Museum Director Parchen Will Be Hard To Replace
The resignation of Bill Parchen as director of the Aiken County Historical Museum will take effect in mid July after four years in the post. He retires to enjoy family time, remaining in suburban Aiken, while the Historical Commission searches for a successor with his high qualifications.
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Parchen
Bill Parchen
Aiken County
the Historical Commission
Parden
United States
Washington
Bill Clinton
America
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Clinton
U.S
U.N
Balkans
Alan Simpson
R-Wyo
White House
George Bush
Bush
Letters to the Editor critique on hospital stays and prison reform
A reader argues for high quality low cost childbirth care and early discharge proving cost savings and quality. He credits nurse midwives at Lexington Women’s Care OB/GYN for a quick 13 hour discharge and no epidural cost savings. The letter also condemns perceived punitive prison policies and praises work by officials to make incarceration less comfortable to deter reoffending. The writer questions taxpayer costs and broader government intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Lexington
Andrew
Aiken Standard Addresses Delivery Hours and Rates
The Aiken Standard lists contact details for subscriptions and delivery problems with hours Monday through Friday and weekend times. It provides address, switchboard and fax numbers, and subscription rate figures for home county and other delivery categories. The note is dated as a standard publication notice from Aiken Communications Inc. with ISSN and postmaster instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Dial
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
P.O
Bosnia Dilemma Pushes Clinton Toward Ground Troops
The article frames President Clinton facing pressure over Bosnia Herze govina as NATO debates options from air strikes to possible U S ground involvement. It contrasts public reluctance with officials urging decisive action, citing figures like Senator Simpson and Secretary Perry, and weighs options from withdrawal to expanding troop presence and diplomacy.
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Lawrence Eagleburger
Bosnia
Clinton
Arlington
U.S
Balkans
Inton
Robert McNamara
Defense
William Perry
Tuzla
NATO
Word Games and Heteronyms Bring Language Fun
A writer praises heteronyms homographs and homophones in a light survey. The piece explains key terms with examples such as bow, bass, desert and lead and notes English has about fifty heteronyms though many remain undiscovered. It highlights word games as mental exercise and mentions Espy Almanac of Words at Play and classic word challenges.
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Bill Meier
Bloomington
Ind
Desert
Sahara
Santa Claus
Brothers Meier
Calvary
Willard Espy
Espy
Ory
Edward L. Stratemeyer
Tom
Roy Bongartz
Peter Piper
Tip
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Buddy
Trenton
Alabama
James Fobb
Jim Vause
Warrenville
Ast
PBM
Ness
Weezy
Sandy Grady
Int-Ridder Service
Eagleburger
Vietnam
Warren Christopher
Europe
Bob Dole
Christopher
Congress
Pentagon
John Shalikasvili
Sen
Carl Aiken
Universal Press ‘Syndicate
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