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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1972
Page
2
Aiken South Carolina newspaper details show Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor with Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor. The masthead confirms leadership for the publication since 1867.
The North Augusta mayor argues for reading the December 14 Aiken Standard editorial Time to Go Slow and urges a thorough study of a proposed plan to pour tax dollars, stressing benefits for Aiken County and warning against premature action that could aid Augusta at Aiken’s expense. He acknowledges possible regional differences but urges cooperation within Aiken County and cautions against internecine warfare that benefits Augusta.
Gov West appointed committee favors lawmakers salaries of 8000 to 10000 a year, up from the current 4000. The panel assumes double workload and fewer absences. Detroit to stop convertible production soon. The line about a girl with hair blowing in the wind suggests a photo caption note.
HAL BOYLE profiles Walter Matthau, praising his natural warmth and resilient life stance. From poverty and a heart attack to top film success, Matthau values good roles and variety, while enjoying simple pleasures, travel moods, and family gossips.
A humorous tale follows Emery Bord who relentlessly “hardly waits” from kindergarten to retirement. He longs for each milestone only to find life stale and dull until a fatal end, with a final moral that life can be a drag.
Essays recount a national push for a Materials Policy Commission origin in wartime gains and urge a self sufficient America. The piece cites 74 essential minerals, foreign dependence, and a program to map resources, build a central information bank, and redefine land use with recycling and new laws.
Billy Graham counsels that sex is a gift not an illness and urges seeking release from its bondage via Christ like Jesus did. Pray not for healing of desire but for transformation of the mind and focus on service, forgiveness, and prayer. Jesus, a single man, redirected sexual energy into creative living and helping others.
A letter from City Manager Roland H. Windham thanks the paper for bond referendum coverage in December. He argues that North Augusta Belvedere Beech Island and Clearwater are part of Aiken County and urges cross county cooperation to ease traffic on Martintown Road and Georgia Avenue. He also praises staff especially Susan Schubert and Judy Rich for informing citizens about four major projects.
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