Prenatal Care Hotline Highlights SC Fight for Healthy Babies
Our view urges expanding prenatal care in South Carolina as infant mortality remains high. It praises the new 1 800 hotline 1st Nine Care Line and stresses transportation help, education to cut teen pregnancy, and community support to ensure expectant mothers access care during the first nine months.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
1St Nine Care Line
Readers rail at SC lawmakers salaries and perks
A letter writer criticizes South Carolina legislators for high pay and alleged perquisites. He questions Rep Tallon and Rep Derrick income sources and urges voters to oust them. The note links politics to national service ideals, cites personal tax burdens, and calls for unified bureaucratic changes to paperwork.
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Aiken Standard Seeks Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer's mailing address. Submissions should be legible and concise, with brief, pointed content. All letters are subject to editing and condensing. Send to The Editor, Aiken Standard, Box 456, Aiken, S.C. 29802.
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Pulling In Reins On Credit Bureaus
Rep Richard Lehman leads hearings on updating the Fair Credit Reporting Act as computer driven credit files expand. He cites errors in reports and argues for clearer reports, once free yearly access, and expunging outdated data while debating prescreening practices and consumer privacy safeguards.
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Richard Lehman
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Consumer Affairs
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Charles E. Schumer
D-N.y. Slay
Kenneth E. Hoert
Peoria
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Congress Fishing For S&L Answers
Congress grapples with the S&L bailout as voters demand accountability. The piece argues both major parties share blame for lax regulation and costly speculation, notes high profile ties to Neil Bush and Jim Wright, and cites The Denver Post push for donated bailout funds from campaigns.
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Pen and politics mix in a curious column
A scattered opinion piece laments tax policy and presidential credibility while mocking a government bottle designation idea for New York. It notes the S and L crisis impact, hints at voter trends, and concludes with nostalgia and a nudge about aging readers.
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New York
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