Leavelle-McCampbell High to host open house on Monday
Leavelle-McCampbell High School schedules an open house Monday October 29 from 3 to 5 pm inviting all parents and friends. A 13 year old Schofield student Beverly Willing wins first place in the Augusta Exchange Club Science Fair physical science category. Beverly is daughter of Lloyd and Mrs Willing of Route 4 Box 291 Aiken. A note on sewing classes invites area youth to join Saturday 9 30 to noon at the N A Recreation Center across from City Hall. October crisis month reference recalls Khrushchev missile withdrawal from Cuba in 1962.
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Leavelle - McCampbell High School
Schofield
Augusta Exchange Club
Beverly Willing
Lloyd Willing
Rt. 4
Box 291
Aiken
N.A. Recreation Center
City Hall
Butz Under Probe In FTC Influence Inquiry
Washington Star-News reports Secretary Earl L. Butz is under investigation amid alleged efforts to influence a Federal Trade Commission probe for political purposes. The department says he is unavailable, speaking in San Francisco. The probe centers on Heublein Inc. 1969 acquisition of United Vintners in California.
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Washington (Ap
Washington Star-News
Earl L. Butz
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
Butz
Department
San Francisco
The
Star-News
Barry Kalb
Heublein, Inc
California
United Vintners, Inc
Public Debt Ceiling Raised Without Tax Reforms
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a debt ceiling increase seen as a Nixon victory. The limit would rise from 465 billion to 478 billion with no tax reform or Social Security increase attached.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
U S Posts Record September Trade Surplus
The United States shows a September trade surplus of 873 million, the largest in over eight years, with exports totaling 6.4484 billion and imports 5.5751 billion, up 7.4 percent on exports and down 7.4 percent on imports. The nine month total also shifts to a 153 million surplus, erasing last year’s deficit of over 4.8 billion.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Fighting in central highlands as Vietnam war surges
South Vietnam reports fresh combat in the central highlands with 11 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 30 government troops wounded in actions around the Plei Blang base, captured earlier in the week. Thirty South Vietnamese dead and 65 missing at Plei Blang, 12 miles west of Pleiku, amid broader clashes near Kontum with 12 North Vietnamese killed. government losses not reported in that engagement.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Plei Blang
Pleiku
Highlands
Kontum
Corruption In Laos Probed By U S Officials
Howard F. Mushett, former embassy security chief, testified before a House subcommittee that military equipment in Laos was used to build a swimming pool and refurbish the ambassador’s residence. Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley dismissed the charges as gross exaggerations and said he saw no personal gain by associates.
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Washington
Laos
Howard F
Mushett
House
G. McMurtrie Godley
Fulbright Questions U S Military Alert Justification
Sen. J. Fulbright doubts the Thursday U S military alert was justified saying a Soviet note to President Nixon seemed urgent but not threatening. He suggested the move could back the Pentagon budget and complicate Congress’s veto on troop use without approval after a Kissinger briefing at the White House.
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Washington
Sen. J. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Fulbright
Soviet Union
Nixon
Cairo
The
Kansas
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Pentagon
GM Reports Record Earnings for Third Quarter
General Motors reported record third quarter profits of 267 million dollars or 92 cents a share on sales of 7.6 billion. The figure more than doubled year earlier and stood out against Ford and Chrysler results with Ford at 95 million and Chrysler a 17 million loss.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chrysler
Group Seeks To Prevent Mining Near Hitchcock Woods
A meeting last night discussed blocking kaolin mining on a 700 acre APS property beside Hitchcock Woods. APS owns the land but Huber Corp retains mineral rights. Nearby residents plan legal and technical consultations to oppose mining and protect the area's environment.
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Hitchcock Woods
Aiken Preparatory School
Hitchcock Foundation
APS
J.M. Huber Corp
Huber
Edward Conger
Aiken By-Pass
Huber Corp
USSR Delegation Sent To War Zone Amid Middle East Tensions
Brezhnev announced the Soviet Union sent representatives to the war zone at Sadat's request but gave no details. Israel said it repelled an Egyptian Army attempt to break through encircled forces as U.N. officials prepared a peacekeeping force. The United States rejected the Egyptian call for foreign troops and supported a U.N. arms embargo.
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Associated Press
Israel
U.N
Middle East
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
United States
Security Council
Trustees and county reach accord on new Aiken hospital
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners and the Hospital Board of Trustees in a joint session at Banker's Trust resolved all points from a letter dated Oct 23 and agreed that hospital construction will start as soon as possible with the Hospital Corporation of America.
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Skip Seiser
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Aiken County
Hospital Corporation of America
Commissioners
Aiken County Hospital Board of Trustees
Banker's Trust
Hospitals in Aiken County Referendum and Bond Plan
Aiken County voters face a November 1974 referendum to choose private or public operation of a new hospital and to authorize a general obligation bond issue to fund the facility. County Commissioners and hospital trustees discussed HCA options including buyback after five years and financing with up to 5 million in industrial revenue bonds. They stressed data sharing on site selection and noted HCA’s agreement to purchase hospital equipment and act as collection agent for receivables.
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Emily L. Bull
Aiken County
Aiken County Hospital
Harold V. Graybeal
Wade M. Brodie
Ralph F. Cullinan
First Presbyterian Church
HCA
Dry Weekend With Mild Temperatures For Area
The forecast calls for a dry weekend in the area with mostly sunny skies and mild conditions. Highs around 80 today and Saturday, lows near mid 40s tonight, and little to no chance of rain though winds will be light. A forest fire danger remains possible statewide due to dry conditions.
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Arkenites
Understanding Daylight Saving Time The Congress Gift
A playful look at the Uniform Time Act of 1966 explains daylight saving time rules. It notes the six month period from last Sunday in April to last Sunday in October and exemptions for Arizona Hawaii and Michigan.
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Congress
Mark Spitz
Arizona
Hawaii
Michigan
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