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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1970
Page
10
Editorial argues Lt. Gov. John West should reconsider his firm opposition to a penny per gallon gas tax. It suggests funding urban freeways may require new revenue or bond use while exploring diversions from farm to market funds and unused highway borrowing capacity. The piece calls freeways a must for growing cities.
Rising costs for skilled nursing care under Medicaid prompt concern over a new state contract. Officials cite inflation and increased use of facilities feeding a shrinking reserve fund of 5.7 million dollars. Governor McNair stresses federal expansion rules and a six month study, while critics doubt state remedies.
A spiritual counsel notes parental heartache when children refuse church attendance. It suggests roots may lie in parental inconsistency or failure to model Christ, urging reflection on conduct and faith living to invite children back to the Lord.
A man named Goodwill seeks to protect the environment by renouncing pesticides meat leather and fuel yet discovers that even minimal human needs create impact. He gives up breathing and is cremated, his ashes becoming smog with DDT in seawater. The moral urges reducing harm rather than seeking maximal good.
The piece argues that US leaders fail to coordinate military and diplomatic actions leading to a misguided approach in Vietnam. It recalls Korea’s sanctuary issue, warns that isolation of policy causes war, and urges decisive unified leadership to mobilize power for peace.
The piece weighs recession labels and inflation danger in 1970. It notes Nixon anti inflation moves, modest 2 percent growth, and past postwar recessions. Arthur Okun predicts slower earnings and higher unemployment but no major change, with decelerating prices as a long term win.
Reports cite Commissar Maiorov linking secret Dalstory project in Magadan with large scale Soviet gold and platinum exports. Zurich contacts show Moscow using gold to secure Western steel orders, shifting European supply away from the US market.
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