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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1980
Page
4
A report notes increased highway travel in dawn and twilight during winter and warns that about one in ten drivers travels without headlights on foggy mornings. It recalls that modern cars have reliable electrical energy and urges using headlights in reduced visibility. If in doubt, use your headlights.
Sen. Cranston and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee weigh Gen. Alexander Haig's qualification for secretary of state. The article notes Democrats may probe Haig’s Nixon White House years while Reagan signals support, arguing Haig offers clear, consistent policy amid detente’s twilight and renewed arms talks with the Russians.
Delegates from Iran and Iraq clashed as OPEC agreed on a new pricing policy raising the average oil price by about 10 percent. The flexible formula sets a floor of 32 and a ceiling of 41 dollars per barrel, with demand and non OPEC supply influencing the market.
Paul Harvey reports on advertising elites revealing how they sell to women by appealing to desire for change and fulfillment. They note male resistance to change, while women seek new roles and self-emancipation, with denim and cosmetics used to unlock spending through aspirational imagery.
The Hampton Guardian transposed Santa Claus and Strom Thurmond on a front page, prompting lighthearted notes that Strom is Santa in South Carolina. A column then muses on mispronunciations and spelling in American speech, citing examples from teleprompters to common words.
A letter from Mrs. H.P. asks if the Bible supports reincarnation. The response rejects reincarnation as unbiblical, cites Hebrews 9 27 and explains humanity's sin, and emphasizes Christ death on the cross for sin as the solution rather than returning to earth.
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