Mr Reefer Joins Political Mascots in Campaign Season
Cartoon controversy erupts as Bill Clinton is linked to a drug scandal after a Secret Service report says 21 White House staffers used marijuana crack cocaine and other illicit drugs. The column mocks the notion while noting the politics of ridicule and hypocrisy in the season.
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Washington
Mr. Butts
Bob Dole
Bill Clinton
Mr. Reefer
Dole
Clinton
Secret Service
White House
the Prez
Gun control budget fight taints House image, CDC cuts debate
The House Republican majority voted to trim 26 million from the CDC budget, halting firearm injury research. Democrats joined a NRA backed push, arguing the move targets disclosure of rising gun homicides, gun deaths, and child fatalities to sway policy.
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House
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Housepublicans
Chamber
CDC
National Rifle Association
NRA
Aiken Standard Contact Details and Hours
Directory style notice lists location 124 Rutland Drive P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 office hours 830 am to 530 pm Monday through Friday subscription line 649 5315 delivery problem contact 649 5315 circulation hours 530 pm to 730 pm weekdays 7 am to 11 am Sundays switchboard 648 2311 fax 648 6052 story ideas editors email and publisher contact Scott B Hunter reachable at 648 2311.
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Aiken
Scott B. Hunter
Nicholas J Bell longtime Savannah River employee dies at 79
Nicholas J Bell died July 14 at Myrtle Beach. A 40 year Du Pont veteran, he led the Traffic and Transportation Division and later served as employee counselor shaping a union-relations program. A native of Ridgely Maryland, he was Army Air Corps WWI veteran, Bethlehem Lutheran Church choir director, and Aiken Rehabilitation Workshop board member. He lived in Aiken before moving to Myrtle Beach. His wife preceded him in death at 79.
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Nicholas J. Bell
Myrtle Beach
The
du Pont Co
Savannah River
Traffic and Transportation Department
Personnel Department
du Pont
Will Cole
Nick Bell
Ridgely
Army Air Corps
Aiken
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Lies and integrity of the press column on Klein admission
Newsweek columnist Joe Klein faced a media firestorm after denying writing the book Primary Colors then admitting authorship. Critics say the episode harms journalistic credibility, highlighting the tension between anonymity and truth in reporting.
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Washington
Newsweek
Joe Klein
Clinton
James Carville
Klein
Washington Post
Richard Nixon
Ima
Carville
Rush Limbaugh
Tragedy prompts plea to cherish loved ones from Montoursville
The piece recalls the TWA Flight 800 crash and a teenage Montoursville cheerleader's death. It urges families to hug and value each other, noting the mother’s plea to love your children and cherish the living amid sudden loss.
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TWA
Pennsylvania
Montoursville
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