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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1974
Page
4
The Aiken Standard reports Samuel A. Cothran serves as President and Editor with Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor for the newspaper dated Monday January 14 1974.
Gov John C West praised 1973 as the state's best year yet citing a 1.2 billion dollar industry surge and a 45 million dollar treasury surplus while citizens faced inflation energy costs and tax pressures. The Vietnam pullout and easing Cold War tensions marked bright spots as energy limits demand lifestyle changes and shared sacrifice in the new year.
John L. Ford of 1274 Alfred Street rails against energy policy calling conservation a farce. He cites 13 oil tankers off the Jersey coast and opposes daylight saving and fuel subsidies for Vietnam, accusing fuel conglomerates of price manipulation at the public expense.
The Liken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address for publication. Anonymous submissions are rejected. Pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. No subject matter limits.
A note from Valerie Redd at 204 Florence SW expresses public gratitude to neighbor Mr. Alexander MacKay for keeping City Park on Florence Street clean and neat as a civic deed.
Fraser says the fuel shortage hits all, but the nation will weather the crisis and adapt. Schools face closures, buses halt, and classrooms grow cold while colleges improvise with aerogenerators and coal. The patent office moves to boost energy output as industry fences for new opportunities.
An open letter urges Congress to consider impeachment only with careful, nonpartisan judgment. It cites Andrew Johnson's impeachment as a costly lesson and warns against pandering to public opinion or theatrics during Nixon's presidency.
Billy Graham reflects on being a worrier and counsels that anxiety is unnecessary when trusting Christ. He urges seriousness for practical planning but emphasizes God’s sovereign care over all events and the sufficiency of His plan.
In 1954 Aiken plans a Biltrite Pottery plant at Horse Creek Valley near natural clay deposits. H A White of the local firm says production could start by April 15 and products may soon bear Made in Aiken. Park Avenue Garden Club opposes tree removals and parkway changes, warning council of political fallout. Traffic concerns note 11 000 extra cars in four years.
Gene Owens recalls wartime life on a South Carolina tenant farm and in a mill village. He describes scarce food, shared rides on crowded buses, kerosene stoves, ice blocks, nonrefrigerated storage, and the close family gatherings that filled evenings by firelight.
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