Aiken Standard Publisher and staff credits list
The item lists key figures at the Aiken Standard including Scott B. Hunter as Publisher Melissa Hanna as Executive Editor Dee Taylor as Advertising Director Laura Tiedman as Circulation Manager Letitia Jefferson as Classified Advertising Manager Ronnie Butler as Production Director and a Washington Irving quotation.
Wind energy center to spur South Carolina growth
A public private partnership led by Savannah River National Laboratory and Clemson University opens a new $110 million Energy Systems Innovation Center in North Charleston. Duke Energy cites grid resilience and disaster recovery gains from wind research, with about $107 million in DOE and private funding. the project supports about 80,000 U.S. wind industry jobs and signals economic expansion across South Carolina.
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Savannah River National Laboratory
SRNL
Clemson University
U.S
Duke Energy
James Rogers
Associated Press
Rogers
North Charleston
South Carolina
SANL
Aiken County
Jrier
Paul Zoeller
Daniel Poneman
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Energy Department
Texting while driving ban urged for South Carolina
The piece urges banning texting while driving as a public safety step. It cites 3300 USC and Clemson students who signed a pledge, praises Gov. Haley for backing the pledge, and argues a law is needed to curb this growing highway risk alongside existing drunk driving, red lights, and seatbelt laws.
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University of South Carolina
Clemson
Nikki Haley
South Carolina
Haley
Carterization echoes Obama’s faltering trust amid Iran talks
The column likens Obama's falling public trust in health care to Jimmy Carter's crisis era. It notes a six month interim Iran nuclear pause with limits on enrichment, reports global skepticism, and weighs whether the president can regain competence and trust amid bipartisan criticism. Martin Schram analyzes the political stakes.
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Barack Obama
America
Obama
CNN
ORC
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Washington
U.S
Tehran
Iran
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Congress
Brent Scowcroft
Gerald Ford
George H.W. Bush
Zbigniew Brzezinski
United States
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
West
Hassan Rouhani
Letter to the Editor objects to Fair Tax plan in South Carolina
Jerrold Sundt of Aiken questions SC State Rep Bill Taylor about a 10 000 constituent poll and opposes the Fair Tax proposal. He argues it would abolish four billion in business taxes but shift the burden to consumers, citing a 58000 medical bill that would incur about 3500 in sales taxes under the plan.
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Bill Taylor
Bill
Jerrold Sundt Aiken
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