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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1983

Page

4

Congressan Junkets Spark Debate on Recess Perks

Opinion reflects on Speaker Tip O Neill China visit as example of costly perks. Critics urge curbing travel while noting potential benefits of keeping lawmakers at home. The piece suggests incentives to discourage future junkets during recess.

French Riviera Tip O’neill China O’neill Danny Boy Great Wall Offi Taiwan

Masters Week Brings Golf Fans to Augusta and Aiken

The Masters Week event at Augusta National Golf Club draws top players and thousands of fans. Many visitors stop in Aiken for lodging and to play its courses as spring flowers peak, with locals welcoming guests and noting planned seasonal beauty.

Georgia Augusta National Golf Club America Augusta Aiken

Obituary: G. C. Garvin Was Bethcar Community Leader

G. C. Monk Garvin, a Wagener area farmer and Bethcar resident, served as District 3 county commissioner and as a school trustee. He was active in Masons Shriners and Woodmen of the World and sat on the Bethcar Baptist Church cemetery committee. He died at age 73 leaving many friends and sympathies to his family.

G. C Monk) Garvin Bethcar Wagener Masons, Shriners Woodmen of the World

Why Latin America falls short of U S prosperity

Irving Kristol argues Latin American nations like El Salvador face persistent instability and economic ineptitude. He asserts Western reforms alone cannot ensure growth and warns that backward habits and external aid won t solve deep political and cultural factors. He notes Uruguay as an example of failed welfare-led progress.

Kristol Latin America el Salvador

Propaganda Debates Cloud VOA Legacy

Former VOA deputy director Nicolaides sought to convert the agency into a propaganda tool prompting exposure by Murray Marder of the Washington Post. Senators pondered USIA’s overseas reach while Nicolaides remains controversial about propaganda and First Amendment issues.

Philip Nicolaades The Voice of America Washington Post VOA Nicolaides Post Murray Marder Marder Charles Percy Illinois Republican United States Information Agency USIA United States Charles Wick Senate, Foreign Relations Committee Project Democracy Reagan Administration J. William Fulbright Georgi Arbatov Percy Sen. Dodd Connecticut Wick Gary Hart Colorado White House Canadian Film Board

Anti nuclear protests across Europe challenge Reagan plan

The piece describes massive Easter weekend demonstrations across the continent opposing U S nuclear weapons policy. It argues Soviet intransigence, European public opinion, and NATO dynamics shape the chance of any arms reduction while calling on Congress to resist anti American demonstrations and stay firm with deterrence.

British Isles Europe Reagan U.S East Germany Soviet Union United States Andrei A. Gromyko NATO Moscow Western Europe Washington Helmut Kohl West Germany Michael Foot British Labor Party

N C State Upsets Perceived Houston Invincibility In Final

Ashley Sees It notes NC State as a near unbeatable ACC champion beating UNC and Virginia, contrasting with Houston's No. 1 status and suggesting ACC strength. The column muses on rivalry, conference balance, and future implications for ACC expansion. It also touches on dentists approving electric toothbrushes and general observations on reading and relationships.

N.C. State ACC Georgia Dawgs Virginia State Houston

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