Beasley Fields Top State Posts While Maintaining Some Veterans
Beasley chooses his own team in filling high level state posts while keeping some prior appointees. He replaces DSS chief Dr. Sam Griswold with James T. Clark after a nationwide search. Parker Evatt in the Corrections Department retires amid criticism over inmate supervision. Flora Brooks Boyd and Grace McKown retain positions, signaling a mixed approach despite party switch.
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Carroll Campbell
David Beasley
Beasley
Sam Griswold
South Carolina
Evatt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
James T. Clark
DSS
Clark
Florida
The Postal Service Under Fire From Readers
The Vicksburg Evening Post argues that frontline postal workers perform well amid strict regulations while criticizing costly new facilities and outsized salaries. It suggests government exit from the mail business or at least a name change, noting the word service undermines public perception.
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America
United States Postal Service
Vicksburg
Miss
Evening Post
Elected Representatives for Aiken County Residents
Aiken County residents can contact U S senators Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings and U S and South Carolina state representatives. Listings include office addresses in Washington and Columbia, telephone numbers, and fax numbers for sending inquiries.
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U.S. Senate
House
S.C. Senate
Aiken County
Strom Thurmond
Russell Senate
Washington
Ernest F. Hollings
NAFTA Critics Cite Peso Devaluation and Job Loss Claims
The text argues NAFTA harms the US with peso devaluation staged by Mexico after the 1994 election. It claims billions lost by Americans, 40 percent wage cuts for Mexican workers, and rising illegal immigration. It cites Reich and Perot as figures referenced in the debate.
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Chiapas
Mexico
Washington
House Committee On Small Business
U.S
Clinton
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
New World Trade Organization
Africa
Caribbean
White House
United States
AFTA
World Trade Organization
NAFTA
Gingrich praises FDR as critics fear image shift
Newt Gingrich’s swearing in as House speaker prompts Democratic and Republican observers to question his praise of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Critics say the gesture aims to soften his hard line stance and reframe the GOP as conciliatory while pursuing the party’s long standing agenda.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Gingrich
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
House of Representatives
Opportunity
Liberal House
House
Sander Levin
Michigan
Steny Hoyer
Maryland
Democratic Party
Jack Kemp
Marty Frost
Texas
Ronald Reagan
Fdr
Frost
Massachusetts
Barney Frank
Joe Kennedy
George Bush
Kennedy
Frank
Franklin Roosevelt
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Aiken, S.C
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Gov
Erect Beasley
Campbell
Flora Brooks Boyd
Grace McKown
U.S. House
Floyd Spence
Rayburn
Tommy Moore
Grossette
S.C. House
Bill Clyburn
Blatt House
Columbia
Tom Huff
Rudy Mason
Charles Sharpe
Roland Smith
Ross Perot
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Robert Reich
Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
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