Seaside Our View: Postal Rate Rise Seen as Largest Yet
The editorial argues the planned 30 cent first class stamp hike next year would be the biggest single increase in USPS history, surpassing inflation and consumer prices. It criticizes Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank for vague remedies and urges ending the home junk mail monopoly and adopting competition to curb spiraling rates.
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Letters to the Editor on race relations and college trustees
A young Black woman in Aiken County recounts biased treatment and barriers in education and employment, urges informed, merit based trustee selections, and criticizes ceremonial views of college boards. She cites a January 23 1990 State report about trustee positions and declares her candidacy for Winthrop College trustees.
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Aiken Standard Letters to the Editor Policy
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer address for publication. Legal letters preferred in typewritten form, brief and to the point. All letters may be edited or condensed. send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Uncle Sam urged to reclaim IMF gold amid global loans
The piece rails at IMF gold holdings and World Bank funding, accusing Republicans and Treasury of unsafe foreign aid. It warns of selling U S gold to cover Third World loans, cites IMF vaults at 42 billion dollars and 42.2 million ounces, and calls for action to recover U S gold from the IMF under M. Camdessus. It links past Nixon policy and Reagan era funding to current financial peril and political corruption.
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The Moynihan payroll tax plan stirs Democratic strategy
The article argues Moynihan's payroll tax cut for Social Security exposes a political gap for Democrats. It notes Bush's tax stance compounds the issue, cites leaders like Rostenkowski and Gephardt, and warns that rejecting the plan risks painting Democrats as anti Social Security while spotlighting deficits and future funding.
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