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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1976
Page
4
The records include byline details for Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor on the Friday August 20 1976 Page 4 edition of the Aiken Standard dating back to 1867.
A review of the current Supreme Court notes a blend of liberal and conservative rulings as it moves from Warren-era liberalism toward its own philosophy. It upholds abortion rights and school integration while tightening crime-control areas and yielding a perplexing post-Watergate stance on campaign finance. Public respect rose during Watergate, and the court remains the era’s defining institution.
Fergus Anderson, a famed British Isles motorcycle racer, used a personal stopwatch to time his own start at 30 seconds, ensuring perfect launches and a lead over rivals. The piece urges self starters to rely on inner triggers and self discipline rather than waiting for external signals.
A reader asks how God allows a 73 year old woman to be robbed and raped. Graham cites spiritual warfare and humanity’s sin, noting evil will worsen before judgment and a future reckoning.
The ACDA report challenges the Non-Proliferation Treaty as ineffective, noting about 20 nations could build nuclear weapons by 1985 and India’s 1974 nuclear test. It urges halting weapon material exports, renouncing SALT, and expanding ABM defenses to counter growing Soviet MIRV threat and NATO vulnerabilities.
Washington dispatch outlines GOP plans to temper infighting and target Carter and Mondale. It notes Rogers Morton and Paul Laxalt coordinating unity while Reagan and Ford factions focus on anti Carter messaging and Mondale vulnerability.
St Lo Mellichamp born 1757 on Independent Ridge Stono fought at Port Royal Stono Ferry and Savannah. Wounded by Tarleton’s men March 23 1789 he survived a brutal sabre attack then resisted loyalist orders to fight his countrymen. After the war his property was ruined and he never recovered from Revolution losses.
John Paul Jones leads the sloop Providence with 73 aboard from Delaware Capes toward Bermuda. He captures multiple vessels including Britannia and Sea Nymph and burns or sinks others, returning to Narragansett Bay after 48 days.
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