Crumbling Hope For Saigon Echoes US Viet War Policy
The piece argues South Vietnam’s President Thieu tightens control, forcing or scaring away opposition leaders and undermining the prospect of genuine elections. It warns that continued U.S. involvement rests on fragile faith in elections, with a strongman drift threatening America's Indochina policy and risking a broader withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nguyen van Thieu
America
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
Indochina
Saigon
Thieu
Ngyen Cao Ky
Supreme Court
Duong van Minh
Cheerfulness Keeps You Young and Live Gracefully
A local scrapbook item quotes Dr. Albert Schweitzer on cheerfulness as a vital daily virtue. He argues cheerfulness leads to happiness, social acceptance, perceived perpetual youth, and a joyful life, noting wit and vital spirit sustain life’s goals and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schweitzer
Dr. Schweitzer
Jackson
Miss
Clarion-Ledger
Ky for Thieu and Thieu for Ky political satire
A satirical tale charts a misfired push for free elections in a fictional Southeast Asian country. Ambassadors press for democracy as generals mock elections with fixed ballots, leading to coups and American retreat, ending with a quip that free elections doomed the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bot Deim
Sum Nhut
Pak Opp Ngo
Ngo Mahn Ngo
Improvements Since Henry VIII by Holmes Alexander
A compact critique tracing a British system of government as arbitrary and hypocritical while comparing cruelty in history and modern revolutions. The piece argues against naive peace notions, warns against disarmament risks, notes nuclear fears from Cuba, and claims moral evolution through public knowledge and free communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Alexander
Channel 9
Henry the Eighth
Russia
China
Adam Smith
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Phillip
How Aiken County Was Saved By DOROTHY K. MACDOWELL
The piece recounts Aiken County’s 1871 creation from parts of Orangeburg Edgefield Lexington and Barnwell. It details 1890s efforts to form Heyward County, a halted plan aided by Ellenton town boundary questions and a three gum trees cross section proving Ellenton crossed the line. Ellenton later vanished with the Savannah River Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy K. Macdowell
Orangeburg
Edgefield
Lexington
Barnwell
Aiken County
Heyward
P.F. Henderson
Aiken and
Ellenton
Aiken-Barnwell
James E. Crosland
North Carolina
Maj. Crosland
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
Gospel Musicals and Jesus in Pop Music
Billy Graham discusses the rise of gospel themed musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar. He notes strong youth appeal and mixed theology, praising the music but warning lyrics can verge on sacrilegious while acknowledging widespread controversy and interest in the new medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Graham
John
Lennon
Jesus
Nicky Cruz
Aiken Rescue Squad praised for Sunday roadside aid
In a letter to the editor Sarah Leverette recounts how Thomas R. Reames of the Aiken County Rescue Squad stopped on a Sunday to help two sisters stranded on a highway in South Carolina. She commends the rescue volunteers and urges community support for their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
South Carolina
Thomas R. Reames
Aiken County
Reames
Aiken County Rescue Squad
Sarah Leverette
Univ. of S.C. Columbia
Letters to the Editor Policy at The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer's mailing address and prohibits anonymous submissions and pen names. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. There is no subject matter limit.
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SUEZ
Aiken, S.C
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Citizen Smith
Arthur Hoppe
West Vhtning
Vhtning
Hoo Dat Don Dar
Hoo Dat Oop Dar
Bunkum
General Hoo
Fulbright
Hoo
Chicago
Henry VIII
Cuba
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