Obvious Disgrace From Aiken Stockade Escapes
The Aiken Standard notes a second escape from the Aiken County Stockade in 10 days. County Administrator Ronald LaCouture says escapes should not shock residents, as the stockade permits easy inmate leaving. The piece argues for stronger security or abolition to prevent future breaches and questions prison labor as a cure for workforce issues.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken County Stockade
Ronald LaCouture
Stockade
Aiken County
Is Premarital Sex Wrong and How God Views It
Billy Graham answers a reader wondering if sex before marriage is acceptable. He argues the right standard comes from God, not pleasure, and warns that sex outside marriage harms the soul. He says sex belongs within marriage and should be guided by spiritual purpose.
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Billy Graham
M.C
Value of the Dollar Shifts as Currency Confidence Wanes
Anthony Harrigan notes a Lis bone Portugal exchange scene showing that official rates matter little. He argues the dollar’s value rests on confidence in the economy, highlighting Americans’ shift from dollars to German marks as a safe currency amid devaluation.
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Anthony Harrigan
Lisbon
Portugal
U.S
Global oil money reshapes US trade balance
The piece argues the cold war has shifted to a global economic battle harming American prosperity. It highlights a growing US trade deficit due to high manufacturing costs and oil imports from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Arab oil states earning billions daily. It warns of volatile Arab funds moving into euros and urges boosting domestic energy production to stabilize the dollar.
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United States
U.S
America
Middle East
Algeria
Libya
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
What This Country Needs Is A Good $8 Motel
Cecil Day, founder of Day’s Inns, inspired by high hotel costs, built an economy chain offering rooms for about eight dollars. By 1973 budget motels expand nationwide, boasting high occupancy and standardized designs, while Day’s Inns include a New Testament in each room and tithe generosity.
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Paul Harvey
Cecil Day
Macon
California
Disneyland
Savannah
Howard Johnson
Holiday
Day's Inns
This Too Shall Pass Away Applies to Lincoln and Life
Rufus Gosnell recounts the ring tale for Abraham Lincoln and urges calm in hard times with the line This too shall pass away. He notes examples from golf and work habits showing patience and steady effort pay off in the long run.
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Rufus W. Gosnell
Abraham Lincoln
Jacob
Robert
Elmer Wheeler
Packed Senate Attack on ITT and U.S. Overseas Work
The Church Fulbright subcommittee frames U.S. firms like ITT as meddling power players overseas and questions America’s motives. It questions expropriation fears in Chile, ITT funding, and potential political influence, while accusing the United States and corporations of bias and covert actions.
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Holmes Alexander
Sen
Frank Church
ITT
Old
USA
Church
Bill Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
America
Fulbright
Vietnam
Red
Cuba
Portugal
Spain
Albert Gore
George McGovern
Nixon Defamation League
Edmund Muskie
Chairan Church
Clifford Case
U.S
Uncle Sam
KGB
CIA
Senate
Cracy
Salvador Allende
Chile
Allende
Beech Island Academy and Notable Local Educators
A historical note recalls Beech Island Academy started in 1859 taught by James Edward Crosland before his Confederate Army service. Students boarded at Crosland’s home and Old Dicks home hosted several teachers and pupils. The academy stood on Pine Log Road near the Dunbar home with several prominent local educators and the community’s benefactor Alexander Downer, after whom the current school is named.
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Beech Island
James Edward Crosland
South Carolina
Pine Log Road
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Robert D. Cathcart
CLAO
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Chalet Swisse International
Econo-Travel
Roy Overton
Econo- Travel
Day’s Inns
Rufus
John McCone
Harold Geneen
Case
Muskie
Yesteryear
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