Editorial calls for ban on video poker and lottery support
The editorial attacks Senator Land of Clarendon County for backing a seven member state gaming commission to regulate video poker. It argues the plan would legitimize gambling, create a new bureaucracy, and place control with gaming barons. It urges rejecting the bill and outlawing video poker to favor a statewide lottery.
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Clarendon County
John Land
Meyer Lansky
Lansky
Land
Manning
Senate
Wes Hayes
R-Rock Hill
Jim Hodges
Hodges
State Revenue Department
Revenue Department
House
Georgia
Sanctity of Life Sunday and Aiken Pregnancy Care Center
The article outlines Sanctity of Life Sunday and details the Aiken Pregnancy Care Center APCC as a 1982 founded nonprofit ministry offering free services to women facing unplanned pregnancies. It describes hotlines, free pregnancy tests, counseling, abstinence education, post abortion support, referrals, and volunteer opportunities, plus fundraisers and the LifeWalk event. The writer chairs APCC’s board.
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Supreme Court
United States
Aiken
Waterloo Street
APCC
Aiken County
Apccs
Jesus
Jesus Christ
I Thessalonians
Virginia Acres
Whiskey Road
Aiken Pregnancy Care Center
Confederate flag letter prompts reader concerns
James Turner argues the Confederate flag is in bad taste and urges leaving it alone. He recalls SC’s vote to keep the flag over the State House and mentions personal past support, urging focus on other issues. The Aiken Standard welcomes letters with signer details and potential edits.
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al Goodwyn
Mr. Goodwyn
South Carolina
State House
James Turner
Witnesses in Clinton impeachment trial fail to sway Senate
Fort Worth Star Telegram columnist argues GOP seeks endless witnesses to replay the Clinton Lewinsky scandal, hoping to damage his standing even without removal. He notes Senate rules require a two thirds vote to convict and predicts public opinion likely won’t swing, despite Republican tactics.
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Monica Lewinsky
House
Clinton
Senate
California
O.J. Simpson
Capitol
Congress
Texas
Dick Armey
Lewinsky
Oval Office
Bill Clinton
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