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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1980
Page
4
Guests at Hopeland Gardens concerts praised the setting as much as the performances. The area overlooks two small lakes and features a striking iris and day lily display in vivid and subtle colors. Admission remains free as Hopeland's public gardens showcase evolving beauty year round.
The Red Cross blood program remains active as summer travel and outdoor activities raise transfusion needs. With Fourth of July accidents peaking, the bloodmobile visits today and tomorrow offer Arkeni tes a chance to support the humanitarian program. It will be at St. John's United ate 1:15 p.m. each day.
Readers thank the editor for church dedication coverage and praise staff cooperation. A girl scout troop clarifies miscommunication about ushering at Pajama Game. A reader notes candidate ages are often omitted in coverage and questions why. Another letter argues about Model T crank start causes and praises Ashley Cooper's column.
The piece lauds Bell Labs AMPS advanced mobile phone system that subdivides service into cells, enabling 100,000 simultaneous calls with landline quality. It notes FCC delays in approving AMPS and predicts decision by year end with in-car phones possibly available next year.
A columnist in Washington reflects on a disappointing week noting public doubt in the 1980 presidential race, fear of a collapsing US role, and cynicism toward President Carter and his cabinet amid discussions of Russia’s growing power and Tito’s funeral.
The author contrasts Sugar Ray Leonard's $8 million event earnings in 45 minutes with political leaders and World War II GIs pay. He argues for dedication and private mobility over public transit and predicts South Carolina residents resist a state funded bus system. The piece favors smaller cars and warns of higher gas taxes to fund mass transit.
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