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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1996
Page
4
The Philadelphia Daily News notes the collapse of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley marriage as stranger than fiction. Despite vast wealth, the couple attract ridicule for bizarre behavior and ill-advised union. Readers express mixed sympathy and critique.
Columnist Robert Steinback questions why Congress spends vast effort on Hillary Clinton while noting she has no constitutional powers. He argues investigations resemble fishing expeditions and wonders what penalties she faces if probes bear fruit, suggesting Travelgate may be benign.
Local information lists mailing and office addresses for the Aiken Standard, hours for subscriptions and delivery support, switchboard and fax numbers, and staff contacts including Scott B. Hunter. It outlines weekday and weekend delivery times and customer service hours.
Washington observes Ross Perot resurfacing in the 1996 Republican race under the alias Steve Forbes. The essay notes their shared wealth driven campaigns, Forbes’s 499 million fortune, and the media frenzy around both men while questioning whether money alone can secure the presidency.
A humorous lament from Huntsville about traffic lights and engineers. The narrator jokes that lights are rarely reversed, mocks bureaucratic missteps, and recalls a fictional Traffic Engineer Handbook chapters about jam creation and no-green lights. The piece pokes fun at the profession and its public image.
A quirky reminiscence recalls a city intersection with a stubborn left turn green arrow. The narrator credits a cautious planner and invokes a WWII era ploy to thwart German traffic, while noting indifference to local politicians and uncertainty about the traffic engineer’s identity.
Readers vent about local crime including a dog case, criticize Sun day observance bans, and demand tougher juvenile crime penalties. Letters from JoAnne Youngblood, M J Davis, and Bobby Hankerson reflect anger over violence, church vandalism, and community safety.
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