Baseball Backlash Pushes for New Commissioner at Owners Meeting
At this week's Scottsdale meeting owners urge forming a search committee to hire an independent commissioner. The tenure of Bud Selig is criticized as ineffective, with calls for leadership and marketing skills to revive the game after the 1994 strike and extended labor peace.
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Scottsdale
Ariz
Fay Vincent
Milwaukee Brewers
Bud Selig
Chicago White Sox
Jerry Reinsdorf
San Diego Union-Tribune
Seven World War II Soldiers Receive Medal of Honor
Seven Black soldiers from World War II finally receive the Medal of Honor after decades of delayed recognition. Only Vernon Baker survives to savor the belated tribute as the nation acknowledges racism that denied these men and families earlier gratitude.
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John R. Fox
Vernon Baker
Edward A. Carter
Willy F James Jr
Ruben Rivers
Charles L. Thomas
George Watson
United States
Baker
Aiken Standard Contact and Circulation Info
Contact details for Aiken Standard include location 326 Rutland Drive P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 and switchboard 648 2311. Subscription and delivery support hours are listed with phone numbers 649 5315 and 649 5318 plus circulation hours. Publisher Scott B Hunter is reachable at 648 2311.
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Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
Scott B. Hunter
Outrage Shifts as Race and Gender Bias Come Under Fire
This column argues that public outrage flares when abuse targets women or minorities, not just blacks, comparing Citadel hazing, Anita Hill and Paula Jones cases, and the Simpson trial. It questions media bias and urges accountability for leaders and institutions.
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Citadel
Military College
South
Texaco
Edge
Paula Jones
Anita Hill
Bill Clinton
Paula
Dtacks
Jones
Arkansas
Hill
Yale Law
Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court
Clinton
Dick Morris Book Caps Clinton's Inner Circle Spin
The review notes Dick Morris's memoir Behind the Oval Office recounting alleged affairs and the guru’s influence on Bill Clinton. It portrays Morris as a self promoting Svengali shaping Clinton, while hinting at a controversial, tabloid charged backdrop and ongoing cash fueled campaigns.
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Washington
Dick Morris
Oval Office
Bill Clinton
Morris
Sherry Rowlands
Clinton
White House
Code Ame
Charlie
Sherry
O.J. Simpson
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Bosnia
Guru
Prez
President
Nancy Reagan
Rez
Letters Upset With Cable Billing and Mental Health Counselors
A reader urges subscribers to protest unauthorized channel additions by Intermedia Cable and a $3.39 rate increase. The letter also argues for licensing mental health counselors and cites legislative efforts by Sen. Greg Ryberg and Sen. Thomas Moore, urging action by readers and legislators in South Carolina.
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Intermedia Cable
Intermedia
Franchise Authority
City of Aiken
Aiken
S.C
Thomas E. Abbott Jr
Aiken County
South Carolina
Greg) Ryberg
Senate
House
Sen
Thomas) Moore
Diane M. Giddings
Aiken Standard welcomes Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites brief letters signed by the writer with a mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited for clarity. Address letters to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29802, or email editorial scescape.net.
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Aiken
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