Faceless Casualties and the Missing in Southeast Asia
The piece notes 1 200 Americans remain unaccounted for after the Paris Peace Accords ten months earlier. Families fear missing loved ones are alive in Communist hands. It criticizes U S efforts and calls for accountability and exhumation of remains.
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Paris
Southeast Asia
U.S
National League of Families
Congress
White House
State Department
Defense Department
Local Aiken News Roundup December 31 1973
Aiken Daily brief reports regional updates and editorials from the 1973 holiday edition. Samuel A Cothran serves as President and Editor with Robert D Cathcart as Executive Editor guiding the paper.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Nixon's Ecclesiastical Reach Draws Mixed Reactions
The article details President Nixon summoning Army Chorus singers to perform at White House services and other DC churches on short notice. It notes pay rates for GI soloists, church disruptions, labor rules, and Nixon family nonmembership in DC parishes while donating to Billy Graham.
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White House
Army
Billy Graham
Church of the Epiphany
Nixon
Epiphany
Garnell Copeland
Kennedy Center
Philadelphia
Dean Grayvill
University of Pennsylvania
New York
William Powers
New York Opera
Saint John’s Church
Lafayette Park
Albert Russell
Saint John’s
Russell
Washington
National City Christian
Georgetown Presbyterian
California
District of Columbia
Letters to the Editor on Watergate and Nixon era
Readers vent about Watergate coverage, Nixon’s policies, and public trust. Betty Abney questions media focus, Eleanor Weitkamp critiques mob rule framing, and Charles Dorsey calls for Nixon to address busing and fuel concerns amid national debates. A USC student fees critique highlights local funding issues and governance.
Aiken Woman Shapes Local Business Ventures
20 years ago report profiles Mrs. Leo Hayes a native of Aiken now running a public stenography business in town. She partnered briefly with Virginia Wyman of Aiken before Wyman left to marry. Hayes later wed Leo Hayes of Shelbourne Massachusetts.
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Leo Hayes
Illusive Ghost Of Happiness Hides A Valley Drug Problem
A government funded study of 15 000 valley residents shows 12 percent of school children used tobacco or illegal drugs in the last four months and one third used some form of illegal substances. Other findings include heroin LSD marijuana and tobacco use among youths and adults.
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Sion
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters for publication. Submissions must be signed and include the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous messages are rejected. Pen names are not allowed. Typed legibly letters may be edited for space and clarity. No subject limit.
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Mr. Nixon
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Lansky
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Paul Harvey
Justice For Justice Sake
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Mr. Harvey
Eleanor Weitkamp
Whiskey Rd
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Helms
North Carolina
Charles R. Dorsey
Ward Circle
University of South Carolina
Young Americans For Freedom
USC Student Government Association
USC
Watergate
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