Real Estate boom boosts Aiken economy and growth
Aiken sees a strong real estate surge as residential and commercial development rise. Banks report flourishing loan activity while new projects including a court house and defense facilities promise jobs, backed by Savannah River Plant restart plans and Navy nuclear fuel plant construction. The influx includes retirees drawn to the area’s quality of life.
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Aiken
Savannah River
Albania under Enver Hoxha’s rigid Marxist rule
Wall Street Journal writer David Brand describes Albania as one of the world’s most closed societies. Since 1944 Enver Hoxha leads a regime that bans religion and private enterprise, limits household goods, and prescribes a wary stance toward the Soviet Union and China. The nation clings to old customs like nodding for no and shaking for yes.
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Albania
Maryland
Communist Party
Enver Hoxha
Stalin
Soviet Union
Wall Street Journal
David Brand
Land
Paranoi
Brand
Hoxha
Two Salley Pioneers Die Honored Citizens with Deep Loss
Dr Mott James Boylston longtime dentist and former Salley mayor dies at 86 after a half century in practice and public service. Henry Arian Sawyer former merchant and civic leader dies at 78 leaving a legacy as a theater operator and school board chair. Both served on Salley city council and helped bring Salley Manufacturing Co. to town.
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Salley
Mott James Boylston
Springfield
Henry Arian Sawyer
Boylston
Salley Manufacturing Co
Salley Baptist Church
Sawyer
Salley United Methodist Church
Edisto Island
Dental Corps
Atlanta Dental College
Emory University
Dean Swamp Masonic Lodge
Omar Shrine Temple
Edisto Beach Yacht Club
Green Swamp Hunting Club
Sons of the American Revolution
Sons of the Confederacy
Mr. Sawyer
Aiken County
Salley Lions Club
Dean Swamp Masonics
Furman University
Aiken Standard
Thought For Today Quote by Queen Elizabeth I
A Victorian era style musing presents the maxim A good face is the best recommendation attributed to Queen Elizabeth I of England highlighting appearances as a social cue. The quote reflects early modern views on decorum and reputation.
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Queen Elizabeth I of England
What It Means to the Taxpayer Bringing Home the Bacon
An analysis of pork barrel politics in Congress. It argues lawmakers secure targeted spending for home districts, citing $75 billion yearly waste and examples like A-10 planes, airport and housing projects, and highway funds. It notes aides and committees magnify district benefits and warns of self interested spending.
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Congress
Connecticut
Toby Moffett
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Wausau
Tip O’neil
Boston
Jamie Whitten
Mississippi
New York
Pentagon
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Whitten
House Appropriations
Erotics as a Health Discipline to Replace Sexology
A New York columnist argues for renaming sexology as Erotics to better reflect the full range of intimate relations from sex and gender to love, marriage, parenting, abortion, pornography, and gay and lesbian life. He cites Kinsey, Masters, and Johnson, warns of media and academic neglect, and notes AIDS as a current case study.
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Freud
Eros
Plato
Johns Hopkins
John Money
Alfred Kinsey
Wardell Pomeroy
William Masters
Virginia Johnson
Dear Dr Graham prayer for attitude change and harmony
Letter discusses seeking divine guidance to stop being critical and to improve relations. The adviser cites Romans 12 9 21 urging love brotherly devotion hospitality and harmony and urges prayer for unselfish concern and helpful ways to support others.
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DR. Graham
S.B
AIDS Fear Drives Welfare of Inmates and Death Risk?
A column discusses AIDS spread risks in prisons and the potential for prisoners to die after serving time. It notes sexual activity, inmates at risk, and possible lawsuits by survivors, while recalling a humorous tale about moths and bathing suits and Julia Peterkin.
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Village Voice
Alston Deas
Pawley’s Island
Julia Peterkin
Mary
Pawley’s
Peterkin
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