Ratings Split Over South Carolina Congressmen
Congressional Quarterly ratings show five groups split on SC lawmakers with three liberal scores and two conservative. Hollings scores vary from 22 to 40 percent across Chamber of Commerce ACA and COPE NFU rates. Thurmond posts high marks from conservatives but low from liberals. ADA grades all six House members passing while COPE and NFU place Spence Derrick Mann low.
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South Carolina
New Jersey
Congressional Quarterly
Congress
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
National Farmers Union
NFU
Americans For Constitutional Action
ACA
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest F. Hollings
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Charlestonian
Strom Thurmond
Aiken
House of Representatives
All Our Representatives
Ada Cope
Floyd Spence
Butler Derrick
James Mann
Mendel
J. Davis
Kenneth L. Holland
John W. Jenrette Jr
Spence
Mann
Enthusiasm as Key to Success in Work and Life
A column by Rev. W. Lee Truman argues enthusiasm drives success across fields from business to skiing. It cites quotes from Charles H. Spurgeon and William James, urges replacing pessimism with optimism, and notes how belief in ability fuels achievement. The piece ends with Aiken Standard’s policy on letters to the editor encouraging signed, legible submissions under 206 words.
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Charles H. Spurgeon
The War of 1975 1985 and the Cruise Missile
A reflective analysis argues that the United States must not accept nuclear equality and warns that the Soviet planners envisioned a War of 1975 1985. It describes the Cruise missile as pivotal, costly, and difficult to counter, framing it as a tool of U S strategic superiority amid SALT concerns.
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America
V.F. Khalipov
U.S
West
Carter
Cruise
Aiken Standard Front Page February 22 1977
A news page from the Aiken Standard dated February 22 1977 features staff credits with Samuel A Cothran as president and editor and Robert D Cathcart as executive editor. The page presents the newspaper’s masthead and staff roles for the publication.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D.cathcart
Parable Answers on Last Minute Repentance and Salvation
A letter discusses how late repentance can still grant salvation, citing Christ’s parable of laborers in the vineyard and the thief on the cross. It urges not delaying acceptance of Christ since death can come suddenly.
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Mrs. S
Jesus
Christ
Tip O Neill Faces Reform Image With Hardball Tactics
Washington House Speaker Thomas Tip O Neill leads a reform minded bloc yet relies on hardball politics. He challenged President Carter over appointments and pushed allies into key posts amid backroom maneuvering that underscores his blunt, affable style.
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Washington
House
Thomas
Tip” O'Neill
Boston
Jimmy Carter
Elliot Richardson
Richardson
O'Neill
Massachusetts
O’neill
Robert Griffin
General Services
Jack Eckerd
Robert Sikes
Zablocki
Phil
Neill
North Atlantic
International Relations Committee
Brazil
Mexico
East Carolinian Islands
Middle Atlantic
Pacific
Carter
South
Two South Carolina Signers of the Constitution
Dorothy MacDowell notes that John Rutledge and Pierce Butler were South Carolina’s two Constitution signers. Rutledge led the state as president and later served as U S chief justice and governor of Carolina. Butler, born about 1747, died 1822 in Philadelphia. he married Mary Middleton and served in both British and American forces. The 1969 sale of Butler’s original Constitution copy fetched 155000 dollars, a record at the time, and the document contains Butler’s notes among eight known originals.
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Butler
His Majesty's 29Th Regiment
South Carolina
Boston
Carolina
Ralph Izard
United States
Pierce Butler
New York
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W. Lee Truman
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Hiroshima
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Zukhov
Peror Hirohito
Panama
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Germany
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Alaska
Jackson
Reagan
Wallace
Salt II
DR. Graham
Mrs. B.S
Billy Graham
Double Trouble
Tip O’neill
By Jack Anderson
D.fla
Sikes
Tongsun Park
O Neill
Gruzly Bear
Carl Albert
Jim Wright
D.-Tex
Phil Burton
D.calif
Burton
North Atlantic Assembly
Clement Zablocki
D.wis
Dorothy Macdowell
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