Aiken County Home Rule Referendum Bill Published
The Aiken Standard begins publishing the full text of the General Assembly home rule bill. It details a November 4 referendum on replacing legislative delegation control with local county boards or commissions and offers choices on representation methods. Readers are urged to study the document to cast informed votes.
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South Carolina
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Columbia
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Aiken
Board of Commissioners
No Limit On Senators Words Slashes Podium Pay Reform
Public accounts show a new law limit of 1000 dollars per speech and 15000 dollars yearly for U S senators’ speaking fees. Baker of Tennessee Hatfield of Oregon earned about forty two thousand five hundred dollars last year, Humphrey about forty thousand, with Humphrey still noted for high wordage per dollar.
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Baker
Tennessee
Hatfield
Oregon
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
Norfolk Ledger-Star
Disclosure bills target public official finances in glass pockets drive
The column reviews House Bill 3249 and Senate Bill 181, tracking widespread support among 350 lawmakers for full financial disclosures. It urges broad law to prevent conflicts of interest, citing public good over officials' reluctance and a Republican poll on government catering to special interests.
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Republican National Committee
Strasburg
Northern
Do Good And Disappear A Personal Reflection
In a Belgium hospital ward I recall the faded Gothic archway and the diary note Do good and disappear from Genevieve Hennet de Goutel. The writer reflects on charity without seeking praise, recalling Naples Casa Materna and a letter from Pastor Emanuele Santi as lessons in true inner joy.
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Belgium
Genevieve Hennet de Goutel
Naples
Italy
Casa Materna
Emanuele Santi
Time To Halt Giveaway Government
Anthony Harrigan relays Henry L. Scott of Charleston urging stockholders to vote against what they call giveaway government. Scott argues 30 million Americans with stock suffer under high taxes and regulatory interference and should back free enterprise for fair profits and lower prices. The piece frames investor power as moral and timely, urging political action.
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Anthony Harrigan
Henry L. Scott
Charleston
America
Congress
Scott
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Bountiful
Mystery Deafness At Peoria School Spurs Health Tests
At Sterling Elementary in Peoria Illinois a sudden rise in unexplained hearing loss among special education students prompts state health officials to test blood samples and carpet bacteria while a virologist at Northwestern studies results. Findings expected soon. The event triggers debate over causes and potential prevention.
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Paul Harvey
Peoria
Ill
Sterling
Peoria Journal Star
Northwestern University
Jennifer Lowe
William Booker
Scott
Byron Francis
State Health Department
CIA Chief Colby Reveals Mail Seizures And Secret Tests
In secret testimony Colby says CIA read mail without opening it using a classified chemical. The program extended beyond Honolulu and New York to Miami during 1961, tied to Bay of Pigs. He notes improper payments to a New York clerk and asserts limited presidential knowledge.
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Washington
CIA
William Colby
Rockefeller
House
Charles Wilson
D.calif
Colby
United States
Honolulu
New Orleans
New York City
San Francisco
Miami
Cuba
Soviet Union
China
North Vietnam
New York
Peter F. McAuley
Jack Cloherty
Postal Service
John) Mitchell
Capitol Hill
Letters to the Editor Policy at The Fiken Standard
The Fiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer's handwriting and mailing address. Anonymous submissions are rejected. Letters may be edited for space and clarity and should stay near 200 words unless editors grant exceptions. No subject limits.
Teaching Service At St Philips 1775 Swiftly Moves Hearts
Dorothy MacDowell recounts the February 17 1775 fast day at St Philips Charles Town where Congress members and citizens prayed for liberty and defense as drums fired and a garrison mood settled. Dr Smith’s sermon moved the men and women to tears amid rising war anxieties and the April 19 declaration of war. William Moultrie provides the narrative.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Congress
Charles Town
State House
St. Philips
America
We Hold These Truths A Chronicle of America
Congress appoints commissioners for northern middle and southern Indian districts and arms them with gifts and messages. The Rev Samuel Kirkland conveys a warning that the British may seize charters plantations and property without consent. Indian counselors mostly resist active British support.
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Guy Johnson
John Connolly
Congress
Samuel Kirkland
Six Nations
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