Aiken County Economy Shows Rebound With Textile Lead
Aiken County firms report a post recession rise in activity led by textiles. United Merchants Bath mill runs 18 eight hour shifts and expects strong hiring. Graniteville Co. notes stable employment due to denim demand with a $10 million Hickman Mill expansion to add 100 jobs by 1976. Clay firms report slow gains as orders rise and hours creep up.
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Saff
Aiken County
Jeter Glenn
United Merchant
Bath Mill
Glenn
Hickman
Johnson
Graniteville Co
Graniteville
Pepperidge Farm to Open Bakery and Distribution Center in Aiken
Pepperidge Farm announces a new bakery and distribution hub in Aiken Industrial Park. Initial staff of 36 to 40, rising to 120 as operations expand from one shift to three. George Beaudoin to manage plant. facility built by Suitt Construction on 12 acres with a 100 foot oven. Distribution will serve the Carolinas.
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Pepperidge Farm
Aiken
Jeane Hall
Pepperidge Farm Inc
J.P. Horn
Horn
H. Odell Weeks
Stathy J Verenes
George Beaudoin
Norwalk
Conn Pepperidge Farm
Beaudoin
Byron Huffman
Atlanta
Conn
Campbell Soup Company
Suitt Construction Co
Greenwood
Carolinas
Pepperidge
Murry Sill
Hostages Endure Third Day as Lib Front Gunmen Hold Restaurant
A Black Liberation Front member told three gunmen in the basement restaurant they were disowned by the immigrant group and should free six Italian hostages and surrender. The gunmen, two West Indians and a Nigerian, ignored her plea as the siege entered its third day in downtown London.
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London
Black Liberation Front
Polish Grain Deal Seen Likely After Warsaw Visit
Secretary Earl L. Butz said a long term U S grain supply pact with Poland is likely after his Warsaw trip in two months. He and Polish Agriculture Minister Kazimierz Barcikowski said they agreed on principles but gave no figures. Industry speculation points to about 2.5 million tons annually for three years.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Poland
U.S
Warsaw
Butz
Kazimierz Barcikowski
Virginia Beach carpenter admits extortion plot against oil firms
Paul D. Methven, 32, of Virginia Beach, signed a statement admitting involvement in a bomb threat plot to extort 45.5 million dollars from seven major oil companies. He implicated two others, Larry Shaffer and William R. Carpenter. Agent Charles H. Sanderlin testified in U S District Court as Methven was arrested in Virginia Beach and Shaffer in Chicago.
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Norfolk, Va
Paul D. Methven
Virginia Beach
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Methven
Lar
Ry Shaffer
William R. Carpenter
Charles H. Sanderlin
U. S. District Court
Sanderlin
Shaffer
Chicago
Gladys Strengthens Into Potential Major Hurricane
The revived hurricane Gladys, packing 110 mph winds, is tracking across the Atlantic toward the U.S. mainland. Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center warn it could become a major storm as satellite imagery shows a well defined eye and the storm moves northwest about 800 miles east of Miami.
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Miami
Atlantic
U.S
Gil Clark
National Hurricane Center
Gladys
Weather Forecast Updates Raise Rain Chances
The forecaster increases today’s rain probability from 10 to 30 percent and tomorrow to 40 percent. Highs near 80 remain possible with a cooler Wednesday. Tonight’s low around 65. NE winds 10 to 15 mph through tomorrow. Showers and thunderstorms are possible Thursday and Friday, with Saturday brighter.
Pepperidge Farm origin tale tied to Olsen and Rudkin
City Councilman Lloyd Olsen recalls buying Pepperidge Farm bread from Margaret Rudkin in 1937 as the bakery began in her Connecticut home. The note follows today’s airport bakery site announcement and Aiken Recreation to hold a 1975-76 league meeting at 7 p.m. at Weeks Center.
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Lloyd Olsen
Pepperidge
Olsen
Harvard
Margaret Rudkin
Aiken Recreation Department
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Woman founder starts Pepperidge Farm in 1937
Margaret Rudkin founded Pepperidge Farm in the summer of 1937 to help her asthmatic son with natural foods. She baked bread anew after a failed first attempt and the venture rapidly grew from a kitchen operation to a garage facility and New York distribution.
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Pepperidge Farm
Aiken
Margaret Rudkin
Rudkin
New York
Railway Express
McLeod Explains Home Rule Act at USC Aiken meeting
Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod described Home Rule as local control of financial affairs by county governing bodies. The discussion at USC Aiken, called by Rep. Irene Rudnick, covered five county government forms and the November 4 selection, with the Aiken delegation present.
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Eric Higgs
Daniel R. McLeod
Arkenites
Usc-Aiken
McLeod
Irene K. Rudnick
Dist
Aiken
Rudnick
License Tags Now On Sale In South Carolina
The 1976 automobile license tags are on sale at the South Carolina State Highway Department on Richland Ave. Ext. The department has moved up the street from its old office.
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New South Carolina State Highway Department
Richland Ave
Triple amputee Sherry Granade inspires United Way crowd
Sherry Granade, a 24 year old triple amputee, told a United Way luncheon she considers herself lucky and has achieved honors in high school and college. She swims drives car and teaches Sunday School and recently won Pilot International’s Handicapped Professional Woman of the Year Award. She recalls applying for Workman’s Compensation after breaking her artificial arm and finding no applicable laws. Page 2.
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Sherry Granade
Miss Granade
United Way
Pilot International
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Graniteville Company
William E. Johnson
J.M. Huber
Gordon C. Bentley
Bentley
Dixie Clay
J.B. Dickey
Yemmi
Britain
Aiken Standard
San Francisco
Hearst
Lynne Katonak
St. Francis Hotel
Rudsin
Fairfield
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