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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1989
Page
4
Our view condemns vague leaks from Justice Department officials about an FBI inquiry into Rep. William Gray. The piece notes Gray, a fourth ranking Democrat seeking majority whip, denied wrongdoing and demanded investigating leak sources.
Bennie L. Newman longtime Lions member receives the Melvin Jones Fellowship from Lions International Foundation for humanitarian service and leadership. He joined in 1963, served as president and district governor, with 26 years of perfect attendance and honors including Lion of the Year 1978 and Hall of Fame in 1982. He is a retired Du Pont employee and Grace Presbyterian elder active in civic groups.
Aiken readers debate dope and parenting while praising local doctors and staff. Helen Merolle thanks Delores Clark Dr. Boykin Dr. Hudson and Dr. Phelts for swift cancer treatment and credits Aiken’s hospital staff, urging mouth care and doctor relationships.
Ellen C. Priest is listed as Business Office Manager and Robert J. Baker Jr. as Circulation Manager in the staff box.
A column lampoons media trends from Harvard reunions to Abbie Hoffman death. It critiques 1960s nostalgia, LNG disasters, and the press’s obsession with sensationalism while noting Jerry Brown and Timothy Leary resurfacing. It argues journalism shapes pessimistic worldviews and cites Hoffman as media icon and paradox.
The Mark Goodin smear memo targeting Speaker Tom Foley sparks bipartisan outrage and a demand to end the War of Smears. Leaders urge stopping pay-for-speech honoraria and curb lobbyist influence while suggesting a $100000 pay ceiling to promote a steadier Congress.
A compact survey of the 1980s noting the decline of totalitarian regimes, rising democracy, AIDS and drug culture, media unmasking, political scandals, hostage crises, Reagan era actions, disarmament trends, and the birth of a democratic spirit in Russia and China.
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