Economy in Aiken County shows solid local health
SCESC figures place Aiken at 3.9 percent unemployed, best among major offices with Greenville at 2.3, Charleston 3.2, and Columbia 3.4. Abbeville tops state at 20.3. The piece defends reporting bad news to keep readers informed and avoid sensationalism while noting some local problem areas and overall positive trend.
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Aiken County
South Carolina Employment Security Commission
SCESC
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Aiken
Abbeville
Wall Street Journal
Aiken Standard Page Four Highlights Editorial Team
Page four of the Aiken Standard lists Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor with issue date Friday January 10, 1975.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
All Less Rich Now
Paul Harvey discusses inequality and the stock market collapse, focusing on a high earning executive who borrowed to buy stock and now faces huge losses. He notes many investors and small business owners are strained by rising costs, loan demands, and a falling market, while stockbrokers lack organized support.
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Ed Darby
Was Alger Hiss a Loyal American or Double Agent?
Holmes Alexander argues the Hiss case reflects a broader detente era. He compares CIA secrecy, double agent lore, and political infighting to Nixon and Ford era diplomacy, urging faith in America over fear and urging tolerance for espionage needs in peacetime.
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Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Roosevelt
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
William
Colby
Congress
James Angleton
Red Russia
FDR
Nixon
Moscow
Ford
Vladivostok
Henry Kissinger
United States
Castro
Allende
Angelton
Angleton
Kremlin
Cuba
Chile
Sam Ervin
Crimes Of Violence On Increase Again
The piece argues crime rises as reports and prosecutions fall, citing low arrest and conviction rates. It laments lenient law enforcement, rehab biased policies, and jurists, and contrasts Watergate defenders with harsher treatment for violent offenders. It urges restoring sane punishment to deter crime.
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Ralph de Toledano
United States
Karl Menninger
Atty
Ramsey Clark
New York
Lower East Side
The
New York Times
Egil Krogh
Charles Colson
Karl Meinwinger
Menninger
Nixon Overspends Transition Funds in Retirement
A Washington post scrutinizes Richard Nixon's transition spending after leaving the presidency. It notes expenses exceeding the allotted $200,000 by 167,000, detailing salaries for 29 aides, travel, living costs, office supplies, and storage. It questions who will absorb the overrun while highlighting watchdog Rep. Jack Brooks.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Congress
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
el Toro Marine Base
Key Biscayne
House Appropriations Committee
Jack Brooks
D.-Tex
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Paul Harvey
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Jeopar
By Holmes Alexander
Isaac Ehrlich
Journal of Political Economy
Jon Stender
Florida
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
New Jersey
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Los Angeles
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Bob Elliot
Citizen Smith
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