Intriguing Aiken Road Names Described By Staubes and Salley
The article recounts why Whiskey Road became Cherokee Road and tells how Powderhouse and Pine Log Roads got their names. Staubes recalls a tin-roofed powder storage on brick piers near the Aiken Training Track. Salley explains Whiskey Road’s origin as a Charleston to Augusta route used for rum and whiskey and notes cottage names like Red Top and Rye Patch.
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Aiken
John H. Staubes
Staubes
Satubes
Eulalie Salley
Whiskey Road
Rogers
Ner Bird
Sy Street
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Boston
Byrnes Improves Yet Remains Critical After Heart Attack
Former U S secretary of state James Byrnes, age 90, lies in critical condition at Baptist Hospital in Columbia after a heart attack last Friday. Doctors report poor heart action, limited responsiveness, and elevated temperature while he remains in intensive care.
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Columbia
U.S
James Byrnes
Izard Josey
Byrnes
Baptist Hospital
Josey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Harry S. Truman
South Carolina
Four Arab Leaders Meet in Cairo on Israel Strategy
Egypt's Nasser Jordan's Hussein Syria's al Atassi and Iraq's Jahdi met in Cairo to coordinate military plans and policies against Israel. The talks focus on the eastern front in Jordan and related contingencies sparked by the Jerusalem Al Aqsa Mosque fire.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Israel
Nasser
Hussein
Nureddin al-Atassi
Saleh Jahdi
Amash
al Aksah
Jerusalem
New Saigon Cabinet Formed Amid Reform Push
Saigon creates a 31 member cabinet led by Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem. The legislature warns the group must prove its ability to govern within three to six months or be replaced. Khiem, a four star general chosen by President Nguyen Van Thien, seeks a broader base with educators military and professionals.
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Saigon
Tran Thien Khiem
Khiem
Nguyen van Thien
Tran van Huong
Libyan coup seizes power and proclaims socialist republic
The Libyan military ousted Parliament and constitutional bodies in a bloodless coup while King Idris I was abroad. A curfew was imposed in Tripoli and Benghazi, ports were closed, and communications with the world were severed amid warnings of severe action against violence.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Libya
Tripoli
Benghazi
Idris I
Turkey
Israelis Return Home After Damascus Hijacking episode
Three Israeli women and a teenage girl arrived in Tel Aviv after 64 hours in Damascus following two Arab hijackers seizing their airliner. Two Israeli men remained in Syrian custody as pressure mounts from Israel and the United States for their unconditional release.
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Damascus
Syrian
Syria
U. S
Advertising and Contacts for Atken Standard
The Atken Standard lists telephone numbers for advertising business circulation classified news photo and women's news sections including 648-144 648-1815 648-2311 648-2312 and 648-1818 for reader inquiries and submissions.
Francelia Hurricane Threat Worsens For Belize Mexico Coast
Hurricane Francelia, packing winds near 85 mph, aimed at Belize and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Dr. Robert Simpson warned residents to brace for 100 mph gusts and 6 to 7 foot tides. The coast has a history of deadly storms, with Janet in 1955 Hattie in 1961 and a 1931 disaster. Simpson urged preparation and northern landfall near Chetumal expected by midday Tuesday.
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Fia
Francelia
British Honduras
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Chetumal
Simpson
Francella
Belize
Janet
Hattie
Chetumal Bay
Swan Island
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Coral Island
Road Carnage Rises Toward All-Time High
The Labor Day traffic death toll surpassed 500 as pleasant weather drew thousands onto highways. By 8 p.m. EDT the toll stood at 511, with Sunday crashes widening the total and officials fearing a record on the homeward rush Monday night. The 1933 peak was 688 deaths over the three-day period.
Dissident Psychologists disrupt APA session in protest
At the American Psychological Association annual convention dissident psychologists and students seized the microphone forcing a room change. Dr. Jack Sawyer of Psychologists for Social Action led the protest with a baby on his back, citing lack of student representation and diversity in the APA leadership and vowing an antiwar march on the White House.
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Washington
American Psychological Association
Jack Sawyer
Northwestern University
Psychologists For Social Action
Sawyer's Organization
The
APA
Kenneth E. Clark
University of Rochester
Sawyer
Clark
White House
Bertram Garscof
Federal City College
Washington, D.C
Nixon, union leaders mark Labor Day with speeches
President Nixon spoke in Colorado Springs at the National Governors Conference and planned a Cheyenne Mountain control center visit. In West Virginia W A Tony Boyle urged union reorganization and a $50 daily wage by 1971 while rival Joseph Yablonsky spoke in Montgomery. Local 54 printers struck McCall's Printing in Columbus, affecting magazines like Newsweek and Ladies Home Journal.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
North Atlantic Air Defense Command
Cheyenne Mountain
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
Logan
W. Va
Montgomery
Boyle
Joseph Yablonsky
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union
Afl-Cio
Columbus
Ohio
McCall’s Printing Corp
Newsweek
Readers Digest
Ladies Home Journal
Nixon pledges new strategy for peace at governors conference
President Nixon, speaking on Labor Day in Colorado Springs, urges a 70s strategy for peace and national renewal. He outlines a drive to make government work and to unite citizens toward a stronger defense and a forward-looking national spirit as the U S approaches its 200th anniversary.
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Nixon
White House
North American Air Defense Command
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Cheyenne Mountain
Air Force One
Nimon
America
Vietnamize a war tested as U S pulls troops back
The Nixon policy shifts combat burden to South Vietnamese units as U S forces reduce to an 18 month low. The 9th Infantry base at Dong Tam transfers to 5th Division in the first such turnover. Dong Tien pairs Vietnamese units with U S formations to fight alongside with air and artillery support shared.
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U.S
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Dong Tien
Tle
Julian J. Bewell
Do Cao Tri
1St Air Cavalry Division
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Song Be
An Loc
Loc Ninh
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