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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1970
Page
4
A humor piece mockingly weighs licensing newsmen versus housewives. A scene inside the State Department of Wedding Licenses follows Miss Flossie Delightly as she endures a stern clerk who tests marital readiness with comical checks on education, cooking, and infant care.
The Lions Club of Gardner Massachusetts launches a community program to combat drug abuse among youths. They inform residents, collaborate with schools and religious groups, and introduce drug education into junior high science and senior health classes while training teachers to discuss the topic individually with students.
Aiken County’s Tricentennial week concluded Sunday with widespread participation across tours gardens and school yard oaks. Mamie Eisenhower’s Valentine weekend appearance drew praise, while Mrs. M DuBose MacDowell earned formal recognition from Gov McNair for guiding the observances and authoring the pageant Drums Along the Savannah.
A newspaper note warns the United States risks being drawn into a full fledged Middle East war. Arabs favor U S support over Soviet aid, while American Jews push for Israel. Neutral stance erodes as Jewish lobbying intensifies and Israel supporters weigh potential involvement. The piece cautions against active intervention and highlights Vietnam era comparisons.
The piece argues for immediate abolition of the military draft in favor of an all volunteer force. It notes Nixon’s commission recommendation, cites projected costs around 3 billion dollars, and criticizes draft overhead, selectee training gaps, and the reliance on underprepared troops in Vietnam. It urges professional, tech‑savvy soldiers over conscripts.
A columnist surveys Saigon’s war zone traffic and cost concerns. He condemns U S and Vietnamese exchange rates that push soldiers toward the black market, urges Treasury and Defense cooperation, and calls for a one third pay policy with deposit balances to U S accounts. He criticizes official rates as unfair and counterproductive to morale and law.
An illustrated portrait of Harry Truman in President Truman Park and a retrospective on the 1947 Truman Doctrine aiding Greece and Turkey. It notes Gen. Van Fleet led the aid mission, one American pilot death, and Greek resistance to communism. It discusses Greece's governance, modernization, and regional defense dynamics through 1967. Cyrus Vance is highlighted for brokered diplomacy amid Cyprus tensions.
A secretary asks if it is ethical to lie for an employer who requires deception in correspondence. The advisor suggests confronting the boss with your Christian convictions, risking dismissal but gaining integrity and potential new employment, leading to a clearer conscience and better sleep.
The text notes that Spaniards led by D Ayllon may have been the first Europeans in South Carolina near Silver Bluff. It then describes Hernando de Soto in 1540 leading six hundred men up the Savannah River, weary and hungry, who were greeted by the Princess of Cofitachequi and sought gold but found copper ore and mica.
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