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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1996
Page
4
A collection of statements touches on church burnings federal probes in the 1990s, Thurmond election talk, criticisms of candidates, gun rights and concealed carry debates, a court martial death sentence at Ft. Bragg, advertising rules for spirits, and environmental praise for Three Huns Creek as a global research benchmark.
The notice lists location and mailing address for the Aiken Standard. It provides subscription phone numbers, delivery hours, customer service hours, switchboard and fax lines, story ideas contacts, and the publisher’s contact number for all departments.
Tim Chago, editor in chief of Indian Country Today, reflects on playgrounds losing slides swings and merry go rounds due to safety concerns. He recalls rougher childhood games and laments increasing lawsuits and cautious youth in America.
Greenville News reports Arnold Goodstein of South Carolina’s Transportation Department urges the Legislature to authorize tolls on I 95 and consider tolls on I 45 to fund road construction. The piece argues a cabinet reorganization placing the governor in charge could bring coherence amid growth and a financing gap.
The Island Packet editorial argues against funding higher education by enrollment. It supports a new law to cut remedial classes, end incentives to admit all applicants, and shift money toward rewarding achievement rather than enrollment numbers.
Legislators weigh restrictions on hog farms and processing plants amid fears of polluted water sources. The threat centers on hog urine and feces runoff risking the Great Pee Dee River Winyah Bay Intracoastal Waterway and Waccamaw River, which supply local drinking water.
Our Area 1 high schools show contrasting policies for honoring graduates. SAHS lists summa to cum laude names in the booklet and offers honor stoles to all eligible students. Aiken High restricts thefts to invited club members, prompting review by Dr. Benton and Principal Caver for next year.
The letter criticizes Bill Clinton for abortion policy arguing unsafe actions while praising or attacking his stances. It cites executive orders widening abortion access and vetoing a partial birth abortion ban. It accuses him of draft dodging and media blame at press events. It ends with signer names Hubert and Charlotte Baker Aiken.
The Aiken Standard welcomes reader letters and asks contributors to keep submissions brief and signed with a full signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited and condensed and should be addressed to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802.
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