Navy Names Tug Beaufort Spurs Pronunciation Debate
Portsmouth report notes the USS Beaufort to be commissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a fleet salvage tug. The name prompts a pronunciation dispute between Benfort and Beaufort echoing regional loyalties and past ship names.
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Beaufort
England
Associated Press
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South Carolina
North Carolina
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Yesterday’s Heroes and the TV Talk Show Era
A critical polemic on modern media and society. The author mourns past heroes while condemning today’s talk shows, sensationalism, and permissiveness. He warns against propaganda, urges media discernment, and calls for wiser evaluation of newsworthy content.
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Yesteryear
Nothing's More Fickle Than Love Between Nations
Holmes Alexander reviews Jack Anderson's exposure of official secrets and media power. He argues international love is fickle, cites India Pakistan diplomacy, Nixon shifts, and echoes the long history of intrigue and authority at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He notes repetition in news and public life.
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Holmes Alexander
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Jack
Casey Stengel
Pearson
Walter Winchell
Mexico
Nixon
India
France
Henry
Bismarck
Kissinger
Rasputin
Harry Hopkins
Facing Swearing and Jokes at Work A Christian Choice
Billy Graham counsels a reader on handling profanity and off color humor at work. He urges weighing God's will, showing Christlike calm, and seeking grace daily while remaining ready to change jobs if needed to preserve witness.
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S.M
Christ
God
Time, the chief villain of our lives, did the rest
A husband reflects on marriage as time erodes romance and mutates roles. The wife shifts from lively courtship to pragmatic politics, career ambitions, and consumer expense, transforming love into weekend friction. He blames time, while she becomes the someone she aspired to be.
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BTV
Tom Edison
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
Horatio Alger
Jack
Jill
About Letters to the Editor Policy at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous communications are not considered and pen names are not permitted. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel with no subject matter limit.
Healing power of love and health tips for elders
A columnist discusses how social engagement and helping others can ease aches from loneliness, citing a druggist who found happiness through directing children's sports. It also covers pregnancy smoking risks and older adults safely delaying gallbladder surgery when asymptomatic, citing doctors who find gallbladder operations reasonably safe for seniors.
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