Platt Family Remembered In Aiken Business Legacy
Our view recalls H Edwin Platt who died in a March 22 automobile crash at age 40. The Platts built a regional business legacy from Graniteville to Aiken, with RX Drugs and later real estate ventures, ending with Edwin’s death en route to a tennis match while a rear car crossed the median.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Platt
Aiken County
Mr. Platt
Abel Platt
Atlantic
Graniteville
William Gregg
Platt
England
William
Marina Gregg
Greggs
Graniteville Co
Aiken
W. J. Platt
H. E
Buddy) Platt Jr
RX Drugs
RX Drug
Buddy Platt
University of South Carolina
Lake Murray
Readers voice mixed on health ruling and local issues
Letters complain about DHEC decision affecting Aiken Regional Medical Center and urge legal action. They also question removal of Green Boxes and lack of public votes on bans and services. A thank you note honors Area 15 Special Olympics Spring Games volunteers and coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DHEC
Aiken Regional Medical Center
ARMC
Providence
S. Gilmore Eaves
M.D
New Ellenton
Charlotte Mack
Wagoner
Area 15
Special Olympics Board
Gassman
Aiker High School
Aiken
Edgefield
Saluda County
Emerald Center
USCA
A Ryberg
Flavor Rich
Farm Bureau
Coca- Cola
Bonnie-Jean Buckett Aiken
Buckett
Stock market anxiety and wild swings amid crisis chatter
The piece satirizes fear on Wall Street as markets tumble and rebound. It mocks financial wizards who claim certainty amid events from Greenspan policy to Whitewater and North Korea while hinting traders fear a new crash and the Big Picture behind the Dow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Wall Street
United States
Alan Greenspan
Whitewater
North Korea
Boris Yeltsin
Washington Post
Clinton
Yeltsin
South Sea
Korea
Johnstown
Altoona
Prez
Vice Prez
al Gore
Bill
Hillary
Tijuana
Wall Street Journal
Hillary’s Pork Belly Advice Follows Market Mauling
Washington columnist Sandy Grady mocks market forecasts and pundits as he reflects on the 1990s stock runup. He jokes about Hillary Clinton’s trading record and Warren Buffett’s quip, offering playful axioms on market timing and urging caution amid March volatility.
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Cassandra
Elaine Garzarelli
CNN
Moneyline
Garzarelli
Singapore
Zillionaire
Warren Buffett
Wall Street
Hillary
Blackmun’s colorful run through Supreme Court history
The piece recalls Justice Harry Blackmun’s notable opinions from Flood v. Kuhn and Roe v. Wade, praising his baseball memory as well as his constitutional stance on capital punishment. It predicts George Mitchell as a likely successor and laments Blackmun’s legacy with a cautious obituary tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Harry Blackmun
Flood
Blackmun
Chicago
al Spalding
Cap Anson
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Walter Johnson
Henry Chadwick
Eddie Collins
Lou Gehrig
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Supreme Court
Wahoo Sam Crawford
Iron Man McGinnity
Three-Finger Brown
Congress
Warren Burger
Byron White
Curt Flood
St. Louis
Nals
Phillies
Washington Senators
Potter Stewart
Lewis Powell
Justice White
Roe
Clinton
Senate
George Mitchell
Mitchell
High Court
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Hugo Black
Alabama
Minton
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Charles O. Grice
Aiken, S.C
H. Edwin Platt Ill
Louise H. Fickling
Nowa
Sandy Grady
Knight-Ridder Service
Washington
The
Philadelphia Daily News
James J. Kilpatrick
Universal Press Syndicate
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