Aiken Hosts Triple Crown Events During Sesquicentennial Spring
Aiken welcomes spring with three major horse events on March 16 23 and 30 at the Aiken Training Track Clark Field and Aiken Mile Track. Sponsorship comes from the Aiken Jaycees Aiken Sertoma Club and Aiken Shrine Club with the Dixie Circuit highlighted by the Aiken Steeplechase cash prize. The season honors the citys 150th anniversary and the Iron Horse Canal Railroad heritage.
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Drugs: Everybody's Problem editorial
A guest editorial argues the drug war is failing on both domestic and international fronts. It cites rising demand and supply, increased production, and brazen traffickers, while noting some successes like a Colombian airliner seizure. It urges individual responsibility alongside law enforcement and education.
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State Department
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Latin America
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Omaha World-Herald
Government Is My Keeper
A group of thirty six religious leaders in New York urged government action to end poverty while labeling reliance on state aid as unwise. The piece contrasts faiths with politics, cites LBJ’s Great Society and quote from Sen Dan Quayle, then cites Reagan on free enterprise and Emerson on self reliance.
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Great Society
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The
Wall Street Journal
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America
Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Ethiopia
Harry F. Banks
Uncle Sam
Russians Build a Carrier Aims to Match US Navy Century
The piece argues the Soviet attempt to construct and operate a full scale aircraft carrier is imprudent and costly. It notes the ship’s size 65 000 to 75 000 tons, steam catapult tech, and deck crew training will be immense challenges. The author contrasts Soviet spending with US carrier warship availability and questions strategic value. The piece ends by asking who is crazier the Russians or the US for defense spending.
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Black Sea
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Nikolayev
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John Butts
Naval Intelligence
Ashley Cooper Sees The Issues
A columnist vents about tax policy and governance, argues that some governors prefer federal tax increases to aid the underprivileged, and notes attitudes toward taxation and public spending. The piece weaves in light satire about stamps, roadwork signs, and everyday frustrations with inefficiency and danger signals.
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The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous letters are rejected. Legible submissions are preferred, may be edited for space tone and libel. Address letters to Letters to the Editor at P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29801.
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