Two Legends Fall: Mantle and Garcia Reflections on Excess
The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial honors Mickey Mantle and Jerry Garcia, noting how their self destructive lifestyles and early deaths sparked national reflection. Mantle died at 63 after liver cancer post transplant. Garcia at 53 from a heart attack in a Marin County treatment center. Both battled addiction, sought rehab, and urged against romanticizing dependence.
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Oklahoma Plains
Mickey Mantle
Jerry Garcia
Mantle
New York Yankee
Betty Ford Center
Siven
Garcia
Marin County
Grateful Dead
San Diego Union-Tribune
Readers Question Russian Space Shuttle Mystery Letter
A reader cites a mid June Chinese newscast showing a Boeing 747 carrying a U S Space Shuttle labeled CCCP with a Russian space program angle and asks how Russians obtained a U S shuttle. He also criticizes a DOE SRS lease article as noncompetitive and costly.
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China
U.S
CCCP
Mir Space Station
Aiken Standard contact and subscription details
The Aiken Standard lists office hours, switchboard and delivery phone numbers, and subscription rates. It notes publication as weekday afternoons and weekend mornings, with mailing addresses in Aiken South Carolina. It includes a postmaster address for changes and delivery issues.
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Aiken
Dial
Alken Standard
Aken ‘Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Fatland Drive
Alken
S.C
Aken
Standard
P.O
Akon
The Shepherd Dream And The Guiding Flight
Frederick Forsyth's Christmas tale follows a Royal Air Force pilot in 1957 Germany who, after a forced extra duty, defies a moonless North Sea flight home. An unseen shepherd lights his way to safety, echoing biblical pastoral imagery and the sermon’s message that dreams lead to wholeness with divine guidance.
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Frederick Forsyth
R.A.F
Germany
C.O
England
North Sea
Kent
God
Catherine Marshall
Herman
Melville
Moby Dick
Martin Luther King
South Africa
Mezzosoprano
Marian Anderson
McCarthyism On The High Seas and NOAA Critique
Paul Harvey condemns NOAA and what he calls environmental McCarthyism in salvage. He recounts Mel Fisher’s 400 million Atocha recovery, criticizes government funding gaps, and warns of arbitrary coastal lines and renewed regulation that could limit treasure hunting and marine recreation.
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South America
Peru
Colombia
Spain
Caribbean
Mel Fisher
Atocha
Fisher
Florida
Great Lakes
Keys
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Charles C. Grice
Aiken, S.C
U. S
Russia
DOE
SRS
Sce&g
Davis Folsom Aiken
Hutland Drive
S.C. Aca
Cal
Easter
Home
Aken Standard - Pem
Wevel Cron
the Writer
First Baptist Church of
Fred W. Andrea III
Paul Harvey
Ters Syndicate, Inc
Supreme Court
High Court
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Congress
Paul Harvey Products, Inc
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