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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1985
Page
11
The author avoids chores in heat and reads And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer. The 1433 page novel slows pace contrasts with modern thrillers, offering calm drama as temperatures soar and air conditioning remains unaffordable.
Today marks Roald Amundsen's birthday honoring the Norwegian explorer who sailed the Northwest Passage and reached the South Pole and a later North Pole flight. It also notes Atomic Bomb Day with the Trinity test in 1945 and Mary Baker Eddy's July 16 birthday founder of Christian Science.
A historic marker tour across South Carolina notes Beech Island and Aiken County sites from Beech Island Agricultural Club founded in 1856 to churches built in 1836 and markers dating 1936 to 1950s. Over 500 official markers exist today across the state and are approved by the Department of Archives and History.
A humorous travel sketch shows a couple's cross country trip deteriorating into marital strain as misread maps missed exits and wrong turns ignite friction. The vignette ends with a quip about meeting in divorce court as their vacation derails.
El Paso mayor Jonathan Rogers announces a tieless summer from Memorial Day to Labor Day with $1 fines for wearing neckties and $2 for wearing coats and ties. Fines fund charity as the hot Texas season prompts lighter clothing for worker efficiency.
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