Aiken Standard Staff Directory Note 1867 Founding
The Aiken Standard lists key staff positions including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Executive Melissa Hanna Advertising Director Dee Taylor and other management roles. It notes the paper’s founding year as 1867 and provides current leadership names for circulation, classifieds, and production.
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Melissa Hanna
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Dee Taylor
THINK ABOUT IT Gertrude Stein Quote Note American author
A dated quotation attributed to Gertrude Stein, an American author, reflecting social commentary on equality and rank, with the span of years 11874 1946 suggesting a misprint or error in the source.
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Gertrude Stein
Letters to the Editor on Senate rules and fiscal policy
Readers criticize Senate filibuster concessions as ceding power to a minority and urge protections for elderly and poor. A letter questions Hagel nomination blocking and cites Obama picks, while others urge restraint on sequestration cuts and warn against cutting entitlements and basic public services.
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Senate
Harry Reid
Nevada
Namce
Chuck Hagel
Len Hagel
Len Lindsey Graham
Obama
Lester C. Weleh
Aiken
Rockin in the Free World and the arc of American music
Columnist Bill O'Reilly reflects on American culture shaped by postwar music from the big band era to rock and roll and the British invasion. He notes protests of the Vietnam era, disco, AIDS, rap, and the internet fragmenting the industry, ending with cyberspace diversifying leisure and leaving little shared purpose.
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Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Chubby Checker
The
Animals
Vietnam
Doors
Jefferson
Airplane
Bob Dylan
3Ee Gees
Madonna
Michaelackson
Earth, Wind and Fire
Elton John
Eminem
Wil.l
Lady Gaga
Jennifer Lopez
Justin Bieber
Paul Mc‘Cartney
Bruno Mars
Maine
Malibu
Insanity in gun control debate stirs South Carolina
Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post columnist living part time in South Carolina, notes how lawmakers in Columbia push mixed gun policies while Ashley Hall near Charleston faces a high profile mental health and gun sale case. She cites Lindsey Graham calling the system broken and outlines proposed background check enhancements amid state efforts to allow concealed weapons in bars and restaurants.
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Obama
Ashley Hall
Charleston
Barbara Bush
Cour
Alice Boland
Boland
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
Washington
Senate
Kathleen Parker
The
Washington Post
Apology Note and Letters Policy Mixed in Local Text
A garbled sample covers apologies by former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and reader letters policy from the Aiken Standard. It mentions bartering on a Carnival Triumph voyage and criteria for unsigned or long letters, including word limits and publication stewardship.
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Sam
Jesse Jackson Jr
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