Mutiny Triggers Alarm as Portuguese Army Barricades
In Oporto, 800 soldiers from the Serra do Pilar artillery regiment raised a red banner and forced the dismissal of regional commander Gen. Antonio Pires Veloso. The mutineers demanded end to purges of leftists and the reopening of a leftist driven training center. all northern units were confined to barracks in response.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Oporto
Serra Do Pilar
Antonio Pires Velos
Veloso
Argentine Guerrillas Clash Clouds Isabel Peron’s Future
Argentine security forces and leftist guerrillas fought across scattered areas Tuesday, leaving 28 dead and raising the political violence toll since Isabel Peron took office after the death of her husband 16 months ago. Peron delegated powers to Italo Luder on Sept. 13 amid strain and illness, starting a month-long Cordoba province vacation.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Italo Luder
Senate
Cordoba
Dutch firm offers flight to kidnappers in exchange for release
A Dutch company proposes flying the kidnapers of Tiede Herrema out of Ireland on a company jet if they release him unharmed for a ransom. Officials say the government is reluctant to approve such a move even if the captors accept.
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Limerick
Ireland
APA
Tiede Herrema
Ferenka Steel
Ford hints at Soviet oil deal in grain talks
President Ford told a Knoxville audience that a temporary halt on grain exports to Russia may end soon as negotiators in Moscow seek to swap American grain for Soviet oil. He said some Soviet oil could be part of the agreement in response to a Farm Bureau query.
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Ford
Knoxville
Tenn
Russia
White House
Moscow
James Putnam
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Security Plan Found On Lawn In Elkins
A six page security plan for President Ford's Elkins visit was found on the Randolph County Courthouse lawn three hours before his arrival. The document mapped his route including alighting points and escape routes. It listed two man WV state police sniper teams and police assignments for the parade, with security details for areas behind buildings along the route.
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Elkins
W.va
Ford
Randolph County
West Virginia
Emperor Hirohito Visits U S Heartland in Chicago
The 74 year old emperor and Empress Nagako toured farms and played with a piglet during a day in the nation’s heartland. Secret Service and about 1,000 police provided guard duty as they arrived in Chicago.
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Plainfield
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
America
Tion
Nagako
Chicago
Secret Service
Fromme seeks new counsel in Ford assassination case
Lynette Fromme asked a Sacramento judge Tuesday to replace U S public defender E Richard Walker with one of his assistants Robert Holley, saying she has no rapport with Walker. She noted she has been allowed to defend herself but warned she cannot proceed without changes.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Charlies Manson
E. Richard Walker
Robert Holley
Miss Fromme
Walker
Thomas MacBride
Candelaria Knocks Down 14 in Loss to Reds in NL Series
John Candelaria, 21, tied a play off strikeout record with 14 but Pittsburgh fell 5-3 in extra innings to Cincinnati. Reds sweep the best of five. Red Sox clinch AL pennant with 5-3 win over Oakland. World Series starts Saturday in Boston.
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John Candelaria
Candelaria
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Oakland A’s
Boston
Aiken official changes vote on sanitation compost policy
During a board of commissioners meeting Ralph F. Cullinan cast a lone dissenting vote as six members approved a switch from past 5-2 patterns. The discussion recalls separating leaves from trash to aid the Sanitation Department in maintaining a free compost pile at the city landfill.
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Aiken County
Sanitation Department
Youthful offender jailed for 15 years in South Carolina
James Arnold Dyches of Gloverville, 18, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill and grand larceny in a case heard by Circuit Judge Rodney A Peeples. He received nine years for the shooting of Ben McKie and six years for the grand larceny, totaling 15 years. Dyches had been pursued in high speed chases in August, including in Virginia and Aiken County, before capture.
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General Sessions
James Arnold Dyches
Gloverville
Rodney A Peeples
South Carolina Correctional Institute
Peeples
Dyches
Duches
Graniteville
Ben McKie
Gregg St
Jack Fields
Aiken County
Virginia
Aiken
Ford Proposes tax cuts tied to spending limits after talks with governors
President Ford pressed a plan for a $28 billion permanent tax cut for 1976 linked to a $395 billion spending ceiling as Appalachian governors urged more federal funds. He warned deficits could rise to $70 billion and faced skepticism from House Ways and Means Chair Ullman while Rep. Vanik cited low corporate tax payments.
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Washington
Ford
Appalachian
Knoxville
West Virginia
Govard Moore
Southern Governors Conference
Congress House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Dore
Ways and Means Subcommittee
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Fords
Vanik
Congress
White House
Altman
Ullman
Treasury
William E. Simon
House
Rain Chance Drops Tomorrow 85 Degree Day Ahead
The weather bureau predicts a decrease in rain likelihood from 50 percent today to 20 percent tomorrow. Warm conditions continue with a high near 85 degrees and a low around 65 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
County Commission Seeks Hospital Conversion Cost Estimates
Aiken County Commissioners opened a measure to obtain cost estimates for converting the Aiken Hospital into a nursing home or office space. Three members abstained as the plan aims to hire architects and engineers to prepare detailed conversion costs. The move follows the Hospital Task Force recommendation ahead of HCA’s new facility opening next year.
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Aiken County Hospital
Aiken
Harold V. Graybeal
Aiken County
Davis
Debby Wendel Named Editor of Aiken Today
Debby Wendel a Connecticut College graduate has been named editor of Aiken Today for the Aiken Standard succeeding Jeane Hall who will cover city county and state law enforcement agencies and courts. Wendel has been acting editor of the Today pages for three months and was previously political reporter for the Aiken Standard. She is married to William Hall Wendel and they have one child.
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Debby Wendel
Connecticut College
New Conn
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Wendel
Jeane Hall
Today Pages
Hearings Set Over Barnwell Nuclear Plant Licenses
Two more hearings are scheduled on Allied General Nuclear Services Barnwell facility licenses. An operating license hearing resumes Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Town House Motor Inn in Columbia, with a prehearing conference Thursday October 16 on the materials license for the Barnwell Fuel Receiving and Storage Station. Parties include Environmentalists Inc SC Action Inc Piedmont Organic Movement and ACLU which had a petition denied but may amend. NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board conducts hearings open to the public.
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Davis
Ralph F Cullinan
Graybeal
J. Sam Nesbit
Lucas Ray
Cullinan
Nesbitt
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Graybear
George A. Poda
Belvedere
Way Owings
Donnie J. Williams
Owings
White Transfer and Storage Company
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
Town House
Motor Inn
Gervais St
Columbia
Qet
Barnwell Fuel
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
South Carolina
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert Newman
Allied General
Transportation
Krypton
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Fense
By Jeane Hall
Renseae
Jaycees
Murry Sill
Commission
Aiken Today
Wm. Hall Wendel
Environmentalists, Inc
South Carolina Action, Inc
Piedmont Organic Movement
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