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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1984
Page
4
The South Carolina General Assembly enacted a measure allowing legally blind individuals to serve on juries. Opponents fear bias and delayed trials, while supporters argue blindness should not disqualify jurors and note compensating senses.
Lynn Hilley of North Augusta leads the Coalition to Assist Abused Persons in Columbia urging passage of a measure granting police arrests without witnessed abuse. The law allows arrest if a crime is believed to occur and shields officers from civil suits, challenging mediation in domestic disputes and citing 197 deaths in two years from partner violence.
The Supreme Court will rule on whether deadly drugs may be used to execute killers, despite questions about whether the method is proven safe and effective. The Associated Press notes the debate over safety and efficacy in lethal injections.
The author wonders when manhood begins and partially answers by recounting a spring cleaning ritual. He discards college notebooks, a Hemingway thesis, and Mad magazine paraphernalia, realizing the past yields to a lighter self and a new, quieter identity as a man. The act unfolds on a Sunday morning, a totemic moment amid neighbors heading to church.
Mondale weighs a home interview plan for VP selection, a method echoing Carters outsider path. He faces criticism as this public two way screening could anger candidates and delegates while signaling openness and reach ahead of the convention.
The Aiken Standard explains letters to the editor must be signed with the writer’s handwriting and include a mailing address. Anonymous submissions are not considered. Typewritten letters are preferred and all letters may be edited for space and policy.
Daniel Clifton, former New York Times editor, discusses his memoir Lords Ladies and Gentlemen. He recalls his early Raleigh training and writes on President Truman Watergate and Nixon, offering views on leadership and accountability and a quip about Mr T scowls.
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