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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1976
Page
4
An editorial urges careful consideration of Proposition 15 on California nuclear power, noting potential shortages and costs if approved. It favors balancing risks with alternatives such as solar and coal, while acknowledging hydro limits and coal pollution. The piece stresses prudent energy policy ahead of today’s primary election.
Samuel A. Cothran serves as President and Editor while Robert D. Cathcart holds the role of Executive Editor on the Aiken Standard’s Page Four edition dated Tuesday June 8 1976.
The text argues against attacks on J Edgar Hoover and the FBI amid a broader trend of muckraking. It acknowledges Hoover's traits but credits him with building a respected law enforcement agency and warns against sensational disclosures that protect suspects at the expense of public safety.
A column argues vigilante action rises as crime grows in the United States. It cites mob violence, a state race on the issue, and high costs of crime fighting, while praising nonviolent citizen groups like the National Crime Prevention Association and noting new methods such as computer crime tracking and radio ID tagging.
A reader complains that local mail drops inside and outside the Post Office would have saved trips and money. Lydia S. Marvin recalls being unable to enter Aiken High’s gym for her son’s May 27 graduation and criticizes crowding and rude behavior that blocked seats and hearing.
Phyllis Schlafly reports a Senate subcommittee finding an unofficial group posing as a patriotic educational body. It allegedly used patriotic imagery to push radical messages, target schools, and promote disinformation to undermine private enterprise, calling the effort the attempt to steal the Bicentennial.
The piece draws a parallel between Mat Hopkins in 1640s England and Guy Goodwin in the early 1970s United States. It portrays Goodwin as a modern Witch-Finder General who used grand juries to harass dissidents, indicting on weak evidence and extending terms to keep witnesses imprisoned. It cites Justice Department sources and civil libertarians.
In 1780 Mrs. Thomas rode sixty miles to warn her son Col John Thomas Jr and Spartan Regiment near Cedar Springs. The alert enabled a wakeful defense that repelled a British attack, leaving several Loyalists dead and marking a decisive, brief engagement.
On June 8 1776 General John Sullivan succeeds General John Thomas in Canada after Thomas dies of smallpox. He sends 2000 men under William Thompson to seize Trois Rivières but encounters about 6000 British and Canadian troops with a covering fleet. Thompson is killed and 236 Americans captured. 1100 survivors reach the camp at Sorel by June 11. Sullivan orders evacuation on June 13.
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