Fifi Survivor Returns Home After Honduran Hurricane Ordeal
Pedro F. de Cossio describes his harrowing experience in Honduras during Hurricane Fifi. He survived 200 mile per hour winds for 30 minutes, endured four hours of rain and mud, saved an Indian woman and children, and faced snakes while searching for solid ground amid swollen rivers. He traveled from Tela toward safety with others, reflecting on the ordeal after arriving in Aiken.
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de Cossio
Pedro F. de Cossio
Honduras
Aiken
U.S
Tela
Central America
de Cassio
Italian Leader Seeks New Government Formation
President Giovanni Leone asked former Premier Amintore Fanfani, secretary general of the Christian Democrat party, to form a new government. The announcement did not mention the center left coalition that collapsed on October 3, when Premier Mariano Rumor resigned and remains in caretaker status.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democrat Party
Ment
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democrat
Rumor
Belfast sees 16 killings in a sectarian month
In Belfast Northern Ireland 16 people were killed in a month of tit-for-tat sectarian violence by Protestant and Catholic extremists. Police report about 20 others gravely wounded as victims were targeted on the way to work or at home with attackers often fleeing in hijacked cars.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Law Would Cut Marijuana Possession Penalty
Washington report on proposed federal crime code rewrite would cut the maximum penalty for simple marijuana possession from one year to 30 days. The draft legislation is part of a broad overhaul of federal criminal laws begun in 1966 by a commission appointed by President Johnson.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bishops Seek Early Review of Women Priests
In Oaxtepec Mexico two bishops filed resolutions urging the Episcopal Church to convene a special General Convention session to consider ordaining women as priests. Bishop Bailey noted the dispute centers on timing not the acceptance, with Lyman Ogilby of Pennsylvania and John Burt of Ohio named. The push aims for a 1975 or 1976 session before the 1976 Minneapolis meeting.
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Oaxtepec
Mexico
Episcopal Church
Bailey
Bish
Ops Lyman Ogilby
Pennsylvania
John Burt
Ohio
General Convention
Minneapolis
Consumers Expect Bad Times in Michigan Survey
Ann Arbor report says 57 percent of 1,438 respondents expect economic bad times in the next year and about 4 percent foresee bad times lasting five years or more, marking the most pessimistic mood since World War II.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Weather outlook shows rain possible by Tuesday
Drizzle persists nationwide with fog in Aiken County as rain chances rise from near zero to 30 percent for tomorrow. Temperatures reach into the 80s today with overnight lows around 60 degrees.
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Aiken County
Buchmiller Wins Aiken Standard Football Contest
T J Buchmiller of 1132 Williams Dr won the Aiken Standard contest by correctly guessing all game results. He missed the tie breaker by one point with 49. C W Roache of 22 Citadel Dr also guessed all games correctly but had a tie breaker score of 36. The field largely missed by one game.
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T.J. Buchmiller
Williams
Aiken
C.W. Roache
Citadel
Dry woods risk prompts warning from Aiken fire official
Aiken Assistant Fire Chief Charles Cupp warns residents about dangerous fire conditions this fall as crews battle a four hour blaze at the city landfill fueled by a large pile of trees logs and branches. The Banksia Library crowds show strong local usage though staff appear stretched.
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Aiken
Charles Cupp
Firemen Contain 3 Acre Pile Blaze at Aiken Landfill
Firemen fought a three acre pile of tree stumps and limbs at the Aiken sanitary landfill off Beaufort Street last night. Three pumpers and two bulldozers answered the call at 7 45 p m to keep the fire from reaching a nearby soybean field. By dawn the fire was reduced to smoldering ashes.
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Aiken
Beaufort Street
State challenges opponents cannot seek court review of DHEC decision
DHEC argues four Aiken County residents lack standing to challenge a certificate of need approval for an HCA 190 bed hospital. The demurrer cites Section 32-788 limiting judicial review to the applicant dissatisfied with the board’s ruling, contending the petition by R A Brooks H Lawson Shepherd Robert O Lipe and Mildred J Karraker is improper.
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S.C
H. Lawson Shepherd
Robert O Lipe
Mildred J Karraker
HCA
Dhec Board
McLeod
DHEC
Aiken County
Judicial Review
STATE
Garden Club and City Plan Aiken Leaf Composting Project
The Garden Club of Aiken, led by Eleanor Haasis, proposes a city wide composting program using leaves gathered by the Park Department. City Manager Roland Windham supports cooperation to return nutrient rich soil to residents for beautification and plant growth. The plan also involves Charles M. Kelley of the State Health and Environmental Control.
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Aiken
Park Department
Garden Club of
Eleanor Haasis
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Kissinger Plans New Middle East Trip After Summit
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger announced a November return to the Middle East after a crucial Arab summit. He met with Egyptian President Sadat and later spoke with Israeli, Jordanian, and Saudi leaders to advance separate Israeli-Arab talks and lay groundwork for new negotiations by year’s end.
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Cairo
Egypt
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Geneva
Jordan
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Riyadh
Ismail Fahmy
Sadat
Newsweek
Ahmed Ismail
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