Carter Admits Street Money Ties To Black Preachers
Jimmy Carter acknowledges campaign funds were paid as street money to four black preachers in California before a June primary. He says workers misused the money and he ordered disapproval of such payments. The Los Angeles Times cites $5,000 in cash with ignored receipts, linking the practice to political machines and church influence.
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Jimmy Carter
California
Carter
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
Pastry shop owner asks food stamps aid for wedding cakes
Representative Paul Findley questions whether food stamps should subsidize high value items like wedding cakes. He cites a pastry shop operator who admits baking elaborate cakes for stamp users and questions the nutritional basis of such purchases. Findley orders staff inquiry.
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Paul Findley
Ill
House Agriculture Committee
Congressional
Findley
National Smile Week Observance Noted In August
A local note reflects on August’s slow pace dubbed dog days with hot weather and high utility costs. The writer questions the need for extra effort beyond keeping life going and mentions air conditioning shaping summer habitability in South Carolina amid rising power bills.
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South Carolina
Are the Russians Coming Not If We’re Ready
Pacifist pamphlet by Rep. Les Aspin argues that both overpreparedness and underpreparation threaten. He challenges big arms increases while noting Congress has largely preserved defense funding and warns of an arms race, Sino Soviet tensions, and the need for improved air defense and antisubmarine warfare.
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Holmes Alexander
Les Aspin
House Armed Services Committee
Ford
Reagan
Carter
Aspin
D-Wis
Ussr
DOD
Europe
Mediterranean
Congress
Kremlin
Cuba
China
West
Indian Ocean
Ellsworth
Free World
Britain
France
Canada
Samuel A. Cothran Leader of Aiken News
The Aiken Standard notes Samuel A. Cothran serves as president and editor guiding the 1867 founded newspaper on page 4 A. Cothran leads editorial and management duties for the historic publication in Aiken South Carolina.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Meaning of thy rod and thy staff in Psalm 23
Graham explains that the rod and staff symbolize God's protection and guidance. A shepherd's rod defends against threats while the staff guides and guards the flock. The passage points to God's constant presence, with Jesus as the good shepherd who sacrifices for the sheep.
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Billy Graham
DR. Graham
G. A
Palestine
Jesus
Christ
Race Strife's Residue Moves North
Paul Harvey reports that racial tension has shifted north from the South to Chicago. Marquette Park becomes the flashpoint with hostile whites and unsettled blacks, while Royko notes limited progress and ongoing police protection for future marches.
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Race Strife
Paul Harvey
United States
Dixie
Singapore
Chicago
Warsaw
Rome
Dublin
Marquette Park
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Western Avenue
Washington plumbers find Washington porous and leaking
The Nixon era plumbers traced leaks across Capitol Hill and federal agencies. They found a porous system with classified materials in plain view and no central Pentagon index. Leaks originated from State Defense White House and often involved lawmakers and aides.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
White House
Nixon
Capitol Hill
House Ethics Committee
House
CBS
Dan Schorr
Michael Harrington
D-Mass
Justice Department
Robert Leggett
D. Calif
David Young
Pentagon
Fred Buzhardt
Defense Department
W. Donald Stewart
Congress
Stewart
Secretary of Defense
Senate
State Department
New York Times
William Beecher
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
FBI
Beecher
Charles Town’s Siege: A Revolutionary Misstep
A 1780 episode shows Gen Lincoln defending Charles Town poorly. Clinton’s 11,000-strong force crossed from Savannah, sailed and landed on John’s and James Islands, then moved inland via Wappoo Cut to breach the Ashley River defenses, leading to an April 10 demand for surrender.
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Ashley
Charles Town
Congress Offers Land to Hessian Defectors in American War
The congress calls for Hessian soldiers to join the American cause promising 50 acres of land per person to defectors. It labels Britain's war as cruel and unprovoked and notes states will admit such foreigners who leave British armies and seek membership in their states.
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Congress
U.S
Colby
Schlesinger
Graham
Angleton
Russia
Aspin
Carter
Ford
Pentagon
Robert Ellsworth
Ussr
NATO
America
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Royko
Leon Finney
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Ross Mackenzie
Jeff MacNelly
United Feature Syndicate
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