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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1972
Page
8
In a Chicago Tribune bridge column, South reaches five spades after a competitive auction. West doubles and defenses force a protracted play with clubs and diamonds, ending with South executing a successful endgame squeeze to avoid down one. East misreads the clubs, but South preserves the rest for a favorable outcome.
South Carolina officials including J P Strom Col P F Thompson and William Leeke urged a federal bill to outlaw the sale of cheap small handguns known as Saturday night specials. They argued these guns fuel crime and endanger officers and citizens while high priced weapons are used by responsible buyers.
Edgefield publisher W W Mims asks a federal court to stop a conspiracy to boycott his new paper The Edgefield Advertiser. He names 17 Edgefield citizens and seeks injunctions against Amelia Reese and Frances Miller who started The Edgefield County Newspaper. He alleges J Luke Aull controls Edgefield ads and circulation and urged advertisers to back The Ridge Citizen.
A leading South Carolina educator warns that school integration has crested but varies by district. Dr. Agnes Hildebrand Wilson notes slower progress in some areas while Richard W. Fowler urges a statewide discipline code to focus classrooms on teaching. He cautions hidden resentments persist.
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