Aiken legislators return mail funds to state treasury
Aiken County lawmakers Reps Skipper Perry Don Smith and James Roland Smith returned unspent mail reimbursement checks to the state treasurer amid concerns over potential misuse. Perry sent back 2065, Don Smith 2314, and Roland Smith 1875, choosing to fund future constituent updates personally if needed.
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Skipper Perry
Don Smith
James Roland Smith
Columbia
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Roland Smith
Aiken
North Augusta
Langley
Circus Direct Staff Names Listed for Aiken Event
The Aiken Standard lists Scott B. Hunter Jeffrey B. Wallace Art Zappa Ellen C Priest Garth R Groshans Timothy E O Briant James R Bennett Jr J David Boyd as managing and directing personnel for the circus coverage and event operations.
Bush tax cuts harmful to economy and equity
Bangor Daily News columnist John Buell argues Bush’s tax cuts widen inequality and underfund essential services. He critiques payroll tax relief neglect and notes benefits mainly favor the wealthy, while deficits and Reaganomics echoes repeat.
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Robert McIntyre
Citizens For Tax Justice
Larry Lindsey
Lockheed Martin
ADM
Merck
Pfizer
Reagan
John Buell
The
Bangor
Maine
Bush rejection of biosafety treaty harms global efforts
Mark Wheelis argues the United States wrongly rejected a strengthened 1972 biological weapons treaty on July 25. He says inspections would deter cheaters, protect biodefense secrets, and curb proliferation, warning that U.S. pullout weakens international defenses and could force others to act without Washington.
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Bush Administration
U.S
Soviet Union
Iraq
Ting
Summers of sandlot baseball going going gone
A reader recalls childhood summers in College Acres and sees his name in Jeff Wallace’s Aiken Standard piece about sandlot baseball. He jokes about Babe Ruth comparisons, pine tree shade right field, makes hot rods from boards, and notes time and hip replacements end his career but the article fuels his scrapbook of old freewheeling summers.
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Aiken
Jeff Wallace
College Acres
Jeff
Vanderbilt Drive
Don’t just blame man for environmental pollution
A reader argues that methane hydrates from ocean sediments pollute more than human emissions and warns the media favoring junk science. The piece calls for rigorous cost benefit analysis and real scientists to guide policy, noting potential Bermuda Triangle links and the need for intelligent environmental choices.
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Kyoto
Bermuda Triangle
Aiken Standard Seeks Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor. All letters may be edited and condensed for publication. Address letters to Letters to the Editor at P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802. Email swallace aikenstandard.com or fax 803 648 6052.
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Art Zappa
Ellen C
Circus Direct
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Timothy E. O’briant
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Mark Wheelis
University of California, Davis
Larry
the Babe
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