Shock Incarceration touted to ease South Carolina prison crowding
Our View discusses rising overcrowding in SC prisons, with 18,987 inmates and ongoing builds like Trenton and Lee County. It promotes shock incarceration for non-violent first offenders, noting lower recidivism and costs, and urges expanding such units to rehabilitate inmates faster.
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South Carolina
State Department of Corrections
Parker Evatt
Aiken
Trenton
Edgefield County
Lee County Correctional Institution
Central Correctional Institution
Columbia
Lee
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Evatt
Wateree Correctional Institution
Sumter
Camden
Freedom and Sobriety Checks for Safe July Fourth
In a letter to readers, the writer urges expanded sobriety checkpoints to prevent alcohol and other drug impaired driving. Citing 18000 annual deaths and 300000 injuries, the piece supports National Sobriety Checkpoint Week from June 28 to July 5, advocating police use to protect travelers and reduce fatalities. Sponsored by MADD.
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You and I
M.A.D.D
Kathy Riekhof
Madd
Aiken County
Letters to the Editor Encouraged at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with mailing addresses for publication. Brief, readable letters are preferred and subject to editing. The notice asks readers to support law enforcement by backing sobriety checkpoints and to contact police during June 28 to July 5.
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Aiken
Clinton's comeback style dazzles on TV spectacle
Clinton's televised charm offensive unfolds as he touts charts and optimism while critics claim misrepresentations. He channels Reagan era tactics, boosted by adviser Dave Gergen, as networks skip the event and pundits debate the president's grip on deficit plans and public mood.
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Clinton
CNN
PBS
NBC
Bill
Lani Guinier
Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
Ross Perot
Dr. Pangloss
Dave Gergen
Gergen
Reagan
Happy Hour
Somalia
Hill
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Who is Ted Williams to a new generation of readers
Gene Owens reflects on how cultural landmarks fade with each generation. He notes readers often misidentify Ted Williams and other icons, recalls personal episodes of aging and memory, and contrasts Boomers with post Boomers while pondering changes in language, culture, and the reach of Kennedy era symbolism.
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Ted Williams
South
Ford
Chevrolet
Gene Autry
Roy Rogers
Superman
Captain Marvel
Joe DiMaggio
Baseball Hall of Fame
DiMaggio
Youegin
G.K. Chesterton
Bartlett
Lask
George Santayana
Columbus
Santayana
Mencken
Star Boulevard
City Hall Avenue
Norfolk
Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Anere
Monticello Avenue
Wagener
Katie Kneece
John F. Kennedy
Goldwater backs end to ban on gays in military
Kingsley Guy notes Barry Goldwater, aging conservative icon, urges abolishing the military ban on gays and rejecting a don’t ask, don’t tell approach. He argues government should not dictate morality while defending libertarian and individual rights roots.
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Goldwater
United States
Arizona
Gary L. Bauer
Family Research Coun G
Washington
Bauer
Sen. Goldwater
Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Govers
Jefferson
Republican Goldwater
America
Arizona Air National Guard
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Houston
Republican Park
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