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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1970
Page
4
The piece notes a controllers slowdown brief and argues that as air travel rises, controller workloads grow beyond the 70 hour week and that outdated radar and lagging training hinder capacity. It suggests public sympathy may grow and that industry planning has not kept pace with growth. gains depend on broader support.
Thousands of gallons spilled from a tanker that ran aground in Tampa Bay fouling marinas and beaches. Florida files a damage suit and the ship could be auctioned to fund cleanup as calls grow for federal liability rules. New Jersey raises its sales tax to five percent effective March 1.
The piece argues big cities overburden welfare systems draw migrants and strain finances. President Nixon's reform plan links work incentives with federal aid and argues for broader workfare to replace open welfare, urging federal takeover of some programs. Cities currently seek more funds while urging reform.
A Vietnam veteran narrator recounts dinner with a Bao Dai cousin and reflects on Southeast Asian power dynamics. He argues Central Vietnam leads Vietnam and notes Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem as key figures. The piece discusses Thai and Vietnamese cultural influence, Mekong boundaries, Laos and Cambodia, and the risk of communist expansion as colonial borders fade.
The Graniteville Academy was built by William Gregg founder of the Graniteville Mill to educate mill workers’ children. He funded teachers and paid families to keep kids in school, with a nine month term from 8:30 to 4:30 and a two hour midday recess. It operated until 1922 when a new high school opened and is now a museum.
Carol Turno of Wheeler Drive argues against a new theater and concrete plaza proposing instead a park and preserved trees. She warns a bare glass and steel landscape harms beauty and urges businessmen to invest in artful, shaded surroundings to beautify Aiken.
The text argues Christianity faces challenges from both inside and outside the church. It cites Christ’s promise that the church will prevail against evil, notes the existence of true and pseudo Christianity, and warns against alarm while affirming the church’s ultimate resilience despite internal or external attacks.
A humorous column about a man who jokes his wife, a former airline stewardess, needs detraining to stop treating him as a passenger. He describes her cheerful airline routines at home, breakfast coffee choices, weather chatter, in apartment turbulence, and ritual gifts, ending with him giving a bonus to keep her happy.
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