15 Jan 2001
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2001
Page
1
The text recalls Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s peaceful civil rights work and the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968. Rev. David Walker of Aiken, current NAACP president, participated briefly as a marshal in the Atlanta to Washington march held soon after Kings death.
In Columbia, the first King Day state worker holiday is overshadowed by protests over the Confederate flag. NAACP officials caution it remains a divisive symbol as crowds gather near the State House for marching and speeches, with last year drawing more than 47 000 people.
South Carolina highways remain among the top in the U S for fatalities despite a national trend toward safer roads. 2000 reports show the state retaining the third-highest fatality rate behind Mississippi and Wyoming. The State notes low spending per mile on state maintained roads amid a $500 million budget shortfall.
Democrats voice caution as John Ashcroft faces confirmation amid opposition from Leahy Boxer and others who call his conservative views ill suited to attorney general duties. Hearing begins Tuesday as groups mobilize against his nomination and Bush defends his plan to enforce laws.
Washington reports on the Bush family ritual as George H. W. Bush, the 41st president, and George W. Bush, the 43rd, prepare to swap roles in history. Both used the same Bible at their oaths and followed similar paths from economic growth to power, with Chief Justice Rehnquist administering the elder Bush's oath.
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