Editorial endorses South Carolina candidates for 1996 election
The editorial urges voters to consider endorsed candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state treasurer attorney general comptroller general superintendent of education adjutant general and U S Senate seats as well as SC House districts and Aiken County races. It criticizes two unopposed council incumbents for a large pay increase and calls for strong leadership amid impeachment lottery video poker and school improvement debates.
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South Carolina
David Beasley
Bob Peeler
Jim Miles
Richard Eckstrom
Charlie Condon
John Courson
Inez Tenenbaum
Stan Spears
Aiken County
Kathy Rawls
Phil Napier
Clinton
Words do not justify violence rights must remain free
An editorial argues that blaming peaceful speech for violent acts is simplistic and dangerous. It cautions against laws curbing dangerous speech and urges protecting First Amendment freedoms while condemning those who commit or aid violence.
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Upstate New York
Wyoming
Orange County
Calif
The Seinfeld election shrugs into a yawner year
In a year defined by empty issues and personal battles, voters face a shrugged shoulders electorate. Party strategists push money and noise while big ideas fade, leaving local races to shape reapportionment, district control, and the political map into the next century.
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Washington
Tip O'Neill
Matt Fong
Barbara Boxer
California
Dan Lungren
Gray Davis
al D'Amato
Chuck Schumer
New York
George Pataki
Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
Congress
Fall color and maple landscape grace the Aiken Standard
The column describes Aiken’s pleasant fall weather with days in the low 80s and cool nights, praising mature maples turning red, orange and yellow. The writer thanks former editor Sam Cothran for establishing the paper and its grounds, invites readers to enjoy the maples, and reflects on newsroom fall deadlines and budgets.
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Aiken
Sam Cothran
Rutland Drive
Letter on Pinochet Castro double standard and immunity
A reader argues that arresting Pinochet in Britain reveals global hypocrisy in applying human rights. The letter contrasts Castro and Pinochet, condemns selective moral norms, and defends diplomatic immunity as essential to international order. It cites political figures and debates over sovereignty and justice.
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Inochet
General Pinochet
Great Britain
Fidel Castro
England
Castro
Nina Totenberg
Robert Redford
Ted Turner
Berkeley
Hampstead
Adeste
Fideles
Fidel
el Jeffe
la Revolucion
Chile
Tony Blair
Clive Nicholls
High Court
London
Argentina
Falklands
Ireland
Secret Service
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Jiang Zemin
People's Republic of China
Tiananmen Square
United States
Pinochet
Castros
Jians
Jfk
Heathrow
Messrs
Blair
Clinton
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Mavens
Capitol Hill
GOP
Bill Clinton
Fox News
Brit Hume
Texas
Florida
Michigan
South
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Howard Dean
Fitzpatrick
Reagan
Gingrich
Tony Snow
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Usda Engish Department
Smith
Itoria
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