Knotts and Laughlin clash in district eight Senate debate
In a 50 Plus Club debate Knotts accused incumbent Laughlin of inaccessibility and frequent absence from the state senate. Laughlin, newly Republican, warned voters to scrutinize promises. Each candidate spoke 15 minutes with a five minute rebuttal and Q A session. Knotts highlighted a toll free line and promises including zero based budgets and electronic voting. He charged Laughlin with missing 417 roll calls over eight years and not voting on certain bills.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken
Senate
William E
Bill) Knotts
Michael L. Laughlin
Sen. Laughlin
Republican Party
Marlin C. Steely
Knotts
Club
South Carolina
Williston
Laughlin
State Senate
GOP
Purge Expands at Peking University Amid Arrests
London Daily Telegraph reports Chinese troops rounded up radicals at Peking University as part of a purge that began with Mao Tse tung’s widow Chiang Ching. Correspondent Nigel Wade cites sources saying troops surrounded a building housing leftist writers. Over 30 radical leaders reportedly arrested in Hua Kuo feng crackdown.
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London
Peking University
Mao Tse-tung
London Daily Telegraph
Peking
Daily Telegraph
Nigel Wade
Mao
Chiang Ching
Chinese
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Teamsters Pension Trustees Plan Wide Resignations
Most of the 15 trustees of the Central States Pension Fund, from the Teamster Union and trucking sectors, plan to resign following a federal probe into alleged fund misuse and ties to organized crime. The group met Monday at Rancho LaCosta near Los Angeles and agreed that at least 11 trustees will resign by month’s end.
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Washington
Teamster Union
Central States
Pension Fund
Rancho LaCosta
Los Angeles
Syrians Open A Second Front Near Beirut
Syrian troops and tanks pushed a second front east of Beirut against Palestinian forces on the road to Damascus. The Palestinian communique said attacks hit the mountain resorts of Bhamdoun and Aley and three villages, with heavy rocket and artillery fire.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Bhamdoun
Aley
Watergate Aides Free on Bond After Convictions Upheld
H R Haldeman John Ehrlichman and John N Mitchell remain free on bond as their Watergate cover up convictions are upheld by the federal appeals court. Their prison terms likely start several months from now after an unusually long appeals process begun January 1 1975 with the guilty verdicts for attempting to block the original investigations.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Coffee Prices Rise Again As Brands Increase Wholesale
General Foods Corp announces a 5.5 to 6.4 percent wholesale rise on five popular brands marking the second such increase in four months. Nestle Co had already lifted instant coffee wholesale prices by 7 to 14 percent, driven by sharp gains in green coffee prices.
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New York
General Foods Corp
Nestle Co
West Point Quitter From St Paul Admits Reason
Leslie Davies of St Paul Minnesota quit West Point after two weeks saying the experience turns boys into men and she did not want to be turned into a man. She now works in a bank.
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West Point
Leslie Davies
St. Paul, Minn
Budgets Discussed By School Board For Leave Policies
The Board of Education reviewed a $15 000 professional leave budget and a $23 000 personal leave budget at its meeting Both policies were given first reading The professional leave policy would allow teachers to attend seminars and conventions while the personal leave plan would include substitutes when needed Super intendent Ted Willis noted the bonding referendum resolution was also on the agenda See LEAVE Page 16A
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Board of Education
Emilie Towler
Ted. B. Willis
Aiken Forecast Calls For Cool Nights And Warm Days
The Aiken area expects a chilly night with mid 40s, followed by a high near 80 tomorrow. Rain chances stay near zero through tomorrow with sunny days and cool nights continuing into the weekend.
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Chile
Aiken
No Evidence Officials Say Of Shot Harm
Officials say there is no evidence that the deaths of three elderly Pennsylvanians indicate harm from flu shots. Despite clinic closures nationwide, Lower Savannah Health District will keep operating per medical director Dr. Joe C. Chambers. DHEC and the CDC in Atlanta are involved.
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Lower
Savannah Health District
Joe C. Chambers
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
No Evidence Swine Flu Shots Killed Three Pennsylvanians
Federal officials say there is no evidence that swine flu vaccinations killed three elderly Pennsylvanians, though the deaths prompted authorities in eight states and the Pittsburgh area to suspend inoculations. If reports tie more deaths to vaccines, the program started two weeks ago may halt, CDC official Dr. J Donald Millar warned. States suspending include Texas Wisconsin Louisiana Vermont Maine New Mexico Alaska and Illinois except Chicago.
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Pennsylvania
CDC
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Biologics
Rockville
Millar
Bureau of State Services
David Sencer
New York
Michigan
Utah
Allegheny County
Parke Davis & Co
Detroit
McGee and Gray Face Off for District Six Seat
Dem Homer McGee 55 cemetery owner and broker argues county hospital use and central office needs shape 1976 policy. Republican Sandra Gray 39 DuPont employee and church member supports Home Rule Act and single member districts to boost credibility and local representation.
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Homer L. McGee
McGee
USCA
Ronald LaCouture
Aiken County
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Chang Ching Mao
Teamsters’ Trustees
Watergate
Vivian Davis
Elmer
LaVerne Bridson
The
Associated Press
Democrat
Sandra Faye Gray
Mrs. Gray
Emily Hindman
Homer McGee
Credibility
Sandra Gray
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