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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 2005
Page
11
An editorial argues literacy empowers youth to face adult life while illiteracy drives higher dropout rates and later crime, unemployment, and welfare costs. The Aiken Standard announces a multi part series urging community awareness and public private actions to raise literacy levels among children in Aiken County.
The CDC estimates nearly 300,000 Americans are HIV positive and unaware of it. Federal studies suggest routine voluntary screenings could reduce infections and improve treatment, arguing for making HIV testing a standard medical practice like cancer or cholesterol checks.
The Aitken Standard lists its publishing staff led by Publisher Scott B. Hunter and Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace. It includes Advertising Director Arthur T. Zappa, Business Manager Ellen C. Priest, Managing Editor Timothy E. O Briant, Production Director Phillip Yates, Circulation Director Scot Newcom, Systems Manager J David Boyd, and Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson.
The piece highlights living history as a teaching resource with reenactors portraying ancestors to show how life was. It stresses learning from the past and urges people to explore heritage via libraries and genealogy sites.
The Senate Intelligence Committee heard from CIA Director Porter Goss and FBI Director Robert Mueller about ongoing al Qaida threats. Officials warned of possible attacks and the difficulty of locating sleeper cells inside the United States while Homeland Security plans evolve.
A reader letter cites historical and modern sleeper cell tactics from Blanqui to 9/11, argues Islamic terrorism and discrimination are linked, and questions U S border and religious institutions' roles. The piece references Fox show 24 and CAIR criticism, urging action to curb extremism now.
Colorado fireworks impresario Marc Williams joins the Thompson family in a farewell plan to fire the deceased gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes from a cannon. The scheme aims to create a dramatic tribute with a flash-bomb like display.
London February report describes Angus Shaw Jan Raath and Brian Latham fleeing Zimbabwe after police raids on the Harare news cooperative. They warn of charges and threats from ZANU PF while noting risks of arrest, torture, and travel barriers amid the March 31 election.
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