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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 2009
Page
1
In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr birthday the Aiken Standard business offices will be closed today while customer service remains open from 6 30 to 9 30 a m.
Local basketball fans await the sequel between USC Aiken and Augusta State II as a high stakes clash unfolds. An ongoing birds feeding tradition spans a decade for a local couple, while orangutan populations face decline in Indonesia amid palm oil demand concerns linked to Louis Leakey’s associates.
Daniel Charles Larkin Ill. and Aiken George Baskett Sr. are listed among local obituaries with memorial notices for North Augusta Edgefield and related communities. Mary E. Mitchell Turner of Edgefield appears in the same notices as a deceased individual.
Atlanta marks Martin Luther King Jr Day on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration sharing spotlight with Washington. Spelman College historian William Jelani Cobb notes the moment as a rare dual observance and milestone.
New York legals retell King 1964 Nobel speech, arguing his focus on economic justice endures at the first black president’s inauguration amid a deepening financial gap. Scholars say King would push beyond election euphoria toward the Poor People’s Campaign and an economic bill of rights.
Local Democrats join President-elect Obama in honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national day of service. At least 25 volunteers will work from 9 a.m. to noon at Helping Hands doing yard work and painting. Anyone is welcome to participate.
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