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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1973
Page
4
The piece argues that Russell Train, nominee for EPA administrator, may fit the role or falter. It contrasts his past environmental conservatism with industrial needs, cites Senators Scott and Hansen, and notes skepticism about enforcing laws and international cooperation in environmental policy.
A reader attacks a $4500 federal grant for a Kalmia area recreation facility in Aiken. She opposes a federal park near Rollingwood, fears environmental impact on Hitchcock Woods, and urges using funds for local needs such as a hospital.
Rep William Jennings Bryan Dorn of Greenwood urges that isolationism would invite war. He cites World War I lessons, Billy Mitchell’s defense advocacy, and the Atlantic Ocean shield as reasons to keep a strong US Navy Air Force and Army to protect freedom and sea lanes. He argues peace requires strength and warns against huddling behind oceans.
The Aiken Standard of August 10 1973 edited by Samuel A Cothran and Robert D Cathcart reports on local events in Aiken South Carolina. The issue features community notes and remarks from city life and regional affairs of the period.
The article reports a shift in South Carolina legislative thinking toward single member districts as a practical solution to reapportionment concerns. Sen. L. Marion Gressette, once a key opponent, now says he can live with the plan as the real rule is equal district sizes.
Iowa Representative Bill Scherle cites a GAO study of wheat sales to the Soviet Union to push for a more rational USDA policy. He calls for prior knowledge of large export contracts, government approval in shortages, and sharing data with agri business to protect farmers and consumers.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with a writer address for publication. Anonymous submissions are rejected and pen names are not allowed. Papers may edit letters for space clarity taste and libel. There is no subject matter limit.
A collection of witty vignettes about life and human nature. A baldheaded suburbanite fans lawn work with a joking daughter cautioning his baldness. A driver ignores signals claiming a corner. A toddler mishears neighbors’ naming of a newborn as Grandman.
A young man named Kafka Quince spends a lifetime chasing self discovery through college jobs art and therapy. After failing relationships and late life epiphanies he declares I am what I am yet dies from a truck crash leaving a tombstone inscription about self reliance.
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