Five Million Dollar Crop Loss From Late Rains In Aiken
Agricultural summary reports total losses nearing five million dollars across Aiken County due to late moisture and drought. Soybeans and cotton face heavy declines with peanuts and livestock also affected. A cotton weevil diapause control plan targets 2500 acres with buffer zones to protect the 1976 crop. Local farms Carroll Warner Ralph Fox Mackey Scott Jr Joe Kneece Coward & Sons Brown and McLean Tom Scott participate.
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Aiken County
Raleigh
South Fork
Edisto River
Carrol Warner
Ralph Fox
Mackey Scott Jr
Joe Kneece
H.C. Coward
UPS Strike Halts Parcel Delivery Across Fifteen States
The Associated Press reports 18,000 Teamster workers strike against United Parcel Service halting small parcel deliveries in 15 eastern states. UPS offices remain open but no shipments occur, affecting about 80,000 shippers who normally move 1.6 million packages daily to 800,000 recipients.
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Associated Press
United
Greenwich, Conn
Talatha Baptist Revival Held by Former Pastor
Talatha Baptist Church will hold nightly revival services at 7 30 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday with guest minister the Rev Harvey Martin Johnson former pastor of the church.
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Talatha Baptist Church
Harvey Martin Johnson
Harvey Johnson
Aiken County
S.C
Southern Baptist Seminary
Talatha
Colonial Heights Baptist Church
Columbia, S.C
South life series planned on Old South history
Dr. John G. Sproat of the University of South Carolina told the Historic Aiken Foundation that a major network series on Life and Leisure in the Old South is being developed with the National Endowment for History. The project aims for eight segments focusing on regional differences among classes, with total funding potentially reaching 1.5 million.
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John G. Sproat
Dr Sproat
Dr. Sproat
South
Southern
California
Sproat
University of California In
Berkeley
San Francisco Bay
New South
National Endowment For History
Ford and Carter Applauded At Italian American Dinner
Ford and Carter attended an Italian American dinner in Washington with notable applause. Dole and Rockefeller clashed with demonstrators in New York while Mondale campaigned in Chicago. The race focused on ethnic votes with Ford and Carter courting Greek Polish and Mexican American groups and planning South targeted trips.
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Jimmy Carter
New York
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Cole
Binghamton
N.Y
America
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Dole
Malcolm Wilson
U.S
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Vince Lombardi
Supreme Court
South
Casimir Pulaski
Cyprus
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Michigan
Walter Mondale
Community of Nations
Lester Maddox
Deep South
Harry Dent
Georgia
Dent
Richard M. Nixon
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Mobile
Miami
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Chicago
Citizens Band
Crosland Park Civic Group to Hear Mrs Cowan Speaker
Mrs Emily Cowan chair of the Aiken Realtors Yard of the Month committee will speak at the Crosland Park Civic Association meeting. The event is at the Senior Citizens Clubhouse on Crosland Dr at 7 30 p m Monday and all Crosland Park residents are invited.
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Emily Cowan
Aiken Realtors
Crosland Park
Aiken Standard History and Publication Details
Aiken Standardestablished 1867 publishes every afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. Address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC box 456 postal notices AP dispatches exclusive to local news. No responsibility for advertisement errors. corrections in next issue. Advance payments limited to five weeks to carrier.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Windsor Town Charter Discussion Meeting Set
A public meeting to discuss Windsor's town charter will be held at the Windsor School Auditorium on Tuesday at 8 PM. Citizens are invited to attend.
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Windsor
Windsor School
ACEA Backs Citizens Schools Study Committee Recommendations
The Aiken County Education Association supports the committee's recommendations to the Board of Education. The Aiken Standard apologizes for reporting that ACEA supported the referendum in a previous ACEA story.
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Aiken County Education Association
ACEA
Citizens Schools Study Committee
Board of Education
Aiken Standard
Verenes to be Honored at Aiken Banquet
Stathy Verenes, Aiken businessman and former State Development Board member, will be honored at a tribute banquet at the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Clubhouse. Attendees include U S Senators Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings, U S Representative Butler Derrick, former representatives W Bryan Dorn, former Governors Donald Russell and Robert McNair, and local leaders. Verenes helped attract most industries to Aiken County and the Aiken Airport Industrial Park was renamed Vere nes Industrial Park in his honor.
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Stathy Verenes
Aiken
State Development Board
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Verenes
Suitt Construction Company
Greenville
U.S
Donald S. Russell
Robert E. McNair
Bratton Davis
George Dean Johnson Jr
Robert Lean
Myrtle Beach Council Lacks Authority on Bingo
The South Carolina attorney general's office says Myrtle Beach cannot legalize commercial bingo. Assistant Atty. Gen. Harry W. Davis Jr. notified Mayor Robert J. Hirsch that a city council lacks the authority to permit commercial bingo, which violates state law.
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Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
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