Rights and Reactions Range Across News and Opinions
A roundup of quotes covers a police shooting SLED inquiry in Aiken, a Vatican succession comment on Archbishop George, families facing cancer news, a car fire experience, regional landfill financing approval, a local political candidate’s campaign plan, a prosecutor asking for a Mesa sexual assault conviction, Titanic disaster reflection, pride group unity plans, and legal immunity arguments in a Brunei case.
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Cleveland
Mike Nolan
Jose Mesa
Braves edge Cubs 4 0 in fastest MLB game in five years
Turner Field fans enjoyed a speedy 1 hour 47 minute Braves win over the Cubs on April 5 with Greg Maddux’s pitching. The crowd of 41,318 helped start baseball’s theme park era featuring Coca Cola bottle displays and interactive attractions at Turner Field.
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Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
Greg Maddux
Atlanta
Turner Field
Chicago
Comiskey Park
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Jack Rouse
Cincinnati
Coke Plaza
Scout's Alley
Rouse
Sporting News
Scout’s Alley
Braves’ Museum and Hall of Fame
Ballpark
Stan Kasten
Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County
Kasten
Greg Murphy
Major League Baseball Enterprises
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodger
Anaheim
Calif
Angels
Bo Belinsky
Texas Rangers
Nolan Ryan
South Carolinas Retiree Study Shows Contentment and Growth
A 125 retiree survey in South Carolina finds 83 percent feel part of their new community and 66 percent would not leave. Since moving, 25 percent recruited friends or relatives, and income rose from 28 to 41 percent above $60,000 between 1990 and 1995. The study notes favorable climate and living costs but warns on aging costs and medical burdens.
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South Carolina
Ol’ Carolina
Ken Backman
Strom Thurmond Institute
Clemson University
Sheila Backman
Department of Parks
Florida
State Supreme Court
Spartanburg
Herald-Journal
Stop home detention and the Special Olympics thanks
A reader condemns home detention after a fatal shooting, urging bars instead of monitoring. The letter also celebrates the Special Olympics Spring Games and lists numerous supporters and volunteers from the Aiken area, noting growth from 200 athletes to 600 and over 850 volunteers, and praising the impact on participants and youth volunteers.
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Barry Johnson
Area 15
Warren Whitson
Midland Valley High School
Aiken
Edgefield Knights of Columbus
Aiken Woman's Club
Kim Coleman
Aiken City
Fort Gordon
Bonnie-Jean Buckett
Letters to the Editor at Aiken Standard
Readers are invited to submit brief letters signed with the writer address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Letters may be edited and condensed and should be addressed to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or sent by email to editorial scescape.net.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
S.C
Scescape.net
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Patricia Burnett
Vatican
Francis E. George
Portland
Ore
Joseph Bernardin
Archdiocese of
Mary Hunter
John
Dick Flynt
Colin Covington
Three Rivers Authority
Aiken County
Bob Goldman
Kathy Rawls
William Garzke
Tony Snell
David Jaroslawicz
Brunei
Shannon Marketic
Carrol Busbee
Aikewntandard
Scott B. Hunter
Stephen N. Ranzer
Ellen C. Priest
Otto C. Lee
Ming
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Sue S. Brown
The
Mal
Eithant
Minneapolis
Twins
Philadelphia
Phillies
New Haven
William N. Wallace
New York City
Columbia
Condon
Liggett Group Inc
Charlie Condon
Liggett
Citadel
Myrtle Beach
Sun News
Troy Johnson
Michelle
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