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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1997

Page

3

Johnston’s Leaning Toward the 21st Century, Civic Pride Remains

Local historian Owen Clark notes a plantation nexus for the rail through Johnston, shaping its early growth with farms, schools, and shops. The town, like rural South Carolina, faces the Information Age while preserving a small town feel and strong neighborly civic pride.

Owen Clark Johnston South Carolina Thurmond

POW GRAY RECEIVES PURPLE HEART FOR KOREAN WAR HARDSHIPS

Aiken County Veterans Affairs officer helped Gray obtain a Purple Heart nearly 45 years after his POW ordeals. He endured beatings hunger and sub zero temperatures after resisting communist brainwashing while held captive. Returning in 1953 he worked as an electrician at Savannah River Plant and retired in 1969. He laments postwar freedoms and fears of crime and locked doors in modern America.

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Kozur Beats Odds After Heart Attack and Campaign Help

Kozur suffered a heart attack from two blocked arteries and faced open heart surgery. After tests and catheterization by Dr. David Cundy, he was told to prepare, then returned to work three weeks after Mother's Day. He credits community support for the Have A Heart campaign and plans to travel to Kansas City.

Lexington Kozur Aiken David Cundy

Albright calls for prosecution of Bosnian war rapists

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, speaking before a trip to Bosnia, urged prosecution of ethnic cleansing and war crimes including rape. She told Mount Holyoke graduates the Dayton accord lacked reference to abuses against women and noted U.N. actions to classify rape as a prosecutable offense.

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