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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1987
Page
4
An economic expansion since 1982 has lowered the poverty rate to 13.6 percent and raised real incomes for blacks and Hispanics while unemployment fell to 6.1 percent. Women headed households now form the majority of poor families, prompting welfare reform focused on job training and work rather than extended government aid.
Israel's top leaders reject NBC interview requests after a documentary criticized Israeli treatment of Arabs. government officials call the program biased while vowing no dialogue will be given to NBC. Critics say the silence undermines Israel's side of the story.
The hearings reveal that the real fault lies with the people not the process. Reagan Shultz and Weinberger bore blame for failing to understand how the system should work while Poindexter and North faced the consequences as critics warn the White House sought to override Congress.
In a Tehran staged challenge linking Mecca and Riyadh, Iran's leadership seeks to destabilize Saudi rulers and provoke U S backed reflagging in the Persian Gulf. The piece argues the revolutionaries use martyrdom to heighten anti West fervor, while Rafsanjani shifts between radical and pragmatic roles amidst a broader struggle for power.
A Universal Press Syndicate set of quips highlights common homophone errors in media and everyday speech. It cites examples from Vancouver to Florida and stresses verifying words like hare s breath bated breath prostrate prostate pour pore leech leach and reins reigns while urging readers to distrust sound alike errors.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous submissions are not considered. Legibility and editorial condensing for space and taste are required.
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