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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1973
Page
4
The Aiken Standard announces Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor with Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor in the August 31 1973 issue. The staff leadership changes reflect the paper’s ongoing management by its long standing figures.
The article argues the Nixon administration delays export controls as food prices rise. It warns that ample foreign demand and a devalued dollar enable large food exports while domestic supplies risk depletion. It calls for policy changes to curb exports and protect U.S. food security.
University of South Carolina officials settled on using bookstore revenues to pay a $10,000 a year professional lobbyist. Chairman T. E. Marchant said the funds would come from non tax sources and the move aims to serve state interests, though questions remain about the need for a promoter.
The piece surveys electrophysiology advances from Drexel and Wisconsin, linking internal electrical signals to heartbeat, brain activity, and potential cancer therapies. It notes a batteryless pacemaker activated by body electricity, a Stanford halo device, and rival views on acupuncture, energy balance, and early diagnosis via electric fields.
An editorial warns that unions push for agency shop schemes to force nonmembers to pay dues. It cites Alabama Senate Bill 224 and Republican and union opposition, arguing such plans threaten the national right to work and curtail workers freedom to choose employment.
A collection of wry observations on luck in towns and in relationships. The author contrasts umbrellas with girls, notes varying fortunes in New York City versus El Paso, and jokes about names like Mary Susan Frances Marge Dorothy and Susie. He also ponders elderly ex-police and the red nose syndrome with barroom tied anecdotes.
Sen. Abe Ribicoff strengthens the Connecticut Democratic Party with nine Sunday breakfasts uniting town leaders and officials to ease ideological rifts. He faces Rep. Robert Steele, 35, as a rising challenger while wary of internal party ambivalence and voter apathy ahead of 1974 elections.
A theological reflection explains that scripture promises eventual judgment on the ungodly and emphasizes the righteous poor as blessed. God is active through His Spirit, guiding good works, and wealth equality would impinge on human free will.
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