Walter S Richardson Dies After Illness at 66
Walter S Richardson 66 of 140 Posey St Burnettown died Monday in an Aiken hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Langley First Baptist Church with two ministers officiating. Burial followed in Langley Cemetery. He had lived in Burnettown 30 years and was a retired merchant and Missionary Baptist Church member. Surviving: widow Ola Ellis Richardson. two sons Barney D Richardson Clearwater and J W Richardson North Augusta. two daughters Katherine Madison Highstown NJ and Winnell Madison Dumont NJ. two sisters Ethel Weathersbee Statesboro and Walter Whitfield Macon. 16 grandchildren.
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Burnettown
Walter S. Richardson
Posey St. Burnettown
Aiken
Langley First Baptist Church
LH. Fowler
G W. Splawn
Langley Cemetery
Richardson
Missionary Baptist Church
Ola Ellis Richardson
Barney D Richardson
Clearwater
J W Richardson
North Augusta
Katherine Madeison
Highstown
Winnell Madison
Dumont
N.J
Ethel Weathersbee
Statesboro
Walter Whitfield
Macon
Augusta man dies from head wounds in Augusta
James Mosely Jr. 29 of 1509 Railroad St Augusta died Sunday from head wounds inflicted with a heavy iron bar. His widow Wyronnie Burns faced murder charges reduced to justifiable homicide at a preliminary hearing in Augusta. Funeral plans by Miller's Funeral Home Aiken. Survived by parents two sisters and five brothers.
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Augusta
James Mosely Jr
Railroad St
Mosely
Wyronnie Burns
Miller
Aiken
Aiken County
St. John's Baptist Church
City of
Claudie Mixon of Wagener Dies After Illness
Claudie Mixon, 72, of Wagener, died yesterday in a North Augusta nursing home after an extended illness. Graveside services are set for today at 4 30 p.m. at Berlin Baptist Church cemetery, with Rev. Robert May officiating, attended by two sisters Effie Rush ton and Mamie Flake and a brother Perily Mixon, all of Wagener.
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Wagener-Claudie Mixon
Wagener
North Augusta
Berlin Baptist Church
Robert May
Effie Rushton
Mamie Flake
Perily Mixon
Hollings laments hunger program funding and a showdown
Hollings said the Agriculture Department is spending all Congress funds for the school year and that South Carolina faces heavy cuts. He noted the program would feed nearly 300 000 needy children and lead the nation but now may be laid aside, calling for a showdown with the President over feeding hungry children.
Reform plan would trim Senate seats in coming years
The article notes a proposed plan that would reduce the Senate to two fewer seats over time, arguing that the House districting has grown more populous in the last decade and could affect representation.
Reapportionment Plan Draws Fire From Cain and Colleagues
Cain voiced opposition as Aiken County grows while Bamberg and Barnwell lose population yet all three get equal senators under the plan. He argued the plan violates one man one vote and pointed out Aiken County’s population is triple Bamberg and Barnwell combined.Rep. Arnold Goodstein joined in blasting the measure.
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Cain
Aiken County
Bamberg
Barnwell
U S. Supreme Court
Arnold Goodstein
Charleston
Reapportionment plan faces critique and shifts in South Carolina
Democrats attack the Senate plan as a miscarriage of justice while defending rural representation. An amendment splits Laurens and Greenville counties into a five and single senator district, likely forcing incumbents Lake and Long into re election battles and extending the fall session.
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Goodstein
Charleston
Cain
Senate
Rep
Julius Baggett
D-Mccormick
Baggett
Charles Powell
D-Abbeville
Greenville
Newberry
Union
Robert Lake
Dewberry
John Long
Dunion
Laurens
Union County
Laurens County
R E Thompson of Aiken Named NRECA Director
R E Thompson general manager of the Aiken Electric Cooperative was chosen director of the South Carolina region of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association at the close of the regional meeting. More than 600 delegates from South Carolina Georgia and Florida attended the three day gathering.
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Columbia
R.E. Thompson
Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc
South Carolina
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA
Georgia
Florida
N. Augusta Weighs Zoning Map Revisions After Council Meeting
North Augusta City Council approved a first series of zoning changes after a large turnout. Major moves rezone land to HC Heavy Commercial and LI Light Industry, with two tracts near the Savannah River removed from Open Space Preservation. Wade Hampton Park remained excluded.
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North Augusta
North
Georgia Avenue
Old Edgefield Road
LeCompte Avenue
Savannah River
Savannah Terrace
Thirteenth Street Bridge
Wade Hampton Park
St Mary's Fall Festival At School Grounds Saturday
St Mary's Fall Festival will be held on the St Mary's School grounds Saturday from 1 to 8 p.m. General chairman Lee Martin says the event offers entertainment rides games food and family activities with favorites from prior years plus new ideas. Proceeds aid St Mary's Parish and the Aiken Missions.
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St. Mary's
Sam Miglarese
Lee Martin
Peter Kruzner
Sue Martin
Doris Klein
Barbara Kruzner
Ernie Wolf
Ken McMurdo
Ralph Dion
St Mary's
CYO Girls
St. Mary's Parish
Aiken Missions
Desegregation bill faces hurdle as busing standoff grows
A desegregation measure stalled in Congress amid fierce debate over federal funding for busing. Northerners fear cuts, Southerners resist federal presence, and Nixon's August decree limiting bus funding sharpens busing as a central issue. The clash erupted during a parliamentary dispute over a higher education bill.
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Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court
Postmaster Bans Ad Containing Bikini Image
Postmaster General Louis F. Rive bans an advertisement deemed contaminating from the Southwestern Cape Telephone Director. He says he has never seen the girl and objects to the principle, announcing future post office publications require his approval before printing.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis F. Rive
Southwestern
Cape
Rive
Postoffice
Music Teachers Sponsor Concert Here On Sunday
The Aiken Music Teachers Association presents Lydia Porro in a Sunday concert at 3 30 p m in the University of South Carolina Regional Campus. Porro, born in Havana, studied in Cuba and the United States and has taught at the Havana Conservatory and Paine College. She and partner Artemisia Theroas have performed across the region since 1963, with pieces including Scarlatti Sonatas Beethovens Appassionata Villa Lobos and Liszts Mephisto Waltz. The public is invited.
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University of South Carolina
Aiken Music Teachers’ Association
Lydia Porro
Havana
Porro
Margo Diaz Corticos Conservatory of Music
United States
University of Minnesota
Manhattan School of Music
Florida State University
Indiana University
Sidney Foster
South Carolina
Georgia
Scarlatti
Beethoven
Villa-Lovas
Liszt
Opposition argues Keowee Toxaway and Trotters Shoals project
Duke Power officials defend the Keowee Toxaway site in Pickens and Oconee counties and the Trotters Shoals project saying it has been debated for ten years with exhaustive hearings as part of a river development plan. Environmental groups threaten federal court action as other Civil Works projects face scrutiny.
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Duke Power Co
Pickens
Oconee County
Trotters Shoals
Congress
Army Engineers
River development eyed to boost wildlife and water supply
Dorn states evidence is lacking that wildlife will be harmed by river development and argues the project will enhance wildlife. He says it will slow floods reduce pollution and provide fresh water for city and industry plus new recreation areas.
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Dorn
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