Death Notice for Fred Stoy Yarbrough
Graveside services for Fred Stoy Yarbrough of 125 Butler Ave North Augusta will be held at 4 p.m. today at Westover Memorial Park. The Rev James W Scarborough the Rev Zach Hayes and Dr James W Segars will officiate. He was born in Vaucluse a merchandise broker and member of St John United Methodist Church. Survivors include his widow Lillian Hatcher Yarbrough two brothers George W Yarbrough III Augusta and John S Yarbrough Minneapolis Minn.
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North Augusta
Fred Stoy Yarbrough
Butler Ave
Westover Memorial Park
James W. Scarborough
Zach Hayes
James W. Segars
Vaucluse
St. John United Methodist Church
Lillian Hatcher Yarbrough
George W. Yarbrough III
Augusta
John S. Yarbrough
Minneapolis
Minn
Crawford Services Held In Greenwood
Berry Wilbur Crawford 56 a Greenwood resident died Tuesday. A Hickory Tavern native, he was a Mason Shriner Greenwood treasurer and former Crawford Service Station operator. Survived by widow Gladys Bosdell Crawford a son Chip Crawford Jr a daughter Joe Bridges two sisters and two brothers. funeral at Main Street Methodist Church with burial at Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
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Agnes Pressley
North Augusta
Frances Cooper
Leonard Crawford
Taylors
Floyd Crawford
Burlington
N.C
Main Street Methodist Church
Greenwood Memorial Gardens
Mrs. Lois C Garrett Dies in Sumter
Sumter widow Lois Cowan Garrett 43 died at home. Born in Aiken daughter of the late Walter Cowan and Mrs. Aurrie Green Cowan of Greenwood. Survived by husband Charles R Garrett mother four daughters three sons and three sisters. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. Shelley Brunson Funeral Home burial in Sumter Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Evelyn Todd
Olean Smith
Ruby Chappell
Pompano Beach
Fla
Shelley- Brunson
Sumter Cemetery
Baxley Funeral Set In Blackville
Baxley Bryan S. Baxley 74 died Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Folk Funeral Home Williston with burial in Blackville Cemetery. He was a Blackville native, WWI veteran, American Legion member, and former Barnwell County Board of Equalization chairman. Survived by widow Derrie Bates Baxley two daughters and four sisters.
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Blackville
Bryan S. Baxley
Folk Funeral Home
Williston
Ceme
Greenwood
Bertha Cleckley
North Augusta
Insurers Seek 7.3 Percent Auto Liability Rate Hike
William F. Trawick of the Insurance Rating Board proposes a 7.3 percent rise in auto liability rates in South Carolina to cover higher accident costs. The plan also calls for a 27.7 percent increase for optional comprehensive and collision coverage, presented at a public hearing in Columbia.
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Columbia
South Carolina
William F. Trawick
Insurance Rating Board
IRB
Republicans Kick Off Campaign With Watermelon Cutting
Republican candidates for the House of Representatives opened their campaign Tuesday evening with a watermel on cutting event attended by about 100 people. Participants included C. Marshall Cain incumbent Zack Fulmer Delmus Weeks former member and Julian Dunbar newcomer. Cain spoke on drug abuse noting his appointment to a state committee to study illicit drug traffic and promising hearings to assess laws and curb the problem aimed at protecting youth.
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House of Representatives
C. Marshall Cain
Zack Fulmer
Delmus Weeks
Julian Dunbar
Cain
The Boutique Opens in Mitchell Shopping Center
The Boutique opened this morning in Mitchell Shopping Center with about 25 people queued to enter. Owned by Mrs. Bobbie Jones and Grady Elliott, the 2250 square foot shop offers ladies sportswear cosmetics wigs and a fashion board with college and high school members serving on it. The store hours are 10 am to 7 pm weekdays and 6 pm Saturdays.
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Bobbie Jones
Jean Elliott
Grady Elliott
Joy Fields
Barbara Mann
Hunt Copley
Kosinski
Mitchell
Dottie Page
Martha Tumbler
Miss Aiken
Vikki Smith
Kay Warneke
Karen Burnette
Pam Helig
Sue Sawilowsky
Lisa Chesser
VFW petition seeks humane POW treatment nationwide
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary members circulate a petition across Aiken County and the nation aiming for one million signatures. The goal is to pressure Communists at the Paris Peace Conference in October to honor Geneva Peace Conference terms on humane treatment and release American prisoners. Locally Post 5877 between New Ellenton and Aiken on Highway 19 coordinates the effort.
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Aiken County
V.F.W
VFW
New Ellenton
Aiken
Bombers Sought After Army Research Center Attack
FBI hunts four young men charged in the Madison Wisconsin incident at the Army Mathematics Research Center after one death and three injuries. The group linked to SDS and university life had planned multiple attacks using hazardous materials.
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Washington
Army Mathematics Research Center
Madison
Wis
FBI
Students For A Democratic Society
University of Wisconsin
Karleton Armstrong
Baxtrum
Cen
Ter
New York City
Canada
Sterling Hall
Government
Fine
Drugged Spiders Show Distorted Webs Under LSD and Other Drugs
Raleigh AP reports Dr. Peter N. Witt of the North Carolina Department of Mental Health conducts experiments giving spiders LSD amphetamines tranquilizers and other drugs to observe how drug effects alter web spinning. He notes LSD yields regularly spaced webs while amphetamines cause irregular patterns and tranquilizers produce small webs.
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Raleigh
N.C
Peter N. Witt
North Carolina Department of Mental Health
Witt
Stock Listing Quotations From NASD Noon Prices
Inter-dealer prices are representative at approximately noon today and change through the day. Prices exclude retail markups or commissions. Figures are furnished by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith.
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Merrill-Lynch-Pierce-Fenner and
Smith
Pollution Prevention Goals For ASC District
Aiken Soil Conservation District plans environmental protection and pollution prevention for next year. In 1969 70 contour farming wildlife habitat management and farm ponds were popular with 20 new cooperators joining about 1 500. New practices included parallel terracing 33 758 linear feet wildlife habitat 1 006 acres farm ponds 40 pastures 383 acres open ditching 5 685 linear feet tree planting 45 acres and 30 new conservation plans. SCS office is in the Agricultural Building beside the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Watson Plans Supreme Court Brief in N Carolina School Case
Republican gubernatorial candidate Albert Watson says he will file a friend of the court brief in Charlotte Mecklenburg school desegregation case. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case October 12. The case concerns the legality of pupil busing and desegregation protocols.
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Columbia
Albert Watson
South Carolina
North Carolina
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
Supreme Court
Lightning Hits Duke Power Plant Nods to Power Shortfall
A lightning strike damaged the Lee Steam Station near Williamston South Carolina cutting production at a major Duke Power source with 466000 kilowatts capacity and forcing rerouting of grid power. No injuries were reported and repair time is undetermined as officials assess damage to a 100000 volt circuit breaker and surrounding equipment.
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Simpsonville
Duke Power Co
South Carolina
North Carolina
Lee
Williamston
Greenville
Duke
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David Sylvan Fine
Leo Frederick Burt
Armstrong Brothers
George P. Baxtrum Jr
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Badger Army
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Consumer Credit Co
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