A Noisy Swan Song Over Aiken County Politics
The resignation of Alex Cord from the Aiken County Refuse Collection and Disposal Department prompts scrutiny of county leadership. Cord accuses Chairman Harold Graybeal and Commissioner Larry Murphy of politicizing administration and cites tense staff relations. The piece weighs motives, calls for orderly leadership, and notes taxpayers hold leaders accountable at election time.
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Alex Cord
Aiken County Refuse Collection and Disposal Department
Cord
Harold V. Graybeal
Aiken County Board of
Larry Murphy
Graybear
Graybeal
Ronald A. LaCouture
Murphy
Editor responds to claim of battle cry on commission form
Irene Krugman Rudnick of 224 Park Ave rejects characterizing her stance as opposing the commission form. She argues government imposed on the people faces a difficult task and defends criticism of hospital policies, the controller move, and magistrates’ books audit as rightful checks.
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Commission
Irene Krugman Rudnick
Park Ave
Newspaper masthead listing editors and date
The page presents the publication’s leadership with Samuel A. Cothran as president and editor and Robert D. Cathcart as executive editor, dated Friday January 18, 1974.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Brennan Radiates Quiet Confidence In Troubled Era
The piece portraits Peter Brennan Secretary of Labor as confident and steady amid a thinning Nixon cabinet. It notes his New York union roots, low-key presence, and belief that Americans will endure current troubles, with a focus on his measured praise for life quality and self-made progress.
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Schultz
Nixon
Romney
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
Ervin Committee
Peter Petersen
Weinberger
Morton
Interior
Butz
Agriculture
Saxbe
Bork
United States
Brennan
Senate Labor and Public Welfare
Building and Construction Trades Council
New York City
George Meany
Leonard Woodcock
U.S
America
Pete
Guiding Teens to Christian Career Paths
Billy Graham counsels a teen responder to seek a disciplined Bible study life and prayer to discern God’s will. He urges matching abilities with vocation through aptitude tests, church counsel, and avoiding peer pressure, aiming for careers that enable Christian service.
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God
Christ
Aianhea
Proxmire Plans Tax Cost Footnotes for Senate Bills
Sen William Proxmire proposes that all Senate spending bills carry front page footnotes with immediate and five year cost estimates from the GAO. The plan would require cost calculations for continuing programs and show direct and indirect costs to federal state and local units. The move aims to reveal bill costs and push fiscal restraint amid rising deficits and inflation.
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Senate
Proxmire
General Ac
GAO
Wisconsin Democrat
Congress
Sen. Proxmire
Harris
Washington
Aiken County School Enrollment Surges Past Four Months
Dorothy MacDowell reports in January 1954 that Aiken County public schools now teach 19,128 students, up 425 from earlier in the year. Rise Stevens concert attendees included Robert McCreary Thomas Noble and Dr and Mrs B C McLean as residents move into the area for housing.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Rise Stevens
Columbia
Robert McCreary
Thomas Noble
B.C. McLean
Aiken County
Rutland
Barnwell County
New Conclusions on Men and Modern Life
A collage of wry observations on husbands and lovers, debunkers, double lives, and the quirks of modern reputation. It caps with a playful note on a steadfast woman keeping a green plant through winter.
Japan Has The World’s Safest Big City Tokyo Crime Decline Cited
The Wall Street Journal traced Tokyo’s crime record noting a 10 percent drop over ten years while New York, London and West Berlin rose sharply. It attributes Japan’s low crime to family structure, moral education, full reporting, and vigilant police in 1,200 neighborhood stations.
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Tokyo
Japan
New York City
West Berlin
London
Wall Street Journal
Ed McDowell
New York
United States
McDowell
Scotland Yard
Sherlock Holmes
Chicago
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