CAP plane crash near highways spares two crew
Civil Air Patrol L19 Bird Dog crashed off highway 1 and I 20 while towing gliders. Pilot Joel C. Lambert and navigator Mrs Faye Baker were treated for minor scratches and released. FAA investigators head to the crash site as Lambert cites careful decisions and a nearby tree clipped the plane.
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Civil Air Patrol
Highway 1
1-20
Joel C. Lambert
Faye Baker
Lambert
Cliff Morrissett
CAP
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Baker
Center
Code Violations Found At Beverly Hills Club Fire
A Kentucky state report released by Gov. Julian Carroll finds numerous building code violations were covered up at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate. It notes 164 people died in the May fire and reports the suspension of three top state fire investigators. The governor calls the owners' actions a shocking disregard for human life.
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FT. Mitchell
Beverly Hills
Pathologists Clash Over Biko Autopsy Details
Government and family pathologists dispute American reports that Steve Biko suffered multiple head and body injuries. Dr Gluckman, representing the Biko family at the autopsy, says no source close to the autopsy would make such a statement.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Steve Biko
Washington Post
CBS News
Jonathan Gluckman
Biko
Final Touches Put On Brief In Bakke Reverse Discrimination Case
The Carter administration prepares the final legal brief for the Bakke reverse discrimination case before the Supreme Court. It is unclear which position the government will adopt in the friend of the court filing. Allan Bakke contends his UC Medical School admission was blocked by racial quotas.
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Washington
Allan Bakke
Supreme Court
Bakke
University of California Medical School
Stathy Verenes Undergoes Major Lung Esophagus Surgery
Aiken businessman Stathy Verenes is recovering after a five and a half hour operation at Aiken Community Hospital to remove lung tissue and part of the esophagus. Dr. Jack Radcliff led the thoracic surgery with Verenes in intensive care expected for several days and visitors weeklong. Hospital administrator Larry F. McFall said Verenes is doing very well and the case drew parallels to a similar surgery by Arthur Godfrey.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Jack Radcliff
Larry F. McFall
Verenes
McFall
Arthur Godfrey
Rainy Weather Outlook for Arkenites Through Tuesday
The forecast calls for cloudy and warm weather with scattered thundershowers mainly this afternoon and tonight. Lows tonight near 70, highs tomorrow in the upper 80s, with a 30 percent chance of precipitation tonight and 20 percent on Tuesday.
Millbrook Church honors Rivers ten years service
Rev W James Rivers and wife Judy receive a silver service and other pieces at a Millbrook Baptist Church reception for ten years of service. Rivers jokes that this is the hardest he has worked in his decade at Millbrook.
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W. James Rivers
Judy
Senators push Lance resignation amid finance probe
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee weighs continuing the Lance inquiry as Charles Percy and Abraham Ribicoff press for Lance to quit. Witnesses may contradict Lance on his prior disclosures while Carter remains open minded about the case.
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Washington
Senate
Bert Lance
Lance
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Percy
Carter
Nursing Home Faces Loss of Medicaid Medicare Funds
The Aiken Nursing Home may lose its Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements for not awaiting final approval from East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency MIC of Adeal Ga. MIC began operation on September 1.
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Aiken Nursing Home
East
Central Georgia Health Systems Agency
HSA
Medical Investment Corporation
MIC
Adeal
Aiken County Council Sets Agenda For Upcoming Meeting
The 7 p.m. session at the county complex will consider 20 new items and five old business matters including a public hearing on revenue sharing. The agenda features a proposed measure by Councilman Lucas Ray to rescind last spring’s FOIA related rule, with limited support expected.
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Aiken County Hospital
Lucas Ray
Mim Woodring
Ray
L. V. Davis
Public Service Commission
South Carolina Public Service Commission Grows Budget
The PSC began as a one man rail regulator in the 1800s and has evolved into a state agency with a 2 million annual budget. Critics say it remains closely tied to legislators and utility interests, raising concerns about independence.
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Columbia
State Public Service Commission
South Carolina Public Service Commission
PSC
Railroad Commission
Public Service Commission
J. Lewis Moss
General Assembly
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
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Aiken County Library Commission
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