Rose Hill Becomes Anglican Diocese Headquarters in Aiken
The Rose Hill home of the Sheffield Phelps family becomes the Diocesan headquarters for the Dioceses of the South serving seven Southeastern states. Bishop Tillman B. Williams will preside as head with five initial staff. The Oxford Center for Education and the Arts will also be hosted there, expanding Aiken’s religious and cultural life.
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Martha Williams Wood remembered for decades of service in Aiken
Martha Williams Wood wife of Murray Wood died at home May 17 after months of ill health. A longtime Aiken resident she taught second grade at Millbrook School and held leadership roles in Delta Kappa Garden Makers Club and the Town and Country Club. She volunteered for Meals on Wheels and directed church programs at First Baptist Church.
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U.S. Policy On South Africa At Crossroads
Washington weighs whether constructive engagement works as the Reagan administration awaits formal replies to a U.S. plan linking Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola and South African troop pullout from Namibia. The aim is Namibia independence under UN supervision and regional peace.
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Coke is Told to Return to Real Thing in Unapologetic Ad Call
A columnist argues Coca Cola should admit error after changing the formula. The piece cites Wall Street Journal tests showing volatile cola loyalties and urges a public reversal to embrace the original recipe as the only true Coke. It likens the move to restoring a classic Mona Lisa.
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Burma
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Ueberroth drug testing proposal faces wider reach
The argument supports testing not just players but managers coaches and owners in baseball and suggests extending to football colleges and even faculty and governors. It notes constitutional rights, wonders about intent and feasibility, and hints at broader cultural impact including rock musicians. It then shifts to Reagan welfare and a joke about pay deductions, plus a quip about a wife’s dress size and a vacation warning.
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Johnny
Peter Ueberroth
Ueberroth
Can't Even Run Away On Time
A travel column laments chronic flight delays and overbooking, recounting seven daily flights with missed takeoffs, faulty equipment, and canceled or postponed departures. The narrator jokes about airline inefficiency, passenger upheaval, and a crying woman fearing she will back out of leaving her boyfriend.
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