Aiken County School Board Faces Education Crisis
The Aiken County School Board and Chairman Dr. Durward B. Pridgen acknowledge the district ranks near the bottom in education. They call for improved finances, facilities, curriculum, and teacher quality to provide opportunity and reverse the decline.
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Japan Lowers 67 Trade Barriers to Imports
Japan announces reductions of 67 import barriers and simplified customs procedures aiming to ease non-tariff obstacles. U S and EU negotiators praise the move though demand further tariff cuts. Despite the gesture, Japan’s trade surpluses remain large with the EEC and the United States, and real impact hinges on increased sales.
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Japan
United States
European Economic Community
Too Much Witness Protection Exposes Flaws in DOJ Program
A recent report reveals that the Justice Department shielded witnesses under new identities who continued criminal acts. Examples include a Chicago mobster relisted in San Diego carrying out swindling and a Colorado witness avoiding harsher sentencing due to a clean record masking prior felonies.
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Chicago
San Diego
Colorado
Cooper Sees It Not So Serious on Hollings Plan
Ashley Cooper argues for a conservative Democratic ticket around Fritz Hollings and lays out two economic fixes. He favors half tax credits for new US cars to boost auto industry and a tax strategy allowing firms to deduct housing costs while excluding sale profits to spur home building and lower prices.
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Letters to the Editor at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address for publication. Anonymous letters are rejected. Typed manuscripts are preferred and all letters may be edited for space, clarity, taste, and libel.
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The Price Of National Honor In Ethiopian Refugee Affairs
Miriam and her family fled brutal Addis Ababa violence reaching Djibouti France and England before America where she worked as a housekeeper to feed her children. The State Department warns 2400 of 20000 30000 Ethiopian refugees to leave or face deportation amid a policy tied to Ethiopia’s regime and Cold War geopolitics.
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Haile Selassie
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Washington Post
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Soviet Union
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Moscow
Kremlin
Nursing Home Decision Steered by Love and Duty
Dear reader, two years before his death you placed your father in a nursing home to meet his needs and honor him. If that choice truly served his well being, you should not feel guilty. Visit him often and show love, and treat your parents as you wish to be treated in old age.
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S.P.U
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