Probation for PCP dealer as judge singles out reform
Gen eral Sessions Court handed a probationary sentence to 17 year old David Wray Steelman after pleading guilty to distribution of PCP. Judge Peeples suspended a three year term and placed Steelman on four years probation with conditions including living with his father working and finishing high school. Wilson Conners, 17, also received probation for housebreaking and grand larceny after charges were pared down. Ernest Doolittle drew ten years with five years probation.
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Rodney A. Peeples
General Sessions Court
David Wray Steelman
Edward C. Cushman
Aiken County
Steelman
Paul LaGrow
Peeples
Conners
Ernest Burdeck Doolittle
Kidnapped Dutch Businessman Believed Alive Near Limerick
In Limerick Ireland officials at the Ferenka steel plant report the kidnap gang made a coded call indicating 53 year old Tiede Herrema is alive. The company says the message from the abductors was received Wednesday night and judged authentic.
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Limerick
Ireland
Tiede Herrema
Ferenka Steel
Herrema
Ferenka
India Supreme Court weighs Gandhi corruption conviction
A five judge panel of Indias top court opened hearings on the legality of Indira Gandhis corruption conviction for electioneering. Opponents argued the ruling could alter Indian democracy as seven weeks of courtroom drama concluded without a timeline for a decision.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Isabel Peron to Preside Rally as Return to Power
Interior Minister Angel Robredo says President Isabel Peron will retake power in Argentina on October 17. He cites her health and reports she will lead a Plaza de Mayo rally to mark Juan Peron’s 1945 rise to power after relinquishing duties to Italo Luder earlier.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Angel F. Robredo
Isabel Peron
Robledo
Connecticut men charged in midair hijack case
Two young men from Connecticut hijacked a plane over North Carolina and flew about 600 miles before one was nabbed watching TV in an airport. Ronald E. Ralph, 27, of Manchester, admitted drug use and said he was high when the act occurred. He faced air piracy charges with a $30,000 bond set and possible death penalty.
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Tampa
Fla
Connecticut
North Carolina
FBI
Ronald E. Ralph
Manchester
Conn
U.S
Paul Game
Ralph
Ford plan to loosen air travel rules sparks airline opposition
President Ford proposed curbing Civil Aeronautics Board authority to let airlines set fares and add or cut services. Administration officials argue competition would lower fares, but major airlines warn of higher prices and possible chaos in the transportation system.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
Boy Helps In Court As City News Line Teases Interest
In General Sessions Court Judge Rodney A. Peeples had an assistant judge to keep order. Eddie Willing Jr., 12, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Willing of Aiken, pulled a chair up to the bench and asked questions, even shaking his head at times, showing fascination with the city news line. Call 648 0712 for weekly items of current interest in the city.
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Rodney A. Peeples
Eddie Willing Jr
Edward
Aiken
Accord Near on Grain Deal Between U S and Soviet
Washington sources report a possible agreement on American grain sales with a separate accord for Russian oil. Richard Bell, an negotiator, arrived to continue talks with no guaranteed long term deal. White House says no snag. Robinson left Moscow for Paris. others say an in principle deal on grain and oil could be near.
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Washington
Richard E. Bell
Agriculture Department
White House
Ron Nessen
U.S
Charles Robinson
Moscow
Paris
Robinson
Ford
Soviet Union
United Way Campaign Reaches Over Half its Goal
In the first week of the 1975 drive the United Way reports 206194 dollars, 54 percent of the 380000 goal, at the Commercial Hotel. Executive Director Sarah Jordan expressed optimism while division chairmen outlined progress across Advanced Gifts Industrial Savannah River Plant Town and Country and other divisions.
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United Way
Sarah Jordan
William H Hale
Industrial II
Savannah River Plant
Charles Mettlen
Thomas F. Green
Joseph D. Spencer
Thomas W. Smith
Harvey M. Key
Industrial
Parachute Team to Perform at County Fair
The Army's John F Kennedy Center Demonstration Team from Ft. Bragg will perform at the Ai ken Jaycee County Fair with shows at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The six man team, from U S Army Special Forces, requires high jump counts and proper licenses. They will jump from a UH-1H helicopter from Ft. Jackson at altitudes up to 10 000 feet performing maneuvers like the Baton Pass Cutaway and Missing Man Formation.
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Army
John F Kennedy Center
Aiken Jaycee County Fair
120Th Army Reserves Command
Ft. Jackson
Gas Tax Deductions May Go
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee considered a plan to simplify tax returns and repealed a nonbusiness itemized deduction for state gasoline taxes. The move could raise taxes by 575 million while aiming to cut consumer tax complexity.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
National Energy Policy
Weekend Forecast Brings Sunshine Then Showers
The report predicts no rain through tomorrow with Saturday unsettled as scattered showers and thundershowers approach. Sunday and Monday look fair with a high around 75 to 90 degrees and a tonight low near 58. Southwest winds near 10 mph today and Friday ease tonight.
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