Art Expert Made Head of Council
SAN CLEMENTE CALIF AP President Nixon names Disney Hanks a New York arts expert to chair the National Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts with seven million dollars in federal support. He says the administration aims to advance cultural development despite costs and crisis in the arts. Hanks says the arts have the President's interest and notes growing private support and civic participation.
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San Clemente
Cali
Nixon
Disney Hanks
New York City
Coun
Miss Hanks
White House
Vance
Gov John Love Named New Chair of National Governors
The National Governors Conference elected Gov. John Love of Colorado as its new chairman at the opening session in Colorado Springs. An executive committee includes Gov. Albert P. Keeler, Kenneth Curtis, Warren Korres, Robert McNair, Arch Moore, Calvin Rampton, Winthrop Rockefeller, and Don Samuelson. Richard Ogilvie invited the 1972 conference to Illinois with 1971 planned for Puerto Rico and 1970 to Lake of the Ozarks Missouri.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
National Governors Conference
John Love
Colorado
Ahert P. Kewer
Alabama
Kenneth Crtis
Maine
Jerren Korres
Missouri
Robert A. Mc:Nair
South Carolina
Arch A. Moore, Jr
West Virginia
Clvin Rampton
Utah
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Don Samuelson
Idea
Jev
Richard Ogilvie
Mlineis
Coverners
Lake of the Ozarks
Puerto Rico
John A. Love
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Pee Dee Area Negroes Plan Shutdown Protest in Florence
about 150 Negroes plan a downtown Florence march to the Willow Creek Elementary closure protest sparked by a HEW desegregation plan. Parents demand reopening and may teach on the lawn rather than send children to white schools. Incidents Tuesday and Wednesday show ongoing civil rights pressure with support from urban advocates.
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Pee Dee Area
Florence
S. C
Willow Creek
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supt
H. L. Sneed
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Willow Creek Lawn
Marcus Matthews
Nity
Cumberland United Methodist Church
HEW
Matthews
Washington
New York
Atlanta
Mars Bluff
Greenwood
Tans Bay
Sneed
Ridgeville Grammar School Closure Precedes Court Hearing
A federal judge in Columbia will hear Thursday arguments over Ridgeville Dispute forcing the grammar school to stay closed. Indian ancestry parents seek admission for 37 children amid capacity limits at Four Holes School and ongoing integration orders.
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Ridgeville
S. C
Columbia
Ridgeville Grammar School
US District Court
Robert Hemphill
Hemphill
Four Holes
Kermit Kizer
Harleyville-Ridgevile
R. W. DeTreville
Marleyville- Ridgeville
Hgh
ASCS Meeting to Address Vote Procedure Monday
An election informational session is set for Monday at 10 a.m. in the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service office. ASCS county office manager James W. Padgett says voting procedures will be discussed and questions about community committee elections will be answered.
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Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
James W. Padgett
ASCS
Adult Program Begins Tuesday At Aiken High
The Aiken Adult School program starts Tuesday at 7 pm in Aiken High School on Rutland Drive. Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 pm offering elementary courses and high school diploma completion with shorthand typing and bookkeeping. A $2.50 registration fee applies per course each semester. Books may be purchased at the school. A minimum of 10 students is required for a special course to run.
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Aiken
Aiken High School
Rutland Drive
Businessmen Trim Spending But Plan Higher Investments
A Commerce Department and SEC survey shows U S firms expect 70 85 billion in new plant and equipment this year, over 10 percent above 1968. Cuts rise from 14 percent in February to 12 percent in May as money tightness and possible repeal of the investment tax credit weigh on plans.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange
SEC
House
Senate Finance Committee
Governors Confront Nixon Cuts At 61st Conference
Colorado Springs colorad o report notes governors discuss Nixon budget plan to trim federal construction and highway aid. Some support delaying sharp cuts while others push for more federal funds. A two day session ends with calls for crime program funding and revenue sharing as leaders warn of urban displacement and housing loan limits.
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Colorado
Colo
Washington
United Nations
Minnesota
Atomic Energy Commission
Aiken Area Students Named to USC Bands
Three Aiken area students Otis Lee Baughman III of Wagoner Mike Williams of Graniteville and Steve Morris of Aiken earned USC band memberships for the coming year Morris received a band scholarship The USC bands will have a new director Ralph Wahl former Wisconsin State University took over the post in June The program offers marching symphonic wild ensemble chamber winds pep and jazz groups.
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Columbia
Aiken
University of South Carolina
Otis Lee Baughman
Wagoner
Mike Williams
Graniteville
Steve Morris
Morris
Ralph Wahl
Wisconsin State University
USC
Food Stamp Participation Drops in July in South Carolina
In July 126,721 people across all 46 South Carolina counties received food stamps, down 2,618 from June but up 68,376 from the previous year. Officials cited more agricultural work as a factor. Aiken County saw about 2,600 recipients. program over $1 million in bonus coupons were issued statewide.
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Atlanta
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Aiken County
S. C
West Virginia Flood Areas Declared Major Disaster
President Nixon designated West Virginia's southern and eastern regions as a major disaster area and approved 220000 dollars in federal funds to repair public property and address health and sanitation issues from the late hurricane Camille floods.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
West Virginia
Camille
Virgna
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National Endowment For the Arts
UPI Telephoto
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U.S. Court
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Spiro T. Agnew
Westin White
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Aiken Area
5.C
Mitchell Shopping Center
Alken
Aluminum
Murray
Cale
Ulster
H.P. Eska
Yy H.P. Eska
Wes
Edwards
Ourlow
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Yoon Town
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