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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1979
Page
4
A narrated anecdote from France claims prosperity can be cured by simple actions. A Paris painter reads an old Figaro headline predicting hard times and cuts spending, delaying a portrait as the dates reveal the warning was ten years old.
Insiders say a Thurmond federal judgeship was floated in Washington, but the Aiken Standard reports he denied any pursuit of the U.S. Supreme Court. The piece outlines potential political maneuvers for a Thurmond exit and Riley’s rise, yet notes South Carolinians backed Thurmond for the Senate and elected Riley as governor.
The item lists the Aiken Standard founded in 1867 with Samuel A Cothran publisher Scott B Hunter editor and A B Cubbedge advertising director. It notes publication schedule weekdays and the Aiken SC address and post office box along with 1979 date.
Shell Oil cuts deliveries by 25 percent while price controls are challenged as a cause of scarcity. The Carter administration plans to seek congressional repeal of motor gasoline price controls with possible four cent per gallon rise, aiming to boost output, fund refinery upgrades, and shift toward unleaded production.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with a legible handwritten or typed form and a mailing address. Anonymous letters are rejected. Letters may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. Submissions should stay within about 200 words unless editors decide otherwise.
The Justice Department weighs commuting Patricia Hearst seven year bank robbery sentence to the 22 months served. The Plain Truth urges clemency, arguing Hearst was brainwashed, a victim, and deserves release rather than further punishment. Endorsed by critics and figures like Rep. Leo Ryan and John Wayne.
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