Fixing Milk Prices Defended by None
A Charleston gathering of the International Association of Milk Control Agencies hears Louisiana agriculture commissioner David L. Pearce oppose milk price fixing by government edict. The editorial argues producers deserve fair prices without government mandates and critiques price floors as indefensible and unnecessary for supply.
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Louisiana
David L. Pearce
Charleston
International Association of Milk Control Agencies
Pearce
South Carolina
Dump Nixon Drives Take Hold In Northeast Politics
A Northeast campaign promotes a Dump Nixon slogan amid distrust of the presidency and calls to release controls. The piece argues milk price controls distort markets and favors producers, while consumers fear artificial security and want real solutions.
Inflation Lag Not A Drop In Prices Says Critics
The piece argues rising grocery prices blur the distinction between a slower inflation rise and actual decline. It notes Nixon advisers celebrate a slower upward curve rather than a fall in the cost of living, a point households would recognize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Nixon
Reduced Workweek: Catching On Across Industries
President Leonard Wood of the United Auto Workers signals a push for a four day work week with five days pay as negotiations with aerospace firms begin in July. The trend shows non union adoption, lower absenteeism, higher output, and expanding trials across banks mills tires and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Samsonite
Armour
Metropolitan Life
Chrysler
United Steelworkers
Salt Lake City
Labor Department
The Highest Compliment by Holmes Alexander
The piece argues Americans feel shock when leaders err, praising the nation for its high standards even as it acknowledges faults from the My Lai case to Calley. It contrasts American ideals with other nations and asserts pride in America's enduring constitutional framework and global standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Alexander
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
William Calley
U. S
Calley
My Lai
America
Vietnam
Mental Health Need in South Carolina Urged
A letter urges public action on mental illness, urging education about causes and treatments, community involvement, and support for the South Carolina Mental Health Association. It cites high hospital bed occupancy, lifetime treatment needs, and national costs, calling for volunteerism and policy transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
South Carolina
United States
Mental Health Association
United Fund
Colonization efforts and civic notices in Aiken 1874
Aiken’s 1874 scene shows a proposed colonization scheme to move 1,000 people to a 4,000 acre tract near Aiken funded by John K Keyser with $50,000, dog tax, a commercial school by W M Pelot, legal notices from W P Finley and D S Henderson, and local societies including a Silverton Grange chapter and a Deutscher Schutzen Gesellschaft benefit ball. Also a Scotch marriage at Blair Drummond. The piece sketches a busy civic life around 1874.
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New York Times
Colonization Society
Church of Strangers
Green Street
New York
Aiken
South Carolina
John K. Keyser
Keyser
William M. Pelot
W. Perronneau Finley
City Council of
Charleston
W. P. Finley
D. S. Henderson
Barnwell
Colleton
Edgefield
Silverton
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
Isaac Foreman
J. J. Meyer
Sons of Temperance
Deutscher Schutzen Gesellschaft
Lyceum Hall
F. W. Wessels
Henry Busch
L. H. Staubes
A.D. Beckman
Woods Drug Store
Blair Drummond
Stirling
Scotland
Biot Edmundston
Thomas Edmundston
London
England
Mary
Amory Coffin
Santa myths and Christmas meaning explained to children
Sunday School guidance advises presenting Santa as a mythical symbol of goodwill. Explain he has no bearing on Christ’s birth, which is the true focus of Christmas. Encourage either accepting Santa with that context or making Christmas solely about Jesus’ birth and God’s gift of salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lincoln
America
Santa
Christ
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Myra
Russia
Christ Child
Secrecy Complaint Over Aiken County Courthouse Site
A letter to the Aiken County Legislative Delegation argues secrecy caused a courthouse site dispute. It claims lawmakers secretly changed law to relocate the courthouse without voter consent or public notice.
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Hampton Street
Richland Avenue
Scott
Aiken County
R.S. McKinney
Welfare and Food Stamp Talk Highlights Family Needs
A TV program on welfare and food stamps cites reasons people sign up, including children needing Easter outfits and mothers balancing work with child care. The piece reflects on working to provide essentials and questions about motivation.
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters For Publication
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor. Letters must be signed with the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous submissions are not considered and pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel.
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Eugene J. Oyler
Samuel A. Cothran
Aiken, S.C
Northeast
Nixon
God
Citizen Smith
Huntington Beach
Calif
The
USA
Earth
West
Ellen J. Albrecht
Aiken County Mental Health Association
Dorothy K. Macdowell
Billy Graham
G.H
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