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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1970
Page
4
Aiken's community, from the rehearsal stage to backstage crews, demonstrates wide talent and generosity. About 30 performers work long hours in cold weather for the weekend performance, with local industry backing by granting time and purchasing space in programs.
A Senate Finance Committee report warns doctors hospitals and nursing homes may drive health programs toward bankruptcy unless fees are restrained. It cites 1968 Medicare Medicaid payers with 5 000+ doctors earning over 25 000 and one over 1 4 million, plus inflated charges and rising taxes amid calls to curb costs. It also notes waste and pollution harms and suggests tighter controls on medical charges and broader reform.
A persuasive prose piece equating selling to football, praising sales perseverance and risk taking. It cites Horatio Alger, James Cash Penney, Jay Van Andel, and Richard DeVoss, noting sales as a path to high living with little formal schooling and highlighting the drive, grit, and rewards of closing a deal.
The text critiques environmental politics as a modern public spectacle rivaling past campaigns. It frames pollution publicity as a potent, attention grabbing force that could shock ordinary citizens and influence public opinion amid broader debates on overpopulation and soil erosion.
The writer debates unseen forces, angels, and demons, noting scientific interest in ESP while warning of evil spirits. He cites biblical verses about angels and the Holy Spirit, then shifts to environmental policy, arguing pollution requires regulation and standards for industrial and municipal discharges.
A proposed law sets strict deadlines to curb water and air pollution. It argues industry and municipalities should bear the costs, with prices and charges passed to consumers. Products failing to meet standards would be dropped from the industrial inventory.
Marina Jones Gregg recounts the bid clock bought in 1834 by Isaac Randolph's sale and hidden from Yankees in brush during the Civil War. The clock endured rain sleet and snow, its wooden stand damaged, and a Charleston earthquake toppled it onto a lounge that saved it.
The Episcopal Church Board for Theological Education warns inflation forces six of eleven seminaries to close with costs doubling in a decade. Seminars face soaring tuition, faculty salaries, and shrinking enrollments while politicians demand more education spending, risking an educational disaster and financial strain for future students.
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