Runaway Debt Sparks Bipartisan Push for Balanced Budget Amendment
Our View argues that mounting debt and voter anger push Congress toward a constitutional balance budget amendment. It details Foley and Mitchell backing a vote by June 1 and outlines the amendment's path to ratification, with warnings from sponsor Paul Simon about long term costs.
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Senate
House
Congress
Thomas Foley
D-Wass
George Mitchell
Maine
Bush
Vermont
Paul Simon
D-iIl
Simon
Capitol Hill
Mitchell
Foley
Thomas Jefferson
Letters to the Editor: Traffic Light for Croft Mill Road
Readers urge improvements on Croft Mill Road to ease left turns onto Highway 19 and access to Vaucluse Road. Barbara S Johnson asks Northside residents to support a traffic signal. A mix of opinions on Social Security and veteran affairs follows, citing disability benefits and community organizations.
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Croft Mill Road
Highway 19
Vaucluse Road
Northside
Barbara S. Johnson
Aiken
Letters to the editor solicitations and local civic concerns
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with mailing address, brief and editable content. A reader asks if Rep Irene Rudisill opposes keeping Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc. in Barnwell and questions stance on the Savannah River Site.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Aiken County
Irene Rudi
Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc
Barnwell
Savannnah River
Repairing the Thin Veneer Of Society
The piece argues after the Rodney King verdict and ensuing riots that national unity depends on cross racial cooperation, accountability for police misconduct, expanded anti poverty programs, and addressing urban poverty. It warns violence exposes deeper social fragility and urges prompt action to heal, reform, and invest in communities.
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Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Seattle
Rodney King
Bamboo
Perot Cast Shadow Over Clinton In 1992 Race
Column notes H Ross Perot rising as a national figure diverts attention from Bill Clinton while the Pennsylvania primary signals modest gains on honesty and integrity. The piece traces seven character questions linked to Clinton and suggests Perot’s surge could affect his political momentum.
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Ashington
Johnny Carson
Jay Leno
Bill Clinton
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Arkansas
Perot
Clinton
Bush
Pennsylvania
New York
England
ABC News
CBS News
South Dakota
Georgia
Maryland
Colorado
Massachusetts
Paul ‘Tsongas
Connecticut
Casablanca poster recalls Bogart and smoking myths
The piece reflects on the 50th anniversary of Casablanca and Bogart’s onscreen image in a white dinner suit with Ingrid Bergman and Sam at the piano. It notes cigarette use in 1942 as a sign of toughness, contrasts It’s a Wonderful Life, and discusses rising smoking dangers and the late Bogart’s cancer death in 1957.
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Bogart
Hisa
Ingrid Bergman
Sam
Humphrey Bogart
Jimmy Stewart
George Bailey
Harry
George
Stewart
America
Cigarete
United States
Surgeon General
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Reba J. Polattie Jackson
Helen Merelle
DAV No. 43
DAVA
National Commander's Club
Cincinnati
Ohio
América
Rudnick and
Chem-Nuclear
Joan Beck
I P
Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Tribune Media Services
Jerry Brown
Gennifer Flowers
Wall Street Journal
Bogie
Rick
Jessee
Todd JR
Knight Ridder Service
Casablanca
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