Time Is Running Out For Library Proposal
The Aiken County Public Library project to move to the old Aiken Elementary School has unanimous backing from the library board and County Council. A July 31 deadline looms for a $200,000 State Library Board grant, while $200,000 in county matching funds is pledged. Legal action seeks clear title by removing a restrictive deed clause from 1890, with City of Aiken and Historic Aiken Foundation intervening over right of way and potential sale for non educational use. The project faces negotiations over property compensation, public fund use, and financing of a $700,000 to $900,000 conversion, with $400,000 pledged and pursuit of private and corporate donors. The library serves City of Aiken residents and suburbs, and officials anticipate substantial city support.
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Aiken County Public Library
Aiken
Library Board
Aiken County Council
State Library Board
Aiken Academy
Aiken Institute
City of Aiken
Historic Aiken Foundation
Colleton Avenue
Robert W. Paskel
Aiken Elementary
Alvarez SRP scare story refuted by SRP officials
A claim by Robert Alvarez of an SRP reactor accident on March 14, 1955 is denied by Du Pont engineers and supervisors who ran SRP reactors and by radiation monitors. Senators requested inquiries, but no SRP employee confirms a serious incident. The piece argues activists push anti-nuclear narratives and exploit alleged events despite lack of evidence.
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Savannah River
Robert Alvarez
Environmental Policy Institute
U. S
Strom Thurmond
Senate Armed Services Committee
Alvarez
Soviet Union
Three Mile Island
du Pont
SRP
Atomic Energy Commission
Thought For Today Whitman Quote on Liberty
A compact quotation notes that liberty leaves a place last after others depart, reflecting on the social moral of freedom. The line attributes to Walt Whitman and frames liberty as the final value to vanish when communities fade.
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Walt Whitman
Profiling a high risk youth starts before age three
Paul Harvey notes a National Academy of Science study revealing a male juvenile likely to become a career criminal shows early signs in a troubled family, school trouble, intermittent work, drug experimentation, police contacts, and escalating crime, with experts arguing that intervention must begin before age three.
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Paul Harvey
National Academy of Science
Reagan’s Rhetoric and Reality Split in Senate Tug
Washington reports show President Reagan enjoys high popularity yet struggles to translate that support into concrete Senate action. Analysts note his gap between optimistic statements and real policy details, especially on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and defense spending.
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Washington
Reagan
Senate
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Israel
Congress
America
White House
Ronald Reagan
House
War era romance and Southern homecoming tales
A nostalgic column weaves a WWII letter-writing romance where Sue sends care to Johnny and a red corsage leads to a heartfelt reunion. The piece also reflects on Southern identity, memory, and a 1930s New York cub reporter Ben A Robertson anecdote about home, security, and roots.
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Mary Ellsworth
Sue
Johnny
Katherine Hammond Hoggs
New York
Ben A. Robertson
Katherine Hogg
Sol Blatt
Charleston
Barnwell
Red Hills
Cotton
Robertson
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