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.
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Johnston
South Carolina
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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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South Korea
North Korea
Pacific
Aiken County
Gray
Savannah River
America
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.
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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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Mass
Bosnia
Madeleine Albright
Mount Holyoke College
Albright
U.S
Dayton
U.N
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