UAW Chief Pessimistic on Ford Talks Before Strike
Detroit AP United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock returns to bargaining with Ford Motor Co with little hope of preventing a nationwide strike at midnight Tuesday. He warns talks have made no progress and that a walkout by 170000 Ford workers in 22 states could cripple the nation’s second largest automaker.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
Woodcock
UAW
Ford
Thurmond Sees Ford Carrying South Against Carter in South
Thurmond told a Hot Springs Republican convention that Ford will win the South as Carter does not represent Southern values. He cited Carter’s labor ties and defense cuts, and noted Carter chose Mondale to signal liberal beliefs. He predicted active campaigning by Ford and Dole in the region.
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Ark
Ford
South
Jimmy Carter
Len Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
Carter
Sen
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Dole
Blacks Begin Second Three Day Boycott in Johannesburg
Thousands of blacks in the Johannesburg area start a second three day work boycott to protest apartheid. Soweto resembles a grave yard with scarce black commuter traffic from Alexandra township and low worker attendance reported by firms. Skeleton bus service operates while trains and buses run largely empty in Soweto and other townships.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Alexandra
Municipal Transport Department
Congress weighs tax take and spending to adjourn
Congress focuses on revenue sharing as the Senate weighs a 41.9 billion extension to fund localities for five years nine months. The bill starts at 6.9 billion first year with 150 million increases annually, set to expire December 31 if not extended. The House already approved a three year extension at 6.65 billion per year.
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Congress
Senate
House
Airports hold line on security after hijacking
The Associated Press reports little change in airport security nationwide as officials say they have not increased measures following the Trans World Airlines hijacking by five Croatian nationalists. Only Seattle-Tacoma reported heightened security while others await details from LaGuardia before acting.
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Iowa
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Ariz
Atlanta
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la Guardia
New York
Dry stretch continues with mild temperatures this week
Forecast calls for dry conditions through Friday with highs near 80 and lows around 60. Rain chances rise slightly to about 10 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow, then remain low as the long range outlook stays dry.
Four horsemen remark stirs local council debate
An unidentified Aiken mother reported her teen compared four county council men to the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The tale ties to a Knights of Columbus dinner where Lou Mattes misnamed the home of Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Lewis Smith as Green Sleeves, corrected to Green Shingles.
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Knights of Columbus
Lou Mattes
George Lewis Smith
Four Aiken County councilmen faced FOI concerns over hidden meeting
Aiken County four councilmen held an off the record meeting to draft dismissal reasons for County Administrator Donnie J Williams. They did not inform three allied members Harold V Graybeal Lucas Ray and Ralph F Cullinan who supported Williams. Ray and Cullinan deny invitations and criticize the move as illegal and harmful to county governance.
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Aiken County
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Williams
Jury Hears Judge Comment On Acquittal In Larceny Case
A Charleston man Mark Anthony Gregory and an Aiken man Kenneth Lloyd Byleston were acquitted of house breaking and grand larceny in General Sessions Court. Judge E Harry Agnew suggested the verdict was chastising noting $6000 worth of items were found in Gregory s apartment though not linked to this case why the jury was not told. The only items named were a television and a camera found in a wooded area and in a bedroom closet respectively. The defendants face further charges and may be tried again in the second week of court.
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Jeane Hall
General Sessions Court
E. Harry Agnew
Mark Anthony Gregory
Charleston
Kenneth Lloyd Boyleston
Aiken
Sylvia Westerdahl
C LaVaun Fox
Second Judicial Circuit
Gregory
Boyleston
County Republicans reopen filing for county council seat
Aiken County Republican chairman R. S. Perry announced that filing is open from today at noon to Friday noon for the county council seat six and House district 85. L. W. Warner will accept filings at 648 Vincent NE in Crosland Park. Ghost candidates Clint Cowart and Franklin F. White had withdrawn, with Perry calling ghost candidacy a common practice to keep seats warm for a genuine candidate. He expects Mrs. Freddie H. Sandra Gray of Graniteville to announce for the council seat later today.
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Perry
L. W. Warner
Vincent NE
Crosland Park
Clint Cowart
Franklin F. White
Cowart
Homer L. McGee
White
Five Croatian Hijackers Returned to New York
Five Croatian nationals who hijacked a TWA 727 surrendered in Paris and were sent back to New York. FBI detained four men and a woman at Kennedy Airport for air piracy charges. the case may include murder charges for a police officer killed in New York during the incident.
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Newfoundland
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Julienne
Petar Matovic
Frane Pesut
Cleveland
Mark Vlasic
Stamford
Conn
Busi
Eugene
Ore
Mario Merola
Bronx
New York State
TWA
Bush
Aiken Council to Hear Hospital Use Proposal
The Aiken County Council holds a special meeting to hear the Council on Aging Inc. of Aiken Area proposal for the former Aiken County Hospital. At 8 p.m. three architectural firms will present bids for the Jackson dock feasibility study and design.
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Aiken
Aiken County Hospital
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Jackson Dock
Wilmore, McGill and Bell
Lockwood Greene
Zimmerman, Evans and Leapold
Aiken City Council to Consider Park Name Change
The Aiken City Council regroups for an 8 p.m. regular session in the recorder's court room at the Public Safety Building to vote on renaming the airport industrial park Verenes Industrial Park in honor of Verenes, a key local industrial promoter.
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Aiken City
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City of
Aiken Verenes
Recorder’s Court
Aiken Public Safety
Suitt Construction Co. of
Greenwood
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Verenes
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Kimberly-Clark
Amoco Plastics
Therm-O-Disc
Harvey Hubbel
Pyle National
Aiken County
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