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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1971
Page
4
The article notes a spring postal rate increase with James W. Hargrove predicting better finances but doubts about service gains. It warns that further rises may be needed for pay negotiations and questions when improvements will be visible to users amidst higher first class, second class, and junk mail rates.
Washington reports suggest first attempts at computer driven cars on automated highways may occur this decade. Drivers worry about safety and road system division while producers and consumers clash. Meantime major league baseball teams prepare for spring training and football season optimism.
The piece argues President Nixon is expanding the war like Johnson did, with American troops backing South Vietnamese actions in Cambodia Laos and Laos. It cites Georges Pompidou warning of Indochina fever and critiques media secrecy and Senate oversight while noting France’s post Dien Bien Phu withdrawal and prestige.
Ben Holman heads the Justice Department Community Relations Service since 1969 and works behind the scenes to prevent racial and religious conflict. His team, now 237 strong and expanding, advises on disputes across schools streets housing and ghettos. He expanded curricula at the University of Georgia and secured funds for Florida A and M College training.
A satirical piece portrays a fictional Federal Licensing Bureau charging high fees to pollute while lampooning urban renewal and crime licenses. It imagines licenses for emitting sulphur oxides and even for mugging, riot, or littering, highlighting wealthier offenders avoidant of stricter penalties.
Monsignor George Lewis Smith, a lifelong rider and former lawyer, has long served in Aiken since 1937. He was ordained in 1937, elevated to monsignor in 1948, and led hospital administration efforts in Charleston and statewide Catholic health work. He balanced clerical duties with legal expertise and sporting interests.
The speaker argues generalizations about youth are inaccurate and notes both good and bad among young people. He cites misguided youth drawn to violence by boredom and affluence, while praising the majority as wholesome and idealistic and urging faith in God to fill the void.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters for publication with a return mailing address. Anonymous or pen name submissions are not considered. Legibility and potential editing for space clarity and libel are required.
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