Aiken Celebrates 150th Birth Anniversary Curtain Falls
The Aiken Sesquicentennial observances are deemed a total success with hundreds of volunteers, led by General Chairman H. W. Thurlow and Jerry Johnson, plus support from Mayor Odell Weeks and City officials. Notable moments included Hofmann marker dedication and a Transit of Venus marker for USC Aiken. The Religious Heritage Day choirs and the final parade stood out as memorable highlights.
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Aiken
H. W. Thurlow
Sesquicentennial Corporation
Jerry Johnson
Odell Weeks
Roland Windham
Josef Hofmann
University of South Carolina-Aiken
Trudeau Cartoon Row Sparks Syndicate Clash Over Doonesbury
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau faces a break with Universal Press Syndicate over six strips mocking The Silent Scream abortion film. The syndicate cites controversy and editors’ reluctance as reasons for not distributing the episode. Trudeau remains a sharply critical figure in national politics.
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Garry Trudeau
Universal Press Syndicate
Depite Garry
Doonesbury
Trudeau
Berkeley
Chicago
Reagan
Tem-Tom Opening Set June Dedication for Tennessee Tom bigbee Waterway
The Tem Tom project linking the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers is set for dedication June 1 in Columbus Mississippi and Mobile Alabama after 14 years of construction by the Army Corps of Engineers. The 323 million dollar project created a 234 mile navigable link to the Gulf boosting mid-South commerce and providing an alternate route to the Mississippi River.
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Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Congress
Tennessee River
Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Columbus
Miss
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
mid-South
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf
Upper
Midwest
Alabama
Tombigbee River
Demopolis
Panama Canal
U.S
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Arkansas
Columbia Rivers
Tem-Tom
Army
Stanley Resor
John O. Marsh Jr
Aiken Community Hospital Praised By Readers
Readers commend Aiken Community Hospital staff from administration to OB ward for professionalism and kindness. A letter advocates mandatory smoke or fire alarms in all homes, urging residents to contact their senator to push a safety law.
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Aiken
Augusta
Aiken Community Hospital
Admi
South Carolina
NCAA Scolds Georgia Over Minor Recruiting Violations
The NCAA finds Georgia's program in nine violations and declares star Cedric Henderson ineligible while banning off campus recruiting of male basketball coaches for a year. Georgia must return 90 percent of its tournament funds. records of its participation are effectively erased.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
University of Georgia
Georgia
NCAA
Bulldogs
Cedric Henderson
Georgia Coliseum
Athens
Expansion of DoE Role At SRP Targets Jobs and Emissions
The county Republican Party passed a resolution urging a major expansion of the DoE Savannah River Plant role to boost state business and environmental interests. It calls for prompt restart of the reactor, NPR siting limits, heat use studies, Clemson irrigation replacements for cooling ponds, processing irradiated fuel at SRP, and using the Defense Waste Processing Facility to neutralize civilian and military wastes. The measure warns of potential billions of dollars and thousands of jobs, reduced coal burning, lower carbon dioxide, and safe handling of radioactive waste.
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Our County
Republican Party
DOE
Savannah River
Forgiveness and Liberty in a May editorial letter
A reader praises Cal Thomas on forgiveness citing Corrie ten Boom and a Roman Catholic guard. The letter attacks the ACLU over prayer in schools and defends religious liberty, arguing minority rights trump majority values and labeling the ACLU anti American.
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Bitburg
Cal Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
Ravensbruck
Fraulein
Kremlin
Moscow
ACLU
Aiken Standard
North
Augusta
Aiken
North Augusta
The
Anti American Civil Liberties Union
Aiken Bicycle Criterium Coordinated by Brodies
Sissy and Wade Brodie earned praise for organizing the Aiken Bicycle Criterium on Colleton Avenue. The Sunday event drew cyclists and spectators alike for a pleasant afternoon of racing.
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Sissy
Wade Brodie
Aiken
Colleton Avenue
Thanking Leavelle Middle School Teacher for Seizure Care
A parent praises Ms Bledsoe for helping a student with seizures at Leavelle Middle School. The 6th grade teacher and another staff member carried the boy down two flights to the office where he had a light seizure. The writer credits her attention and courage for preventing a worse episode and thanks the faculty in general.
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Leavelle
Ms. Bledsoe
William
Harvard honors and Reagan debate over honorary degree
The piece surveys Harvard University alumni and faculty reactions to the possibility that Ronald Reagan could receive an honorary degree at Harvard’s 350th anniversary in 1986. It notes Dershowitz and Pipes mixed views, cites past honorees from diverse backgrounds, and discusses Reagan's stance on student loans.
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Harvard University
Reagan
Ronnie
Harvard
Cambridge
Harvard Law School
Allen M. Dershowitz
Richard Pipes
Bitburg
Fair Harvard
Shah of
Iran
Mother Theresa
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Herman Melville
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