Meanys Walk From Pay Board Sparks Public Debate
The piece argues labor leadership under Meany walked off the Pay Board over a 30 percent wage package for longshoremen. It contends government intervention is needed to curb big labor and inflation, noting grocery price rises outside controls and public support for price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
President's Pay Board
Tripartite Pay Board
George Meany
Nixon
Meany
Friends
Cothran and Cathcart Lead Aiken Standard Editorial Team
Samuel A. Cothran serves as president and editor while Robert Cathcart holds the role of executive editor at the Aiken Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Cothran
Billboards removal blocked by compensation stalemate
The South Carolina billboard removal plan stalls as state law demands just compensation to owners and caps state funding at five million dollars. The 1965 ban on non conforming signs leaves many signs without federal payoffs, while new billboards continue to rise until May third.
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S.C. Highway Dept
General Assembly
Congress
Transportation
John Volpe
John C. West
South Carolina
West
State Senate
Free market consumer groups advocate choice over regulation
Readers discuss the role of Consumer Union and Consumer Reports in policing the market without heavy government involvement. A letter from Aiken thanks the local paper for coverage of the Triple Crown events, praising collaboration and predicting growing regional tourism potential.
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Rocky Mount
Robert S. Perry
Your Health When An Artery Has Blowout
Aneurysm described as a blow out in an artery may present as a soft pulsating lump beneath the skin or, when deep in chest, abdomen, or brain, be visible on X ray after arterial contrast.
A Reader Letter On Trouble Faith And Health Advice
The column blends a religious reflection on suffering with medical notes on aneurysms and hernias. It cites scripture from Genesis and John and references Peter, then shifts to medical explanations of aneurysm symptoms and abdominal wall ruptures including groin and diaphragmatic hernias and a caller request for Dr Alvarez's Hiatus Hernia booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvarez
Dept Ats
Des Moines
Iowa
Buckley and Nixon Lose Points on Style in Debate
The piece argues James Buckley and President Nixon were right in stance but faltered in etiquette and decorum. It notes Buckley's breach of parliamentary form while praising his critique of Kennedy and Fulbright, and reflects on Nixon's remarks about Vietnam and Russia, concluding both erred in style while remaining aligned with higher aims.
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Angels
James L. Buckley
Cons. N.Y
Senate
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Buckley
Jim Buckley
U.S
New York
Ted Kennedy
Bill Fulbright
Nixon
Ussr
Russia
Edward Kennedy
Buckley
North Vietnam
Kennedy
Dobrynin
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Eisenhower
Reuther
White House
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Chicago Tribune
Aiken
Robert
Cathcart
Aiken, S.C
Consumer Union of
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Ralph Nader
England
Tapp's
Dutch Square
Columbia
Tapp
Mitchell
Augusta
Atlanta
Bebbington
Aiken Triple Crown
Mecca
Peking
Billy Graham
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cain
Abel
Jesus
John
Peter
By Holmes Alexander
Vietnam
Texas
Central
South America
MacArthur
North Korea
Diembienphu
U.S. Senate
USA
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