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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
4
Samuel A. Cothran serves as President and Editor while Robert D. Cathcart is Executive Editor in the staff byline for Friday December 31 1976. Page four lists newsroom leadership and publishing credits for the edition.
An analyst warns that a child born today could face higher homicide risk than a WWII soldier faced in combat. The piece discusses vigilantism, potential shifts to centralized law enforcement, and risks to individual rights including screening, chemotherapy, and surveillance as crime control strategies.
A reader notes the term arachibutyrophobia meaning fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. The comment adds that linking this coinage to a peanut farmer's presidential election is a coincidence.
A church member recounts how Alice B Appleton transformed from a chronic complainer into a cheerful collector after embracing button collecting as a hobby. The piece notes her stories now charm visitors, bolster family bonds, and include a claimed button from California governor Jerry Brown.
The article recounts key South Carolina battles from 1775 to 1780, noting nearly 130 engagements across counties, major actions at Fort Moultrie and Eutaw Springs, the fall of Charles Town, and a Bratton–Lacey victory near Brattonville as early checks to British power.
At Trenton on the 30th Washington addresses New England troops urging six week enlistment extensions as Congress grants him six months of dictatorial powers. He vows to use the sword only as a last resort and to lay it aside once liberties are secure.
The essay reflects on elder statesmen and when to bow out, naming Barry Goldwater Hubert Humphrey Ronald Reagan and Nelson Rockefeller as examples. It argues for a humane stop to political life after diminishing capacities and praises graceful retirement over futile battles.
A reader signs a letter urging self improvement in seven personal goals. She asks for a better life focusing on self, spirituality, family, and home, ending with holiday wishes and thanks to the newspaper.
A Warrenville resident laments worsening highway litter after a community cleanup by women and children, noting six tenths of a mile cleaned on Dixie Clay Road with 24 trash bags, then nine bottles and cans dumped in one hour.
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit letters for publication. Letters must be signed with the writer’s handwriting and include a mailing address. Anonymous letters will not be considered. Submissions should be legible, preferably typed, and may be edited for space clarity and libel. Limit is 200 words unless editors grant exceptions.
CIA agents have quietly visited Alaska to monitor the Prudhoe Bay field and the Valdez terminal amid fears of foreign saboteurs or insider recruits. Senate subcommittee findings warn of major gaps in pipeline protection and possible military influence at federal energy agencies.
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