Ai ken held dinner to unveil county drug education pilot
Seven months ago 250 leaders attended a $3.75-a-plate dinner where a six month pilot for drug education was announced. Backed by Glenn Turner for 18000, plans included four film strips, twenty billboards, a statewide help line, celebrity programs, bumper stickers, and volunteer training. Only film strips reached schools. elementary schools did not receive any materials yet.
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Aiken
Glenn Turner
Marion
S.C
Daniel McCloud
U.S
W.J.B. Dorn
Billboards Spotlight Glenn Turner in Local Ed Campaign
Eight enlargements of Glenn Turner appeared for a month in Aiken and Wagener areas with the space paid. Ten posters failed to reach the advertising firm. A three month telephone line was installed at the former Park Avenue Presbyterian Church but the number was not publicized. About four drug education programs occurred, no national celebrities visited, and no anti-drug bumper stickers appeared. A February 27 dinner was quickly organized with last minute invitations. The billboard contract was signed January 20. The dinner bill of $1,115.63 remains unpaid.
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Pat Boone
Pat O’brien
New York
Glenn Turner
Aiken
Wagener
Valley
North Augusta
Presbyterian
Williams Arrives in Japan for Seven Day Visit
American playwright Tennessee Williams landed in Yokohama for a week long tour to explore historic sites and collect material for a short story. He is the author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Yokohama
Japan
Tennessee Williams
Williams
Desire
Nixon joins unscheduled piano number at Beck tribute
President Nixon made an unscheduled appearance at a testimonial dinner for Robert Beck retired manager of the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase Maryland. He wound up playing the piano for the singing of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.
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Nixon
Robert Beck
The
Columbia
Chevy Chase, Md
Apollo 13 Aboard Nixon Good Will Mission Across Europe
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Swigert and Haise will visit five countries next month as personal representatives of President Nixon. They head to Iceland Germany Greece Malta Ireland with a stop at the International Astronautical Congress in Constance Germany.
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Washington
James A. Lovell Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
Nixon
White House
Constance
Germany
Antilitter Campaign Launched by Interior Head
Secretary Walter J Hickel opened a nationwide antilitter drive with a Lincoln Memorial speech and by picking up trash himself. He described the effort as a do it yourself environmental program inviting participation by students and Interior staff. Arthur Godfrey urged formation of good habits to keep the scene trash free.
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Walter J Hickel
Lincoln Memorial
Hickel
Interior Department
Arthur Godfrey
Explosion Rips Hole in Irish Airliner Bound for New York
An explosion tore a 3 by 2 foot hole in the fuselage of an Aer Lingus Boeing 707 en route to New York. The 122 aboard made a safe emergency landing at Heathrow with no injuries reported. Crash trackers stood by as the plane landed 25 minutes after takeoff from London. First reports did not indicate the cause.
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New York
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Aer Lingus
South Carolina Ranks Low on State Local Taxes
South Carolinians paid an average of 225 dollars in state and local taxes in fiscal year 1969, ranking 49th nationwide among 50 states and the District of Columbia, against a national average of 380 dollars. New York had the highest tax burden.
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South Carolina
District of Columbia
Com
Merce Clearing House
South Carolinians
New York
One Letter Error Costs $250 in Stumper Contest
One thousand forty nine entries failed to win the $250 jackpot as four contestants erred by a single letter. Martha Clarke, Vance Vandervelde, and Mary Weigle each submitted near misses with single-letter slips. Robert Mitchell earned the One Letter Club prize for a similar mistake. next puzzle promises a larger prize.
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Winthrop Drive
Pearl
Vance Vandervelde
Coker Drive
Mary Weigle
Greenville St
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Robert Mitchell
Dunbarton
Aiken
War casualties down as U S combat deaths fall in Vietnam
The U S Command reports 52 Americans killed and 333 wounded last week, the lowest toll in 42 years, with South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese losses also easing. A late battle near Fire Base O Reilly left 24 enemies dead while American casualties included two dead and four wounded.
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Vietnam
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O'Reilly
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Cambodia
Resistance Breaks in Jordan Amid Cease Fire Claims
Fighting flared again near Amman and in Irbid as Jordanian forces engaged Palestinian guerrillas after a reported cease fire. Israeli sources described a pogrom as Jordanian troops pressed a two pronged assault, leaving tanks and armored vehicles damaged near Deraa. Amman lifted certain curfews to aid Red Cross relief while a Cairo peace delegation urged Hussein to stop the fighting.
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Syria
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Ramlha
Jaafar el Numairi
Middle East
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Hussein
Unrest at Aiken High Centered on a Small Student Group
A group of about 25 to 50 students at Aiken High School has generated unrest after a peaceful opening. James Conaway, vice chairman of the area council, says friction centers on former Schofield High students. The statement notes orderly first weeks, ongoing rumors, and steps to curb non students loitering near campuses with cooperation from the Aiken Police Department.
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Aiken High School
Aiken
Texas
Arizona
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Council
Aiken Police Department
Luna 16 Returns To Earth From Moon Sample Mission
The Luna 16 moon probe returned to earth with the first unmanned soil samples. Tass said the capsule landed in Soviet Kazakhstan near Dzhezkazgan after a 1:26 a.m. EDT parachute drop and will be analyzed by the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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Soviet Union
Tass
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Kazakhstan
Dzhezkazgan
Earth
Soviet Academy of Sciences
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