League for Birth Control proposes drastic disaster solution
The League for Birth Control urges total birth control as the cure for humanity's problems in a satirical piece tracing a Corpus Christi hurricane's effect on birth rates. Dr. Homer T. Pettibone calls for nonstop football on TV and free phones to curb population growth amid natural disasters.
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League For Total Birth Control
League
Corpus Christi
Texas
Associated Press
Homer T. Pettibone
Ma Bell
The
Pettibone
Tell It Like It Is How The Word Game Is Played
Opinion piece critiques the New Left as using slogans to frame relevance and polarization. It argues their calls for free speech mask demands for power and revolution while claiming establishment protection. The writer urges clear stances and disciplined dialogue to counter disruptive tactics.
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New Left
Federal
ROTC
Logrolling Suspected in SST Funding Debate
An opinion piece argues that revived SST votes may reflect behind the scenes logrolling. It cites Wall Street Journal reporting that some lawmakers who opposed SST financing moved to support Lockheed aid in exchange for political backing. The author notes no claim against South Carolina lawmakers and cautions the SST's cost to taxpayers.
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Congress
Wall Street Journal
Journal
Lockheed
South Carolina
Wheeling
Hippies to Lunch and Taxpayer Costs Are Revealed
A Chattanooga News Free Press item cites Bill Fiset's Oakland Tribune piece detailing hippie welfare fraud. A specific case shows stamps bought for 50 cents yielding 28 dollars of groceries with cash back, then sold to friends for cash. Monthly actions with 15 hippie households imply strain on welfare programs and public funds.
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Bill Fiset
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Fiset
Chattanooga
Tenn
News-Free Press
What the World Needs Now Is Love in Christian Light
Billy Graham argues the greatest Christian virtue is divine love not sensual or selfish love. He cites 1 Corinthians 13 13 and 1 John 3 1 to explain God's love reaches all humanity, breaks barriers, and is received when one opens to the Holy Spirit.
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God
Paul
Stanford White and Newport Tales of Whitehall
Stanford White once famed in Aiken and Newport designed Sandhurst and Whitehall. The Coogans bought Whitehall, hosted a missing guest party night, Paderewski rumored to play, then left the house to decay until 1945 when Newport tore it down.
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Stanford White
Aiken
Harry K. Thaw
Triangle
White
Sandhurst
Whitney
Newport
Bellevue Avenue
James Gordon Bennett Jr
James J. Coogan
New York
Whitehall
Coogans
Testimony: Funny Like A Crutch In Joe Clark Critique
The piece mocks Joseph Sill Clark former senator now World Federalists leader. It notes Clark proposes unilateral disarmament and a universal state, suggesting cuts in defense. It also criticizes his Senate Armed Services testimony and Dr. Herbert Scoville’s remarks as overly conciliatory toward Soviet threats.
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Joseph Sill Clark
D.pa
Joe
Clark
Joe Clark
World Federalists
USA
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Haiti
East Pakistan
America
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Pearl Harbor
Herbert Scoville
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Dr. Scoville
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters for Publication
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor, requiring the writer's real mailing address and a signature. Anonymous submissions are not considered, pen names are not allowed, and all letters may be edited for space clarity taste and libel.
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Alliance For
Southeast Asia
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Aiken, S.C
Citizen Smith
United States
Post Office
Gham
Billy Graham
Dorothy K. Macdowell
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