Rockefeller Nomination Hearing Likely Delayed
Senate Rules Committee may delay a decision on Nelson Rockefeller’s vice presidential nomination until after the election. Aide says rushed meetings before the recess are unlikely. Former Justice Arthur J. Goldberg urged further hearings to be held, stressing their essential nature.
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Senate Rules Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Liddy Released After 21 Months In Federal Case
Washington AP reports Gordon Liddy, longtime Watergate defendant, freed on $5,000 bond after 21 months in jail. He was the last of the first seven defendants still imprisoned, with a minimum sentence of six years and eight months remaining.
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Washington (Ap
Gordon Liddy
Watergate
Violence at Hyde Park High School prompts closure in Boston
Racial fighting erupted at Hyde Park High School in a Boston white area, drawing tactical police and injuring at least seven. The school closed for the day around 10 30 a m as buses arrived to transport students home. A school official cited the situation as too delicate to continue classes.
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Boston
Hyde Park High School
Hollings Supports Rockefeller Confirmation in Greenville
U S Senator Len Hollings of South Carolina told reporters in Greenville he would vote to confirm Nelson Rockefeller as vice president. He also criticized a derogatory biography of an opponent and said Ford's stance against busing reflects regional discrimination as he runs for re election against Republican and Independent challengers.
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Greenville
Len Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Nelson
Ford
Arafat to Address UN as PLO Approved
Yasir Arafat poised to speak to the United Nations General Assembly as the PLO gains formal observer status. The Assembly backed a resolution recognizing the PLO as representative of the Palestinian people by a 195 to 4.4 vote, with the United States Israel Bolivia and the Dominican Republic in opposition and twenty nations abstaining.
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Bolivia
Dominican Republic
U.N
Fanfani Chosen To Form Italy's 37th Postwar Government
Amintore Fanfani, 66, leader of the Christian Democrats, was unanimously selected to form Italy's next postwar government. President Giovanni Leone asked him to assemble a center left coalition after Premier Rumor's fall, with Fanfani already having served as premier three times. He began talks with the Socialists and Social Democrats.
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Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democrats
Mariano Rumor
Giovanni Leone
Fanfani
Little Warrior
American Chemist Among Winners At Nobel Prize Ceremony
STOCKHOLM Sweden AP An American chemist and two British radio astronomers today were awarded 1974 Nobel prizes for chemistry and physics. Paul J Flory a 64 professor of chemistry at Stanford University took the prize in chemistry for his work in macromolecules the substance of most common plastics and of a number of important biological compounds. Sir Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish joint winners in physics were the first radio astronomers ever to win a Nobel prize.
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Sweden
Paul J. Flory
Stanford University
Martin Ryle
Antony Hewish
Ford Campaign Swing Aims at Four States
President Ford plans campaign appearances in four states after an overnight trip to Kansas City. He will spell out voluntary energy conservation plans before addressing the Future Farmers of America and then appear Wednesday for GOP candidates in Missouri South Dakota Nebraska and Indiana.
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Ford
Kansas City
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Indiana
Drawn by Chance Aiken Police Drama At Fair
Mrs Willie Parker drew a name for a $150 motorcycle parts prize at the fair with her husband officer Parker present and fellow officer Roger Martin nearby Both joked threats then Parker’s wife drew Martins name. Later thieves robbed Bar-B-Que House on Augusta Road taking radios shoes and pork ribs while cash remained.
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Willie Parker
Aiken
Parker
Roger Martin
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Aiken to Welcome Roller Bearing Plant at Airport Park
Aiken City officials announced Roller Bearing Corporation of South Carolina will occupy a shell building in the Aiken Airport Industrial Park on 10 acres. The Palmetto State plant joins FMC Colonial Equipment and Tilbury Fabrics in the park, as Hartsville hosts another plant.
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Suitt Construction Company
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Roller Bearing Company of America
West Trenton
New Jersey
Aiken
Palmetto
Hartsville
FMC
Colonial Equipment
Tilbury Fabrics
Stathy Vernes
State Development Board
Edward Trainer
Cover Up Trial Under Way As Lawyer Claims Nixon Withheld Facts
John Ehrlichman and four others face conspiracy charges in the Watergate cover up. Ehrlichman’s lawyer William S. Frates argues Nixon knew the full story and withheld it to protect himself, impairing Ehrlichman’s ability to disclose critical facts.
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John D. Erlichman
Richard M. Nixon
William S. Frates
Ehrlichman
Nixon
John Ehrlichman
Frates
Richard Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
Robert C. Marchan
Kenneth W. Parkinson
R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
John Dean II
Aiken City Council Approves Cablevision Rate Hike
The council voted to raise Aiken Cablevision’s flat monthly rate from 6 to 7 dollars. The attorney cited Channel 17 expansion and $20,000 equipment needs as justification. The hike may take effect in December at the company’s discretion. The council also approved a 20 year lease for the Aiken Garden Club at the Doll House with $1 fee and city water.
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Aiken Cablevision
Lonnie Garvin
Cablevision
Atlanta
Channel 17
Garden Club
North Augustans discuss ways to combat drug use
North Augusta parents met to plan local action against drugs. About 100 attended a three group discussion with police, schools, and the county drug commission to explore root causes, authority cooperation, and education efforts at Willow Springs recreation center renovations.
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Debby Wendel
North Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Sheridan
Aiken County Commission On
Willow Springs
Walter Newman
North Augusta High School
BA Lawn
Area 2
Balltown shooting convict pleads to manslaughter nine years
A 22 year old Aiken County man Jimmy Lee Harmon pleaded guilty to manslaughter in General Sessions Court for the Aug 3 shooting inside the Big Wheel club in Balltown that killed Tyrone Brown. He received a nine year prison term as part of yesterday’s docket, which also included 21 other pleas before Judge Frank Eppes.
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Jimmy Lee Harmon
Tyrone Brown
Big Wheel
Balltown
Brown
Harmon
Frank Eppes
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Greenville
Alan B. Stafford
Orangeburg
Aiken City
Carroll Heath
Stafford
Elizabeth
Tenn
James Sprouse
Donald Abney
Sprouse
Abney
Man. Paget
Weather Outlook Reports Rising Rain Chances
The forecast shows a 30 percent chance of rain today, 50 percent tonight, and 60 percent tomorrow. Expect highs in the lower 80s today with a cooler high around 7 degrees tomorrow.
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