Water system flushed after Langley contamination scare
After two days of unsafe drinking water Langley residents can drink again as the Walchem Chemical Plant is shut off and the system flushed. DHEC and EPA labs test to identify the pollutant likely ethyl acrylate while National Guard trucks supplied water.
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Langley
Walchem
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Athens
Langley’s
National Guard
Mixon
Escapees Captured After Marion Prison Break
Two federal inmates Edward Roche of Katonah New York and Maurice Philion of Oakland California were recaptured several miles from Salem Illinois after escaping Marion Federal Penitentiary Friday night by triggering gate locks with a homemade electronic device. They feared polluted water as authorities closed in.
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Salem, Ill
Marion
Salem
Capees
Edward Roche
Katonah
N.Y
Maurice J. Philion
Oakland
Calif
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Ford Seeks More Mid East Aid From Congress
President Ford said he will ask Congress for additional Middle East military and economic aid as a follow up to the Sinai accord. He spoke after signing a resolution that authorizes 200 American civilians to Sinai early warning stations and noted aid requests are being prepared for delivery within two to three weeks.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Mideast
Sinai
White House
Atlanta Teachers Walkout Faces City Classrooms
Atlanta teachers and school workers began a strike over wages and bargaining. The Atlanta Association of Educators claimed about 2,200 of 4,800 teachers joined. Over 1,000 AFSCME custodians and cafeteria staff voted to strike, first in the system’s history.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Association of Educators
AAE
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Congress Probes Kennedy Links in FBI Hearings
A House judiciary subcommittee will question FBI officials next week on three topics including pre assassination warnings to field offices about a Kennedy plot in Dallas Jack Ruby's FBI ties and an Oswald letter alleged to threaten to blow up the Dallas police station and Hoover’s possible role in destroying it.
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Washington
House
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Judiciary
Civil and Constitutional Rights
Ern
Kennedy
Dallas
Oswald
J. Edgar Hoover
Wallace Considered Independent Run If Denied NomINATION
Gov. George C. Wallace said he may pursue an independent bid for the presidency if he fails to win the Democratic nomination. He added he is not currently pursuing that route and is not a candidate for vice president as he tours Europe.
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London
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Proposed Tree Ordinance Excludes Only R-1 Zones
City Council discussed a tree preservation measure from the Friends of the Woods. The draft would ban tree cutting citywide except in single family R 1 zones, with clarification needed on which zones are affected and a correction for an omitted line.
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City of
Aiken
Friends of the Woods
Donald H
Carol) Turno
Ford seeks 28 billion in spending cuts tied to tax cuts
The White House lists 28 billion in proposed reductions to slow federal spending growth and pair them with tax cuts. Treasury secretary Simon denies Social Security or lunch, child care, Medicare, or veterans cuts. OMB's ONeill says the draft hits all spending areas, including defense, with Cabinet review before Congress.
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White House
Ford
Congress
Treasury
William E. Simon
Paul H. O'Neill
Office of Management and Budget
Simon
Nbc-Tv
Today Show
The
OMB
Aiken council debates ecology ordinance and AKATS plan
Mrs Turno reports the ecology committee studied similar proposals from Summerville and Fort Lauderdale and council will study the measure. Perry and Olsen express guarded support and Wy man calls for a needs analysis before moving forward. Heritage Square cited as risk of overdevelopment. AKATS recommendations adopted in concept with listed priorities across roads and park projects.
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Aiken
Graniteville Man Found Not Guilty in Marijuana Case
A Graniteville man was acquitted by a General Sessions Court jury of distributing marijuana after about 90 minutes of deliberation. The defense denied involvement and another case saw two men plead guilty to theft from a truck, with restitution and parole conditions set by Judge Rodney A. Peeples.
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General Sessions Court
Graniteville
Charles Jerome Adams
Adams
Jacksonville
Fla
John Corley
Adam
Mamie Adams
Palace Market
Park Avenue
Ruben Lee
Johnny Richardson
Lee
Richardson
Rodney A. Peeples
Peeples
Century Farm Proposal Would Include Aiken Farms
South Carolina legislators consider a Century Farms Program to honor about 1,000 farms that have remained in the same family for 100 years or more. Sen. T Ed Garrison outlines a $2,000 appropriation for plaques and certificates to recognize these farms statewide.
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Century Farm
Aiken Farms
Columbia
South Carolina
T. Ed Garrison
Anderson
Century Farms
Century
Garrison
Pendleton
Aiken County
J.H. Evans
T.C Weeks
Montmorenci
Charles M. Venning
W.M. DuBose
Monetta
Barney Garvin
New Holland
J.C. Lamar
Beech Island
J George McElmurray
Pendleton Agricultural Museum
Pendleton District Historical and Recreational Commission
The
Agricultural Museum
Rotary president jokes about weather at golf tournament
A Rotary President hopes for sun as Rev. Jerry G Robinson quips about labor not management. Parachute team members from the fair observe the Super Loop ride. A Greyhound bus station exchange notes a Windsor trip, with a manager and a pedestrian banter about 35 minutes to Windsor.
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Rotary
Ashley J. Little
Jerry G. Robinson
Robinson
Greyhound
Windsor
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