Clinton's Social Security Plan Seeks Preserve Trust Fund
The editorial endorses keeping Social Security solvent by saving the surplus for long term needs. It notes proposals for modest new spending and a possible Medicare expansion while delaying programs that would squander the surplus. It urges regional forums with AARP and Concord Coalition to build a broad consensus.
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Clinton
Congress
Social Security Trust Fund
American Association of Retired Persons
Concord Coalition
Chicago Tribune
Ed Powell longtime Ridge Spring mayor dies at 71
Ed Lamar Powell known as Lamar in Ridge Spring died January 26 after weeks of illness at age 71. He served as mayor several terms and worked 37 years at the Savannah River Site heading a charge and discharge crew in reactor operation. He was a USC alumnus and Korean War veteran. He was active in Ridge Spring Baptist Church and community service.
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Ridge Spring
Ed Powell
Lamar
Savannah River
al ‘Maddox
C&d
Powell
Cone
University of South Carolina
USC
Tucker case highlights death penalty debate in Texas
New York Daily News columnist notes Karla Faye Tucker seeks clemency with support from Pat Robertson and others while Texas debates capital punishment. The piece contrasts her rehabilitation with harsher cases and questions fairness, gender, and selective mercy in the death penalty system.
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Karla Faye Tucker
Texas
United States
Tucker
Pat Robertson
Karla
Robertson
Dallas Morning News
Ted Kaczynski
Miss Tucker
Steven Hawkins
National Coalition
Larry King
E.R. Shipp
New York Daily News
West 33Rd St
New York
N.Y
Clinton’s risky new strategy in the Lewinsky saga
The piece outlines Clinton’s post State of the Union plan to mitigate damage from the Lewinsky affair. It notes phases including denial of sexual relations, Hillary Clinton’s defense line, and a high profile speech. It warns that openings depend on Starr and Jones cases and that public doubt lingers until more facts emerge.
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Washington
Clinton
White House
Monica Lewinsky
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Lewinsky
Hillary Clinton
Paula Jones
Kenneth Starr
Vernon Jordan
United States
Ms. Lewinsky
Congress
Letters attack funding and politics in Aiken and national press
A reader denounces the Aiken County Public Schools for underfunding and inequities tied to SRS presence while criticizing local officials and wealthier areas. The writer also argues for presidential protection from politically motivated investigations and defends due process and media behavior.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Linda B. Eldridge
South Carolina
Mississippi
Robert Schwartz
Augusta Futurity Deserves More CSRA Coverage
A reader from the CSRA urges the Aiken Standard to cover the Augusta Futurity at the Augusta Civic Center, noting contestants from the region and arguing it is a major sports event, the largest cutting horse show east of the Mississippi, deserving prominent attention.
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Aiken Standard
Orlando
Florida
Sweden
Univ. of Dayton
Xavier Univ
Australia
Aiken
Augusta
CSRA
Augusta Civic Center
Augusta Futurity
Mississippi
John Church Aiken
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Ed Lamar Powell
Scott B. Hunter
Stephen N. Ranzer
Ellen C. Priest
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Linda DiVall
Jack Germond
Jules Witcover
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