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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1973
Page
4
Paul Harvey laments a temporary dip in extremism across decades from the New Deal era to the Seventies. He assigns blame and praise to figures like Wallace, McCarthy, and Welch, contrasts radical movements, and notes evolving views on rights while warning sensationalism persists.
Aiken South Carolina daily newspaper Aiken Standard founded in 1867 notes Samuel A Cothran as president and editor in a brief historical or staff listing.
After forty years in education, Dr Govan Thompson Myers will retire as Aiken County Schools superintendent at end of June. A retirement banquet honors his steady leadership through the unitary transition in 1969 and years of controversy, with Myers returning to Lancaster.
The proposed reform adds a designated ejectee whose sole job is to be thrown out when an umpire deems a manager has run out of argument. The idea, likened to Franklin wit, underscores more taxation on pennies saved and earned.
In a George Washington University seminar on Slavic Studies the discourse turns to a Soviet crisis under Brezhnev. The piece argues Russia faces land, tools, and production limits while warning of expansionist plans that could trigger a wider conflict. Navy Captain Ned Beach and Norman Polmar frame sea power as a noncombat tool to win without fighting.
A 1950 Ai ken Standard article notes revival of health center interest during Reconstruction. It cites the 1870 Board of Improvement with Dr W H Geddings as chairman and members including E J C Wood, Dr T G Rockwell, Dr A Coffin, Henry Smith, and others. The board oversaw public improvement, fund-raising, visitor comfort, and information for newcomers. The clerk kept arrivals lists and urged strangers to contribute to park embellishment and town amenities.
Billy Graham discusses the problem of evil, arguing humans are free moral agents and not automata. He cites Isaiah 45:7 on God creating both light and darkness, and emphasizes God’s overruling plan offers love and pardon despite human wrongdoing. He rejects dualism and fate, keeping faith in final justice.
A humorous reflection on onions becoming a luxury item as prices rise and shoppers treat them as a symbol of affluence. The narrator notes changing habits from frugality to display, contrasting it with everyday concerns like rent and outings, and ends with a defiant reward meal: steak and onions.
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