells
Corps of Engineers
Savannah
Murder Trial Opens in Aiken County Case of Mrs Mizzell
The murder trial of 24 year old Holly Lorraine Peters Mizzell opens at the Aiken County General Sessions Court for the April 27 shotgun slaying of her husband Thomas Mizzell. The day sees a packed courtroom and a grand jury returning 31 indictments including one rape and nine murders. Det. J W Whitehurst testifies Mrs Mizzell says she and husband argued from about 9:30 a m to 1:30 p m the day of the shooting in their Palm Drive home.
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Aiken
Holly Lorraine Peters Mizzell
Aiken County
Beech Island
Jimmie R. LaRussa
Augusta
LaRussa
Sandra LaRussa
Randy Gravette
Kimberly Clark Corporation
Francis Nicholson
Mizzell
Henderson Johnson
Johnson
Nicholson
J. W. Whitehurst
Whitehurst
Ground War Action Light In Vietnam
A relative lull in ground fighting persisted across South Vietnam on Monday despite heavy enemy rocket and mortar attacks. The weekend saw 72 U S and South Vietnamese bases shelled, with 31 causing casualties or damage, including six deaths and about 30 wounded. The 101st Airborne Division moved to assist redeployment of the 3rd Marine Division as 1,700 Marines prepared to depart Da Nang under Nixon's withdrawal plan targeting 35,000 troops by December 15.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
A Shau
Haynsworth to place holdings in trusteeship
White House said Judge Clement F Haynsworth Jr will place his financial holdings in a trusteeship to avoid conflicts if confirmed to the Supreme Court. Ronald L Ziegler noted no one in the administration had urged the move and trusts run for life, not dissolving on leaving office.
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Washington
White House
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Ronald L. Ziegler
South Carolina
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