Investigators at Aiken County Sheriff’s Department receive badges
Word of it claims new badges for detectives at the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department with a Wimble ton white color theme. A separate item notes the Junior Women’s Club recycling day set for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Mitchell Shopping Center. The Lady turns 87 this Sunday. A historical note recalls the 1886 Statue of Liberty dedication on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor.
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Aiken County
Mitchell Shopping Center
Bedloe’s Island
New York Harbor
Food Price Relief Promised by Nixon Admin
The Nixon administration pledged substantial relief from rising food costs and more meat on the table next year while warning of a slight rise in unemployment and persistently high interest rates. Herbert Stein told reporters that food prices should rise more slowly and by a year from now become less of a concern, noting September declines in wholesale and ongoing wholesale price drops.
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Washington
Nixon
Herbert F. Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Newsmen
Oil Controls Fast Action Sought by Nixon Aides
The Nixon administration and a Senate Interior Committee panel pushed to speed congressional approval of mandatory petroleum controls. Senators Jackson and Fannin, leaders of the panel, stated bipartisan support exists though details remain to be settled. The plan would authorize conservation measures and mandatory production increases.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Paul Fannin
Rariz
Senate Interior Committee
Jackson
Fannin
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
John A. Love
UAW Ford talks aim to avert Ford strike
AP reports UAW and Ford Motor Co. again in talks to prevent a strike by 185000 Ford workers set for Friday. Negotiators seek to match terms of a Chrysler three year accord with a 30 and out pension plan and three percent annual wage hikes. Ford production workers earn about five dollars an hour.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Tract Motor Co
Ford
Aden
Chrysler Corp
Turnpike Accidents Kill Nine in Fog and Smoke
In Kearny area on the New Jersey Turnpike a series of crashes occurred early Wednesday as dense smog and smoke reduced visibility to near zero. Three major pileups and numerous smaller collisions left nine dead and more than 40 injured, prompting a state police investigation ordered to detail the incidents.
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Kearny, NJ
New Jersey
New Jersey Turnpike
Kearny
Skylab III Repairs Aim to Save Nov. 10 Launch
Ground crews at Cape Canaveral planned to pressurize two fuel tanks in the Skylab 3 booster to repair buckling after four Saturn tanks were filled. The effort on the dome shaped tank tops seeks to restore form and avoid launch delays.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
New Heart Test Could Save Lives
Stanford researchers report a simple blood enzyme test detects minor heart attacks missed by EKGs and could save lives. Dr. Paul Wolf of Stanford Medical Center labs says the test measures creatine phosphokinase levels and may also reveal muscular dystrophy and malignant hyperthermia.
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Stanford, Calif
Paul Wolf
Stanford
Presidential War Powers Showdown Heads to House Vote
The House moves toward a showdown vote over presidential war powers. President Nixon vetoed a resolution that would subject presidential powers to possible congressional limits.
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Washington
House
Nixon
AEC and Du Pont Seek Five-Year Savannah River Extension
The Atomic Energy Commission authorizes negotiations with E I du Pont de Nemours for a five year extension of the Savannah River Plant and Laboratory contract. The current term ends June 30, 1974 and the extension would run through September 30, 1979. The original 1950 contract assigned design construction and operation duties to Du Pont with renewals since 1957.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Savannah River
E.1. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Commission
du Pont Company
Riod
AEC
du Pont
Savannnah River
Nixon Cancels Confab Over Middle East Crisis
President Nixon postponed a televised and radio news conference planned for 9 p.m. EDT as he focuses on Middle East developments. Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren said no new time was set for Friday.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Gerald L. Warren
Kaolin Mining Compromise Sought Near Hitchcock Woods
Officials of the J M Huber Corp consider a compromise offer from Aiken Preparatory School over mineral rights on a 700 acre tract split by the by pass road. Huber would exchange 350 acres for surrender of mineral rights on the opposite side, with final decision by M Huber. Kaolin mining supports local industry in Aiken County.
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J.M. Huber Corp
Hitchcock Woods
Gordon C. Bentley
South Carolina
Huber Organization
Aiken Preparatory School
APS
Huber
Aiken By-Pass
Bentley
M . Huber
Menlo Park
Aiken County
Kissinger Alerts Precautions as U S Goes to Global Alert
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger announced a worldwide military alert and voiced U S opposition to Soviet intervention in the Middle East. He warned Moscow that the United States will avoid confrontation but cannot go beyond certain limits, stressing nuclear dangers and shared responsibility with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Middle East
Kissinger
Soviet Union
North Augusta man to be arraigned in wife murder
A 23 year old North Augusta man Terrell Beckwith is to be arraigned today on a murder charge in his wife Marie Beckwith. He allegedly shot her multiple times with a 22 automatic pistol on Yardley Drive. Marie died at University Hospital after the 2:04 PM call and shots.
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North Augusta
Public Safety
Walter E. Newman
Terrell Beckwith
George DeLaughter
Beckwith
Marie Beckwith
Newman
Referendum Clarified on Tax Supported Hospital for Aiken County
Aiken County Commission agreed Tuesday night to hold a November 1974 referendum on a tax supported hospital. The issue centers on whether voters will approve general obligation bonds to finance a public hospital or accept a private route. County officials say the referendum tests tax support for a county hospital and the bond authorization needed if approved.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Aiken
Jo Ann Price
Aiken County
Wade Brodie
North Augusta canvassing for 3000 stadium referendum signatures
North Augusta moves to gather about 3000 freeholder signatures to trigger a city referendum on a proposed municipal stadium. Stadium committee chair Eric Presley says canvassing runs two weeks and Tables at football games drew strong support with 255 signatures in one night.
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Judy Rich
North Augusta
Eric Presley
Presley
Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee
National Secretaries Assoc
Small Crafts Advisory In Effect For Aiken Area
Aiken area weather will be sunny today with partly cloudy conditions tomorrow and temperatures near 80 both days. Overnight low near 50. Rain chance near zero through tomorrow. Northeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph today, then variable 5 to 10 mph tomorrow. A small crafts advisory remains in effect for area lakes.
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Aiken
Purse Snatcher Seizes $500 From Belvedere Woman
A man described as tall with a long scar and two gold teeth snatched Mary Lou Bright's purse on Johnson Road at 1 25 pm after she withdrew $500 from a bank. The Aiken County Sheriff's Department investigates the theft and separate reports note a $200 chain saw and skill saw theft and an $80 tape player stolen from aMontmorenci car.
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Mary Lou Bright
Johnson Road
Belvedere
Sheriff's Deputies
Jim Whitehurst
Aiken County
John Greene
P.O. Box
Graniteville
Charmayne Widener
Montmorenci
Kissinger Warns on Soviet Move and U.S. Role in Middle East
Kissinger told a national news conference that ambiguity about Soviet intentions led President Nixon to order precautionary U.S. measures. He rejected any joint Soviet U.S. force and warned against introducing foreign troops, while signaling openness to a U.N. led international force without U.S. or Soviet troops. He pledged efforts for a political solution and denied a U.S.-Soviet confrontation.
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Kissinger
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
U.S
Middle East
Pentagon
U.N
Security Council
China
France
Britain
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Harold A. Fletcher
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