Fair And Equitable Senate Apportionment Plan Questioned
Critics challenge the 18 district plan for Senate apportionment calling it unfair favors for Republicans and protects incumbents. They point to Aiken Lexington and York Lancaster and Florence counties questioning equity and asking for scrapping or amending the plan in the General Assembly review. The piece argues for a more honest redistricting reflecting populations and removing political enclaves.
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L. Marion Gressette
Senate
Aiken County
Edgar A. Brown
Barnwell and
Bamberg
Lexington
Saluda
Edgefield
Aiken
Florence County
York
Lancaster
Fairfield
W. Lewis Wallace
General Assembly
Washington DC Tourism Surges With 18 Million Visitors
The Convention and Visitors Bureau of Washington DC reports this year’s expected visitor count at 18 million, continuing tourism’s rebound since 1968 riots. Nationally tourism ranks second to government as a key federal business, per U S News & World Report.
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Convention and Visitors Bureau
Washington, D. C
Washington
U.S. News & World Report
Capital tourism shatters records with 642 million in 1970
Citizens and visitors celebrate Washington DC as a prideful destination with landmark sites such as the White House Smithsonian Lincoln Memorial drawing travelers from all 50 states. The 1970 tourism total reaches a new high, highlighting patriotic pride in the capital.
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States
White House
Smithsonian Institution
Lincoln Memorial
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Salvation Army Adopts Youth Oriented Sunday School
Paul Harvey notes a 100 year pattern of adapting worship to youth. Starting Sept 5 the Salvation Army will add modern study materials to its Sunday school as youth interest in religion grows inspired by the Jesus Christ Superstar phenomenon. A Dallas minister recalls early 20th century resistance to questions, citing John Dillinger as a cautionary tale.
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Paul Harvey
Salvation Army
Jesus Christ
London
Dallas
Howard Hendricks
John
John Dillinger
Stennis to trim defense budget with targeted R and D cuts
The Preparedness Subcommittee led by Sen. Stennis will present a lean defense bill $365,000 less than the House version. They propose cutting helicopter programs, a utility transport, LAMPS anti-submarine systems, and Hound Dog II missiles while preserving essential Pentagon needs.
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Congress
Stennis
Armed Services
Department of Defense
Bill Proxmire
D.-Wis
Joint Economic Committee
USA
Ussr
China
Proxmire
United States
Russia
Pentagon
House
Defense Secretary
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Laird
McNamara
Hair Dryer Hood Instructions and Moral Snippet
A Hong Kong made hair dryer hood carries back label instructions to clamp plug push and squeeze. The piece also includes a blunt moral diatribe about money and success followed by a comic infant care anecdote using a baseball metaphor.
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Hong Kong
Wandering in the Wilderness by aiken mystic Dr Wood
The article profiles Ezekiel Jeremy Charles Wood known as Doctor Wood a former Aiken resident who pursued religious experimentation. It traces his life from 1850s relocation to Aiken to his death in 1894 after interests in mesmerism spiritualism theopathy and dictation writings guidance from Good Friends and a quarrel with creeds.
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Dorothy K. Macdowell
Aiken
Ezekiel Jeremy Charles Wood
Wood
William E. Wood
Ture
Help a Friend Stay Sober Through Faith and Self-Help
A reader asks how a Christian should respond to a friend who is drunk. The answer cautions against enabling self pity and emphasizes personal accountability, urging self help and drawing strength from faith in God to overcome alcoholism.
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A.H
PIE IN THE SKY Space Program Yields Big Benefits
The article argues NASA space exploration is a small domestic expense for vast gains. Apollo 15 showcased TV from the moon and remote camera control, with benefits in industry, weather and communications satellites, medicine, urban development, and education, justifying continued funding and public support.
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Neil Armstrong
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Earth
Mission Control Center
Houston
Aeronautics and Space
Free World
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Aiken, S.C
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Eugene J. Oyler
Capital’s Tourism
Citizen Smith
Christ
Billy Graham
Oakland
Berkeley
Holmes Alexander
Rufus
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