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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1985
Page
6
Public response to the Aiken Standard plan for a Sunday edition starting Oct. 6 is overwhelmingly favorable. Business and civic leaders praise the expansion as Aiken grows with bigger enterprises, promising more local news national coverage sports color comics and expanded editorial pages.
The piece warns US national parks face overcrowding air and water pollution poaching and urban encroachment. It argues limiting private vehicle access advancing camping reservations land acquisitions and stronger protections are needed with costly but essential cleanup and preservation actions.
Advertisers embrace patriotic themes from Reagan era to boost sales with Miller Brewing Nabisco and Coca Cola revamping campaigns. The trend blends Americana imagery with civic pride, while sex remains a perennial driver as Playboy and luxury goods push its appeal across products.
The column argues Tom Turnipseed is an unreliable politician and criticizes The New York Times for labeling him only as a lawyer. It questions the Times' context on Southern racism and Reagan era politics, noting Turnipseed's past campaigns and associations with George Wallace and Floyd Spence.
Tass reports N Konovalov, a Moscow Leningrad railway freight supervisor, received a nine year labor camp and asset confiscation for taking bribes. He allocated scarce railway cars to favored state enterprises, who repaid with bonuses and even built him a country home. One factory boss gave him a handcrafted guitar. The piece notes corruption spans both private and socialist industries.
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