Dole Defends Business Amid New Hampshire Speech
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole attacked corporate greed and touted profits while acknowledging layoffs and wage stagnation. He argued profits rose but average hourly wages lagged a decade. Buchanan echoed middle class fears about foreign competition and job security. The piece frames the GOP debate as blame and quick fixes versus complex economic problems.
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Republican Party
Party of Big Business and Free Markets
New Hampshire
Senate
Bob Dole
Pat Buchanan
Novocaine
Buchanan
Whitewater Not High On Nation's Priorities
Hobbs Daily News Sun argues the Whitewater probe wastes taxpayer money and diverts attention from real national issues. The letter questions the focus on Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rose Law Firm billing records and urges prioritizing pressing problems.
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Whitewater
O.J. Simpson
Senate
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Rose Law Firm
Aiken Standard Subscription and Delivery Contacts
Aiken Standard lists location at 124 Rutland Drive and P O Box 456, 29802. Office hours 8 30 am to 5 30 pm Monday Friday. Subscribe or report delivery problems at 649 5315. Circulation hours 5 90 pm to 7 90 pm weekdays 7 am to 10 30 am Saturdays and 7 am to 11 am Sundays. Switchboard 648 2311. Fax 648 6052. Story ideas editors reach 648 2011. Publisher Scott B Hunter at 648 2311.
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Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Silicon Valley skill shift from hands to brains in manufacturing
In a reflection on manufacturing jobs from McDonald's to Intel, the piece notes the move from simple, manual work to roles requiring data analysis, math, and technical knowledge. It cites workers adapting to self sustaining technicians, the rise of community college AA degrees, and the need for reading, algebra, and physics across trades while criticizing schools for overemphasizing college paths. John Maidanek of Aiken weighs in on Lincoln’s erased memory in the South, condemning local papers for neglect.
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McDonald's
Silicon Valley
Intel
Formance
Tracy Koon
Cheryl Fields-Tyler
American Electronics Association
Fields- Tyler
John Neece
The
Construction Trades Council
Bob ‘MacLean
Yonzie
Fonzie
MacLean
Preservation of Aiken's historic homes risks downtown charm
A reader criticizes a Chamber of Commerce site choice on Richland Avenue that would require demolishing two old downtown homes. The letter urges renovation over destruction, praising local efforts by the Cooks and urging the city to protect historic Aiken's character.
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Aiken
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Richland Avenue
Kenneth
Tammy Cook
Allen Riddick
Oscar Heresy Critics Name Real Life Stars as Winners
A satirical look at real life figures and events as Oscar contenders. Names include Steve Forbes Colin Powell Johnnie Cochran Jr Hillary Clinton and Lisa Marie Presley with references to The Brentwood Slasher Washington Hope and Dead Woman Talking. The piece mocks biased nominations and highlights media spectacles as acting showcases.
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Brentwood
Colin Powell
Washington Hope
Johnnie Cochran Jr
O.J. Simpson
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Susan Smith
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Congressional
Casa Grande
Marcia Clark
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Auto Shop
Wilcox High Tosahar
Labor Department
Secretary’s Commission On
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South
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Augusta Chronicle
State
America
John Maidanek Aiken
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
White House
West
Steve Forbes
Madison County
Simpson
Hazel O'Leary
Department of Energy
Hillary Clinton
Jeffrey S. Wigand
Tobacco Company
Scott O'Grady
Bosnia
Christopher Reeve
Quadriplegic
Reeve
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
Kennedy Airport
Divine Brown
Sunset Boulevard
Hugh Grant
Lisa Marie Presley
Michael Jackson
Michael
Joan Beck
Knight-Ridder Service
Powell
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