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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1978
Page
7
Across and down clues form a mixed puzzle from an old paper featuring Greek letters, famous names, and phrases. The Cryptoquote offers the LONGFELLOW cipher hint and a Carlyle quotation for Saturday.
The column presents bridge problem scenarios with hands and bidding sequences. It highlights five cue bid ideas and a recommended action for declarer and defender, along with a closing note offering the Goren Leads book through the newspaper.
The last of the finches left April 3 as two female purple finches visited briefly before migrating north. Sparrows, titmice, and chickadees remain at the feeder, among debris tossed by finches. A cuckoo's rare call lingered, recalled as a childhood rain crow, with fond birdsong despite erratic grosbeak and finch wintering.
In week 14 of the 1978 South Carolina Legislature session budget talks begin on a $1.3 billion state budget. House aims to complete appropriations and send to the Senate. Bills move on optician advertising eyeglass sales and five year plates with renewal. Senate votes on off duty law enforcement wear. Nonresidency in teacher hiring debated. Circuit court judges may add four seats. Electric cities bill advances to governor. Vehicle management council proposal introduced.
Conductor Leonard Bernstein cancels his Spoleto U S A appearance due to his wife’s illness. Christine Reed, festival operations director, says organizers will seek a performer or group of similar stature to fill in.
The utility reports spending over 40 million dollars to install smoke filters and emissions controls, build spray ponds and cooling towers, and reduce air and water pollution. The program funds come from customers through electric bills as part of efforts to keep South Carolina clean and appealing.
The article describes several cuckoo varieties with emphasis on the yellow billed cuckoo as a common summer nesting bird in the state. It notes size, coloration, and distinctive tail markings, plus reflections on hearing cuckoos and contrasts New World and Old World cuckoo sounds. It ends with a humorous aside about the phrase you are cuckoo and bird-related expressions.
Lawmakers consider new measures after the Legislative Audit Council released a critical report on state owned vehicle use and management, prompting scrutiny of fleet policies and oversight.
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