Miss Adelaide McClelland Honored in Aiken Obituary
Adelaide McClelland a longtime Aiken resident and real estate investor died last Friday. Born in Boston she built a fortune with Bertha Stevenson in a chain of Laborary Kitchens and later developed winter colony homes in Aiken including Garden Tea Room beside St Thaddeus Church. She supported Garden Club activities and church events and will be greatly missed in Aiken.
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Adelaide McClelland
Horatio Alger
Aiken
Miss McClelland
Aikenites
Bertha Stevenson
Converse College
Toronto
Boston
Elizabeth
Frances McClelland
McClelland
Florence Street
Harold Quattlebaum
Colleton
McClellands
Berkeley Street
Cambridge
Mass
Gloucester
Cape Ann
Adelaide
Winter Colony
Garden Tea Room
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Stevenson
Garden Club of
Garden Club
Summer Evenings At Hopelands Gardens
In the summer of 1974 local historians will recall Hopelands Gardens in Hopeland as a highlight. The city’s public garden grew from Hope Goddard Iselin’s gift and the Monday concerts showcase Aiken’s talent reserve, a landmark cultural feature.
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Hopeland Gardens
Hopelands
Aiken
Hope Goddard Iselin
Chinese Puzzles and Confucius Deaths Goings-On
The piece contrasts Communist leaders in China facing internal “bad elements” sabotaging order and undermining criticism of Lin Piao and Confucius. It notes Lin Piao’s 1971 death in a Mao plot and assumes Confucius died in 479 BC, framing the discussion from a skeptical, satirical angle.
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Communist Party
China
Lin Piao
Confucius
Mao
Training Union Goes to Ridgecrest for Weeklong Vacation
An eager group from First Baptist Church of Aiken sails to Ridgecrest North Carolina for a week long Training Union retreat. Attending include J E Hovas Mary Carolyn Hovas Pat Kennedy Louis Gilbert H B Garvin Greta Garvin Lynn Biggs Harold Price and others with additional members joining from Tennessee and day visitors joining for the Thursday excursion. Phyllis Sanderson and daughter Caroline visit Cleveland to see Phyllis in Rabbit Run Theatre summer stock.
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First Baptist Church
Ridgecrest
N. C
J. E. Hovas
Mary
Carolyn Hovas
Pat Kennedy
Louis Gilbert
H. B. Garvin
Greta Garvin
Lynn Biggs
Harold Price
Walter Rogers
Gary Helms
Martha Ann Rushton
Ann Johnson
Evelyn Frost
Mary Jane Willis
Kay Kennedy
Paul Martin
W.C. Sanderson
Caroline
Phyliss Sanderson
Cleveland
Phyllis
Rabbit Run
Justice for All? A Critique of Equal Treatment in Impeachment Debate
The piece argues that equal justice under law is rhetorical, citing Otto Kerner's prison sentence while rapists go free. It links bias to wealth and status, contending the system punishes the poor harder and protects the powerful, and notes lawmakers preach equality while cameras reveal disparities.
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Otto Kerner
Richard Nixon
Chicago
House Judiciary Committee
Bar of Justice
Congress
Las Vegas
Newark
N.J
McGovern’s Plowshares For Peace Faces the Nation
The piece argues McGovern resurges with a proposed 20 billion dollar annual international food aid funded by Americans. It critiques the plan as impractical, warning it sacrifices American well being for distant needs and cites critics like C W Cook and Richard Dougherty.
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George McGovern
Washington
Sen. McGovern
Washington Post
National Nutrition Policy Committee
Post
India
Sen. Mcnavern
Richard Dougherty
McGovern
United States
Congress
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor and prints only signed pieces with the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous letters are not considered and pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel.
Patriotism and government in a Pentecostal view
A reader urges patriotic revival on Flag Day, arguing Romans 13 supports civil order while noting tyranny exists. The piece cites Nero and Babylon as examples, calls ministers to model civic virtue, and urges prayer, voting, and active citizenship to keep America a nation under God.
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Paul
God
Nero
Babylon
Persia
Greece
Assyria
Cyrus
America
Judas Kiss Echoes In U S Soviet Talks Watchdog
The Ameri can Committee on US Soviet Relations mobilizes public diplomacy styled as a private watchdog for detente. The piece links its aims to Logan Act history and compares it to Watergate era meddling while noting mixed support among the 38 members including Notre Dame's Hesburgh and Duke's Sanford.
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Holmes Alexander
Burson-Marsteller
John Adams
France
Philadelphia
George Logan
Paris
Talleyrand
Logan
Jefferson
Samuel Flagg Bemis
United States
U. S
Congress
Committee of 36
Soviet Union
Nixon
Kissinger
Pentagon
John Kenneth Galbraith
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Duke University
Donald Kendell
Pepsi Cola
Charles Rhyne
Rose Mary Woods
Ussr
Henry Ford
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Dorothy Macdowell
Rosa Manuel
Les Goodwin
Drayton Sanders
Tennessee
Harriet Buff
Alan Hardin
Mary Perry
Oluce Is
Sirica
Supreme Court
The
C. W. Cook
General Foods Corp
Senate
FOOT
Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Billy Graham
A.J
Citizen Smith
Brussels
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Moscow
Yalta
Schlesinger
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