Hurricane Francelia Threatens Caribbean Shipping
Miami dispatch reports Hurricane Francelia lashed the northwest Caribbean with winds near 75 mph at the center and extended gales, soaking Jamaica as it moves west-northwest at about 20 mph. The storm is described as poorly organized but potentially explosive by Dr. Robert Simpson of the National Hurricane Center.
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Miami
Francelia
Caribbean
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Francella
Jamaica
Miss Newberry Brantlee Price Heads to Miss America Pageant
Miss South Carolina Brantlee Price departed Newberry for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City with a retinue that included an hairdresser a chaperone her business manager and a bull shaped stuffed animal. The Newberry College coed says she is most optimistic about the evening gown and swimsuit events after winning Miss South Carolina with her measured 34 22 35 and a 5 7 frame.
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Newberry
S. C
South Carolina
Brantlee Price
Atlantic City
N.J
Newberry College Coed
Brantlee
South Carolina launches first public kindergarten pilot
About 3 700 children will enroll as SC opens its first public kindergarten pilot funded at 500 000 dollars for five year olds. Educators urge a 3 5 million program to include four year olds and expand next year a proposal to the legislature. The debate centers on curbing dropout rates and reviving mill town schools.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Arab Commandos Hit Haifa Movie District and Gulf Wharf
AP report details weekend attacks by Palestinian and Egyptian commandos. A bomb exploded near a Haifa movie house injuring a woman as windows shattered in Mount Carmel. police suspect an early detonation. In the Gulf of Suez, a large Israeli wharf was destroyed with heavy losses claimed by Sinai organization commandos.
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Associated Press
Haifa
Gulf of Suez
Palestine Armed Struggle Command
al Fatah
Mount Carmel
Cairo
Sinai Organization
Byrnes Condition Deteriorates as Hospitalization Persists
The 90 year old former Secretary of State James F Byrnes suffers worsened condition after heart attack with doctors noting less responsiveness and elevated temperature. Mrs Byrnes stays by his side at Baptist Hospital as Nixon had visited earlier.
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Columbia
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Light Rainfall Dampens South Carolina Coast
South Carolina endured mild wet weather with scattered showers across most of the state. The coast and mid-state areas saw showers pushing temperatures into the upper 70s, while some regions reached the 80s before rain cooled them. Cloudy skies and ongoing coastal rain were expected to continue with scattered showers inland.
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South Carolina
Britain re examines Irish border issue and federation talk
Belfast riots spark discussion on a new UK Ireland relationship. Callaghan seeks to calm Protestant fears while voices in Labour and Dublin push re examining the border set by partition. Editorials propose talks among London Belfast and Dublin on a federation or new ties with cautious guarantees for Northern Ireland Catholics.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
James Callaghan
United Kingdom
Callaghan
Labor Party
Irish Republic
Ireland
Arthur Buttomiey
British Commonwealth
Jack Lynch
Lynch
Dublin
Mr. Callaghan
Republic
Lonedon
Ireeland
Holiday Road Toll Mounting Across Regions
Deaths on the nation s highways rose to 329 by Sunday 8 p m on the second day of the Labor Day weekend. Heavy showers hit roads from the upper Midwest to the southern Rockies with rain slicked highways also reported in parts of the Southeast. The three day weekend began Friday at 6 p m and ends Monday midnight.
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Upper Midwest
Rockies
U S Guns Shell DMZ Hit Stores
U S land and naval guns shelled the northern half of the DMZ for the first time in 987 days after an American scout plane was fired on. The Boston heavy cruiser and Army artillery silenced enemy fire, causing secondary explosions and fires while destroying bunkers and huts with no American casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Boston
Ben Hat River
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U. S
McNair Presses Democratic Leaders Over Vietnam War Pace
Colorado Springs AP The National Governors chair Gov. McNair of South Carolina voices concern that Nixon aims to end the Vietnam War but shows little progress on peace. He notes dwindling roles for governors in the party and calls for stronger state party organs and greater governor involvement. He doubts many presidential hopefuls attend the governors conference.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert Ef, McNair
South Carolina
Nin
McNair
Nixon
Roop
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Senate
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Syrian frees four Israeli women from hijacked airliner
Syria announced it will release four Israeli women held since the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines jet. The women, lodged at Damascus University, are to be flown to Rome on a Rome-bound plane. Israeli men and other passengers remain detained as officials decide on next steps after an official Syria inquiry.
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Damascus
Rome
Damascus University
Athens
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Trans World Airlines
al Italia
Boeing
Dean Carter
Aiken Standard Ad Departments Observe Labor Day Schedule
The Advertising and Business Departments will observe a holiday schedule on Labor Day and remain closed all day. Deadlines for advertising in Wednesday's paper stay as usual with no interruption to publication.
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Aiken Standard
Court Dismisses School Suit Brought By Parents' Groups
Aiken County parents failing to show constitutional or federal violations saw their case against the Eustis Park and Pinecrest school pairing dismissed by Judge Charles E. Simons Jr. The district court noted state law gives the school board full responsibility for the pairing plan. The ruling, filed in Columbia, follows limited local notification and a planned meeting by the Eustis Park Parents Association.
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Aiken
Eustis Park
Pinecrest
Charles E. Simons
Simons
District Court
Columbia
Lewis Taylor
Graniteville
Raymond Boylston
Eustis Park Parents Association
Municipal Auditorium
Bustie Park
John Henry Williams
Parents Group
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Aiken County
R. L. Folger
Administrative Area Advisory Council
Arthur Croll
Junta Takes Brazil Helm
A three man military cabinet assumes power in Brazil due to President Costa e Silva’s severe stroke. Costa e Silva, 66, in ill health, and informed sources report the president’s condition prompted the transfer of temporary rule to the ministers.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Costa E Silva
Stolen Dynamite May Shake Hall County
A thief took 500 pounds of dynamite from the Austin Power Co. construction site in Gainesville Hall County. Sheriff Wilburn Reed warned the explosives are highly unstable and could detonate with any jar.
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Gainsville, Ga
Hall County
Wilburn Reed
Austin Power Co
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