Philip Morris faced criticism over Czech savings report
An internal Philip Morris commissioned study claimed tobacco use lowered Czech government costs by 146 million dollars in 1999 due to early retirements and reduced pension and housing burdens. Critics called it inhuman and inappropriate to frame deaths as economic savings, urging shame at leveraging public funds.
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Hhe
Philip Morris
Czech Republic
Philip Morris Company
Arthur D. Little International
Action On Smoking and Health
Matthew Myers
Campaign For Tobacco- Free Kids
Remi Calvet
Lausane
Switzerland
Allen Standard Publisher and Staff Directory Fragment
A fragmented OCR listing publisher Scott B. Hunter advertising director Jeffrey Wallace and other staff names including Ellen Priest Art Zappa and Timothy O Briant. The readable segment shows roles and titles with several truncated entries across the newsroom.
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Ry Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
A Call to Legalize Illegal Aliens Now
The author argues immigrants perform essential services from cleaning to child care and home repair and urges granting legal status to millions of illegal aliens. Citing IRCA failures since 1986 and a possible guest worker program, the piece questions hostility and backs a market-driven, humane solution.
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United States
Bush
John Ashcroft
Colin Powell
White House
Congress
IRCA
America
Letters to the Editor on flag display and credit scoring
A reader rebukes a vote denying the Sons of Confederate Veterans permission to display flags at the Confederate Monument as unfair and unharmonizing. The same letter discusses Sonja Mayberry's piece on insurance credit scoring, explaining how credit history influences insurance costs and outlining consumers rights and cost-saving steps.
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Aiken
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate Monument
W. Cothran Campbell
Tom
Sonja Mayberry
Aiken Standard
Ms. Mayberry
Richmond
SCV
Wheeler Camp
Offic
Aiken County
Frank Odom
North
Augusta
Letters to the Editor welcomes input at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites readers to send signed letters with full mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Address Letters to the Editor PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Email Swallace aikenstandard.com and fax to 803-648-6052.
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Aiken Stannara
Aiken Standard
Aiken
S.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard.com
Letters on annexation variance and local concerns in Aiken
Residents fault June 25 annexation hearing and Woodside Phase III plans citing safety, costs, and loss of rural charm. Letter writers urge council to reconsider zoning changes, oppose hotels and shops, and defend constitutional rights and community character in Aiken.
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Silver Bluff
Woodside Development
Richardson's Lake Road
Huntcliff
June
Aiken
Woodside
Hunter's Glen
Mary Elaine Lyons
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Allen Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Ellen C. Priest
Greylauion
Garth R. Groshans
Timothy E. O'Briant
Fessrom L Oupernant
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Wsr
Federation For American Immigration Reform
FAIR
Phil Gramm
R-Tex
Insurance Companies
Credit Rating Agency
Diane Giddings
Dillard's
Barbara Ostrowski
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