Charlotte Cassels Leaves Aiken After 22 Years of Service
The Aiken community bids farewell to Charlotte Cassels who is moving to Durham North Carolina to enter a retirement home near Duke Hospital. Aiken’s Woman of the Year 1988, she shaped arts life and served on multiple boards including USC Aiken Etherredge Center and South Carolina Arts Commission.
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Charlotte Cassels
Aiken
South Carolina
Durham
N.C
Duke Hospital
Cassels
Louis Cassels
Ellenton
Friends of the Kennedy Center
Washington
James Edwards
Old Aiken County Hospital
Friends of Hopelands
Historic Aiken Foundation
Still Hopes
Cassels Oil Co
Aiken Standard
Federal
Stefan Hirsch
County Judicial Center
Federal Court
Readers critique pro life vs murder framing in editorial
A reader condemns the March editorial urging that murder should be punished. rejecting defending Dr Gunn's killer. The letter argues abortion foes must protest peacefully within constitutional rights and warns against new restrictions and liberal politics. The writer endorses the editor and expresses concern for religiously motivated violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Donahue
Dr. Gunn
U.S
Letter on Homosexuality and AIDS Sparks City Debate
A reader argues against dropping a comic strip over homosexuality and warns that openness wanes when AIDS or a gay child affects them. The letter cites Magic Johnson’s return to the NBA and urges open-mindedness despite personal discomfort. Signed by David Rosling of Aiken.
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Magic Johnson
NBA
California
David Rosling Aiken
Clinton Bridges Gap With Military Leaders After Snub
Clinton toured the Pentagon as president and moved to mend ties with the armed forces amid memories of his draft evasion. Gen Colin Powell mentors the new civilian military balance as defense cuts loom and Powell emphasizes civilian leadership guiding the services.
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Clina
Sarajevo
Clinton
Potomac
Pentagon
Truman
Bush
Army
Barry R. McCaffrey
Vietnam
24Th
McCaffrey
White House
Bill Clinton
Colin Powell
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Powell
Te House
Joint Chiefs
Defense
Les Aspin
Reagan
Carter
Nixon
Gen
America
Question of Making Bad Less Bad Through a Translator
A Paraguayan speaker weighs drug policy options from legalization under medical control to continuing the war on drugs. The piece frames a choice between two troubling paths and argues legalization faces a hard sell in the United States, with crime and addiction patterns discussed and a call to reflect on moral biases. James G. Driscoll of the Sun-Sentinel notes the discussion among Latin American publishers and American journalists.
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Paraguay
Peru
Bolivia
Colombia
United States
Central
South America
Sun-Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Inter American Press Association
U.S
England
Supreme Court limits treasure salvors in sunken treasure case
Mel Fisher, famed salvager of the Atocha, spent years and millions seeking a billion dollars in sunken treasure. The Supreme Court ruled the bulk of find belongs to the insurer, not the salvors, ending the prospect of vast U.S. treasury gains and leaving Fisher unable to pursue further challenges.
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Supreme Court
S.S. Central America
Mel Fisher
Fisher
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Scott B. Hunter
Sue S. Brown
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
Aiken, S.C
State Museum
Governor’s Mansion Foundation
Aiken County
Boomer Bill
Chiefs
Sandy Grady
The
Philadelphia Daily News
Knight-Ridder Service
Thomas More
Henry VIII
More
Tower of London
James G. Driscoll
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Paul Harvey
U.S. Treasury
Davy Jones
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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