Senate bars new work at Tricentennial sites in SC
The South Carolina Senate approved a ban on further construction at Tricentennial sites in Charleston Columbia and Greenville without a written opinion from the state archaeologist. The measure aims to prevent repeat issues seen at Charles Towne Landing where an Indian ceremonial site was discovered during pavilion construction.
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S. C. Senate
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Dept
Charles Towne Landing
South Carolina
Senate
Mr. Veritas
Indochina
Dienbienphu
The Nixon Smile and the Typical American
A satirical dialogue imagines Richard Nixon delivering a booming sales pitch to Sydney Sisifuss, touting prosperity and a welfare program. Sydney adopts the cheerful persona, buys into the package, and longs for secure work and safe urban life. PMID- style humor underscores political optimism and critique.
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Sydney Sisifuss
Mr. Nixon
Sydney
Irene
Hastings House a Compact Craft of Architecture
The text details Thomas Hastings birth in 1860 New York City and his career with Herter Brothers McKim Mead and White and Carrere Hastings design influence. It notes his small 40 by 80 foot Newberry Street home built on a bet and later the death from appendicitis in 1929 with honors from leading arts and letters bodies and a Legion of Honor cross at his bier.
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Thomas Hastings
George L. Wrenn
Newberry Street
New York City
American Hastings
Union Theological Seminary
Hastings
Herter Bros
Gustave
Christian Herter
Stuttgart
New York
Paris
Architec
Ture
McKim, Mead and White
John M. Carrere
New York Public Library
Life and Mail
Aiken
Associations of Arts and Letters of America
Royal Institute of British Architects
Legion of Honor
Order of the Legion
Escalator plan eyed to curb inflation tied pay
South Carolina lawmakers debate a bill to link teacher and state employee wages to the federal Consumer Price Index. Opponents foresee Senate resistance and fiscal risks, while supporters call it a logical fix to avoid boom bust pay swings.
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S. C
House of Representatives
Senate
Nixon the War and Hanoi’s Fate in Veritas Panel
In a measured talk, Veritas argues Nixon’s Vietnam strategy may yield victory. He cites Cooper Church, Laos, and press censorship while praising the president’s approach to Hanoi and the potential double withdrawal by next election.
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North Vietnam
Trafalgar
Sinanoukville
Waterloo
Ho Chi Minh
Fulbright
Church
McCarthy
Gruening
Veritas
America
Indochina
Hanoi
Saigon
Cooper Church
Nixon
Laos
Richard
Senate
Giap
Handicaps Face Life and Faith in Unlikely Victory
A reader shares lifelong battles with visible and hidden handicaps and finds strength in faith. The letter notes fear of crowds, personal limits, and an NFL kicker born with half a foot who set a 63 yard record, illustrating triumph over supposed disability.
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New Orleans Saints
Saints
Pants suits vs kilts stir office fashion dispute
A Richmond bank allowed women to wear pantsuits if men could wear kilts. A dozen men showed up in kilts the day women began wearing pants. The piece blends light satire with brief reflections on work, charity, and social behavior from various anecdotes.
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Second National Bank of
Richmond
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Eugene McCarthy
Ernest Gruening
Richard Nixon
South Vietnam
Billy Graham
God
S.N.M
Rufus
By Rufus W. Gosnell
Fulton J. Sheen
Bishop Sheen
Devel
Citizen Smith
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