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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1976
Page
4
The piece argues that with billions of stars in the galaxy and likely planets with Earthlike conditions, intelligent civilizations could be abundant. It notes radio contact could take vast times, questions why none reply, and suggests life may be a unique miracle. The Aiken Standard invites signed letters up to 200 words for publication with editorial editing.
In Hortonville Wisconsin two years earlier teachers struck against a school board violating state law. The Supreme Court overruled a Wisconsin ruling that found firing arbitrary and due process denied. The piece argues it marks a cautious step forward in labor relations, not a return to the stone age.
Billy Graham explains Jesus three days in the heart of the earth reflects Jewish counting of partial days as whole. He notes Good Friday to Easter Sunday spans parts of three days and nights, emphasizing resurrection over burial and the believer’s victory song.
Paul Harvey reports on how studies from 1954 to 1976 debunk the stereotype of the spoiled lonely onlie. He cites famous onlies such as Roosevelt Gandhi Horne and Sinatra and notes Wake Forest findings that onlies are within normal ranges in personality and leadership, with marriage outcomes similar to others.
Columnist Holmes Alexander argues the 1976 campaign shows the presidency in decline as Ford’s era ends. He cites Ford’s honesty, policy limits, and vetoed Congress while criticizing ambition, Nixon, Reagan, and Carter as shaping a fragile office. He laments the office’s diminished prestige since 1956 and the nation’s wish for stable leadership.
Washington of the Moynihan profile shows a feisty diplomat and Senate hopeful who clashes with questioners at the Democratic convention. The piece cites his blunt tongue, brash humor, and fierce views on rights health care and elderly policy while noting his ambivalence toward easy answers.
The report recalls Lords Cornwallis and Rawdon fortifying Camden after Charles Town fall. It notes a 13 year old Andrew Jackson jailed for refusing a Redcoat task, and describes the Hobkirk Hill fight on April 25 1781 where Greene’s forces were repelled but the British suffered heavy losses. Rawdon evacuated and destroyed works, with Greene completing the destruction the next day.
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