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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1972
Page
4
Aiken teenagers join the effort to clear debris from the December ice storm. Eleven building firms provide trucks and drivers while colleges and volunteers assist under Chamber of Commerce coordination. City officials map the campaign and donations fund meals.
The Mothers March in the Aiken area supports the March of Dimes campaign. The charity funded Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine and now targets birth defects through research medical care and education.
Paul Harvey reports a nationwide rise in campus crime with 8000 incidents on the University of Michigan campus and 26 percent rise at Berkeley. He notes inadequate campus police, unarmed guards, and countermeasures like patrols and CCTV while linking crimes to juvenile narcotics users and broader school systems.
A column argues John Ashbrook merits fair treatment in Republican debates versus Nixon. It praises Ashbrook as a principled conservative with strong backers while challenging Nixon’s record and urging cautious support before New Hampshire and Florida primary votes.
Areader explains the biblical view of death and resurrection, reconciling spirit with body. The author cites II Corinthians 5 9 and Jesus phrase sleep to argue that the dead in Christ remain alert and will be raised at the resurrection to see God in the flesh.
A letter praises the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Andy Seigler for delivering a life saving drug to Aiken County Hospital during a cyanide poisoning case on January 11 1972. The writer Joseph H. Farmer R N lauds the fine service of local law enforcement and urges pride in their work. The second letter highlights landfill challenges in South Carolina with credit to Senator McMillan for two and a half years of work toward a solution and notes publishing editorials welcome letters with guidelines.
The piece muses on midwinter doldrums and urges daydreams as solace. It contrasts harsh weather and pressures from work and family with whimsical fantasies from Bali to Transylvania and beyond. It ends by declaring daydreams essential to keep sane through winter.
County Commissioner Billy Stevens visits town. P B Matthews plans a prospecting trip to Alabama and advertises second hand buggies and wagons at bargain prices. Philadelphia pharmacist Clayton J Smith arrives to run Park Avenue Pharmacy with George H Smith. J B Burckhalter modernizes his home as signals for fair weather draw public comment and Council allocates funds to maintain the display.
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