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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1976
Page
4
A former Aiken resident now in Denver thanks the Aiken Standard for a gift subscription that reveals the paper’s surprising mix of local and nationwide controversial issues, noting 14 to 16 pages of diverse content and appreciating the photos of Aiken.
Sol Cohen thanks the National USO Council and the Aiken community for the award and recognition of exceptional services to armed forces through the Aiken USO. He credits churches civic groups industries junior volunteers families United Way city and county governments and the news media for making the program a home away from home for GIs traveling to Vietnam and beyond.
Holmes Alexander discusses Cuban Africa corps and a potential U S policy shift on Rhodesia South Africa and Pan African communism. He criticizes racism in U S diplomacy noting Kissinger and Congress facing questions over Angola recognition and social justice under a constitutional order.
State Rep Norma Russell of Richland County proposed turning Riverbanks Park Zoo over to South Carolina. Editorial notes funding entities Richland and Lexington Counties and City of Columbia plus the Zoo Commission should be consulted for ideas. The piece remarks on the ironic funding and governance debate surrounding Riverbanks.
The editorial argues Riverbanks Zoo is a strong state asset but questions imposing an extra tax to fund it without a voter referendum. It urges taxpayers to decide via advisory referendum whether to approve funding or reject the burden. It emphasizes who should bear any financial responsibility.
Nebraska moves a debt limit by unicameral vote 29 to 7 seeking a constitutional amendment requiring the federal government to live within tax revenue. The measure, praised as a potential cure for national bankruptcy, faces questions of enforceability and repercussions for lawmakers.
Barbara K Roberts of Graniteville thanks friends after her husband J P Roberts died and expresses gratitude for generous support from the community.
Half a century after Kitty Hawk an American may fly using manpower. Joe Zinno of North Providence built The Olympian a frail craft with 78 foot wings powered by pedals. FAA certificated as experimental. First hop planned at Quonset RI and could spark a manpowered flight era.
Mrs J M asks if her father could be saved before death. Billy Graham replies that it is not too late, citing the thief on the cross and Luke 23 43. He notes the sadness of wasted years but acknowledges the exceptional grace at work. He warns against delaying repentance, quoting Behold now is the accepted time.
Dorothy MacDowell recounts Mary Drayton and Edward Fenwick’s children born 1750s to 1760s. Sons Edward Jr and Thomas joined Loyalist, banished and confiscated, with Edward training race horses at Fenwick Castle and Thomas defecting to British lines. Daughters Martha Sarah and Harriette connected to Gadsden and Tatnall. family split in loyalty amid the Revolution.
After a period of indecision Congress sanctions privateering by colonists to attack British ships. A later resolution opens colonial ports to non British world trade and bans slave imports, reflecting a shift toward economic and political independence.
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