Local readers’ habits shift as Aiken Standard gains ground
Readers in Aiken County increasingly favor the Aiken Standard over out of county papers. A USC study shows about 45 percent of suburban shoppers read the Standard, with around 35 percent reading the Augusta Chronicle or Herald. The Standard’s lead reflects a 15 percent circulation rise since August 1971.
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J. Taylor Sims
College of Business Administration
University of South Carolina
Sims
Aiken
South Carolina
Augusta Chronicle
Herald
Georgia
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Augusta Herald
Chronicle and Herald
Paper Flood Prompts Clerical Boom and Green Outlook
HAL Boyle notes a global paper surge with one million pages produced each minute and a trillion items stored in 200 million drawers. He warns of rising storage costs and calls for records management while predicting more clerical jobs and a push to plant trees to ease the paper burden.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
U.S
Drug Education Film Catalog Shapes India’s Public Health Debate
Holmes Alexander reports on a press briefing in New Delhi where the NCCDE promotes a 117 page Drug Abuse Films catalog. The event highlights a growing bureaucracy around film censorship and public education amid India’s vast health and economic challenges.
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Holmes Alexander
India
Coordinating Council On Drug Education
NCCDE
Varn
India Republic
Board of Film Censors
Ford Foundation Drug Advisory Council
Olympic tragedy provokes calls for tougher public security
The Munich Olympic Village massacre prompts debates on protecting public events. Writers urge stronger security for future gatherings while reflecting on broader social and moral challenges amid ongoing anti drug and public safety efforts.
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Olympic
Munich
French educator helped chart early rail line to Hamburg
George B. Liscoe, a Guadaloupe born teacher, left a makeshift school shed to survey Charleston to Hamburg rail routes. He mapped streams hills grades fills and bridges, guiding the path before a railway project was finalized, aided by persuasive influence and a notable young woman.
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Dorothy K. Macdowell
George B. Liscoe
Henry Arthur
Aiken
West India
Guadaloupe
John LaCross
Pilot
Liscoe
Isle
Abe Lincoln
C.K. Henderson
Charleston
Hamburg
Dorchester
Sound The Eviction Notice For Planet Earth
Arthur Hoppe imagines a heavenly landlord and Gabriel debating Earths fate. The landlord contemplates eviction as humans slaughter, fight wars, and mistreat the planet, while Gabriel argues slow progress and reforms. The scene ends with a nod to patience and the elusive starshine.
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Planet Earth
Arthur Hoppe
Heavenly Real Estate Office
Gabriel
Earth
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters for Publication
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor, signed with a real mailing address. Anonymous letters are rejected and pen names are not allowed. Submissions should be legible and may be edited for readability and libel.
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Russia
Soviet
Aiken, S.C
Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Hanoi
North
Ramsey Clark
South Vietnam
Hal Boyle
Maxwell Pollack
van Dyk Research Corp
Whippany
N.J
America
Billy Graham
Mexico City
G.O.R
James
Christ
Jesus
Special Action Office
Saodap
United States
Department of Defense
Civil Service Commission
Yesteryear
Millenia
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