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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1977
Page
4
The Aiken Standard reports on its editorial pages dated Tuesday March 15 1977 with Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor. The page likely carries opinions and local commentary from the Aiken, South Carolina publication.
At a Miami convention AFL-CIO leaders vow a calculated risk pushing comprehensive federal labor law changes. They cite large volunteer backing and electoral gains for Carter, aiming for measures like compulsory union membership and broader political activity rights.
Dor othy MacDowell recounts Thomas Taylor who came from Amelia County Virginia in 1749 and later owned land that became part of Columbia. A captain in Sumter’s militia, he led captures at Waterée Ferry and Ninety-Six, fought at Fishing Creek and Blackstocks, and pressed the first assault on Fort Granby in 1781.
A reader asks if Samuel lied to Saul to protect him and discusses how God cannot sin. The reply argues God’s perfection excludes deception, notes Saul’s era featured peace offerings before the Lord, and explains Samuel spoke truth about coming to offer a sacrifice while David’s life would be given to God.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address and rejects anonymous submissions. Letters should be legible preferably typewritten and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. A 200 word limit applies with editor discretion on exceptions.
PAUL HARVEY reports from Quebec City on Aug 15 where 800 delegates from 12 nations gather to discuss Diet and cancer links. Loma Linda University findings suggest Adventists have lower cancer rates due to vegetarianism and abstention from alcohol, coffee, and tobacco, while spices and turmeric may affect chromosomes. World Health Organization researchers say nine of ten cancers could be preventable by diet.
Holmes Alexander surveys the private and public life of Andy White and E B White through letters and incidents from 1929 to 1941. The piece notes humor, sexual satire, parental disappointment, a runaway marriage, a deathbed moment, and White’s defense of journalistic integrity against tasteless commercialism and political pressure.
Secret daily logs reveal Howard Hughes in late years living in penthouses, groggy from drugs, long theater binges, and obsessive grooming. The records note doses of unnamed pills and repeated references to a ritual of meals, movies, and bathroom visits.
Abigail Adams writes from Braintree to John Adams in Philadelphia describing a famine in 1777 with bread scarce and prices high. She notes flour shortages, high demand for Indian meal and rye, poor meat supply, and comparisons to the siege of Boston.
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