County Council Candidates Attack Inefficiency in North Augusta
Seven candidates for county council spoke at a North Augusta meeting criticizing waste and mismanagement. Don Maxwell claimed 652000 was spent without bids, while Robert Shellhouse warned of airport work on private land costing up to 200000. The panel highlighted budget overruns and tax increases, urging coordinated planning and better fiscal controls.
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North Augusta
Aiken
Don Maxwell
Maxwell
Robert Shellhouse
Aiken County
Rusche
S. and
Cormany
Shellhouse
Carl Shealy
North Augus
Dorn Honored At Luncheon In Aiken County
U S Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Democratic candidate for the 3rd District, is honored at a 12 30 luncheon at Heart of Aiken Restaurant after a campaign swing through Aiken County. Dorn spoke in Wagener New Ellenton North Augusta Belvedere and Jackson.
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Aiken County
U.S
William Jennings Bryan
Dorn
Heart of Aiken
Wagener
North Augusta
Belvedere
Jackson
Nobel Prize in Physics Split Between Alfven and Neel
The 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Hannes Alfven, a Swede teaching at UC San Diego, and Louis Neel of Grenoble University. Alfven won for magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics applications, while Neel was honored for antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism advances with solid state physics impact.
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Stockholm
University of California
San Diego
Hannes Alfven
Louis Neel
Grenoble University
Alfven
Neel
Man Brings Grenade to Santa Barbara Police Station
A 21 year old Douglas Yoakam walked into the Santa Barbara police station with a grenade in his hand. Officers rushed him and he explained he had bought the grenade and feared it might still be live. Police disposed of the grenade and advised calling first next time.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Douglas Yoakam
Deserted Suitcase Bomb Explodes at Wisconsin Bus Depot
A bomb in a suitcase exploded at a downtown Wausau bus depot injuring Terry Treader, 19, who was hospitalized in fair condition. Police said black gunpowder triggered by an electrical device caused the blast with no warning or clear motive. Glass fragments littered the waiting area and parking lot.
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Wausau
Wis
Terry Treader
Everett Gleason
Hand Shaking Postpones Trial in Bel Air
Dr. Ross Pierpont, a Maryland 2nd District congressional candidate, shook many hands in Harford County Court house while awaiting testimony. The judge halted the case after noting he shook jurors hands. Pierpont apologized but said he would continue shaking when a voter extends a hand.
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Bel Air, Md
Ross Pierpont
Maryland
Harford County
Pierpont
Jumbo Jet Catches Fire After Landing in London
A Pan American 747 jet caught fire two minutes after landing at London while 80 passengers slid down escape chutes. Several suffered minor cuts and bruises. two fainted but revived. Firemen extinguished flames with foam spray after the inner port engine burst into flames.
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London
Los Angeles
Garvin Nominated for County Road Commissioner Post
G C Garvin of Wagener awaits the governor's signature as Aiken County District Three Road Commissioner designate. He is the Democratic nominee for the general election and was recommended by the county delegation to replace the late C T Whetstone. Garvin has 26 years as a heavy equipment operator and defeated Norton Heyward in the June primary runoff.
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G. C. Garvin
Wagener
Aiken
Garvin
Michael Laughlin
C. T. Whetstone
Columbia
Laughlin
Norton Heyward
Whetstone
Newman cites progress of Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant
Allied Gulf Nuclear Services project director Robert I. Newman updated Aiken residents on the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant. He noted the $80 million cost with $40 million set for worker and community protection, and described five to six foot thick process-building walls. Construction is planned to begin early next year, with the site spanning 1700 acres on Route 64 and a 1974 completion target. The commission studies processing, equipment checks, and operator training, with over 1600 pounds and 80 copies of safety analysis reports submitted for approval.
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Robert I. Newman
Allied Gulf Nuclear Services
Aiken Rotarians
Barnwell
Newman
Student Rotary Talk Highlights Hope for Aiken High
Ted Tewkesbury student body president and Student Rotarian spoke to the Aiken Rotary Club recapping four Monday sessions and praising Rotary programs. He described integration challenges at Aiken High, serving as a liaison between administration and students and noting broad Rotary member occupations and ties to the school.
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Ted Tewkesbury
Aiken High School
Aiken Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Rotary
Aiken
Aiken High
City approves multiple housing, parks and zoning changes
City Council rezoned 27.72 acres to R-3 for 100 low and moderate income units to be built by the Aiken Housing Authority. It also authorized a 56 unit Hampton House complex by Rudy Thigpen, selected a landscape architect for Hopelands Garden plans, granted a church zoning and parking provisions, suspended meter enforcement to boost downtown shopping, and read an ordinance to rezone Price Avenue and Whiskey Road property to neighborhood business while planning Virginia Acres lot sale for park funds.
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City of
Hampton House
Rudy Thigpen
Rutland Drive
Two Notch Road
Robert Marvin
Walterboro
Hopelands Garden
Hope Goddard Iselin
Congregational Holiness Church
Park Avenue East
Sell Aiken Committee
Price Avenue
Whiskey Road
Virginia Acres
Virginia Acres Recreation Park
Aiken County Commission Districts Challenged
Aiken County faces a lawsuit to reapportion road commissioner districts. John Bodenheimer, attorney and head of the Governmental Study Committee, said the group recommended two commissioners and the county supervisor join the county council. He cited Reynolds v Sims as a factor and outlined transition aims.
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Aiken
John Bodenheimer
Governmental Study Committee
Bodenheimer
Aiken County
Mackie Scott
Eugene Holley
Fred Scott
United States Supreme Court
Reynolds V Sims
Legisla
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Greenville
Citizens Committee
Brown
Rep. Dorn
New Ellenton
Greenwood
Congress
Nobel
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Rutland
Toys For the
Tom Hodges
Dallas
Hodges
Rathcon, Inc
G.C. Garvin
County Road Commission
Lonnie Boy’ Holley
District Three
Tion
AEC
Ted Tewksbury
Commission
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