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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1972
Page
4
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat orders 4000 Russians to leave, aiming to ease friction with Moscow while pressing for more arms. The move signals internal pressure against reliance on Russia and sparks talk of broader Arab political shifts and U.S. influence in the region.
Duke University football fans Odell Weeks and Haseltine Coward attended the Raleigh game. The Gross-Horton Company of Long Island plans to build 1500 homes near Aiken and in the valley between Aiken and Augusta for Savannah River Plant workers, with over 4 million dollars in housing costs. A Brownie Girl Scout overnight camp filled the Coker Spring Road cabin with 30 members and leaders, featuring roasting weiners and marshmallows and games.
The dialogue satirizes a Gallup poll suggesting if Wallace sits out McGovern or Nixon would win two to one. A mock exchange features leaders praising courage, unity talks, and debate over abortion, welfare, and education shifting to a third party entry.
Daily humor column notes various oddities from salt use and penguin parenting to embezzlement, lightning heat, and tornado frequency. It cites studies on sleep patterns and personality, and ends with Josh Billings on confounding fools by letting them have their way.
Ideological clash looms as Richard Nixon’s private faith is debated amid a wave of anti Catholic and Protestant critique led by figures like Father Groppi and the Berrigans. The article argues Nixon struggles to articulate religion publicly while McGovern’s piety contrasts his own.
A health column reviews New Essential First Aid by W C Alvarez and Peter Roylance. It praises knowing what must be done first in a medical emergency and warns that wrong priorities can cost lives. An example describes a motorcyclist found unconscious from blocked breathing and the quick aid that saved him.
The writer notes abundant free time and urges using it to aid others. Suggestions include visiting the sick to offer encouragement, addressing the need for Sunday School teachers, assisting nurses’ aides in hospitals, and helping lonely elderly people.
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