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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1977
Page
1
Maddox Resting Comfortably After Heart Attack
Former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, 61, is resting in guarded condition after a heart attack Sunday night. Doctors had expressed satisfaction with his progress. the attack occurred while he gardened at his Marietta home. He recently drew attention with a nightclub act titled The Governor and the Dish Washer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Marietta
Bobby Lee Fears
Man Indicted In 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing
Robert Edward Chambliss aged 73 of Birmingham was indicted on four counts of first degree murder for the Sept. 15 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. He was held without bond after a Jefferson County grand jury session. Four girls died and nineteen people were injured in the blast that followed civil rights demonstrations led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Edward Chambliss
Chambliss
Jefferson County
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Jr
House Debates Expanded Abortion Funding For Poor Victims
The House weighs whether taxpayers should fund abortions for rape or incest victims or when doctors say the procedure is needed. A Senate bill loosens House restrictions, speeding a vote amid pressure from Senate leaders and 70 lawmakers. The impasse blocks final approval of a $60.2 billion Labor Health Welfare appropriation, risking a cash shortfall at week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Egypt Rejects Israel Demand Over PLO at Geneva Talks
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy says Israel's insistence on barring PLO leaders from the Geneva peace conference is a non starter. Fahmy insists the PLO must attend and questions the formula for their participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Vations
N.Y
Egypt
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
Geneva
Ismail Fahmy
Isa
PLO
Fahmy
Weather Outlook for Aiken Area Turns Cloudy and Warm
Forecast shows partly cloudy skies with a small chance of showers. Tonight’s rain chance around 20 percent, tomorrow about 10 percent. Temperatures remain warm with highs in the upper 80s and nightly lows in the 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Back to School Fever In Aiken Community Spurs Talk
Residents discuss Bill Nightingale seen with Aiken Elementary students amid talk of adult education and a new metric business. Herbert Rudnick cites Henry Watts head of the Commission for the Blind with two bad points linked to USC connections. Local patrolmen rumor of karate training and D L Lewis's friends at the patrol report dating Kong Fu mamas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nightingale
Bill
Aiken
Aiken County
D. L. Lewis
Aiken Delegation Debates Valley Authority Appointment
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation discussed appointing William Billy Jones to the Valley Public Service Authority to fill H W Bandy’s unexpired term. Governoral action and legality were questioned. They agreed to bi monthly meetings with the county council to handle general business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Public Service Authority
Water District
Aiken
M. D. Toole
Authority
Gilbert E. Mc
President Vows Free Trade as IMF World Bank Meet Opens
President Carter repeats commitment to freer trade despite a 2.7 billion dollar August trade deficit and a projected 25 billion dollar year end shortfall. IMF officials urge United States to maintain growth, warning protectionism harms the world economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
U.S. Commerce Department
U.S. Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
IMF
U.S
H. Johannes Witteveen
United States
Japan
Germany
Light turnout in Aiken Republican City Council primary
About 60 voters had turned out by 10:30 am for the Republican primary for three Aiken City Council seats. Incumbents Frampton Durban and Hastings Wyman face challengers Judy Allen and Dan Bacot, a pair of first-time candidates with varied local priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin F. White
Aiken
Murry Sill
Frampton Durban
Hastings Wyman
Judy Allen
Dan Bacot
Bacot
Durban
Central Business
Allen
Ashhurst Insurance Agency
Security Financial Services Corp
Wyman
Wyman Realty
Carter Faces 2nd Defeat in Battle Over Energy Plan
President Carter suffers a second defeat as the Senate rejects a plan to continue gas price controls and a tax on crude oil. Majority Leader Byrd parlare of independent will, while Finance Committee chair Russell Long edges toward a possible compromise tax. The Senate seeks to curb filibuster limits as it presses ahead with natural gas pricing legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Senate
Robert C Byrd
C_er
House
Senate Finance Committee
U.S
Russell Long
D-La
Precinct Plan Delays Stir Aiken County Officials
The Aiken County Council and the Legislative Delegation pressed for more time on the precinct expansion from 46 to 79. They discussed a possible extension with the U S Justice Department as planners consider reworking lines to reduce the number and questioned the $62 000 implementation bill. The group planned to seek a delay until the General Assembly opens in January and warned about press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Bobby Bowers
Pher
U. S. Justice Department
Justice Department
Aiken County
Bowers
Eugene England
William E. Knotts
Knotts
Council
General Assembly
England
Election Commission
Board of Registration
Carrol H. Warner
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