VFW urges silent counteraction to Vietnam Moratorium
Veterans of Foreign Wars in South Carolina urged citizens to fly the U S flag on Oct 15 as a silent stand against Vietnam War protests. Department Commander Laurie L Lane called the demonstrations a bid to concede in Paris peace talks and endanger troops.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of South Carolina
United States
Nixon
VFW
Ment
Laurie L. Lane
Kingstree
Vietnam
Lane
Paris
Ex Pueblo Crewman to Speak at Aiken Junior High
Former Pueblo crewman Lee R Hayes who spent 11 months in North Korean prisons in 1968 will speak at Aiken Junior High School on October 23 at 8 p.m. The talk titled Remember The Pueblo! is part of a TRAIN Committee tour and urges vigilance in U S foreign policy while condemning appeasement. Tickets are $1 in advance or $1.50 at the door.
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Pueblo
Lee. R. Hayes
Aiken Junior High School
The
Aiken Train Committee
Hayes
U. S
U. S. Pueblo
Train
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Church Members Involved In Service Council Kitchen Makeover
Aiken's First Presbyterian Church members led a kitchen renovation at the Aiken County Service Council Center. Donations and labor from church groups and local organizations funded cabinets, a water heater, stove, and paint. Nutrition classes for food stamp users will follow, with efforts to involve women and secure a furnace before winter.
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Aiken
First Presbyterian Church
Everett Seldon
Randy Searle
Church
Phelps Foundation
J. J. Urban
Bob Hanggyapa
Joseph Harley
Council
Searle
Harley
Women’s Society of Christian Service
St. John’s Methodist Church
Everett Shelton
Windham Corps of Engineers To Discuss Aiken Flood Plan
Representatives of the U S Army Corps of Engineers Savannah will meet with Aiken City officials to discuss the flood control plan for the region. The session aims to review options and coordinate local measures with federal guidance.
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Windham
Corps of Engineers
Aiken
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers of
Savannah
Aiken City
Rotary Hears Eye Bank Appeal In Aiken
Aiken Rotarians heard Van Griffin appeal for donations to the South Carolina Eye Bank to assist the 30,000 state residents needing transplants. He noted only 9,971 donors have occurred, with Aiken County lacking corneal equipment now at Aiken County Hospital. Griffin traced eye transplant history from 1789 to 1905.
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van Griffin
Aiken
South Carolina Eye Bank
Griffin
Aiken Lions Club
Eye Bank
South Carolina
South Carolina Lions Clubs
Aiken County
Aiken County Hospital
American Chemical Society Meeting Set In Augusta
The Savannah River Section of the American Chemical Society meets at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Augusta College Student Center Lecture Hall. Dr. Jacob Kleinberg of the University of Kansas discusses unfamiliar oxidation states of metals and how environmental factors stabilize them and relate to atomic electronic configuration. Implications cover structure, reaction mechanisms, catalysis and separations.
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Savannah River
American Chemical Society
Augusta College Student Center
Jacob Kleinberg
University of Kansas
Density and growth factors in wood strength
The strength of wood hinges on its density and weight. Selection for density depends on growth rate and a minimum amount of summerwood.
Lower Savannah Directors Set Meeting in Allendale
The Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission directors meet at 7:30 p.m. in Allendale to finalize review procedures for federal assistance project applications. The Law Enforcement Assistance task force also meets, at 6 p.m., to discuss local 1970 funding applications and coordinated planning. Aiken County directors are James McNair and Hammond Burkhalter. Rev. Alonzo Holman’s seat will be filled by a delegate choice.
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Roland Windham
W. C. Sanderson
Lower Savannah
Law Enforcement Assistance Program
Allendale
Aiken County
James McNair
Hammond Burkhalter
Alonzo Holman
Revival Guest Minister to Lead Florence Event
The Rev. Oscar L. Holland of Ebenezer Baptist Church Florence will conduct revival services at North Aiken Baptist Church on the Columbia Highway. The meetings run Oct 12 to 19 at 730 pm with music directed by Herbert J. Gladden Jr. Holland is a Clinton North Carolina native and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate and serves as a trustee for Bethea Baptist Home of South Carolina and Flynn Christian Home of Florence.
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Oscar L. Holland
Ebenezer Baptist Church of
Florence
North Aiken
Columbia Highway
Holland
Clinton
N. C
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Bethea Baptist Home of
South Carolina
Flynn Christian Home of
Herbert J. Gladden Jr
Paige Attending Seminar on Development in Atlanta
Paige R. Paige a community planner for the Lower Savannah Commission attends a two week seminar on economic development and community planning in Atlanta. Cosponsored by Georgia Tech and the Economic Development Administration the course emphasizes basic community planning in coordination with industrialization. The Georgia Tech division of industrial management teaches the course with lectures on need surveys site data collection and planning facilities for an expanding community.
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Michael R. Paige
Lower Savannah
Forest land in New York rises 13 percent since 1950
An interim U.S. Forest Service report shows commercial forest land in New York State increasing by 13 percent since 1950. The study highlights growth across regions and implications for timber, wildlife, and conservation planning.
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U.S. Forest Service
New York State
Town & Country Division chairs named for 1969 United Fund
Mrs Mitchell Morgan and Carey Shackelford were named chairmen of the Town & Country Division for the 1969 United Fund Campaign in Aiken County. The appointment was announced by county campaign chairman Conrad Hart zog.
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Mitchell Morgan
Carey Shackelford
United Fund
Aiken County
Conrad Hartzog
Mitchell
North Carolina
Langley United Methodist Church
American Red Cross Board
T.B. Association
Shackelford
Garrett
Southern Bell
First Baptist Church
Aiken
Public Health Jobs for Aiken Youth Highlighted
Dr J T Hair of the Aiken County Health Department notes growing public health careers for local young people. He cites sanitation engineering in schools and factories and disease prevention through hazard elimination, plus training in microbiology speech therapy computer records and pharmacology as National Community Health Week runs October 19 to 25.
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Aiken County
J. T. Hair
Precinct 4 Democrats Set Meeting
The Democratic Party of Precinct 4 will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Friendship Baptist Church Activity Building. All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting.
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Democratic Party
Precinct 4
Friendship Baptist Church
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