1966+-+1970


 * __ An everyday history of Upstate South Carolina from 1966 - 1970 __**

Easley- A Negro officer is being added to the Easley Police Department on a part-time basis, officials disclosed this week. He will work on weekends, in the Negro section, ccording to Mayor B. L. Hendricks. The addition is being made in accordanc with city policy adopted earlier, Hendricks said, and following certification by the city`s civil service commission. Julius Lee Hendricks of 406 Pendleton Street,Pickens,has been employed for the post. He was among candidates for the force aking the cvil srvice exam in January. Hendrcks is employed at Mohasco in Liberty, and his wife teachs at Simpson Elementary Schoo here. He is a former Air Policeman. Easley Progress, "Negro Policeman Added Here For Weekend Duty," Vol. 62- No. 51, 5 October 1966.
 * Negro Policeman Being Added Here For Weekend Duty**

Pickens- Over 7,500 Pickens County citizens joined other voters across the state and nation Tuesday to decide who will represent them in local, state, and national offices, as well as state constitutional amendments and local matters. Pickens County followed the state pattern in voting split ticket with favorites Democratic Governor Robert McNair and Republican U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond rolling up handsome majorities in this county and over the state. Also running strong was U.S. Republican Senate candidate Marshall Parker from nearby Oconee County, who led the Democratic Winner, Fritz Hollings, in Pickens County. The Republcan challenger for Congressman W. J. Bryon Dorns seat lost. Congressman Dorn won by a four to three margin in Pickens County and a three to two margin in the third district. In a special election concerning the annexation of the Old Stone Church area of Oconee County to Pickens County, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the annexation. Only three of the smaller boxs in this county opposed the annexation which required a simple majority of Pickens County voters. The vote in the county was 5,627 in favor and 1,965 opposed. In the Old Stone Church where a two-thirds mjority was required, the residents approved the move to join Pickens County by a 419 to 176 vote. Proposal Number One which would give the General Assembly the power to regulate the hours during which alcoholic beverages could be sold gained the most approval by voters but was still soudly defeated. Only Clemson and Rocky Bottom approved any of the three parts of the amendment. The Pickens Sentinal, "Thurmond, McNair, Parker and Dorn Are Top Leaders In County; Old Stone Church Annexation Approved; Liquor Bill Fails," Vol. 96-No.25, 10 November 1966.
 * Thurmond, McNair, Parker and Dorn Are Top Leaders In County; Old Stone Church Annexation Approved; Liquor Bill Fails**

Pickens- How Much is 669 Billion gallons of water? Its enough to supply the daily requirements at present consumption rates of Spartanburg, Greenville, and Anderson-for 40 years. It is also the amount of water that will be impounded in the two lakes that will help form Duke Power Companies Keowee-Toxaway Project in Pickens and Oconee counties. This is one of the interesting facts that are begginning to sift out of engineering slide rules as Duke Power readies itself to begin building the first phases of the massive $700 Million Keowee-Toxaway Project early next year. The project will combine hydro-electric and pumped storage generation with nuclear steam generation with the two impoundments to be known as Lake Jocassee and Lake Keowee. Lake Jocassee, the upper of the two, will be formed by four rivers that headwater in North Carolina- the Whitewater, Thompson, Horsepasture, and Toxaway. Pickens Sentinal,"Initial Phase Of Massive Keowee-Toxaway Powe Projects Begin In March," Vol. 96-No.26, 17 November 1966.
 * Initil Phase Of Massive Keowee-Toxaway Power Projects Begin In March**

Pickens- The final move to the new county prison farm was made last week with the removal of the chapel building from the Easley Highway location. Workmen removed the steeple and placed the frame building on the body of a trailor to move it to the new location in the Concord community. Supervisor Elme Willis said the former county home building, which was being used for worship services, just didn`t seem like a church, so it was decided to move the chapel building which will be cleaned up for Sunday service Also one of the old iron prison cages was taken to the new location-"just as a souvenir," Supevisor Willis said. Many can remember when these cages were used as sleeping quarters for prisoners with up to sixteen assigned to each cage with bunks so close togeather the occupant couldn`t sit up in bed. This treatment would be considered "inhuman" by modern standards and Mr. Willis says he has no iea of using the cage, but wants it a a keepsake and reminder of what it was like to be "on the gang" not to many years ago. Pickens Sentinal, "Final Move Made To New Prison Farm," Vol. 96-No. 26,17 Novembe 1966.
 * Final Move Made To New Prison Farm**

Pickens- A former Pickens County preacher has developed a time-saving devise which saved the Laurens District Hospital $1,486 last year. Rev. Leland L. Powell, who was former pastor of the Church of God of Prophesy, Rt. 1, Liberty, concocted the devise at a cost of $10.68. For his efforts he receaved the grand total of $350 in the Employees Ideas for Hospital Improvement Contest. He is the present pastor of the Laurens Church of God of Prophesy. Th devise, an incinerator timing mechanism, won the state contest on the basis of originalty, economy, efficency, and suitability for use in other hospitals. Hospital attendants would empty refuse into the incineator, then find other things to do and forget about switching the furnance off. With Mr. Powells creation, attendants can estimate the time that it will take to burn a load of refuse, set the time and the furnance will turn off automatically. Pickens- Pickens Sentinel, "Develops Time-Saving Devise," Vol.96-No.33, 5 January 1967.
 * Develops Time Saving Devise**

Pickens- Court action has been instituted in the United States District Court in Anderson asking for $15,000 damages from Pickens night officers Clarence D. Willis and Clarence E. Pore as a result of injuries stemming from the arrest of Bobby Gantt of Pickens in th early morning of Friday, Dec. 16. The officers are charged with placing Gantt under arrest without benefit of a warrant and "in the course of effecting said illegal arrest...did with thir fist and black jacks or other weapons and objects did wantonly and in reckless disregard to plaintiffs life,unlawfully strike, beat, abuse, and wound the plaintiff in and about the head, hands, and back...the defendants conveyed the plaintiff in handcuffs to the hospital at Pickens where plaintiffs wounds were sutured and x-rays taken of plaintiffs head, hands, and back. Plaintiff was then given injections to prevent infection from his wounds. Plaintiff was then taken by the defendants to the home of the plaintiffs sister...and was released about 4:00 on the same morning. A spokeman for the city said the officers answered a call to the home to quell a disturbance and that Gantt attacked the officers as they were attempting to transport him to the county jail. Warrants were issued charging Gantt with breach of peace and resistng arrest. Pickens Sentinal, "$15,000 Damage Charges Against Two City Polce," Vol. 96-No. 34, 12 January 1967.
 * $15,000 Damage Charges Against Two City Police Officers**

Pickens- A record number of 828 cases involving excessive use of alcohol was reported by Sheriff P. C. Bolding in checking jail records for 1966. The Sheriff said that 632 persons were recorded on charges of drunkeness and another 196 persons were charged with driving under the influence. "I beleave this is the most we have ever had in one year," the Sheriff stated. Sheriff Bolding also reported that R. B. Bearden, who is in the county jail on charges of stealing a safe in Walhalla and transporting it to Pickens County where it was opened, is having additional charges placed against him. Sumter County officials have issued a warrant charging him with a theft and it was also found that he had stolen clothes lines in both Pickens and near Easley. Pickens Sentinal, "Recor Number Drunks At County Jai Last Year," Vol. 96-No. 35, 19 January 1967.
 * Record Number Drunks At County Jail Last Year**

Pickens- The Pickens area is grieved over the death of their second young man in the Vietnam war. Word was receaved from the War Department Saturday that Spec. 4 Lee Lewis, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Lewis of the Mountain View community, had given his life in the service of his coutry having been shot while on patrol duty Thursday in Vietnam. The young soldier had been in the army 14 months and in Vietnam since last August. Three hours following the notifcation of death, the last letter from the young soldier arrived. He was looking foward to returning home in November so he could "just loaf around and do nothing for awhile." Oe whole page of the letter talked about horses which was his special interest. Lee had owned a registered Tennessee Walker which he was training until his army call force him to sell it. The victim was a graduate of Pickens High School and attended Mountain View Baptist Church. He lived in Pickens County all of his life. Pickens Sentinal, "Pickens Soldier Dies In Vietnam," Vol. 96-No. 40, 23 February 1967.
 * Pickens Soldier Die In Vietnam**

Pickens- The Pickens County Shrine Club will be host to all Blue Lodges A.F.M. of Pickens County on Monday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m. at the Pickens County Shrine Club. Films will be shown depicting the Shriner`s Hospital for the crippled and the burned. All present will be informed of the procedures for admitting these children into the hospital. Other informative talks will be given. Refreshments of hamburgers and soft drinks will be served. The following lodges are requested to be present: Keowee Lodge No. 79 AFM, Central Lodge No. 229 AFM, Slabtown Lodge No. 233 AFM. Liberty Lodge No, 235 AFM, Clemson Lodge No. 254 AFM, Tate Lodge No. 292 AFM, Bates Lodge No. 189 AFM, Six Mile Lodge No. 339 AFM. Parents of any crippled child who would like to have their child admitted to the Greenville Shriners Hospital should contact... Pickens Sentinal, "Masonic Lodges Meet February 5," Vol.96-No. 40, 23 February 1967.
 * Masonic Lodges Meet February 5**

Congessman William J. Bryan Dorn released information Tuesday concerning a new post office facility which will be built at Six Mile next year. The building will be let by contract at a site yet to be approved. Specifications call for 1,500 square feet of interior space, 120 square foot of platform space, and an open area of, 5,388 feet. Postmaser John Gary Evans said the post office was moved into the present location last year when the bank facilty at Six Mile took over the former location and that new quarters are badley needed. Pickens Sentinal, "Post Offce To Be Built At Six Mile," Vol. 96-No. 24, 27 October 1968.
 * Post Office To Be Built In Six Mile**

Pendleton- S-Sgt. Jackey Leroy Garrett, of Rt.1, Liberty, near this section was killed in action in Vietnam Jan. 9. Garrett wa a native of Travelers Rest, a son of Ivan T. and Olvia Brewer Garrett, of Rt. 1 Liberty. He was a member of Company D, 321st Infantry, 196th Brigade, and entered the Army in August 1966. He receaved basic training at Fort Campbell, Ky., and was sent to Vietnam June 13, 1967. He was a graduate of Pendleton High School, where he played on the football team. He was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy... The Messenger (Clemson), " SGT Garrett War Victim," Vol. XIV-21 Thursday,January 18, 1968.
 * SGT. Garrett War Victim**

Clemson- Improvement and expansion expenditures for telephone service in Central, Clemson, and Pendleton areas by Southern Bell totalled $90,000 in 1967, Huber Estes, local manager, said this week. A total of 492 telephones were added during the year bringing the total for the three exchanges to 9,000, he said. The Messenger (Clemson), " 9,000 Phones in Area," Vol. XIV -No. 21, Thursday, January 18, 1968.
 * 9,000 Phones in Local Area**

Central- The annual missionary convention at Central Wesleyan College, Feb. 15-18 will feature talks by a number of missionaries. Services will be held daily at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and slides will be shown at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Speakers for the convention will be Rev. Henry Ortlip, missionary to the Republic of Haiti; Miss Margaret Wrigh, missionary nurse to the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal; Rev. F. B. Gray, missionary to Africa; Rev. L.W. Leitzel, missionary from eastern South America; and Rev. William E. Morgan, missionary to the Republic of South Africa. The Messenger (Pickens), "Missionaries Will Speak," Vol. XIV-No. 24, Thursday, February 8, 1968.
 * Missionaries Will Speak**

Columbia- Buisness fims are reminded today that the minimum wages set by the Fair Labor Standards Act go up on February 1. The reminder came from Richard F. Gardner, superintendant of the U.S. Labor Departments Wage and Hour Division. Gardner ponted out that the minimum for most covered workers advances to $1.60 and hour from $1.40. The remaining covered employees will be entitled to $1.15 an hour minimum, instead of the present $1. Workers who will be due the $1.60 minimum are those engaged in employment which was covered before the Act was amended in 1966. Included are employees individually engaged in interstate commerce, or employed in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or employed in certain large enterprises. They are also due time and one-half their regular rate after 40 hours a week. The $1.15 minimum will apply to workers to workers made subject to the Act by the 1966 admendments. Gardner said these include employees of large hotels, motels, and restaurants; workers in laundries and dry cleaning esatblishments; employees of hospitals and nursing homes, whether public or private; employees of schools and institutions of higher education, whether public or private; and more retail and service employees. Gardner emphasized that this is only a partial list of the kinds of workers covered by the 1966 amendment. He added that their minimum would increase by 15 cents every year until $1.60 an hour is reached on February 1, 1971. Also beginning February 1, 1968,workers covered by the 1966 amendments will be due time and one-half after 42 hours a week, instead of the present 44 hours. They become subject to the 40-hour a week rule as of February 1, 1969. The Messenger (Clemon), "New Minimum Wage Rates," Vol. XIV-No. 22, Thursaday January 25.
 * New Minimum Wages go Up February**

Pickens- All federal funds for Pickens County schools have been cut off as a result a court order filed March 5 and receaved by county officials March 9. Chief reason for cutting off the school funds was given as lack of integration of the facualty. It was one of 24 reasons listed in the ruling by J.D. Goodwin. Pickens stands to lose around $600,000 in federal funds a result of the ruling. chool officials have 30 days in which to accept the ruling. Federal funds finance part of the agriculture, home economics, vocational school and sveral allied school programs. Appalachian grants for $165,000 and $75,000 which had been already been approved, will now be held up in Columbia by state officials since the schools have been ruled in non-compliance Supt. J. C. Brice said. The Messenger (Pickens), "Pickens Schools Losing $600,000 Federal Funds," Vol. XIV-No. 29, Thursday, March 4, 1968.
 * Pickens Schools Losing $600,000 Federal Funds**

Pickens- Plans for complying with federal guidlines for integration were adopted by a 7-4 vote of Pickens Board of School Trustees. The plan calls for closing Rosewood Elmentary at Liberty and Pickens County Training School at Pickens and designating Calhoun Elementary at Clemson and Simpson Elementary School as neighborhood schools. Following is a text of the guidelines adopted: Plan to comply with guidlines of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. For the Year 1968-69: It is the intention of Pickes County School District A to close the schools known as Rosewood Elementary (Liberty) and Pickens County Training School (Pickens). These schools had an average daily attendance of fventy (70) for Rosewood, and seventy two (72) for Pickens County Training School. The schools are predominately Negro. Th teachers in these schools would be absorbe into the school district. For the year 1969-70: The school district would cease transporting any student by public bussing out of the attendance area in which the student resides. Calhoun Elementary School (Clemson) and Simpson Elementary School (Easley) would be designated as neighborhood schools. All grades in Calhoun Elementary School with either be eliminated or fully desegregated,by using existing facilities; unless the contracts hae been let and construction begun for the new Daniel High School by September, 1969, in which case some grades in which only Negro students are enrolled will continue at the Calhoun Elentary School until the new facilities are ready for occupancy. Close Clearview High School (Easley) grades 7-12, and make Clearview High an Elemtary School. The Messenger (Pickens), "Pickens Trustees Adopt Integration Guidlines," Vol. XIV- No. 32, Thursday, April 4, 1968.
 * Pickens Trustees Adopt Integration Guidlines**

Central,- "Concern or Commitment" will be the theme featured when Central Wesleyan College presents its annual Missionary Convention, February 13-16. Six visiting speakers, three of them alumni of the college, will be coming to campus to represent their mission fields on three continents: Asia, Africa, and South America. Many of the addresses will be illustated and sessions will be conducted in lecture rooms and public service. Opening the convention on Thursday evening, Rev. James Wiggins, now residing in the Clemson ara, will be speaking of his work as minister and educator in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Friday chapel service will bring Miss Marie Evatt, a native of Central, who has given several years as head of secondary schoolsin Sierra Leone. That evening Rev. Franklin Heer, missionary to Columbia, South America, will present his field. In the Saturday chapel Rev. Paul Mees, teacher in the Phillippines, will speak and show pictures. An afternoon panel discussion featuring all of the missionaries will be led by Miss Evatt. Rev. Arion Vreugdenhill from Sierra Leone will give an illustrated address in the evening. The Sunday morning worship service at 11:00 am will feature Rev. Wiggins, and Rev. Heer will address the the youth service in the afternoon. Regular sessions will be held at 9:30am, 2:30pm, and 7:30pm in the Folger Fine Arts Auditorim on campus. Pickens Sentinel, "Missionaries To Speak At Central," Vol. 98-No.39, Thursday, 13 February 1969.
 * Missionaries To Speak At Central**

Pickens- Southen Bell will spend $51 million in South Carolina this year. This is a new record says John T. Davis Jr., the Southen Bell Manager in Pickens. "It is more than $7 million above last year`s expenditures and that budget was twice as big as our budgets of the early sixties. More importantly, however, it indicates the financial boom of the state a a whole." $6.7 million of th satewide $5 million program will be inveted in the Andeson District, of which Pickens is a part. Pickens Sentinel, "Southern Bell To SpendRecord$$$," Vol. 98-No, 69, Thursday, 20 February 1969.
 * Southern Bell to Spend Record $$$**

Pickens- The plans for a new Pickens City Library to be built on the corner of West Main and Florence Streets were accepted Thursday by the Pickens Friends of the Library and have been presented to the city of Pickens withthe request that they be adopted as a municipal project. The brick building, which will be constructed on the Williamsburg style, will contain 2,625 square feet on the main floor and wll house 10,000 volumes. The full basment will be completed as much a fnds permit. The lot was secured from Pickens native Vernon Cox, of Virginia, who made a generous contribution of $10,000 toward the prperty. The Pickens Sentinel, "New $80,000 Library Proposed or Pickens," Vol. 98-No. 42, Thursday, 6 March 1969.
 * New $80,000 Library Proposed For Pickens**

Central- A campaign to enlarge Central Wesleyn College will begin in Pickens County May 1 and continue through May 15. A goal of $100,000.00 has been set for the county from industry, buisness, and individuals. The money will be used to build a new library at Central Wesleyan. Pickens Sentinel, "Begin Drive For Central Library," Vol. 98-No. 42, Thursday, 2 April 1969.
 * Begin Drive For Central Library**

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Thus it was something of a shock to some people when the university asked the state for permission to arm its guards with submachine guns and automatic rifles. It wants to protect its coeds against possible mob violence, the school explained to the Greenville County legislative delegation. The state rejected the request, indicating it was a case of overprotectiveness.======

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‘Campuses across America have been harassed and disrupted by mob violence, generally instigated and largely managed by organizations and individuals who have no connection with the institution under attack,’ university president Dr. Bob Jones, Jr. wrote in a letter to the legislators.======

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He said the university had almost 2,000 girls living on campus, and ‘we have assured their parents that their daughters will be protected from harm and we intend to use any lawful means necessary to see that this promise is carried out.’======

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On April 10th, Duke Power started a new 682,300 ks generating unit at the Marshall Steam Station on the shore of Lake Norman near Terrell, N.C. and will complete a similar unit at that station in April, 1970.======

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Work is progressing steadily on two major hydroelectric facilities in South Carolina as a part of the Keowee-Toxaway Project near Clemson University. This project also includes the Oconee Nuclear Station which, when completed, will be the largest generating station on the Duke System.======

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One of these hydroelectric stations at Lake Keowee will be completed late in 1970 with a capability of 140,000 kw. At Lake Jocassee, two 152,500 kw hydroelectric units will be completed in 1974 with two more to be installed at the site in 1978.======

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The Oconee Nuclear Station will have three nuclear fueled generating units each with a capability of 886,300 ks. The first will be completed in the spring of 1971 with the other two following at one year intervals.======

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Columbia (AP) – Almost unnoticed the amethyst—a semiprecious stone of purplish hue and coarse transparency—has been raised to official status in South Carolina along with the Carolina Wren, the Palmetto Tree and Yellow Jasmine.======

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Each day, the computer automatically scans its records on the thousands of books in circulation, spots those which are overdue, and produces neat, printed notices ready for mailing, all within hours after books become overdue.======

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Besides looking after overdue books, the same computer has also simplified the process of borrowing books. It now takes about five seconds to check-out a book as compared with two minutes or longer under the former manual operation.======

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Computerized record-keeping has eliminated time-consuming and monotonous chores for both borrower and librarian. Since the borrower is not required to fill out any cards or even sign for books, there are no records to be filed.======

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A laminated identification card issued to Clemson students and employees serves as a library card. It is inserted into a data collection unit at the library’s front desk along with the book’s computer data card. The transaction is instantly recorded on another data card which will be fed into the computer after the library closes to obtain a printed record of the day’s business.======

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This daily circulation report lists every book currently in circulation, shows when it was borrowed, when it is due, and who has the book. The report also tells the number of overdue notices which have been mailed, if any, and the number of days which the book is overdue.======

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Defense attorney Felix L. Finley of Pickens said Mrs. James will appeal the conviction to the South Carolina Supreme Court. Finley told Judge McFadden that Mrs. James has ‘only $80 to her name’ and requested that the judge appoint another attorney to file her appeal.======

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Clemson – South Carolina isn’t the only state declaring war against the imported fire ant. Officials and agricultural leaders from 12 states have endorsed a concerted long-range program aimed at eradicating the pest from Southern States. This proposal, in the form of a resolution, received unanimous approval of more than 100 Southern leaders meeting in Montgomery, Ala.======

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The resolution noted that the imported fire ants are a serious pest of rural and urban areas alike and have expanded their range eight-fold in the last 20 years. They now infest 120 million acres in the South, spreading at the rate of six million acres a year.======

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South Carolina, where there are an estimated 4.5 million acres infested, is just beginning aerial treatment of 900,000 acres in the Charleston area. This is planned as the first phase of a five-year program to cover all infested areas of the state.======

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According to scientists, the Mirex bait has a toxicity to mammals equivalent to aspirin, or about four aspirin tablets to the acre in the treatment program. It is considered harmless to people and animals.======

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Wake Forest is at Charlottesville Saturday for a conference game with Virginia. The Demon Deacons have lost four and won one in league play. Host Virginia has lost three and won one. Wake Forest is coming back after a layoff last weekend.======

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Columbia – The date was Oct. 31, 1902. The University of South Carolina was under attack—three hundred youths, armed with bayoneted rifles and swords, were marching toward the campus. Police were intense.======

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Until 1960, the game was played here on the Thursday during State Fair Week and eventually it became ‘Big Thursday’. Now, the game alternates between Clemson and Columbia, still causing fans of the two schools to be at odds with each other from season to season.======

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After some ragged calisthenics, the ‘team’ then broke into a dance to a rock tune pouring from the PA system. It was nearly a riot as Clemson fans erupted from the stands to eject the bogus Tigers. Carolina supporters poured from their side to protect the fakes.======

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The fairgrounds had huge wooden gates at one end and the angry 10,000 rushed the guards, breaking down the gates and pouring past the guards into the stadium. Thousands of fans without seats milled around the sidelines and onto areas of the playing field not currently in use.======

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Muir, a sparkling runner for the Gamecocks all season, crashed through the Clemson defense for 127 yards rushing in South Carolina’s 27-13 victory. His performance earned him his first mention Tuesday on the player-of-the-week list.======

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The father of two children, Muir racked up a season total of 917 yards, the third-ranking performance in the ACC. The 5-food-10 senior from Fitchburg, Mass., also scored a touchdown last weekend to tie a South Carolina record for the most touchdowns in a single season…======

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In the last three decades, Howard has won more games than any current coach at a single major college. His record is 165 victories, 118 losses and 12 ties. His Tigers of the Atlantic Coast Conference had a 4-6 record this season…======

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Pickens- As in the case in most parts of the country, residents of Pickens County are carrying more installment debt than ever before. They ave been using vast amounts of credit available to them to buy more cars, furniture,refrigerators, washing machines and other costly goods. it is part and parcel of the change in buying habits that has been in evidence for a number of years. Gradually, the nation has switched from a cash economy to a credit economy.The bid question among economist and bankers is whether the American people have taken on more debt than they can carry. To meet the regular re-payments on this instalment debt takes nearly 16 percent of the net dispsable income locally, or close to $110 a month per family. Pickens Sentinel, "Consumer Debt At $1,320 Per Family," Vol. 99-No. 33, Thursday, 1 January 1970.
 * Consumer Debt At $1,320 Per Family**

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After more than 60 continuous hours of below-freezing temperatures, including the reading Friday morning of 1 degree above zero, Spartans will be relieved to know that they can expect a full hour of above-freezing temperature today.======

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Weather has resulted in the death of two South Carolinians. Willie Cleveland, 51, was found dead of exposure Friday at the Oconee County sawmill where he was employed. Edward Bonapart, 56, died of exposure Thursday near his home on John’s Island in Charleston County.======

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Pickens- The Pickens Jaycees recently sent letter to President Richard Nixon expressing their support of his Vietnam policy. Included ws an invitation to attend current Jaycee activities. he following letter is the reply from Hugh Sloan Jr., Staff Assistant to the President, addressed to Jaycee Roger Gettys: The White House: Washington; January 5, 1970 Dear Mr. Gettys: The President as pleased to receave your very kind letter of the 9th on behalf of the Jaycee Chapter of Pckens, South Carolina. While it will not be possible for him to accept your cordial invitation for the county music show on January31, the President wanted you to know tha he is grateful for your interest in asking him, nevertheless. He also wanted me to express his thanks to all the members of your chapter for the vote of support of his Vietnam policy. This action on your part means a great deal to him. With the Presidents warm good wishes. Sincerely, Hugh W. Sloan, Jr. Staff Assistant to the President Pickens Sentinel, "Nixon Responds To Jaycee Letter," Vol. 99-No. 36, Thursday, 22 January 1970.
 * Nixon Responds To Jaycee Letter**

Cental- The county-wide campaign to raise $100,000 to build a million dollar library at Central Wesleyan College is meeting with gratifying results, and the goal is within reach. Pickens Sentinel, "Final Week For Central Wesleyan College Library Campaign," Vol. 99-No. 37, Thursday, 29 January 1970.
 * Final Week For Central College Library Campaign**

Pickens- A group od some 25 persons were present last Thursday night at the county court house to oppose the issuing of a beer and wine license to Fast Food Mart at their proposed location of West Cedar Rock and South Catherine Streets in Pickens. Complaints were issued that the proposed site was in the same block as the Pickens Presbyterian Church and that a home for retired persons has also been planned for an adjoining area. Residents of the area opposd the request on pesonal grounds. Picken ministers, the Pickens Community Council,and the Pickens Jaycees registred opposition. Pickens Sentinel, "Citizens Oppose Alcohol Licence," Vol. 99-No. 37, Thursday, 29 January 1970.
 * Citizens Oppose Alchohol License**

Liberty- The following new books are available at the Sarlin Community Library: "Weedkillers Daughter," by Harriette S. Arnow, "Marianne," by Juliette Benzoni, "Last Voyage of the USS Pueblo," by Ed Brandt, "Heat Lightning," by Hildegardt Dolson, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents A Month of Mystery," by Alfred Hitchcock, and "I Cant Wait Until Tommorrow Because I Get Better Looking Each Day" by Joe W. Namath. A increased interest in the regular monthly book reviews is being shown by the members of "The Friends of the Library." Pickens Sentinel, "New Books At Liberty Library," Vol. 99-Vol.38, Thursay, 5 February 1970.
 * New Books At Liberty Library**

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Clemson, S.C. (UPI) – Clemson basketball Coach Bobby Roberts, under increasing pressure from fans and alumni to produce a big winner in the rugged Atlantic Coast Conferece is resigning after this season.======

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Clemson alumni, watching glumly while arch-rival South Carolina under Frank McGuire built a basketball machine which is now ranked second nationally, have been demanding Roberts’ resignation in recent months.======

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While Roberts’ team is at the bottom of the ACC, McGuire’s team leads the conference with a perfect 9-0 mark and boasts a talented freshman team that should keep the Gamecocks among college basketball’s elite for many years.======

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Columbia (AP) – The South Carolina Pollution Control Authority directed the town of Clemson Tuesday to show why it should not be ordered to correct defects in its sewage treatment system that is believed responsible for massive fish kills in Lake Hartwell.======

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Blacks, whites and Indians boycotted their assigned classrooms in scattered sections of the South Tuesday as more communities strived to remove all vestiges of the region’s historic dual school system.======

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Only 34 of 850 white students showed up for the first day of classes in the public school system of Sumter County, Ala. Nearly all the others chose to attend hastily established private schools rather than go to school with more than 3,600 blacks.======

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Nearly 1,000 of the 1,100 Negroes in the Coffeeville, Miss., district stayed away from school to protest a desegregation plan that merges the races, but separates boys and girls. Most of the district’s 600 whites showed up.======

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All but a few of the 200 Negroes scheduled to attend a desegregated school in Jasper County in South Carolina’s low country boycotted classes. They protested the closing of an all-black school. A similar but smaller boycott by blacks was being conducted at Pickens in upstate South Carolina.======

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The districts are among nearly 600 complying at the start of the fall term with government orders to establish unitary systems. More than half of the districts have started classes, and compliance has been achieved in nearly all of them calmly and peacefully but usually reluctantly.======

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Greenville, S.C. (UPI) – National Guardsmen were on standby alert in an armory today in the event of further racial trouble within the school system that was exemplified in the South as a ‘model of integration.’======

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Sixty state troopers rushed in to break up the fighting in which two students were slightly injured. The office of Gov. Robert McNair in Columbia ordered a ‘sufficient’ number of National Guardsmen to report to the Greenville Armory for possible use.======

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It was the fourth school experiencing racial trouble in the Greenville County school system, which was integrated last February under orders of federal Circuit Judge Clement F. Haynsworth. The 80-20 white-black ratio was accomplished with ‘grace and style’ and a documentary on the model integration was produced by the South Carolina educational television network and shown all over the South.======

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Tear gas was used by police to disperse rowdy black students at J.J. Mann High Tuesday, and disturbances occurred earlier at Wade Hampton and Greenville High School. The unrest generally was attributed to Negro resentment over the playing of ‘Dixie’ at the schools.======

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No arrests were made in the Wednesday fighting at Parker High. The state troopers directed about 100 black students to form a group and leave the school grounds. The youths, many carrying sticks, left the area under escort by the troopers.======

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Last week a white girl allegedly was struck on the head with a shoe by a black coed. School officials said the two had been ‘bickering’ for several days. About three weeks prior to that incident, fights broke out and parents descended on the school to get their children. It was closed for one day at that time.======