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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1975
Page
4
The May 26 1975 issue of the Aiken Standard dated Monday presents page four content led by Samuel A Cothran as President and Editor with Robert D Cathcart serving as Executive Editor.
The editorial argues Congress hinders presidential power and foreign and domestic policy. It cites the 246 to 162 vote against authorizing evacuation of Vietnamese refugees and clashes over energy policy and oil prices. It warns against obstructionism and praises Ford for acting when Congress balked.
A reader reports an offense by her husband and a church woman. Billy Graham urges counseling with the pastor and husband, notes possible grievances with the church board, and counsels spiritual steps to restore marriage and personal appeal. He emphasizes prayer and winsomeness to avert further risk.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters for publication and requires the writer’s handwriting and mailing address. Anonymous submissions are rejected. Letters should be legible and about any subject, limited to 200 words with editor discretion for exceptions, and may be edited for space and libel.
Gripping dispatches from couriers of the oppressed detail disappearances and torture across Chile Bolivia and Brazil. Names and ages of victims range from a 16 year old student to a 64 year old architect as families endure unexplained detentions and brutal interrogations.
Frances Smack writes a satirical apocryphal letter to General Washington from Mount Vernon criticizing the New Left, Vietnam escalation, and liberal influence. The piece lampoons U.S. foreign policy debates, media bias, and political figures, noting TV coverage of Saigon rescues and calling for strong leadership.
Henry Laurens counted many London friends and advised Parliament on colonial taxation while opposing force over the Stamp Act. He rose to Provincial Congress president, led the South Carolina Council of Safety, and served four years in Congress including a term as president. In 1779 he became Minister to Holland but was captured at sea on the way to negotiate a loan, touching off broader Anglo Dutch war.
May 25 1775 report aboard HMS Cerberus from Spithead April 20 notes three British generals arriving in Boston. Sir William Howe named acting commander of the British army in America, with Sir Henry Clinton as his second in command. John Burgoyne is identified as commander at Saratoga in 1777, shaping the war’s outcome.
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