South Carolina Faces Out-of-State Tuition Pressures
The Tuition Question reports North Carolina cuts and a possible bill to double out-of-state tuition. It notes several hundred slots eliminated across NC campuses and caps on cross-state enrollments. Teachers support higher tuition for raises, and fears of regional trends emerge as SC weighs similar moves.
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North Carolina
the Dispatch
University of North Carolina
Carolinas
General Assembly
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Good Connection Engressia Case Finds A Workable Path
The blind genius Josef Carl Engressia Jr. mastered direct distance dialing and his beeping disrupted South Central Bell. After June 2 arrest, Judge Ray Churchill reduced charges and imposed a light fine. Millington Telephone Co. offers him a job to use his talents legally.
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Josef Carl Engressia Jr
Mr. Engressia
South Central Bell Telephone Co
University of South Florida
Tennessee Welfare Department
Ray Churchill
Engressia
Millington Telephone Company
Engress
Memphis
Tenn
Less of It
In 1971 the airline rate war collapses into a government plan. Congress funds end to aircraft production by paying firms to stop building planes, while airlines gain savings on old fleets. A Carpathian left handed oboe player bears the irony of the era. The Farquahar Plan echoes into highway funds shifting to auto makers to halt car production.
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Arthur Hoppe
East Peoria
Ceylon
Congress
Boeing
Lockheed
Hiram Farquahar
Farquahar
Airlines
New Industry At Perry Brings Fiberglass Plant Growth
Customs Fiberglass and Plastics Co. relocated from Aiken to Perry last February after buying land nearby. The six year old firm designs and makes fiberglass and plastic products including basins, water troughs, storage tanks up to 6000 gallons, waterproof burial vaults, and fiberglass sign panels for Colite. A 28 foot fiberglass boat is assembled in shop with hull and sections. The Perry plant employs about 12 workers, aims to recall furloughed staff as orders grow, and boosts local industry and employment.
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Customs Fiberglass and Plastics Co., Inc
James Moates
Aiken
Perry
William Bell
South Carolina Sanitation Department
Colite
Columbia
George Ball
Customs
Peril Of Life And Liberty In Nixon Era Military Critique
Holmes Alexander argues the Nixon administration fails to mobilize public fear of threats to life and liberty. He cites the Blue Ribbon Defense Panel, budget cuts, and calls for heroic leadership, praising Colonel Hackworth and proposing his reinstatement to restore American military valor.
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Holmes Alexander
Washington
A.G.B. Metcalf
Nixon
Proxmire
Mathias
Pentagon
Melvin Laird
Muskie
Admiral Moorer
David Hackworth
Washington Post
Hackworth
White House
Colonel Hackworth
Morris Janowitz
Janowitz
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Concord
Gettysburg
Alamo
St. Lo
Heartbreak Hidge
Richard Nixon
Letters to the Editor Guidelines
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters for publication and requires the writer to include a mailing address. Anonymous messages are rejected. Pen names are not allowed and letters should be legible preferably typed. Submissions may be edited for space clarity taste and libel.
Letters on Brown House protest and community response
A city council discussion over the Brown House at 955 Laurens St reveals residents opposing the site and demanding dialogue while others invite scrutiny and open discussion. A separate reader defends newspaper coverage of the Slaying pictures, arguing photos educate and truthfully depict reality and encourage awareness.
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Brown House
Laurens St
Williamson
Rev. Mines
Northwest
Aiken
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Your
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Months
Hatteras Yacht Company
High Point
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Wagoner
Customs Fiberglass & Plastics Co
Kilbey
Customs Fiberglass & Plastics Company
Jefferson-Aiken
U.S
Joint Chiefs
City Planning Commission
Florence Woodoff
Mary Ann Jackson
Mascal Neff
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