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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1971
Page
4
A comic study of the Ugulaps worship of the Dol Lar a coconut rind symbol and Glod a yellow rock. The tribes trade Maraks Fracks Yins and Dollars in a gold for Glod game until King Nik Son banishes exchange for Glod. Trade collapses hunger rises and experts from the World Bank head toward the Ugulaps.
A column argues conservative support for President Nixon waned due to his leadership and policies. It cites disillusionment over Vietnam, defense spending, wage and price controls, and a shift toward perceived socialism. The author predicts continued right-wing scrutiny despite Nixon’s China trip.
Congress members take a four week break leaving unresolved fights on the draft extension and Selective Service. Defense funding remains undone with 20 billion for procurement and 70 billion for the annual bill. Welfare, trade, revenue sharing, and emergency strike measures lag.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports nearly one million Southerners cannot read or write well and another million are functionally literate. It condemns segregated schooling, political interference, and warns illiteracy raises long term costs. Calls for expanded adult education programs and increased funding.
The McCreary family Robert Joshua and Paul are named among White Pond’s earliest settlers with Robert building the first painted house and inn between Hamburg and Charleston before 1833. Henry Washington Scott arrived from Charleston County in 1861 and helped found stores a church land for a school and served as postmaster and railway agent. Sarah Catherine Baughman, who rode a wagon across the Savannah River at age 10, later married Wiley Benjamin Owens key to the community’s land and milling ventures.
Nixon is portrayed as a gutsy quarterback who gambles on fourth down in domestic policy and foreign affairs. The piece likens his decision making to risk taking, citing inflation battles and Vietnam moves, with praise for adaptability and long-term gains amid mixed public reaction.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address and rejects anonymous submissions. Pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel with no subject matter limits.
A reader asks if a girl can love a young priest who does not know her. The adviser says love can be possible but should be sublimated into a spiritual, nonphysical love, like that for Christ, elevating it beyond earthly desire and toward prayer and concern for others.
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