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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1970
Page
4
A quotation from Charles H. Malik in the Presbyterian Journal laments postwar culture. It warns that hippie and drug culture erode national pride and personal honor, urging adherence to God, truth, and service over private passions and bodily indulgence.
Hal Boyle portrays a nation dismayed by inflation violence and war weariness. He compares the era to a dazed pedestrian on a highway and laments division poverty crime and a faltering sense of national purpose. The piece paints a mood of numb bewilderment and widespread pessimism.
NASA faces a bid showdown over two communications satellites with Fairchild Hiller and General Electric. GE won the contract amid questions about Paine's past at GE and possible influence from Nixon aides. The dispute echoes the earlier TFX affair with GAO and McClellan inquiries and rival claims of biased handling and bookkeeping.
The Colleton Avenue house known as One Acre Farm began with Mrs. Susan Cath erine Hahn then passed to Joseph Harriman of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Subsequent owners include W. H. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Francis Pitney, Huston Rawls, and Mrs. Joseph Leiter. Tommy Leiter, reputedly America's richest bachelor prior to his marriage, expanded the property and hosted many notable figures including Huntington Hartford and Mamie Eisenhower. The estate later belonged to Colgate Darden III and is now the home of Dr. and Mrs. A Calhoun Witham.
The text lists a newspaper header with the date May 15 1970 and names Eugene J Oyler as executive editor. It notes the publication origin Aiken, South Carolina, and shows the paper's masthead style for that date.
The letter urges the General Assembly to launch a legislative probe into University of South Carolina disorders and their causes. It supports Sen Floyd D Spence's push to start investigations immediately and warns against political obstruction, stressing the universitys survival and student education. It cites Sen L Marion Gressette and House Speaker Solomon Blatt as key figures.
The Aiken Standard acknowledges errors in Dorothy K. MacDowell's Martintown Road Chapter DAR piece. It corrects dropped lines about Abram Martin marrying Elizabeth Marshall and establishing a home in Martintown, and fixes a missing word in the Sally Grace and Rachel Martin anecdote about disguising in their husbands clothes to seize a British courier.
A reader asks whether to reveal a long held sin of immorality. The Bible forgives, and if the act is recent and could harm the marriage, confession to the husband may be indicated. God forgives. personal decision rests on marital impact and conscience.
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