Mediation Steplined In Owens Corning Labor Dispute
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service plans a meeting with Owens Corning officials and Local 86 Teamsters to push a settlement after a May 30 work stoppage that idled 1,600 workers. The region faces economic strain as paychecks stop and business activity slows while both sides seek a middle ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Owens-Corning
Owen Corning
South Carolina
IHT editorial ethics questioned over Nixon era coverage
In a letter to the editor, a reader critiques the International Herald Tribune for smearing the Nixon administration and questions whether a European edition should defend the U.S. while publishing harsh truths. The author cites an Anthony Lewis piece and Amnesty International as sources, arguing for balanced reporting rather than hostile portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid East
International Herald Tribune
New York Times
Washington Post
Anthony Lewis
Lewis
Boston
Chile
Rose Styron
New York Review of Books
Amnesty International
Critique of American foreign aid and global policy
Billy Graham critiques anti American rhetoric and U S intervention abroad while praising British efforts in Ireland. He contrasts Solzhenitsyn influenced views with Worsthorne and argues for prudent US leadership, stewardship, and moral responsibility amid global turmoil. He cites religious guidance on wealth and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Allende
Chile
Richard Nixon
Lewis
U. S
Santiago
Latin America
East Pakistan
South Korea
South Vietnam
Greece
America
Nixon
Solzhenitsyn
Peregrine Worsthorne
London Telegraph
Paris
Ulster
Worsthorne
Belfast
Dublin
London
Local ladies sail to Europe aboard Queen Mary for European tour
Miss Frances Payne Bouknight a rising USC senior and former Aiken Cotton Festival Queen, with Miss Annie Marvell Halford a 1950 USC graduate, sail for England and other European countries on the Queen Mary. They plan to return August 2 aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Mrs. Dede Tarver Haynesworth and her mother Kalmin Hill sailed from Charleston aboard the Silver Star for a Nassau vacation.
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Frances Payne Bouknight
Johnson
University of South Carolina
Annie Marvell Halford
University
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Italy
Dede Tarver Haynesworth
T. G. Tarver
Kalmin Hill
Silver Star
Charleston
Nassau
Realigning Parties: Readers Back Liberal Conservative Labels
A stream of readers urge realigning the two parties from Democrat and Republican to Liberal and Conservative. Letters praise the idea as long overdue, with questions about voter identification and a proposed two-party system labeled by ideology rather than names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Lofton JR
Niagara Falls
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Gladys Duncan
Amarillo
Tex
James Haywood
Rialto
Cal
Richard Temple
Aliquippa
New
Conservative Party
Richard Eddy
Troy
N.Y
Roosevelt
R. F. Althauser
Orlando
Fla
Alan Brightman
Cos Cob
Conn
George Szpinalski
Middletown
America
F. H. Getz
Lancaster
Milan Checkosky
Syracuse
N. Y
Lawrence Bucco
Matawan
Eleanor Palmer
Middebury, VI
L. Vanden Boom
Kansas City
Charles Smith
Clovis, N.M
Milking the News and a Quirky Collection of Jokes
A satirical column mocks farm feeding ideas from the U S Department of Agriculture, jokes about relationships and churchgoers, and quotes Albert Einstein and a management expert on motivation. The piece blends humor with brief anecdotes and aphorisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus W. Gosnell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Lonely Man Who Wrote What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Joseph Scriven born in Dublin, moved to Canada and faced deep loneliness. After a tragedy he found solace in acts of charity, giving clothing and wood to the needy, and penned the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Joseph M. Scriven
Joe
Joe Scriven
Canada
Joseph Scriven
Jesus
Aiken Standard invites signed letters to editor
The Aiken Standard welcomes letters to the editor for publication. Letters must be signed and bear the writer's mailing address. Anonymous communications will not be considered. Pen names are not permitted. They should be legible and may be edited for space and taste.
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Robert D. Cathcart
U.S
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Ireland
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ITH
Washington
Black Africa
Asia
U.S. Information Agency
Radio Free Europe
Billy Graham
Christ
John
Paul
Yesteryear
Dorothy Macdowell
Norma Murphy
Jefferson
Ruth Martin
Rufus
Jenks
Albert Einstein
A. Gilford Trapp
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