Mills backs import controls to shield domestic textile makers
House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills moves to curb overseas textile and shoe imports with a bill allowing quantity limits by statute mutual agreement or both. The measure, co sponsored by Rep Dorn, signals a push to secure international understandings while reserving unilateral action if needed. The piece also notes women now make up 38.5 percent of the workforce and highlights shifts since 1939 and wartime peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas Democrat
South Carolina
W. J. B. Dorn
Mills
Palmetto
Greenville
Congress
Dorn
One Way To Do It In Modern Politics
A brief critique notes that success may rely on hiring a smart campaign manager who selects the candidate. The piece suggests strategy over individual leadership and emphasizes organizational skill.
High Road And The Low Road
A 1970 opinion piece contrasts two Black leaders Robert Williams and Stokely Carmichael with their approaches to overturning white power. Williams pursues nonviolent reform while Carmichael advocates underground action and Pan African unity. The article recalls their Senate testimony, exile histories, and Havana ties, warning of escalating confrontation if coexistence is not embraced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Williams
Stokely Carmichael
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
United States
Williams
Dr. King
Capitol
Carmichael
Ralph Featherstone
William
Che) Payne
Bel Air
Rap Brown
Havana
Hanoi
Peking
GOP
Uncle Toms
Coker Spring: Aiken’s historic watering site and restoration plan
The spring sits on land once owned by Ephraim Franks and later William Peronneau Finley, a Charleston lawyer who deeded the site to Aiken with conditions. Once a Tory Trail stop and stagecoach watering point, it housed the first 1894 icehouse below the spring and hosted troops during the Civil War era. A recovered photograph prompts city county plans for restoration led by Lonnie Garvin and the Tricentennial Beautification Committee.
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Ephraim Frankly
Coker Spring
Walker
William Peronneau Finley
Charleston
Aiken
Finley
Whiskey Road
Sand Bar Ferry
William Burdick
Aiken County
Lonnie Garvin
Subsidies as Urban Disease and Rescue Plan
A critical essay argues federal subsidies devastate cities by distorting growth and fostering dependency. It calls for ending model cities and urban renewal, phasing out HUD, and cutting federal funds so local communities set values and prices. The piece urges a peaceful revolution to purge government and restore self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Nixon
Sex in Marriage According to Billy Graham and Bible Teachings
A reader asks about marital sex ethics. Billy Graham emphasizes that marriage honors sex when both spouses consent and love, rejects using a partner for selfish pleasure, and notes sex gains meaning through Christ’s dimension in marriage.
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Christ
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters on topics of general interest with return addresses required. Pen names are allowed but writers must disclose identity to the paper. Letters should be concise and aimed at community improvement.
Rufus By Rufus W Gosnell Tricentennial in Charleston
A lively Charleston feature blends local weather and parade color with satire and anecdotes. Governor McNair endures sunburn at the event as humor and homegrown observations mix with public figures and small town quirks. The column closes with a humorous counterfeiters tale from a rural store and a sharp punchline.
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Rufus W. Gosnell
Charleston
Robert E. McNair
Sun
Tom Horton
Commercial Hotel
Las Vegas
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Aiken, Bgs
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Eugene J. Oyler
U.S. Labor Department
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Ralph Abernathy
Eastland
Mississippi
Oriette Naat
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America
Billy Graham
D.C
Rufus
Fairlock Mills
Virginia
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Kelly
Clendon
George Funeral Home
David
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