Public Warned Of Spurious Cancer Solicitation Letters
The piece warns readers about a second round of mailings from the Cancer Fund of America posing as the American Cancer Society. Letters urge volunteer fundraisers and a $10 gift, citing cancer as a leading killer. The ACS disclaims ties to these look alike solicitations.
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American Cancer Society
Aiken Area
Cancer Fund of America
Breezewood Lane
Knoxville
Tenn
United States
America
The
Letters to the Editor highlight local concerns and praise
A reader thanks Rep Irene Rudnick for assistance with bridge closures affecting Wateree property owners. In another letter a downtown Aiken resident criticizes city maintenance equity, facility conditions, and rollout refuse policy while praising public safety.
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Irene Rudnick
Wateree
S.C
Cliford A
Sherri P. Moseley
Ely
Aiken
Colleton Avenue
Greenville Street
du Pont Drive
Aiken Letters Call For City Budget Rewrites
A letter from a taxpayer questions $2 million spent on Aiken race track and argues priorities must focus on schools industry and quality of life. It questions whether the city can recoup the investment and urges priorities to keep residents and attract new ones.
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Aiken Mile
du Pont Street
Connellan
Council
Aiken
Yeltsin Comes As Good Humor Man
In Washington Boris Yeltsin appears as a Good Humor Man flashing a grin and a bombshell. He touts a major arms deal while revealing Soviet archives on POWs and MIAs and presses for massive U.S. aid amid a tense election year. He faces political backlash as truth and diplomacy collide with hawks.
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Yeltsin
Ashington
Suburbia
Boris Yeltsin
Washington
Boris
Korea
Vietnmi
Congress
Euch
Yelstin
Bush
U.ss.r
U.S
Mark Souter
Yelsin
Siberian
Russia
Ancient birth control found in herbs and history
Arthur Caplan notes in a historical American Scientist piece that civilizations from Cyrene to Rome used plants like silphium, wormwood, and pennyroyal to regulate fertility. The article argues ancient, medieval practices shaped by morality and limited records may illuminate today’s population debates.
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Earth
Sumi Rio
The
American Scientist
John M. Riddle
North Carolina State
Worth Estes
Boston University
Rio
Riddle and
Estes
Cyrene
North Africa
Riddle and Estes
Europe
Mediterranean
North Carolina
India
The Stuff That Fathers Are Made Of
A tribute to fathers exploring their strength fears and daily battles. It praises their hard work love and sacrifices, noting fathers face war work and aging with steadfast resolve. The piece envisions afterlife duty and continual labor improving the world for their children.
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Aiken Standard
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State Department
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Bob Smith
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iSgary
Arthur Caplan
Knight-Ridder Service
Queen Anne's
Center For Biomedical Ethics
University of Minnesota
Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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