Aiken County Council debated vice chair role amid party politics
A plea urges councilmen to drop partisan games after a failed bid to name Cleve Edmunds as vice chairman. The editorial argues citizens repudiated Edmunds and calls for bipartisan leadership and reform toward honest, efficient government in Aiken County. It urges council to serve all residents, not just Democrats or Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Cleve Edmunds
Edmunds
Council
Forest L. Kirby
L. V. Davis
Mr. Edmunds
Lucas Ray
Medwell Hill
Marvin Dunbar
Homer McGee
Yesteryear
Aiken
Billy Graham
DR. Graham
Christ
D. B
Jesus
Paul
Good Samaritan
Maine
Augusta
Crosland Park
South Carolina
Mississippi
Myrtle House
Cornish Drive
Gambling Favors Crime Lords By Jack Anderson
Washington column argues legalized gambling expands illegal bookmaking. It profiles New York Off-Track Betting parlors, street bookies, and mob influence, citing a University of Michigan study showing rises in unlawful gambling where betting is legalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Rick Sakolow
New York
Nevada
Madison Avenue
Ilegal Gambling
Sokalow
Cay Seischon
Beskie
Frankie Num
Bers
Frankie
Underworld
Sokolow
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
White House
Richard Ninn
Ford
William Lukas
Rogers
Carter era foreign policy lessons from Bismarck warned
Holmes Alexander argues Carter's foreign policy team and Carter himself must learn Bismarck's iron and blood doctrine. He criticizes past administrations for appeasement after Bay of Pigs and Vietnam and urges tough resolve to deter Soviet influence. He highlights Vance Brzezinski Brown and Sorensen as part of the critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Alexander
Otto von Bismarck
Kennedy
Johnson
Bismarck
Carter
Warhawks
Vance
Brzezinski
Harold Brown
Sorensen
State Department
White House
Defense Department
CIA
Bay of Pigs
Vietnam
Brown
New Frontier
Great Society
Defense
America
Indochina
Sion
United States
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Cyrus Vance
Cuba
Aiken School Board and Community Letters Respond
Letters address the Area One Advisory Council meeting and district funding debates. Board chair Lynn T. Hilley discusses input, budget gaps, and bond use while other readers praise hospital care and comment on local demographics and housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken High School
Aiken County
State Senate
Board of Education
South Carolina
Lynn T. Hilley
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Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Lewis
Bradley
Ted Willis
Dr. Bradley
Emilie Towler
T.B. Willis
Ing
U.S. Office of Education
Phi Delta Kappa
James B. Conant
South Carolina Education Assoc
State Department of Education
Aiken Hospital
Mattie R. Sheppard
Aiken Community Hospital
Tom Cofer
John Matthews
Arthur R. Charleston
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