Nixon makes NATO gains keep forces in Europe
The article argues President Nixon will retain the five American divisions in West Europe and secure higher European funding for NATO. It notes Senate pressure to withdraw and European reluctance to spend, but cites Brussels figures showing about 1 billion dollars extra from 10 European nations over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
West
Europe
NATO
U.S. Senate
Brussels
Germany
France
West Germany
State Department
Senate
Soviet Union
Andrew Goodpaster
U. S
Britain
Joint Economic Committee
Khrushchev memoirs cast doubt on Kennedy in Cuba crisis
Khrushchev claims the Cuban missile confrontation crowned his forbearance while portraying Kennedy as fearful and supplicating. Life magazine questions authorship and reception, leaving readers to judge the memoirs and their impact on JFK’s legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikita Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cuba
Khrushchev
Mr. Khrushchev
Life Magazine
Those Were the Days Remembered in Retrospect
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory as medicine and notes in a New York AP column how Supreme Court limits on highway projects show environmental pleas gaining leverage. He mentions the Hudson River Expressway case, a Memphis park challenge, and a San Antonio highway halt, then recalls holidays and social tidbits from earlier times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
Hudson River
Tarrytown Village
Citizens
Sierra Club
High Court
Memphis Park
San Antonio
Fourth Grade Election Analysis Sparks Debate in Aiken
Aiken County teacher assigns a fourth grade election analysis. A student scoring 100 concludes the state election shows too many Democrats and too many Republicans in the county race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
South Carolina
Aiken discovery ties Gen Gabriel Rains to local grave
Carl Langley reports Col John May’s tip locating General Gabriel Rains buried at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church cemetery in Aiken. The article recounts Rains’ role as Confederate mine inventor and his troubled career, plus family links to nearby Georgia industrial history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Langley
Associated Press
John May
Aiken
S.C
South Carolina Secedes
Col. May
Gabriel Rains
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
General Rains
Langley
Augusta
Georgia
Florence Fleming Corley
Rains
Gen. Rains
George Washington Rains
May
Columbia
Neill Macaulay
Queen of the Confederacy
Mississippi
Aiken Standard Public Letters Policy
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address for publication. Anonymous submissions are not considered. Pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. No subject matter limit.
Wealth and envy in a rich man under Christian ethics
A speaker argues wealth is not sinful if earned honestly but notes envy arises from how money is used. Citing America’s riches and public perception, the piece contrasts two men: one wealthy and generous, who funds employment and charities anonymously, and another selfish in handling wealth, warning riches can corrupt if misused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defense
Laird
Stuart Symington
Armed Services
Foreign Relations
Fulbright
Symington
United Kingdom
USA
United States
John
Aiken, S.C
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Hal Boyle
New York
Wallace Beery
Rufus
By Rufus W. Gosnell
Grandfather
Dorothy K. Macdowell
Mary McLellan
North Carolina
Gov
John Sevier
Stella M. Rains
Gabe Rains
West Point
D. H. Hill
Virginia Peninsula
Yorktown
Richmond
George B. McLellan
North
Longstreet
George Randolph
Confederate
Volunteer and Conscript Bureau
Torpedo and Mines Bureau
Billy Graham
A. L
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!