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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1997
Page
4
The Ironton Ohio Tribune argues that rising violence on television and films desensitizes the public, making crimes like the Ennis Cosby shooting feel closer to home. The piece urges parental control and personal responsibility beyond ratings to teach children that violence is unacceptable.
The South County Journal argues that Washington state Rep. Jim McDermott breached the law by releasing a secretly taped telephone conversation between Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican leaders. It decries the breach of civil liberties and urges McDermott to have rejected the recording.
The US Supreme Court will hear a Wisconsin Supreme Court appeal that created a blanket drug war exemption to the warrant no knock rule. Observers say the case reflects ongoing police and prosecutor efforts for more power and raises the question of balancing drug enforcement with the Bill of Rights.
Notice outlines delivery targets 5 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. weekends with phone contacts for delivery, circulation, switchboard, and editors. It lists service hours and the publisher's contact, including Scott B. Hunter’s phone line.
The piece argues that Special Counsel James Cole seeks to regulate political intent in teaching, applying tax-exempt funds to politically charged courses. It contrasts Gingrich’s fine, political scrutiny, and calls the ethics inquiry a broader attack on speech, likening it to modern parallels with the Spanish Inquisition.
President Clinton signals a pragmatic shift in his second term embracing a middle path between liberal and conservative views. He argues government is not the problem or the solution, urging a smaller, fiscally restrained approach while offering tools for self-reliance.
Local letters criticize Aiken Standard for tunnel vision on the horse industry while praising Buckland Stables and its Eclipse Award winners. A reader urges more journalistic curiosity about Thoroughbred country and warns residents about road dangers to horses. Also a student asks for U S geography learning material and lists samples received from Wyoming to Mardi Gras memorabilia.
The Aiken Standard invites concise Letters to the Editor signed with the writer name and mailing address as well as daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. Acknowledgement and potential edits or condensing apply. Send to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29802 or editorial@scape.net.
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