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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1978
Page
4
The page lists the Aiken Standard masthead from 1867 with publisher Samuel A. Cothran and staff roles, noting Aiken Communications Inc as publisher and the 124 Rutland Drive address. Publication is stated as Monday through Friday afternoons with second class postage paid at Aiken. The date shown is Thursday August 17 1978.
The House Ways and Means Committee backs a $16.2 billion package of tax cuts, including a $100000 cap on capital gains when selling a home. The plan, tied to Californias Proposition 13 sentiment, faces White House scrutiny but appeals to middle income voters while urging spending restraint.
Former White House drug adviser Peter Bourne and ex NIDA director Robert DuPont face possible prosecution over a 1973 grant that funded a Hong Kong honeymoon for Nancy Mello and John Mendelson. Mello approved an $8,000 overseas trip then married Mendelson with federal funds.
A reader asks if good works save. The response states salvation comes only through Jesus Christ not by deeds. It cites Romans 3 10 and Galatians 3 10 11 and explains trust in Christ delivers salvation from sin and punishment.
In this reminiscence the author recalls old newsroom norms banning blood and crude terms, contrasts then and now with four letter words and modern articles on sex and love, and questions Supreme Court limits on vulgar language in media while noting evolving reader tolerance.
Aiken community honors Claude W. Barnett for coordinating medical records transfer to Greenville on August 7 aiding an infant's life. A second letter thanks EMS and hospital staff after a sister’s serious auto crash at Gregg Ave and the Aiken Augusta highway and urges safer turning practices at that intersection.
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