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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1975
Page
4
Officials defend higher first class postage while critics recall lower past rates. The piece questions how much of postal costs should be public subsidized and whether rate structure is fair, amid 703000 workers and 90 billion pieces handled yearly. Congress weighs restructuring and service obligations.
The writer urges media to refine usage of the term drugs to avoid misinterpretation and stigma. She argues that medicines save lives and that education should emphasize proper use and context rather than blanket condemnation. Josephine Walter, R.N., 903 Wheeler Drive.
A reader thanks the Aiken City Police Department and Chief J C Busbee for their hard work and expresses pride in the force. The letter also commends Captain O W Ray and others who aided the program and praises the county commissioners for supporting the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce initiative.
confidential White House minutes show President Ford vows to veto legislation creating a Consumer Protection Agency despite Senate approval. Republicans debate costs and necessity while Rep. Horton urges reconsideration but is overruled. officials argue existing powers slow and hinder agencies.
Holmes Alexander argues Portugal avoids copying the American or Soviet constitutional models. He notes the Armed Forces Movement leans toward nationalist, nonpartisan governance, with private property evolving toward state or worker ownership. He cites Peru and Chile as contrasts and suggests a unique, potentially creative national path.
Arizona Democrat Morris Udall drew fire for suggesting a counter to Schlesinger's first strike remark. critics say abandoning the doctrine risks NATO weakness and U.S. deterrence. The column frames Udall as joking or seeking a presidential run, urging clearer stance or leaving defense policy to Congress.
In 1775 William Henry Drayton urged taking the governor into custody while Middleton and others were in Philadelphia. Governor Campbell left for the Tamar with the Great Seal, dissolved the Commons, ending the General Assembly and placing power in the General Committee. Campbell stayed aboard Tamar as loyalist threat loomed.
Richard Montgomery resigns a quiet life as he joins the Continental Army as one of eight brigadiers. He vows to serve liberty and fight oppression, choosing duty over ease in a nation seeking freedom.
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