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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2004
Page
11
Ronald Reagan passed away at 3 p.m. Chicago time, matching the timing of D-Day’s 40th anniversary speech in Normandy in 1984. The former president’s death echoes the World War II veterans’ sacrifice and his own late career reflections on courage and history.
The Everett Herald reflects on Ronald Reagan's substance over style, his conservative stance, and anti-communist peace through strength. Voters called Reagan Democrats aided two landslide wins, and his civil approach to politics contrasted with modern times.
The article notes Ronald Reagan elevated Alzheimer’s awareness and calls for renewed funding and political support. In death, his legacy aims to spur sustained research funding and attention. Nancy Reagan, joined by 58 U.S. senators, urged President Bush to loosen current restrictions.
State lawmakers wrap a contentious session with restored funding for the John de la Howe School in McCormick after grassroots effort. Other actions include a 3 percent pay raise for state employees, library funding up to 50000, and a new South Carolina Conservation Bank. Public education funding remains below the Education Finance Act target. A November referendum allows minibottles in bars, and a military survivor relief fund is created.
Opinion urges Greenville County schools to stop selling high sugar and fat snacks in lunchrooms. It notes obesity risks, praises replacing sugar beverages with 100 percent juice and candy bars with granola bars, and questions using food sales as fundraising. It calls for healthier student meals and cites Marie Antoinette’s phrase.
A letter argues residents remain on an old dirt road, citing 200 years of family ties and lack of paved options. The writer accuses county officials of broken promises about road paving and urges critics to consider living conditions after rain.
A letter in the Aiken Standard attacks Louis Zeller for calling for a costly make-work plan to address Savannah River Site groundwater contamination. The writer favors Senator Lindsey Graham and scientists who advocate a direct, immediate solution to residual wastes, arguing Zeller’s proposal would merely delay action.
Walter Lamb Aiken argues that the media distort war reporting to shape opinion and condemn violence. He condemns Congress and press for pork barrelling funding for the Iraq effort and for failing to air favorable Iraqi stories, likening modern journalism to past wartime propaganda.
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