Readers urge balanced coverage of gas shortages and more cooperation
Multiple letters discuss the 1976 77 natural gas shortage and urge tempering of energy news coverage. Dick Fox appeals for cooperation among government industry and public to solve energy problems while avoiding scapegoats. Other notes praise Hopelands Hall of Fame coverage and request removal of Doonesbury profanity in school cartoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Energy Administration
U.S
Congress
Dick Fox
Hopelands
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken Standard
Hall of Fame
Change of Command at the Pentagon Marks New Era
Three men meet for breakfast before the inauguration as Rumsfeld Brown and Brzezinski prepare to assume posts at the Pentagon and national security. The piece notes breaks with tradition and frames the transition as a shift in political and military norms. Washington era wartime peace idea cited beside shifts in policy history.
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Holmes Alexander
Rumsfeld
Defense
Brown
Brzezinski
Pentagon
Donald Runsfeld
Red Hills
USA
George Washington
Washington
France
Talleyrand
Bonaparte
England
New World
Adams
Congress
Rumsfeld Brzezinski Discuss Postwar Defense Shifts
In 1977 the Aiken Standard reflects on U S disarmament aims shifting after World War II and the Cold War. It notes Rumsfeld and Brzezinski meeting to adjust Pentagon policy, seeking to reduce conventional weapons while facing Soviet military growth and renewed defense spending.
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Rumsfeld
Brown
Brzezinski
Pentagon
Soviet
Russia
Soviet Union
Carter
U.S
United States
Great Society
Cuba
Vietnam
Congress
Ford
Infant Faith and Kingdom of God Message
Billy Graham explains that infants are within God's care as Jesus welcomed children. The age of accountability varies by child, with acceptance of God and childlike faith signaling readiness for forgiveness. Salvation requires receiving the Kingdom of God like a child, per Mark 10:14 and 10:15.
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Billy Graham
DR. Graham
Heaven
E. O
E. C
Jesus
Kingdom of God
Christ
Mark
God
Carter plans 100 day agenda and cabinet outreach
A memo outlines a bold 100 day plan for President Carter including a cross country tour, meetings with hemispheric leaders, and speeches to Congress and the UN. It envisions Cabinet access, public input, and extensive travel while warning of overextension and the need for delegated power.
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Carter
Congress
United Nations
Whites House
Andrew Hampton and Officers at King’s Mountain 1780
Andrew Hampton native of England went to Charles Town relief early 1780 and commanded Rutherford troops at King’s Mountain and Blackstock’s. Officers included Richard Singleton James Porter James Withrow William Porter James Miller and George Ledbetter. Singleton led against Scotch Tories and fought at Earle’s Ford Cane Creek and King’s Mountain.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Andrew Hamp‘ton
England
Charles Town
Earle’s Ford
Thicketty Fort
Cane Creek
Rutherford
King’s Mountain
Blackstock’s
Hampton
Virginia
Catawba River
Rutherford County
N.C
Richard Singleton
Tyje James Porter
James Withrow
William Porter
James Miller
George Ledbetter
Singleton
North Carolina
Kentucky
James
Pennsylvania
King’s Muntain
Greenville County
S.C
Galvez Leads Spanish Push to Control Florida and Mississippi Delta
Bernardo de Galvez becomes Governor of Spanish Louisiana and gains early success against Britain through covert trading and spying. After Spain joins the war he seizes Baton Rouge and Natchez, takes Mobile in 1780 and Pensacola in 1781, restoring West Florida. His actions help Spain secure Florida and the Mississippi delta in 1783.
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Bernardo de Galvez
Louisiana
Spain
England
Galvez
Gulf of Mexico
Baton Rouge
Natchez
Mississippi
Mobile
Pensacola
West
Florida
Mississippi Delta
Laying One Egg Too Many By Georgia Air Guardsmen
The 116th National Guard Tactical Fighter Wings of Georgia faced an Air Force inquiry over weekend antics including a dummy bomb drop on a road crew and an observation tower shoot. Rojo the rooster became part of officers club mischief with a whiskey eyedrop routine and a game called dead bug. An October 28 Brookhaven incident caused $424.62 in damage after a 25-pound dummy bomb snapped power lines. officials deemed bill processing not worth it. Earlier, in August 1975, Lt Col Thomas Safford’s four F 100s strafed near Rodman Naval Range Florida, bullets missing an observation tower 200 yards away.
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Washington
Air Force
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
116Th National Guard
Rojo
United States
America
Officers Club
116Th
Brookhaven
Canoochee Drive
Appalachee Drive
Thomas Safford
Rodman Naval Range
Fla
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Friends of
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Vaucluse P.S
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LBJ
Ter
Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D.cathcart
Jimmy Superman
Mr. Carter
Walter Mondale
White House
Sherman Adams
H. R. Haldeman
Andrew Hampton
Porter Brothers
Robert Porter
Chronicle of
Ross Mackenzie
Jeff MacNelly
United Feature Syndicate
Ation
By Jack Anderson
Cincinnati
Buffalo
New York
Chicago
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