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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1972
Page
4
President Nixon urged harsher law enforcement and stiffer court penalties for drug pushers. He stressed there should be no sympathy or limit on punishment for traffickers preying on youth. Arkenites praised the call amid fears of a spreading youth drug problem threatening the Lost Generation.
The Senate approved a compromise measure expanding EEOC authority to seek federal court orders to halt job discrimination, after a five week filibuster, signaling growing support for equal employment opportunity. The bill follows House passage and aims to improve enforcement without full self-issuance of orders. Louisville Courier-Journal reports.
A humorous short dialogue unfolds as a woman on the line complains about household burdens and an ill friend offers help. The caller finally learns she dialed the wrong number and mentions Sam, revealing there is no husband by that name.
A column lists humorous, improbable activities to avoid dull routines in March. It playfully contrasts tedious chores with absurd adventures from dueling snails to chasing a cobra and ballooning fantasies. The piece closes urging readers to try a fresh route for March rather than tread the old treadmill.
A daily meditation from Wanda Fisher emphasizes using today for good and avoiding regret. The piece includes a lawyer joke about a Supreme Court exchange and a quip about a handicapped golfer, underscoring personal responsibility and skepticism of guaranteed success.
Dr. W. C. Alvarez surveys growing attention to acupuncture in France and America. He notes debates on its science, mentions anesthesia cases, electric needle tweaks, and hypnotic histories, and traces herb medicine and vitamin B12 breakthroughs influencing modern treatments.
A notice invites readers to obtain the work What We Know About Cancer by Citizen Smith. Requests 25 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. ATS, Box 957, Des Moines, Iowa 50304.
Anthony Harrigan argues that Senator Fulbright's bid to cut funding for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty harms information access behind the Iron Curtain. The piece contends the stations inform dissidents, counter communist censorship, and that Nixon's foreign policy pressures do not justify silencing the broadcasts.
The Aiken Standard welcomes signed letters with the writer’s mailing address and will not consider anonymous communications or pen names. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel with no subject limits.
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