J C Willis Remembered as Aiken High Leader and Mentor
J C Willis longtime principal of Aiken High School guided students through desegregation unrest and Vietnam era youth upheaval. He retired in 1976 with the vocational wing named in his honor and remained a community educator and mentor until his death on February 4 after a short illness.
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J.O. Willis
Aiken High School
Supreme Court
Willis
University of South Carolina
Duke University
Kiwanis Club
Bishopville
Aiken
St. John’s United Methodist Church
J.C. Willis
Carter's Mistakes and the Crown of St Stephen Gift
A German paper labels President Carter's Europe trip a political failure. It accuses him of surrendering the Crown of St Stephen to Hungary's Soviet puppet regime and backing down on human rights, provoking bipartisan US criticism.
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Acer
Amburg Morgenpost
Arter
Carter
Europe
Asia
St. Stephen
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Proletariat
Soviet
Communist Party
Kadar
Budapest
State Department
Rosalynn
Cyrus Vance
United States
Mary Rose Oakar
Ford
Panama Canal
Aiken Standard Front Pages Details 1978 Publication
The item notes the Aiken Standard newspaper details including publisher Samuel A Cothran and editor Robert D Cathcart. It lists staff roles and office address at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken plus post office box 456 and a publication date of Monday February 6, 1978.
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Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
Aiken
Dear Dr Graham Patient wife urged to support forgetful husband
Billy Graham advises a wife in her late seventies to show patience toward her forgetful husband. He suggests medical evaluation may reveal a physical cause, and reminds her their marriage should endure loving care in aging. He urges readiness for heaven per John 14:2.
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Billy Graham
DR. Graham
Mrs. P.O.S
Mas. S
Jesus
John
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address and no anonymous submissions. Letters must be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. The usual length is up to 200 words, with editors’ discretion for exceptions.
Editorial echoes on government pay and TV sports
A columnist mocks South Carolina lawmakers seeking $10,000 yearly salaries plus $35 daily room and board and free football tickets. He lampoons retirees, prison labor programs, and TV sports coverage while urging restraint and clearer game analysis.
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General Assembly
Solons
Columbia
Berkeley
Chicago
Officials Optimistic on Economy Amid 1978 Outlook
Washington insiders report the economy is on the upswing as 1977 end and 1978 begin show improved demand. Carter aides cite stimulus effects but warn production still lags and confidence remains fragile. Mondale explores emergency oil storage in Canada as plans surface for reserves.
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Washington
Carter
Charles Schultze
General Motors
New York Times
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Treasury Department
Robert Strauss
William Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Walter Mondale
Miller
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
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Samuel A Cothran
Robert D Cathcart
Charles O Grice
Sue S. Brown
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Ashley Cooper
State Senate
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Rank and File
Hollywood
Celebright
Laverne and
Shirley
Joe Greene
Too Tall Jones
Doonesbury
Doc
Don Y
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