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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1971
Page
4
The newspaper praises the Aiken County Board of Education for straight talk and restraint in response to charges at the April 13 meeting. It urges patience and forthrightness, notes rising parental and student clashes over petty issues, and calls for cooperation to ease the federal burden on educating children.
Republicans insist no one can beat Nixon in 1972 while Democrats assemble a long slate of likely non contenders.
The Ai ken Garden Club Council executive board thanks the Aiken Standard for publicity of recent activities. Articles helped insure the Camellia Show, awards luncheon, and plant and bake sale. They hope others participate to make Aiken more beautiful. Annie Laurie D. Braddy, Secretary.
The Aiken Standard welcomes letters to the editor that are signed with a real mailing address. Anonymous submissions are not considered and pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel.
Dorothy K. MacDowell recounts Cyril Ovear Pascalis, a 1832 civil engineer who helped lay out the Charleston to Hamburg rail line via Montmorenci and Aiken. After disappearing on a Mississippi trip near Houston, his boots were found on a body, suggesting robbery and drowning. he is believed buried in Houston, leaving a notable local legacy.
New York AP column rounds up odd facts and trivia from garbage tonnage to sign language speed. Notables include Nicknames of US presidents, grass cooling power, Sonja Henie fortune, and pigeons' extinction-era abundance.
President Nixon says any honest job dignifies a person and highlights 5 million current food service jobs across grocery stores restaurants and institutions. He notes profits, bonuses, and rapid promotion paths through training, colleges offering food management degrees, and booming growth, urging adults to return to work now.
Senate stance condemns mob action in Washington D C criticizing demonstrators for seeking U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam. Strom Thurmond denounces violent disruption, links to Communist influence, warns against aiding radical forces and destabilizing the nation. He claims Nixon’s Vietnam policy is cautious. He positions himself as a critic of the war and advocates constitutional action.
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