Inquiry presses for impartial look at nursing home reclassifications
The State Welfare Director R Arch ie Ellis defends federally ordered reclassification of skilled nursing home patients, noting no known cases of deprivation but admitting some mistakes and citing cost motives. The editorial calls for an objective investigation to verify facts while absolving no one of misrepresentation.
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R. Archie Ellis
Ellis
Department of Public Welfare
Dr. Ellis
Citizens call for probe into care costs and alleged neglect
The letter urges Gov. West to empanel a competent group to investigate whether unnecessary care is forced by budget pressures and if fire damage exists, stressing urgent action to protect lives. It also quotes critics on press secrecy and security as a cloak for government errors amid Bay of Pigs coverage.
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Dr. Ellis
John C. West
Detroit Press Club
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Supreme Court
Age rules and retirement questioned by medical leaders
The American Geriatric Association's Dr. Irving Wright says age should not determine work ability and criticizes mandatory retirement at 65. AMA aging chair Dr. Frederick Swartz notes many over 65 can work, while government and unions enforce rigid age criteria. Pablo Casals at 94 and Charles Atlas at 79 illustrate lasting productivity, yet policy and nursing homes push aging people toward inactivity. President George Meany of AFL CIO is 77 and overdue by 12 years.
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The
American Geriatric Assn
Irving Wright
Cornell
Congress
Supreme Court
Frederick Swartz
AMA
Committee On
National Institute of Industrial Gerontology
Adm
Rickover
Pablo Casals
Charles Atlas
American Medical Assn
George Meany
Aflcio
Aiken Highlights Beauty Spots Series Item
The article notes that Aiken counts many beauty spots for horticultural, architectural and natural appeal. It presents one spot in the ongoing community pictures series.
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Aiken
Mt Pleasant Baptist Church Historic Landmark near Ridge Spring
The Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Aiken County near Ridge Spring is among the county’s oldest and most beautiful structures. Established in 1831, it began in a small one room building near the Monetta fire tower and later remodeled in 1919 with a 1956 completed church. The 125th anniversary marker sits at the original site. The current building retains the pulpit and some original pews from 1853, with the original communion plate and servers still in possession of the congregation led by Rev. John Wrenn.
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Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Ridge Spring
Aiken County
Monetta
Old Lexington
Edgefield
John Wrenn
Faith and proof in God’s existence discussion
An agnostic asks for proof of God’s existence and receives a faith based response. The piece cites Hebrews and Bible verses to argue belief requires heart faith rather than empirical testing, stating material things are testable while spiritual things are discerned inwardly.
Classified Document Declassification Mockery at White House
Satirical dialogue shows Kissinger and officials debating redactions of a mock secret memo about an amphibious assault on Trenton New Jersey. The piece lampoons government secrecy while mocking declassification steps and the label Classifed.
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Mr. Kissinger
White House
Zapp
North Vietnam
Trenton
N.J
G.H.Q
Delaware River
World Champs And World Champs
A critical column on drug addiction in America, mocking public programs while urging hard discipline. It questions White House drug policy, notes heroin use among youth and soldiers, and suggests a covert communist influence in Vietnam’s drug network. The piece advocates strict measures over sympathetic treatment.
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Holmes Alexander
White House
Britain
Hong Kong
Red Cuba
Vietcong
Vietnam
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor for publication. Signatures and mailing addresses are required. Anonymous letters are not considered and pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space and libel concerns.
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Aiken, S.C
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Citizen Smith
Billy Graham
E. R
Arthur Hoppe
Newsweek
Defense Department
G. Washington, Commanding
Twaddleford
State Department
West Germany
Ton
Army OF Vietnam
ARVN
U.S
Russia
Nixon
Special Action Office
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