Dark Haiti Tour from Grand Hotel Oloffson
A travelogue from Port au Prince describes the Grand Hotel Oloffson veranda scene with Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre, notes on Duvalier era dangers, and the tense atmosphere as a journalist battles to depart. The piece chronicles chaotic nights, price hints, and stark contrasts of beauty and misery in Haiti.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Grand Hotel
Oloffson
Charles Addams
Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre
Papa Doc Duvalier
Tonton Macoutes
Jamaica
Duvalier
Sydney
Peter and I
Observations on American Industry and Global Competition
Rufus W Gosnell argues the United States built a strong export position but is now crowded out by lower priced foreign products. He says tariffs are stopgap and urges greater competitiveness amid rising wages taxes and business costs. The piece notes labor unions can raise costs even if they win battles, and sales remain the core wage payer. A reader from Batesburg praises improved local paper and renews a prepaid subscription.
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Melvin Fallon
Rt.1
Batesburg
S. C
Open Letter on School Reform in Aiken Letters
A letter-writer questions if the student remains the top priority for Aiken teachers after moving from Boulder Colorado. She describes poor math results, calls for more parental communication, and criticizes independence based curricula. She cites federal control of local police and opposes federalizing local authority.
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Aiken
Boulder
Colorado
Aiken Area
Kennedy Junior High
Stiffened Backbone At Last The Pollution Authority Sets Prosecution Policy
The State Pollution Control Authority adopts a stricter policy to prosecute willful violators of clean up orders. It aims to curb air and water pollution by industrial plants while municipalities struggle for funding and federal aid remains scarce. The editorial notes political pressure threatens overdue reform and stresses enforcement will determine real progress.
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State
S. C
Daniel R. McLeod
McLeod
Russians Begin First Census in 11 Years
Soviet newspapers hail the head count as proof of the "unchallenged superiority" of communism over capitalism, while observers note that statistics can be used to back almost any claim.
Three James Henry Hammonds Rest At Loveliest Plantation Cemetery
The Hammond family plot in Beech Island's Loveliest Plantation Cemetery holds three men named James Henry Hammond. The first, a congressman governor and senator, chose a public grave, bequeathing the acres to the town for a public cemetery. A grandson died in 1957 and the third James Henry Hammond, a South Carolina legislator, was buried there in 1970. An epitaph on Elisha Hammond’s tomb from 1774 to 1829 is cited as fitting for his great grandson.
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Haiti
Papa Doc
Hammond Cemetery
Beech Island
South Carolina
Carolina Gardens
Schaeffer
James Henry Hammonds
U. S
Redcliffe
Augusta
Senator Clay
Alabama
Hammond
James Henry
Paul Fitzsimons Hammond
Hammond Gordon
James Henry Hammond
Elisha Hammond
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Chilling Sher
Alfred Hitchcock
Rufus
W. Gosnell
Superintendent of Schools
Kennedy
Mrs. M. Stevenson
Gilbert Street
Aiken, S.C
Aiken County
Federal Supreme Court
Supreme Court
UPI
Miami Beach
United States
Charles H. Rogovin
U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Rogovin
Wesley A. Pomeroy
Wesley Pomeroy
J. Edgar Hoover
America
W. K. Leonard
John Birch Society
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J.oyler
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