Starr Vindicated By Arkansas Verdict
A PBS interview this week covered the Whitewater probe as Hillary Clinton argued it was political. A Little Rock federal jury convicted James and Susan McDougal and Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of fraud and related crimes in the Whitewater land deal, with 24 of 30 counts verdicts. The ruling strengthens Kenneth Starr’s pursuit to uncover all facts, regardless of political timing.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Whitewater
Little Rock
Kenneth Starr
Starr
Clinton
San Diego Union-Tribune
Noted shift in gun research by CDC sparks concern
The piece anticipates gun deaths surpassing car fatalities by 2001, notes guns as a leading cause of death for ages 10 to 24, and critiques the CDC for adopting a cautious stance on gun violence research while historically guiding public awareness and safety campaigns.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Help wanted details for Aiken Standard contact info
Aiken Standard provides location 124 Butler Drive and mailing box 456, Aiken 29802. Office hours 8 30 a m to 5 90 p m Monday Friday. Subscribe or report delivery issues by calling 649 5315. Switchboard 648 2511. Fax 648 6052. Story ideas and editor contacts via 648 2311. Publisher contact Scott B Hunter 648 2911.
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Aiken
Scott B. Hunter
Dole Faces Pressure From Supply Side Clash in Tax Debate
Washington analysis notes Dole has met with Steve Forbes but cannot fully align with supply-side advocates. The piece discusses risks to his campaign balancing a federal budget, potential tax cut pledges, and the pressure from GOP figures like Kemp and Forbes amid Clinton’s ahead status. It also covers Dole’s charity tax credit proposal and voter worries on jobs, crime, and education.
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Steve Forbes
New Hampshire
Dole
Forbes
Lamar Alexander
Jack Kemp
Kansas
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Philadelphia
Clinton
Senate
White House
George Bush
Bottoms Up Low Tech Solutions For Schools
Education thinker Neil Postman argues against IBM and Clinton plans to computerize classrooms. He warns that information overload, not lack of data, plagues schools and calls for radical local control and bottom up reforms over federal digitization and standardized testing.
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Clinton
Louis V. Gerstner Jr
Neil Postman
Postman
America
Washington
State House
Corporate
Readers urge support for Harold Worley in Senate race
A letter from George T. Zirps of Aiken argues that citizens owe it to their children to elect Harold Worley to the U.S. Senate, stressing future goals over past achievements and urging thoughtful editorial selection by the local paper. The note discusses political satire and divides among journalists about the Dole race.
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Harold Worley
Aiken Standard
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Oklahoman
Sen. Dole
George T. Zirps
Aiken
Beck Endorsed by BIPEC for District 83 Seat
A North Augusta small business owner endorses Scott Beck for the South Carolina Legislature District 83 seat. The letter praises Beck's stance on business and free enterprise, reflecting support from BIPEC, a major statewide business group that endorses his election.
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Scott Beck
South Carolina
Scott
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