United States Aids China Seat Plan At United Nations
The United States and U.N. allies reportedly reached a tentative agreement to a resolution granting a Security Council seat to China. Under pressure from Japan and others, the Nixon administration agreed to add the provision to a draft allowing both Communist China and Taiwan to sit in the United Nations.
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Taiwan
United Nations
City Still Hopes for Agreement Over Abandoned Railway Track
The City of Aiken seeks to reuse a portion of Southern Railway unused track for drainage. Condemnation is an option if talks fail, with City Manager Windham saying the city would pursue federal court action to condemn and compensate the railroad. Southern opposes condemnation but studies reopening the track for potential future use.
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Aiken
Southern Railway
Newberry
Laurens Streets
Roland Windham
Windham
Henry Busbee
Geeslin
Southern
Chesterfield
Laurens
Interstate Com
Merce Commission
Warrenville
ICC
Federal District Court
Bombs Trigger Clashes in Northern Ireland
In Belfast early today British troops clashed with rioters protesting internment. Explosions hit scattered Belfast districts, an electricity tower was blown near Omagh, and a police station front was shattered at Lisburn injuring a young constable.
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Northern Ireland
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Lisburn
Tapes From POWs Released in Hanoi Visit
American peace activists returning from Hanoi bring tapes said to carry the voices of four US prisoners of war in South Vietnam. The tapes released Wednesday by antiwar groups claim the POWs are forming a peace movement and publishing a pacifist magazine.
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Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nixon weighs personal push for draft extension vote
President Nixon plans to lend personal support to the draft-extension bill ahead of a Senate vote. A White House aide said Nixon, anxious about the bill's fate, may call some senators before the tabling motion by Sen Gordon Allott.
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My Lai court martial testimonies cited by defense witness
In Fort McPherson Georgia defense testimony claims a key prosecution witness later repudiated his earlier statements as inaccurate. In Fort Meade Maryland Col Oran Henderson met with Americal Division officers after the My Lai massacre and was formally told of allegations that his troops slaughtered unresisting civilians and ordered to investigate and report.
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My Lai
Oran K. Henderson
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McGovern to push cuts on Indochina aid next week
Senator George S. McGovern said he will return to the Senate to reintroduce legislation to end U S military aid to Indochina by year end or early next year. He cited President Thieu’s claim that U S air support would continue indefinitely and no withdrawal of American ground forces is planned for at least a year.
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Muskie gains support from Democratic governors for 1972 bid
In San Juan and Minneapolis reports AP notes Sen Edmund S Muskie grows strength among 20 of 29 Democratic governors in undeclared bid while Sen Hubert H Humphrey says primaries will not greatly impact the nomination and that he will decide by year end.
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Ediths Fury Lashes Cameron Coastline In Louisiana
Hurricane Edith pounds Cameron Louisiana with 100 mph winds and 10 to 12 foot tides as Civil Defense crews stay in City Hall. Eye of the storm sits 25 miles southwest of Cameron while rain and gusts batter the coast. tornadoes forecast along the shore.
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Attica Hostages Bodies Reexamined To Find Death Cause
Two top pathologists, Dr. Henry Siegel and Dr. Michael Baden, began reviewing the Attica prison killings to determine if hostages died by gunfire or throat slitting. Forty two people died as troopers and guards stormed the facility after a siege that left 10 prison employees and 32 inmates dead. Continuous coverage notes a coroner's disputed finding of gunfire in seven more deaths.
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Westchester County
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New York City
Aiken County TEC Receives $1 352 576 Federal Aid
Sen. Strom Thurmond announces federal funding for the Aiken County Technical Education Commission totaling 1 352 576. Shared sources include 408 339 from the Economic Development Administration 300 000 from the Coastal Plains Regional Commission and 644 237 from the U S Office of Education. The project cost reaches 2 105 151 to build and equip a new vocational school on a 50 acre site between Aiken and North Augusta.
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Strom Thurmond
S. C
Aiken County
Horse Creek Valley
Aiken
North Augusta
Stumper Foils Them Again In Aiken Standard Contest
No winner this week raises the Stumper prize to 100 dollars for tomorrow's puzzle. Extra copies available at 124 Rutland Drive and readers are urged to enter more than once. Check Page 8 today to see missed chances and note tomorrow's 100 dollar prize.
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Aiken
Rutland Drive
Reapportionment Assured Aiken Loses A Senator
The South Carolina Senate moved swiftly to approve an amended reapportionment plan creating 19 new state Senate districts and guaranteeing rural counties a resident senator in most districts. An Aiken County amendment proposing two local senators failed. The measure aims to balance rural and urban representation while avoiding filibuster.
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South Carolina
Senate
Aiken County
Bamberg
Barnwell
McMillan
Marion Gressette
D-Calhoun
Gressette
Aiken
McMillan Plans Court Challenge Over Senate Reapportionment
Sen. Gilbert E. McMillan of Aiken says he will sue if the Senate plan passes the House. He calls the residency clause discriminatory to counties like Aiken and criticizes the power of long-time senators in driving the plan.
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Gilbert E. McMillan
Aiken
State Senate
Senate
House
McMillan
Aiken County
Redistricting Plan Approved Tentatively
The South Carolina General Assembly tentatively approved a plan to realign the state's six congressional districts. The House passed the measure on second reading by voice vote while the Senate, after three hours of debate, signaled approval. Final passage was expected in both houses.
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South Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
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House
Three Girls Injured in Montmorenci School Bus Disturbance
A racial dispute on a Mont morenci school bus left three white girls hurt. Four black students reportedly attacked passengers on a second bus after an unscheduled stop. Warrants issued for assault. investigators Hastings Boyd and WJ Ray investigated.
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Paul D. Grant
Glenn Holley
Aiken
Sheriff's
Hastings Boyd
WJ. Ray
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