Americans mark Labor Day with patrols of sun and sales
Americans celebrated Labor Day weekend with warm weather and beach visits as politicians campaigned and shoppers sought bargains. The three day period saw a toll of 476 deaths from car accidents, with forecasts from the National Safety Council predicting 260 to 460 more fatalities nationally. The AP count covered Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight across time zones. The Jerry Lewis Telethon pledge reached $21,723,813, a record and $2.9 million more than last year.
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Schools reopen after labor day protest and bombing
Students return to classes in Louisville amid a busing protest and a school bombing. In Milwaukee St Louis and Omaha officials push desegregation plans with little opposition while teachers protest over contracts.
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Kissinger Eyes New Shuttle Mission for Africa Crisis
SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER says a fresh round of shuttle diplomacy may defuse the race war threat in southern Africa. After three days of talks with South African Prime Minister John Vorster in Zurich the trip moves to London Paris to brief British and French leaders before meeting West German officials in Bonn and returning to Washington.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Kissinger
John Vorster
Zurich
Switzerland
London
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Bonn
Washington
Federal civil defense funds narrowed to nuclear attack prep
The U S government limits state and local use of federal civil defense funds to preparations for enemy nuclear attack starting Oct 1 1976 cutting the prior May 1972 dual disaster plan that covered floods hurricanes and tornadoes The shift aims to reduce costs while federally supported civil defense equipment and personnel remain eligible when natural disasters occur The Ford administration proposed a 71 million civil defense budget a 21 million cut from fiscal 1976
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Ford Administration
Weather outlook for Aiken area tomorrow cloudy and warm
Cloudy and warm conditions are forecast for the Aiken area tomorrow with a high in the mid 80s and a low in the 60s. There is a 20 percent chance of rainfall.
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Aiken
Aiken singers rehearse to La Boheme at Bell Auditorium
Mignon Beard Burt Tiffany Vic and Abby Montengohl rehearse en route to rehearsals using a cassette of La Boheme. Amy and Holly Perkins enjoy candy heaven after grandfather Abe Perkins shipped 21 pounds of lollipops from Boston. Betty Reese bonds thumb to mailbox with instant bond glue and is freed by husband Bob with a razor.
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Mignon Beard
Burt Tiffany
Vic
Abby Montengohl
Amy
Holly Perkins
Abe Perkins
Boston
Betty Reese
Betty
Bob
Laughlin and Knotts Trade Barbs at District Rally
Senate candidates Michael L. Laughlin and William E. Knotts sparred over finances and accessibility at the Aiken Jaycees Meet the Candidate Rally. Knotts touted a toll free line in Williston. Laughlin countered that a full time line is costly and questioned disclosure of Knotts’s ownership of Williston Telephone Co. Knotts defended the bill’s timing, saying expenses were not yet billed.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken Jaycee
Senate
Michael L. Laughlin
William E. Knotts
Knotts
Williston
Laughlin
Williston Telephone Company
Judge Urges Center to Revitalize Fire District
Judge Rodney Peeples orders revitalization of Center Community Inc to restore fire protection for the Center area. A public meeting within ten days requires 15 dollar dues for admission and is to be led by attorney Henry Summeral Jr. The plan aims to form a volunteer fire department and invites nearby volunteers to convene under similar terms.
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Rodney A. Pee- Piles
Center Fire District
Center Community Inc
Peeples
Henry Summeral Jr
Center
Carter Campaign Pushes Ahead in East Race
Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter tours the East two months before the election and accuses Republicans of failing urban policy while Ford highlights incumbency with bills for day care and disaster aid. Mondale campaigns in Ohio and California as Dole and Ford surrogates handle events.
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Show-Cause Hearing Set Tonight for Williams
The show cause hearing for Donnie J. Williams, ordered by Judge E. Harry Agnew, will be held today at 6 p.m. in the Aiken County Courthouse. Julian Salley, Williams’s attorney, said the hearing is open to the public and press and aims to allow councilmen to present reasons Williams should be fired from his position since last August. The hearing was moved from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. to avoid a clash with the county council meeting.
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Julian B. Salley
Williams
E. Harry Agnew
Aiken County
Agnew
Aiken
Aiken Community Hospital may hire new ER doctor soon
Hospital administrator Larry F. McFall says a new ER physician could be in Aiken within three months pending formal acceptance. Changes in ER include triage nurses, revised flow, wheelchair attendants, and input from Dr. William T. Haeck as patient complaints have declined.
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Aiken
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