Woodstock 1969 Image Sparks Debate on Legacy
Our View argues Woodstock defined a generation but its memory masks a harsher afterglow. The piece links 1969 to Vietnam, Civil Rights, Tet, and King Kennedy deaths, noting drug culture and sexual openness seeded later social harms. It urges recalling 1969 as a passage to calmer decades and calls for a kinder, fuller memory of the Sixties.
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Upstate
New York
Woodstock
Vietnam
VISTA
South
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert Kennedy
John Hersey
Dravecky Triumphs and Trials on the Mound
The piece profiles Dave Dravecky, San Francisco Giants pitcher, detailing his cancer surgery and return to pitching only to fracture his humerus against Montreal. It notes a 25 percent cancer recurrence risk, frames his comeback as a testament to human spirit, and questions whether his career can continue despite the latest setback.
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Dave Dravecky
Mr. Dravecky
San Francisco Giants
Montreal
Tim Raines
Dravecky
Community urges mining zoning and stronger laws in Beech Island
A Beech Island community thanks the South Carolina Land Resources Commission for strict sand and clay mine permit guidelines and calls for updated mining laws and possible zoning ordinances. They urge legislators to act to protect the environment and surroundings.
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South Carolina Land Resources Commission
Beech Island
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters To Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters for publication. Letters must be signed and include the writer’s mailing address. Legal letters preferred typed and concise. All letters may be edited and condensed. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 9801.
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Aiken
8.C
War on drugs moves from metaphor to power struggle
The piece argues the drug war has become a real battle, with drug lords acting as a state within a state and cities like New York and Brooklyn facing direct violence. It urges targeting the money nerve, boosting police and surveillance, and pressuring governments in Latin America to cut profits and labs while using National Guard if needed to curb trafficking and money laundering.
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America
Tom Clancy
Washington
New York
Los Angeles
Colombia
Medellin
Starr Street
Brooklyn
Carlos Hernandez
Maria
Hernandez
New York City
Bill Bennett
Livia
Peru
Clancy
Wall Street
Voyager II nears edge of solar system and Earth’s message
After 12 years and 4.5 billion miles, Voyager II's flyby of Neptune reveals new moons and storms while noting no life beyond Earth. The craft, powered to 2015, carries a golden record with Earth sounds and hope for distant listeners. The piece ends with reflections on humanity’s isolation and ecological responsibility.
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Earth
Neptune
Solar System
Pluto
Sirius
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Voyager II
Mars
Europa
Moon
Americas
Planets
Milky Way Galaxy
Voyager
Playing God and Populous: a column on godlike games
The piece contrasts old home games with Electronic Arts Populous, a computer game that lets players act as deities. It notes Populous could train future leaders while mocking the idea of commanding worlds from a couch and jokes about the columnist’s own fit for godhood amid sartorial rebukes.
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Ang
Atlantic City
Wall ‘Street
Heights
Electronic Arts
Populous
New York Times
Manhattan Island
Washington
Ultimate
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P.O. Box
John F. Boyette
Melanie L. Arney
Sue S. Brown
Sige Scissor
God
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