County official seeks bond payment in missing funds case
Aiken County Council Chairman Harold V. Graybeal began steps to recover missing funds from bond company covering former clerk of court Mrs. William T. Scott. He will seek legal advice and investigate collection, noting audit shows over $32,000 unrecorded in daily file books. If county officials do not act, state authority could intervene.
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Jeane Hall
Aiken County
Graybeal
Braybeal
Aiken Standard
Scott
Auto Talks Near End of UAW Ford Strike
UAW vice president Ken Bannon says negotiations are getting a hell of a lot closer to a contract with Ford Motor Co. Bargainers from both sides reported progress on Thursday, the first sign of momentum since the 170,000 striking hourly workers began walking off on September 15. No word on round-the-clock talks resuming.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ken Bannon
Hearst faces sentencing in armed bank robbery case
Patricia Hearst awaits a sentencing hearing by U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick Jr. with potential punishment ranging from probation to 35 years. The case follows weeks after her transformation from kidnapping victim to convicted felon. In Berkeley, Symbionese Liberation Army members William and Emily Harris pleaded innocent to state charges related to Hearst's February 4 1974 abduction.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
William H. Orrick Jr
San Fran
Cisco Bay
Berkeley
Inouye Won’t Fire Convicted Aide
Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii says he will not dismiss his administrative assistant who admitted perjury before a federal grand jury. He denies Senate Ethics Committee pressure to remove the aide. Henry Giugni testified that he took a $5,000 Gulf Oil campaign contribution in 1973 and lied when first questioned about it.
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Washington
Daniel K. Inouye
Inouye
Hawaii
Senate Ethics Committee
Henry Giugni
Giugni
Gulf Oil Corp
Claude C. Wild Jr
Rhodesian Leader to Announce Power Hand-Over Plan
Prime Minister Ian Smith will address Rhodesia tonight to confirm the white minority government will transfer power to the black majority within two years. Officials avoided comment until the 8 p.m. radio and TV speech, amid pressure from Kissinger and Vorster to accept the plan.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
United States
South Africa
Rhodesia
Smith
Rhodesian Front Party
Henry A. Kissinger
John Vorster
Africans Seek UN Debate on South African Apartheid
African delegates at the United Nations press for a plenary debate on apartheid in South Africa. They won support from the assembly steering committee to move the perennial racial policy issue from the special political committee to full General Assembly sessions, challenging Kissinger’s current emphasis.
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United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
Southern Africa
Henry A. Kissinger
South Africa
Assembly
Polio risk rises from live-virus vaccine study
Washington reports polio cases from live-virus vaccines now exceed naturally occurring cases, though total polio cases from all causes average about a dozen annually. Dr. Jonas Salk and others told a Senate health subcommittee that the live-virus vaccine can transmit polio to the vaccinated person, with current risk higher than from natural viruses.
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Washington
Jonas Salk
Senate
Mittee
Salk
Maddox Says Ford Won Debate At Atlanta
Lester Maddox the American Independent candidate says he is sorry the Ford Carter debate was held but believes Ford came out ahead. He notes Ford appeared sure and confident while Carter relies on books and proposals rather than experience. Maddox once served as Carter’s lieutenant governor and often clashed with him.
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Atlanta
American Independent Party
Lester Maddox
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Georgia
Ernor
Carter
Maddox
Says Who Comic Strip Debuts in Aiken Standard Monday
Stan Lee introduces Says Who a new comic strip using real photos of personalities with dialogue. Lee long aided Marvel predecessor Timely Comics joining in 1939 as copywriter and editor.
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Aiken
Stan Lee
Lee
Marvel Comics
Timely Comics
Governor comments on Aiken County actions on two issues
Governor James B. Edwards discussed citizen efforts in Aiken County to prompt investigations into Donnie Williams and Judge Rodney Peeples. He praised public involvement, noted the new judicial review commission, and referenced the signed Judicial Reform Bill and its disciplinary gaps.
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Columbia
James B. Edwards
Aiken County
Larry J. Murphy
E. Harry Agnew
Edwards
Donnie J. Williams
Rodney A. Peeples
Peeples
Lewis
State Supreme Court
J. Woodrow Lewis
Judicial Review Commission
Judge Agnew Denies Citizens Appeal in County Removal Bid
Judge E Harry Agnew rejected a petition by nine Aiken County residents to halt a public hearing on October 5 regarding the removal of County Administrator Donnie J Williams. The petition also sought a probe under the Freedom of Information Act into alleged actions by four county council members.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
Donnie J. Williams
Circuit Court
E. Harry Agnew
Williams
Agnew
Cleve Edmunds
Forest L. Kirby
L.V. Davis
Charles W. Prosser
Ford Gets Edge In New Supporters
In Philadelphia the first 1976 debate between Ford and Carter produced no clear winner in an AP poll of 1 065 viewers. Ford led in new supporters while Carter pressed Ford on leadership. Voter preferences shifted slightly toward Ford after the debate with undecided votes dropping. The second showdown was set for October 6 in San Francisco.
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Philadelphia
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Associated Press
Walnut Street Theater
Carter
Chilton Research Services
Radnor
San
Weekend weather outlook for Aiken area
The forecast calls for warm tomorrow with a mid 80s high and cooler Sunday in the low 70s. Rain chances are near zero tomorrow and some rain may arrive Sunday as a cooler air mass moves in.
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Aiken
S. C. Commission Adopts Proposed 1977 78 Budget
The South Carolina Election Commission approves a proposed 1977 78 budget of 677 009 dollars, $8 000 less than the Budget and Control Board’s recommendation. Director James Ellisor says the cut shows belt tightening though the agency could use more funds. Current spending is about 1.5 million, much of which funds the general election.
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Columbia
State Election Commission
Budget and Control Board
Commission
James Ellisor
Nuclear fuel reprocessing plants urged by expert speaker
Dr. W P Bebbington urged immediate operation of nuclear separations plants citing available technology and a global need for 35 plants processing 1,500 tons of spent fuel yearly. He noted Barnwell's Allied General Nuclear Services plant awaiting approval and Exxon plans at Oak Ridge, with current 22 000 tons of spent fuel awaiting reprocessing.
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North Augusta
W.P. Bebbington
Bebbington
DuPont
Savannah River
American Society For Metals
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
United States
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
Exxon Corporation
Oak Ridge
Tenn
United
States
Europe
Japan
S&s
Nuclear Fuel Services
New York
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W. Brantley Harvey
W. J Bryan Dorn
H. Odell Weeks Center
S.C. Commission
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