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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1976
Page
4
The piece urges highly qualified men and women to run for the Aiken County Board of Commissioners under the Home Rule Act. It notes turmoil from turnover of administrators and attorneys, calls for leadership, and frames the Bicentennial year as an opportunity for selfless public service by new district commissioners.
Dear P A , Jesus quotes Isaiah to explain why many do not grasp his message. While crowds hear the seed parable, most reject it, and only His disciples understand. The note urges self examination to avoid applying Jesus statement to us.
A historic Southern newspaper identity is noted with Samuel A Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D Cathcart as Executive Editor, reflecting ongoing editorial leadership since 1867.
In CLASSIC magazine Whitney Tower notes steeplechase popularity climbs in the United States since 1965 with purses more than doubling. The Aiken Hunt Meet on Powder House Road features 63 horses across six events and an exhibition by the U.S. Park Police Equestrian Team. Proceeds benefit Helping Hands Inc.
A nationalist argument urges selling out Rhodesia and South Africa to court black nationalism and USSR influence. It condemns detente and calls for continued backing of white regimes, warning that appeasement would harm Western civilization and invite Soviet victory in Africa.
Paul Harvey profiles Jesse Jackson as he shifts from civil rights to moral leadership. Jackson criticizes past tactics, urges self discipline, rails against crime and drugs, and calls for spiritual regeneration to sustain gains for black communities.
The Standard welcomes letters for publication and requires the writer to sign in his handwriting and provide a mailing address. Anonymous submissions are not considered. Letters should be legible, preferably typewritten, and may be edited for space, clarity, fact, taste, and libel. They should be up to about 200 words unless editors grant exceptions.
Washington profile of Senator Frank Church D Idaho as he prepares a late presidential run with limited money and organization. The piece highlights his background from a cancer survivor to a veteran lawmaker, Bethine Church, and his stance against government corruption, signaling a bold gamble amid a cynical political climate.
The passage cites Adam Smith warning that force alone cannot conquer colonies and describes continental congress leaders shaping a new form of government for a vast empire likely to become formidable in world history.
In 1782 the South Carolina frigate reached Philadelphia with a French minister claiming the vessel. Capt. John Joyner commanded and later defended the ship before being captured by three British ships and held on parole in New York until 1783. He was exchanged, returned to Charles Town in May, and later acquitted on loss of the frigate. He served in the South Carolina legislature and had prior wartime commands including Ft Lyttleton in 1775 and service with Commodore Gillon in 1778 in support of the Continental cause.
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