Voice Of Reason Returns in Aiken County Board Saga
The piece discusses John Henry Iams as County Attorney and his controversial role in forming the Aiken County Board of Commissioners. It notes his resignation under pressure, his subsequent reversal to stay, and jabs at the board’s governance as a five million dollar annual operation. It lauds his fortitude and urges commissioners to heed his experience.
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A County Board of Commissioners
Manvy
John Henry Jams
E General Assembly
Aiken County
House of Representatives
Williams
Mriams
Board of Commissioners
Aiken
County Board of Commissioners
Want A '76 Decal You Bought It
A SAC program orders 162000 Bicentennial decals for 124000 personnel at a cost of 16000 dollars. The note questions using taxpayer money for gifts and suggests a voluntary collection instead.
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Strategic Air Command
SAC
Brezhnev Re-elected Leader Amid Soviet Bloc Silence
The piece notes Brezhnev's re election as head of the Communist Party in Russia, describing no visible campaign and labeling Soviet politics as orderly yet punctuated by periodic brutality, contrasting with American primary processes.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Russia
Soviet Union
Intelligence Reform Plan Aims to Repair Damaged System
Retired Lt. Gen. Daniel Graham proposes a Coordinator of US Intelligence with Senate confirmation to advise the President NSC chair interagency boards and set secret-keeping policy The plan would also create an Inspector General to block risky schemes and restore trust in national intelligence after Vietnam Watergate and postwar strains.
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O. Graham
Ford
CIA
William Colby
Defense
James Schlesinger
Graham
Johnson
Nixon
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA
Defense Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
West Point
Vietnam
Justice Department
Rosenberg
United States Strategic Institute
Senate
National Security Council
Wood as Energy Source Prompts Vermont Report
A Vermont report proposes using surplus forest wood for energy and heat across Georgia and South Carolina. It argues wood fuel can power state needs, reduce fossil fuel use, and support jobs while maintaining forest health with proper management and monitoring.
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Vermont
Montpelier
David C. Street
Augusta
Georgia
Attic Treasures Fair Supports AAUW Scholarship
The AAUW Arts Books and Crafts Fair held March 5 6 raised community help for attic treasures books plants and items. The group awards a scholarship to the University of South Carolina Aiken Regional Campus with a May 2 1976 opening concert at Hopeland Garden. Unsold items were donated to Halfway House and Voorhees College.
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American Association of University Women
AAUW
University of South Carolina
Shah Could Take Saudi Fields Threatens Persian Gulf Stability
Secret intelligence warns the shah of Iran could land his army in Saudi Arabia to seize oil fields. Iran faces over $1 billion in U.S. debt and oil reserves lasting about two decades. United States arms sales totalling $86 billion in three years aim to secure Gulf oil, prompting Arab concerns.
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Washington
Iran
Saudi Arabia
U.S
United States
Persian Gulf
America
Kuwait
Pentagon
Iraq
Dear Mrs S D Prayerful hope for a hypocritical husband
A long marriage is addressed to a reader worried that her husband fakes faith at home. The adviser affirms possibility of change through God’s Spirit, citing Saul becoming Paul and Manasseh’s conversion, urging prayer and consistent Christlike living to reveal faith.
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DR. Graham
Christ
Saul
God
Paul
Manasseh
Judah
Aiken Standard Leaders Named In Historic Paper
Samuel A. Cothran serves as President and Editor while Robert D. Cathcart holds the role of Executive Editor at the historic Aiken Standard newspaper founded in 1867.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Red Doe Horses of Ophir Plantation
A folk tale recounts the Red Doe mare at Ophir plantation owned by the Porcher family. Hunter, a captured spy, swapped surrender for escape on a swift thoroughbred, evading pursuers and possibly connected to British theft from Gen. Moultrie’s stables. The horse’s red color and swift nature gave the name Red Doe.
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Dorothy MacDowell
Ophir Plantation
Porcher
Col
Thomas Porcher
Ophir
Hunter
Sumter County
Wil
South Carolina Adopts Temporary Constitution for Peace with England
South Carolina adopts a temporary constitution to last until an accord with England is reached. On the 27th John Rutledge is named first president and sworn in on the 28th with other officers. The document seeks accommodation with England while listing unwarranted Parliament acts, royal hostility, and abusive officers as grievances. New Hampshire followed suit earlier in January.
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South Carolina
England
John Rutledge
New Hampshire
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