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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1997
Page
4
The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Voices Northeast complaining about an April Fools prank by Mother Nature. They jeer the lingering winter and demand blossoms baseball kite flying in the park and a timely spring transition. They call for nature to move on and end the frosty joke.
Post-Tribune column questions why intelligent people join cults and kill themselves, noting ancient roots and millennial timing. It cites Heaven's Gate in California, warns of 2000 2001 era madness, and argues societal failure and the need for care for lost, hopeful individuals.
The piece contrasts deadly foods with lifesaving ties of marriage and faith. It highlights Dr. David B. Larson’s findings linking marriage and religious practice to longer, healthier lives, citing divorced individuals’ higher illness rates, greater death risk, and kids’ worse outcomes, while praising love over diet fads.
The author vents over baseball's current state and greed while reflecting on Jackie Robinson's 1947 breakthrough. He contrasts past purity with today’s money focus, recalls Ford Frick's strong stand, and notes Cap Anson's role in segregation. He ends planning to skip the opener, likely watching girls' soccer instead.
Loren T. Palmer, 89, longtime Summerville resident and former Savannah River Operations Office retiree, died March 11 during a visit to Orlando. A Navy captain in the Naval Reserve and WWII veteran, he faced family tragedies including the deaths of his daughter Jane and son Terry. He contributed to youth work as a church elder and scoutmaster, earning the Silver Beaver Award. He was a gifted woodcarver and active in South African Presbyterian Church, survived by his widow.
A March Letters to the Editor in the Aiken Standard defends a medical care suit against an emergency room physician at Aiken Hospital. The author rejects claims of frivolity, cites family grief, and argues the case sought care accountability and closure rather than money. Local readers respond with cross regional grievance and pride.
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