Begin in Cairo Seeks Peace Amid Regional Backlash
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo with Anwar Sadat to showcase a new peace treaty as President Carter earns praise for promoting the talks. Both leaders face opposition at home and in the Arab world, while Carter’s role is hailed as a major administration achievement and a Nobel Prize prospect.
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Begin
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Jimmy Carter
Sadat
Mediterranean
Aiken Pioneer Emmett Kauffman Dies After Lifelong Service
Emmett Kauffman long active in Aiken community and Boy Scouts died last weekend. A native of the Philippine Islands he taught physics in multiple institutions then spent 20 years in health physics at the Savannah River Plant. He served 50 years as a Boy Scout leader and held varied academic affiliations before retirement.
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Philippine Islands
Washington College
Maryland
University of Delaware
Johns Hopkins
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Wilmington
Del
Stony Brook
N.Y
Alfred University
Savannah River Power Squadron
Kauffman
Savannah River Plant and Laboratory
St. Angela Academy
William D Halfacre obituary highlights life and career
William David Halfacre died in a Columbia hospital March 31 after a long residency in Aiken since 1965. native of Newberry, graduate of Newberry College, he taught and administered in public schools before entering banking in North Wilkesboro, retiring in 1964 as a North Carolina National Bank executive. He later served as Aiken Farmers and Merchants Bank vice president and educated others on horticulture, collecting slide shows with his wife. The Aiken Standard offers condolences to his family.
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Columbia
Aiken
Newberry
Newberry College
North Wilkesboro
N.C
North Carolina National Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Motley Morehead
University of North Carolina
Jim Jones and Foster Care Abuse Sparks Reform Calls
The piece questions whether Jim Jones’ followers’ deaths reveal broader flaws in foster care. It cites California officials, including Gov. Brown, and HEW funding per child, detailing abuse reports, a CDF indictment, and stalled Foster Care Reform Act HR 7200 as context for legislative change.
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Jerry Brown
Jim Jones
People’s Temple
Jones
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Child Welfare League
Senate
U.S.-China Accord Welcomed by Japanese Business Leaders
Japan has deepening commercial ties with China and sees U.S.-China normalization as stabilizing Asia. Tokyo firms push toward higher two way trade, with targets of 20 billion over eight years and 80 to 100 billion annually beyond that. Competition looms with U.S. and EEC, especially in high tech.
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Japan
United States
Teng Hsiao-ping
Peking
Fumiko Mori
China
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Tokyo
International Trade and Industry
Toshio Komoto
European Economic Community
Mori
U.S
Russia
Local Newspaper Publisher and staff directory note
Aiken SC publishes daily weekdays by Aiken Communications Inc. at 124 Rutland Drive with office box 456. Founding year 1867, second class postage paid at Aiken. Names listed include Samuel A. Cothran publisher Scott Hunter managing editor and Charles Grice classifieds manager Sue Brown production director Rodger Ragan circulation chief.
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Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Dear Dr Graham on marriage and faith
A widow writes that after 54 years of marriage she thanks God for those years and asks how to show young people life with Christ first. The response echoes the value of faith in marriage and laments rising divorce rates, noting scripture about finding a wife as a good thing.
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Persecuted Jews through history and modern progress noted
The piece surveys Jewish persecution from ancient empires through medieval expulsions and pogroms to the Nazi era, then shifts to a late 20th century note on Jewish achievement in education, science and leadership. It cites Compton's Encyclopedia and a Clemson football reference, ending with a quip about “little old ladies in tennis shoes.”
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Babylon
Titus
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France
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Shylock
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George G. Durst
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