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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1976
Page
4
The Aiken Standard lists Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor, indicating the paper’s leadership in guiding its reporting and editorial direction.
No Imitations Please describes Charleston’s horse manure controversy and the city’s cheeky workaround a diaper ban with a radio chained cleanup service dubbed the Super Dooper Pooper Scooter. The piece contrasts Charleston’s approach with Aiken’s more practical life.
Dr Robert L Dennis longtime Langley pharmacist died at home in Langley at age 88 on January 1. He operated Langley Drug Co for 50 years until 1961 and established three other pharmacies including one in Aiken. He also served as postmaster in three communities and held multiple local board positions. His death ends a notable era of public service and community care.
Harold M. Crouch of Graniteville died January 5. A civic leader and 32nd degree Mason, he served Star Lodge 99 AFM and was past worthy grand patron of the South Carolina Order of Eastern Star. A Du Pont Savannah River Plant supervisor, he was active in Shriners and Masonic and Methodist circles. The community mourns his loss and sends sympathies to his family.
Billy Graham cites Jesus and Scripture to distinguish wrong attitudes from temptations. Temptations can arise without sin but threaten inner attitudes and actions. Believers should seek forgiveness and rely on the Holy Spirit to resist temptation, per Hebrews 4 15 and James 4 7.
Ukrainian-born chemist Bohdan Arey leads Smoleskyp in Philadelphia aiding political prisoners. The group mails books and protest literature from Ukrainian and American sources to raise Western awareness and press for emigration rights and cultural survival among Ukrainians and Jews facing Soviet oppression.
Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross describes cases where legally dead patients revived and reports peace and wholeness in the afterlife. She notes blindness can be cured and paraplegics regain movement while many resent returning to imperfect bodies.
Svetlana Stalin Peters, daughter of Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States in 1967 and awaits citizenship after ten years due to Communist party ties. Henry Helstoski faces grand jury scrutiny over alleged kickbacks tied to immigration bills and tax issues, with associates convicted in related cases. The piece notes scrutiny of CIA, FBI and State Department files on pacifist Women’s Strike for Peace.
Mrs Bernard Elliott wife of Major Elliott on July 1 1776 presented two silk standards to the 2d regiment to honor their defense of liberty. The colors were planted on British lines at Savannah where Lt Bush and Lt Hume were shot down while Lt Gray was mortally wounded and Sgt Jasper saved the colors. Col Moultrie later heard they were in the Tower of London.
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