South Carolina Senate urged to conform with decorum
An Associated Press report recalls a near fight in the South Carolina State Senate and a later lecture by Lt. Gov. Earle Morris urging decorum. The piece questions the Senate's responsiveness to public will and cites Senator Gressette's remark on lawyers, noting a widening gap between lawmakers and the people. It commends two Aiken County senators and calls for better representation before the next General Assembly.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Sen. Gressette
State Senate
Senate
Aiken County
Gilbert E. McMillan
Michael L. Laughlin
Rufus Here’s Rufus And A Train Tale In A Daydream
Rufus Gosnell presents a quick vignette of a boy’s startled delight as a train disappears into a tunnel and reemerges into daylight. The piece captures a moment of childlike wonder and a craftsman’s devotion to making things from native materials.
Health notes on eye clots cancer screening and migraines
A medical column reviews retinal clots and their absorption, warning retina damage is permanent. It introduces Graviee Jet Washer for deep uterine checks, compares it to the Pap test, and notes potential cancer detection at home with simple office procedures. It also questions sugar as a migraine trigger, cites food allergy studies, and explains periarteritis nodosa and polyneuropathy, offering Dr Alvarez's migraine booklet for 25 cents.
Nixon puts a live tiger in Agriculture says Holmes Alexander
The piece profiles Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz as a brash, combative reformer aimed at energizing and politicizing the department. It notes his pledge to raise farm income, resist price controls, and push expanded grain sales to Russia, while warning of urbanizing pressures and the farm vote’s broad political weight. It concludes Nixon has effectively placed a aggressive force in agriculture.
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Holmes Alexander
Earl Butz
John Connally
Butz
Buzz
S.o.b
Nixon
C. Jackson Grayson
The
Price Commission
Grayson
Defense
Laird
Administration
White House
Russia
Brezhnev
Khrushchev
Texas
Memory and Fashion Through a Bygone Era
The essay recalls midcentury American life and popular myths from childhood heroes to daily habits. It notes Stonewall Jackson as a favored hero, the agate marbles craze, and evolving home comforts from baths and two baths to central furnaces. It observes social acceptance tied to memory and public behavior such as smoking.
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Stonewall Jackson
America
Remembrance of old days in a Society column
Citizen Smith as a brazen hussy. A man in an inadequate swimsuit faced removal from a public pool by a vigilant lifeguard. Tuberculosis claimed many families, and girls shielded sunburns with lemon juice to keep a pallid complexion.
Mama-in-law friction strains marriage in advice column
A reader asks for help with ongoing conflict as her mother-in-law visits monthly. The counselor notes the woman’s hatred stems from loneliness and frequent visits, urges compassion and self-control, and cites scripture to encourage a relaxed attitude and casting care on God.
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Billy Graham
Jesus
Peter
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EE Tao Aiken
S.C
Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Rufus
By Rufus W. Gosnell
John Goodrum
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Cervix
Alvarez
Walter C. Alvarez
Dept. Ats
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Corn Belt
Great Plains
U.S
Citizen Smith
Requete and Tribune Syndicate
C.S
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