Fidel Castro Tries To Surrender In Satirical Call
The cartoon depicts Fidel Castro attempting to surrender by calling the White House and being told the line is dead. He asks for contacts in the President’s circle only to learn the staff has resigned and the CIA and FBI are preoccupied with domestic matters.
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Arthur Hoppe
Fidel Castro
White House
CIA
FBI
Madre de Dios
Justice Department
Castro
Key West
Washington
Aiken Standard Names Top Editors In Leadership Roles
Samuel A. Cothran named president and editor while Robert D. Cathcart becomes executive editor at the Aiken Standard, outlining leadership changes in the newspaper's editorial team.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Nixon calls for focus on global issues amid Watergate
The address argues global challenges persist beyond Watergate and urges continued U S leadership. It cites SALT talks Western Eastern bloc tensions and China relations while warning against weakening foreign policy due to domestic controversy. It stresses maintaining strength and resolve in international negotiations and crises.
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Nixon
Peking
Moscow
Mr. Nixon
State Department
Congress
Europe
China
Washington
Who Is Poor A report questions poverty estimates
A GAO critique argues poverty figures are inflated by subjective standards and misrepresentation of income. It notes many listed as poor actually have more resources than assumed and warns against rising the poverty line to suit politicians and statisticians.
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General Accounting Office
GAO
25 Year Club Dinner Wit Laced With Workplace Jokes
At the annual 25 Year Club dinner a string of comic jabs targets aging employees and office culture. Jokes touch on pensions, bonuses, scarce perks, morale staff, and petty office woes delivered in a lively, wary tone.
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Sam
Jim
Joe
Letters clarify hospital funding stance in Aiken
In a letter to the editor Charlotte Cassels argues Aiken County cannot rely on Santa Claus for federal Hill Burton grants or gifts from winter visitors to fund a new hospital. She says year round residents must shoulder major responsibility despite winter residents’ charitable contributions.
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Aiken County
Santa Claus
Aiken
Charlotte Cassels
Two Strong Men Face Off Over Nixon Era Nomination
Elliott Richardson stood before the Senate committee forAttorney General confirmation amid a tense clash with Senator Hart over Watergate. Hart demanded an independent special prosecutor while Richardson insisted on naming one himself, each citing integrity and public trust.
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Elliott Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy
Ed Brooke
Nixon
Richardson
Foreign Relations Committee
James Eastland
Richard Nixon
Philip Hart
Dmich
Jim Eastland
Dmiss
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Hart
Senate
End Times Fire Described in Peter’s Letter
The discussion cites 2 Peter 3 10 13 about the day of the Lord coming as a thief and the heavens passing away with fervent heat and the earth being burned up The text notes ancient imagery for a universe wide catastrophe and suggests contemporary evangelical views on the prophecy while urging faith in Christ and referencing the 23rd Psalm as reassurance.
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Peter
God
Christ
Aiken's New Jail Nears Completion in 1928
Aiken reports that a two story jail with 20 cells plus hospital and padded cells, plus laundry, is nearly finished after five months of work. Holley Construction Co. of Augusta built it at a cost of 25 thousand dollars with steel cell work by Dalton Jail Works for 12 thousand. sewage and essentials bring total to 40 thousand.
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Aiken
Charles J. Hill
Ing
Billy Foley
Holley Construction Co
Augusta
Dalton
John’ Vernon
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Ehrlichman
Kleindeinst
General Staff
Admiral Doenitz
Martha Mitchell
Mr. Chapin
Aiken, S.C
Robert D. Cathcart
Cambodia
Indochina
Israel
United States
Soviet Union
Latin America
Cuba
United States of America
Hal Boyle
By Holmes Alexander
Michigan
Billy Graham
R.G.M
Yesteryear
Dorothy Macdowell
EP. P.F
E.S. Henderson
Claude E. Sawyer
J.B. Salley
Williams, Croft and Busbee
Robert L. Gunter
T.R. Morgan
Frampton W. Toole
Herbert E. Gyles
John Edwin Stansfield
HJ. Ray
GA. Milner
H.P. Duches
M. Harvahy
Frank P. Henderson
Citizen Smith
Crenshaw
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