Thurmond Endorses Helms in North Carolina Senate Bid
Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina praised Jesse Helms as a defender of America and urged North Carolina voters to back the Raleigh TV executive in the U S Senate race. Thurmond taped ads after a Raleigh press conference and urged defense spending restraint through non defense cuts.
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Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
U.S. Senate
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Senate
Thurmond
Helms
America
Bank Robber Appeals Conviction in Fourth Circuit
Fulton Jerome Rivers, convicted in 1971 of participating in a Greensboro bank robbery, appealed to the Fourth Circuit alleging venire bias due to insufficient Black jurors. His lawyers also challenged admission of kidnapping-related evidence.
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Greenville
North Carolina
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Fulton Jerome Rivers
Greensboro
Rivers
Mummified Carnival Worker Moved From Public Display
In Laurinburg North Carolina a mummified carnival worker known as Spaghetti, Frezzo Consceppo, moved from the McDougald Funeral Home display after Italian American efforts to bury him. Rep. Biaggi urged burial following newspaper accounts.
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Laurinburg
N. C
Hewitt McDougald
McDougald Funeral Home
Hario Biaggi
New York City
Consceppo
McDougald
Newberry College Opens 116th Year Classes Thursday
Newberry College begins its 116th year of classes on Thursday September 7, marking the return of students and the start of the academic term.
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Newberry
Newberry College
Iceland Preps For Cod War and 50 Mile Fishing Zone
Iceland asserts a 50 mile fishery limit amid a British 80-boat presence. premier vows steadfast defense while possible talks loom. Britain calls for restraint as skippers extend the fishing effort along Iceland’s northwest and southeast coasts.
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Aberdeen
Iceland
Olafur Johannesson
Coast Guard
Worden Forced Out of Astro Corps
Space center reports Alfred Worden has been removed from the astronaut corps and reassigned to another NASA center after a stamp cover incident during Apollo 15. The move accompanies transfers and ongoing investigations affecting David Scott and James Irwin as the agency phases down the astronaut office.
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Astronaut Office
Worden
Ames Research Center
NASA
Mountain View
Calif
Scott
James B. Irwin
Moon
Europe
Astronaut Corps
Irwin
Southern Baptist Convention
Justice Department
Haida Indians Compared to Vikings in Early West Coast Trade
National Geographic notes the Haida used 50 foot canoes for trading and raiding along North America's west coast. Settlers introduced European diseases that decimated the tribe, and today about 1,500 Haida live on the Queen Charlotte Islands off British Columbia.
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North America
West Coast
National Geographic
Queen Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
Aiken Standard details and mailing information
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes afternoon editions excluding weekends. It lists mailing addresses, box numbers, rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, and AP wire dispatch usage with republication rights and error corrections policy.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
Associated Press
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