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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1978

Page

5

Bahais Begin 19 Day Fast As Two Men Convert

Don Hanser and Frank A. Taylor III of Crosland Park begin a 19 day fast with daily prayers and reflections on a world of unity and amity. They discuss their conversion to the Baha i faith, its origins in Persia, and beliefs in progressive revelation and universal tolerance.

Ombra Taylor Don Hanser Frank A. Taylor III Charles Law Hanser Taylor Crosland Park Persia Mirza Husayn Ali Moses Jesus Mohammad Baha'u'llah Mirza Ali-Muhammad John the Baptist Baha‘u'llah Abdu'l-Baha Baha Egypt Europe North America U.S Wilmette Ill Haifi Israel Earth Frank Baha’u'llah

Global rise in women political prisoners reported

Amnesty International notes increasing numbers of women detained for political reasons worldwide. Iran holds over four thousand women in prison. Indonesia detains about two thousand without trial. Torture and forced marriages accompany many cases, with cases spanning Iran Spain Chile South Korea and Russia.

Amnesty International Tabrizi The Manchester Guardian Tehran Korea Russia Iran Indonesia

College students make major ecological finds at Savannah River lab

University of Georgia scientists oversee a nationwide student program at SREL in Aiken South Carolina. Cornelia Cho tested plant heat tolerance, Jill Glanville compared amphibians in forests, and Debbie Ginter studied red straw effects on soil and growth. Over 80 manuscripts have been produced with students as junior authors.

University of Georgia Savannah River Savannah Riverology Laboratory SREL Institute of Ecology U.S. Department of Energy Cornelia Cho Cornelia Jill Glanville Hood College Maryland R. R Sharitz Sharitz Ecologist Emory University University of California Vermont Middlebury College Birmingham Southern College Paine College Augusta Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo Mich U. S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation Department of Energy Aiken

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Hanser and Vida Hadjebi Tabrizi University of Tehran Winnie Mandela South Africa Nasreen Mohamed Hussein Tanzania Nasreen Zanzibar Amnesty _ International Dagen Nyheter Stockholm World Spain Chile South Aiken County R. R. Sharitz, Srel P.O. Drawer E S.C David Fesselnik Buffalo New York Alaska Hawaiti Boston Kansas City San Francisco
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