Will Rogers quip and local events mix in Aiken humor
NBC's Frank McGee cites Will Rogers on journalistic funnies as Mike Facciolo notes 10 seats left for a bus to Senior Citizens Day at the state fair on Wednesday. The Recreation Department and Sertoma Club sponsor reservations. Heating problems chill Aiken homes, while Archie Jordan, USC A musician, performs in Room 107 at USC A tonight at 8.
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Mike Facciolo
Aiken
Recreation Department
Sertoma Club
Israel says tanks destroyed in Sinai battle near Suez Canal
Israel claimed 90 to 100 Egyptian tanks were destroyed in a fierce Sinai fight that stretched into the night along the Suez Canal. Egypt reported heavy losses for Israel in tanks and armored cars as the war continued.
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Associated Press
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Syria
Damascus
Middle East
Arab gunmen seize Bank of America in Beirut
Arab gunmen calling themselves the Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement stormed Bank of America in Beirut capturing 20 to 25 hostages. They demanded the Lebanese government release all Palestinian guerrillas and a $10 million ransom to aid the guerrilla movement and the war effort against Israel. They also sought an airliner to Algeria or South Yemen.
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Beirut
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement
Bank of America
Lebanon
Israel
Algeria
South Yemen
Fuel Allocation Bill Passes in House Amid Oil Shortage
The House approved a sweeping mandatory fuel allocation bill after news Arab states would cut oil output. Supporters and opponents agreed it would not add oil but ensure the nation shares the shortage as the measure moves to conference with the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Silvio O. Conte
D-Mass
Leontief Wins Nobel Prize in Economic Science
Harvard economist Wassily Leontief won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Economic Science for developing the input-output method and its application to major economic problems. The literature prize went to Australian Patrick White for novels on pioneer life.
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Stockholm
Harvard
Wassily Leontief
Patrick White
Royal Academy of Science
Leontief
Rebozo Grant Called Coincidence
AP reports a bank insurance approval for the Key Biscayne Savings and Loan Association seen as a coincidence tied to a Nixon appointee. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board granted federal insurance on July 19 after prior denials in 1972 and March this year, despite earlier charter rejection in 1969.
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Washington
Federal Insurance
Charles G
Bebe Rebozo
Nixon
Rebozo
Key Biscayne
North Augusta resident saves woman in apartment fire
A 23 year old North Augusta man, Charlies Jones, rescued an elderly woman from a multi unit fire at his apartment before flames trapped him. Fire officials hailed the rescue as lifesaving with Jones later listed in good condition at University Hospital.
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Judy Rich
North Augusta
H.E. Barber
Barber
Charlies Jones
Jones
University Hospital
Public Safety
Walter Newman
Carolina Avenue
Newman
Myrtle Wilson
South Carolina House to Vote on Reapportionment Plan
The South Carolina House wrestles over reapportionment as it debates single-member districts versus a 28-district plan. Lawmakers argue for hours, with Amendment actions seen as potential gerrymandering to protect incumbents while the final decision looms.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Kneece
Barnwell County
House
Aiken County Hospital to add two to three alcoholic mental health rooms
The Aiken County Hospital Board approves using two to three rooms for alcoholic and mental health patients and adopts an open admission policy under Hill Burton funding. Dr Pennington says rooms can replace jail in some cases and be staffed after training with potential federal aid next year. The board also budgets up to $15,000 for Hewitt and Royer’s planning study.
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Aiken County Hospital
W.F. Prior
Committee On
Don Pennington
Columbia
Pennington
George A. Poda
Hewitt and Royer
Aiken County
Hospital Contractor Talks With County on New Hospital
The Hospital Corporation of America began discussions with the Aiken County Board of Commissioners on a contract to start immediate construction of a county hospital and to assume operation of the present facility during construction. The deal includes an option to purchase the new hospital for public ownership within 12 months of construction start and a management plan estimated at 140 000 to 150 000 dollars annually plus administrator and controller salaries.
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Skip Seiser
Hospital Corporation of America
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Sunny Skies Ahead With Frost Risk Tonight
Aiken area weather calls for sunny days with highs in the low 70s today and tomorrow and a tonight frost risk as temperatures dip into the upper 30s. Overnight and tomorrow bring light to variable winds and near zero rain chances, with mild days in the upper 70s to low 80s and overnights in the lower 50s.
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Aiken Area
Thurmond Expected to announce third child
The State reports that Senator Strom Thurmond and his wife expect their third child. Staff told Wednesday that the 70 year old senator and Mrs Thurmond have a 3 year old daughter and a son about two.
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Columbia
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Usher Proposes Elderly Transit and Youth Programs
Democratic candidate Robert B. Usher advocates a city funded or private transit service for senior citizens to reach business districts. He argues Aiken must retain young adults with more recreational programs and shows or dances at a new city facility. Usher also criticizes street conditions, citing Rie Brees and South ary as deplorable.
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Robert B. Usher
Ers
Aiken
Kalmia Plaza
Mitchell Shopping Center
Usher
Aiken County Considers Public Hospital Deal
HCA would not enter unless selected to build a new county hospital. Nashville firm offers to build a 200 bed facility at no cost to citizens, opening October 1975. It would be public, serving all, with funding from county appropriations and federal sources, but county finds a public hospital financially unfeasible at present.
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HCA
Nashville
Aiken County
Augusta
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