Burnettown Mrs Viola Padgett Smith Rites Held
Mrs Viola Padgett Smith 78 of Burnet town died Tuesday at Aiken County Hospital after an extended illness Funeral services were held at Langley First Baptist Church with Rev L H Fowler officiating Burial followed in Langley Cemetery She was born in Augusta widow of Edgar H Smith and daughter of Columbus Padgett and Debbie Hurt Survived by six daughters 18 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren Pallbearers were grandsons and other pallbearers listed including Rev AF Carter Paul M Posey Edward Carter Farrell Jackson MB Ferguson J H Benson Henry Miles Grady Miles Monroe Smith Leroy Galloway HG Royal G Garvin Joe Shapiro and H A Garvin
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Burnettown
Viola Padgett Smith
Aiken County Hospital
Langley First Baptist Church
Langley
L.H. Fowler
Langley Cemetery
Augusta
Smith
Edgar H. Smith
Columbus Padgett
Debbie Hurt
Lamar McIntosh
Williams Woodward
Bamberg
Brice Kirkland
Frank Garvin
James Gordon
James Williamson
AF Carter
Paul M. Posey
Edward Carter
Farrell Jackson
MB Ferguson
J.H. Benson
Henry Miles
Grady Miles
Monroe Smith
Leroy Galloway
Dr HG. Royal
G.C. Garvin
Joe Shapiro
H.A. Garvin
Kissinger Denies Trip To Aid POWL
Washington AP The wife of an American POW says Kissinger told her a Nixon China trip could speed a negotiated end to Vietnam. Kissinger denied the statement attributed to him by Barbara Mullen of Oakland wife of a Marine missing in Laos.
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Washington
White House
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
China
Kissinger
Barbara Mullen
Oakland
Calif
Laos
Coal Miners Threaten Strike Faces Midnight Deadline
Negotiations for about 80 000 coal miners move toward a midnight contract expiration with no settlement in sight and signs of possible walkouts. A source notes some miners have a history of jumping the gun across 20 coal producing states.
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Washington
Aiken Standard Publication Details
The Aiken Standard reports it is established in 1867 and published each afternoon except Saturday and Sunday from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 with post office box 456. It lists subscription rates per week and per period and notes AP dispatches and exclusive local news rights with a note on corrections in the next issue.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Billboards Bill Returns To Senate
In Columbia the South Carolina Senate debates anti billboard legislation as Sen. Jack Lindsay signals willingness to accept stiffer changes. He emphasizes ensuring the sign owner and landowner hold the check before any sign is removed while noting federal officials may not object to the just compensation provision now before the Senate.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Sen
Jack Lindsay
D-Marlboro
State Senate
Feder
Taxes and highway sign bill loom over South Carolina
The article discusses delays in tax mailings for Arkenites and county residents with deadlines for 1972 tags extended to December 18. It notes Aiken County’s special legislation, potential back taxes, and guidance to contact local tax offices. It also covers federal highway sign removals, the 1985 act, and congressional actions affecting funding if state law fails to conform by December 31.
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Aiken
Thomas
Aiken County
James P. Mozingo
Darlington
James M. Waddell
Beaufort
Department of Transportation
Mozingo
Senate Highways Committee
Congress
Department of
Senate
House
John West
Waddell
Harold Breazeale
D-Pickens
Paul Yarborough
D-Orangeburg
Washington
Rutland Drive road work delayed in Aiken area
Rutland Drive widening to four lanes aims to loop around northwest Aiken. Project engineer G W Long says winter work will lower road bed and lay sand and clay while delays push mid summer opening of the perimeter route tied to USC Aiken campus project.
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G.W. Long
Long
Rutland Drive
Aiken
Longme Aileute
University of South Carolina
Lee's Department Store
US 1
North Carolina coast battered as Ginger floods roads and cuts power
Tropical storm Ginger lashed the Outer Banks causing road washouts north of Buxton and widespread power outages from Atlantic Beach to Beaufort. Tide levels rose seven feet, with 1,564 residents seeking Red Cross shelters in Cartaret Pamlico and Craven counties. Evacuations ordered for Goose Creek Island as waters surged.
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W. W. Moore
Atlantic Beach
Beaufort
New Bern
Neuse
Trent
Red Cross
Stu Taber
Cartaret
Pamlico
Craven
Oak Island
Wilmington
South Carolina State Line
Goose Creek Island
Morehead City
Pamlico Sound
Civil Defense
Darrell Quigley
March To Protest Busing Planned Across Deep South
Edna Wade of Mobile heads United Concerned Citizens of Alabama planning a two mile walk in 50 cities from Mobile to Washington to protest school busing. Sign petitions Monday at Mobile city auditorium for delivery to Washington officials. The route covers 23 Alabama 12 Georgia and five each in South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia with Aiken among the South Carolina stops.
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Aiken
Mobile
Ala
United Concerned Citizens of Alabama
Washington, D.C
Edna Wade
City Auditorium
Washington
Bama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Senate reapportionment stirs debate over districting plan
The article outlines House and Senate changes to a reapportionment bill affecting Allendale Hampton Colleton Beaufort Jasper Richland Chester Fairfield Laurens and Greenville counties. It notes how district population disparities risk court challenges and describes proposed shifts including a five senator Laurens-Greenville district and potential loss of a seat for Newberry or Union.
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Senate
Allendale
Hampton
Colleton
Beaufort
Jasper
Richland-Chester-Fairfield
Richland
Fairfield
Chester
House
Laurens County
Greenville
Laurens
Robert Lake
Newberry
John Long
Union
U. S. Supreme Court
Legislature Asks Stay On School Lunch Cuts
The South Carolina Legislature approved a resolution asking Congress and President Nixon to prevent cuts in the federally funded school lunch program. Sponsored by 17 House members, it notes potential loss of funds and urges expansion rather than reduction to protect nearly half of SC schoolchildren who benefit from free lunches.
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Columbia
Congress
Nixon
South Carolina
House
Senate
Dorn to Speak in Newberry Tonight
Congressman Wm Jennings Bryan Dorn will address the Provisional League of Women Voters of Newberry County at a dinner tonight at 7 45 pm. Students from Newberry College will be guests. Dorn will discuss House reforms and their impact on South Carolina and the Congress.
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Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn
Provisional League of Women Voters
Newberry County
Newberry
House of Representatives
South Carolina
Congress
Newberry College
Richard A. Mann
Lee County
Dora
Easley
United States
Con- Dorn
Egy Cay
Pinees International Club
J Cox
Richland County School District One
Scesea
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Cheraw
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