The Case That Nobody Won
The civil rights case against Dr. Clovis H. Pierce ends with mixed outcomes and broad emotion. Aiken physicians limit Medicaid work while Dr. Pierce resigns from Medicaid and sterilization-linked care. a racially mixed jury acquitted him of discrimination but he was fined five dollars for discharging a patient after a day-old birth. The piece notes broader welfare concerns and ends with a Ford Motor Co tax-dollar impact aside.
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Clovis H. Pierce
Aiken
Pierce
J. William Thurmond
North Augusta
Aiken County
Augusta
Ford Motor Co
British Library exhibit on late American rebellion draws notices
The British Library in London hosts a Bicentennial focused exhibit with letters from George III dated 1782. The king laments American knavery and the colonies becoming aliens to the kingdom, a sharp jab at their independence generation.
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British Library
London
George III
George
Charlotte Observer
Americans' Determination To Stay In Fool's Paradise
In a column, Holmes Alexander critiques George McGovern and CIA Mafia plots to poison Castro, arguing Americans prefer silence over harsh truths. The piece warns democracy nurtures a fool's paradise to avoid bad news and urges McGovern to abandon peacemaker pose for candor.
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Fool’s Paradise
Holmes Alexander
George McGovern
Castro
McGovern
Robert Maheu
CIA
Maheu
Sen. Frank Church
Committee On Intelligence
America
Fool's Paradise
We Must Think Anew And Act Anew
A reflection on Abraham Lincoln’s call to think anew and act anew during crisis. The speaker recalls Lincoln’s warning that past dogmas fail in storms, sharing a personal journey from engineering to psychology to ministry and urging adaptation for future generations.
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Abraham Lincoln
Vietnam
Lincoln
Letters to the Editor from 200 years ago comment on wages and city policy
Frederic C. Henderschott thanks Ernest Holcomb for keeping Crosland Park tidy. Helen Ronchetti praises the parkway upkeep. A reader urges action on animal welfare and asks SPCA to handle fallen pets. Mrs Judy V Wyatt criticizes alcohol advertising on TV and its harm to families and children.
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Ernest Holcomb
Crosland Park
Judy V. Wyatt
Judy V. Wy
Edward Rutledge Signer of South Carolina Declaration
Dorothy MacDowell recounts Edward Rutledge one of the four South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence. Son of Dr. John Rutledge, he studied with his brother in Charles Town before entering Middle Temple England and returning to practice in 1773. He served in Congress, traveled to Philadelphia in 1774, and again in 1779 but fell ill en route.
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Dorothy Macdowell
South Carolina
Edward Rutledge
John Rutledge
Charles Town
Christ Church Parish
Edward
S.C
John
Middle Temple
England
Rutledge
Congress
Philadelphia
military officer Edward Rutledge in Revolutionary War service
Edward Rutledge rose from militia to lieutenant colonel in the Charles Town artillery battalion. In 1779 he led a company of artillerists at Charles Town and earned glory with the island capitulation. He was captured as a prisoner of war and held in St Augustine for 11 months before exchange and a long exile from his home.
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Charles Town
Port Royal Island
Edward Rutledge
St. Augustine
Privy Council
British Sloop Falcon Chases Gloucester Schooners
Off Cape Ann Massachusetts two American schooners are chased by the British sloop Falcon commanded by Captain John Linzee. After a cannonade and boarding fight Gloucester militia repel the party. Linzee withdraws after losing both schooners a cutter barges and half his crew including ten impressed Americans.
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Cape Ann
Gloucester
Massachusetts
John Linzee
Gloucester Harbor
Linzee
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