Hammack Defies MADD Backing to Slam Local Judge
Lillian Hammack, a longtime New Ellenton activist, breaks with Mothers Against Drunk Drivers state leadership over a Bamberg County DUI sentence by Judge Rodney Peeples. She vows to keep criticizing Peeples and urges lawmakers to demand accountability while resigning from MADD but defending her anti judge stance.
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Lillian Hammack
Ellenton
Kow
Hammack
Rodney Peeples
Madd
South Carolina
General Assembly
Bamberg County
Peeples
Harold Watson
Internal Revenue Service
Residents critique Couchton fire district tax plan
A county resident laments higher insurance premiums after Couchton Fire Department expansion, arguing no building yet and distant response times. They question who benefits, fear legal collection over nonpayment, and note sparse sheriff patrols in their no man’s land area.
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Couchton
No Man’s Land
Readers urged to open eyes on bank lists and Derrick
Letter to The Aiken Standard argues Congress member Butler Derrick did not bank with the U S House Bank but remained with Edgefield hometown bank. Ronald A Maxwell notes support for releasing all names on the list and urges awareness of fire protection benefits. 225 Barnwell Ave.
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Butler Derrick
U.S. House
Edgefield
Congress
Rep
Derrick
Ronald A. Maxwell
Barnwell Ave
Looting and Rodney King in a US underclass lens
A South Los Angeles scene shows looting after a tailor shop window is smashed. The piece argues the poor see systemic injustice, citing Rodney King, police brutality, and a harsh social order under Reagan Bush era policies. It frames the unrest as a reaction to economic exclusion, racial injustice, and failed government promises.
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Los Angeles
Reagan Bush
Rodney King
Bush
Willie-Horton
King
America
Butt
FBI
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Perot
Congress
Tidal
Dallas
Texas Tornado Talks Action Facing Perot Presidential Bid
A columnist analyzes Ross Perot’s campaign rhetoric, noting his bold promises on crime and the deficit, while pressing for concrete policy plans. The piece questions how Perot would act as president and asks for specific proposals beyond talk and financing.
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Roosevelt
Landon
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Perot
New York
Texas
Bush
Clinton
Bill
George
David Frost
Ross Perot
Wanal
Franklin Roosevelt
Cam
You And I To End Like Dinosaurs
The Life magazine article on dinosaurs inspires Robert Bakker to study extinction causes. He warns disease as a major driver, noting how intercontinental faunal mixing and parasitic travel have shaped mass die-offs, suggesting modern humans face similar microbial threats.
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Jersey
Life Magazine
Robert Bakker
Yale
Omni
Bakker
H.L. Osborn
New
Lower Canada
United States
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Debra Z. Price
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John Santinu
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