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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 2002
Page
4
The NAACP threatens border patrol pressure to deter South Carolina visitors over the Confederate flag issue. The attorney general warns of a lawsuit, while critics urge focus on hunger health care and jobs. The flag compromise passed with broad support and should end further protest.
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit letters to the editor. Letters should be brief and include the writer’s signature mailing address and daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited or condensed and should be addressed to Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29002 or sent via email to swallace at aikenstandard.com or faxed to 803 648 6052.
The Allen Standard lists staff roles including Editor Jeffrey B Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Ellen Priest Managing Editor Timothy E O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates Circulation Director Deborah Dyches Systems Manager J David Boyd Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson.
The State of the Union priorities center on war unity and a rebounding economy. Bush calls for 200000 volunteers to serve neighbors and nation, expands USA Freedom Corps, and urges mentoring for children in troubled homes while proposing stiffer investment laws after Enron. He stresses bipartisan tax cuts and overseas aid via Peace Corps growth in the Islamic world.
In the weeks after Sept 11 the nation and Aiken County showed strong support for area firefighters EMS workers and law enforcement officers. Citizens recall the Sept 29 memorial in Aiken and urge ongoing recognition and help for these local heroes, not a return to normal.
The piece surveys President Bush’s strong standing amid post-9/11 unity and foreign policy gains. It notes rapid Taliban defeat in Afghanistan, a diminished anthrax scare, and Bush’s blunt, focused leadership fitting the era. It highlights shifting US relations with Russia and China, the ABM withdrawal, a recovering but fragile domestic economy, and looming political risks ahead.
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