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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1972
Page
13
Samuel A Cothran serves as president and editor of the Aiken Standard since 1867 while Robert D Cathcart holds the role of executive editor on the same page.
An Ai ken Standard report highlights solid progress at the Aiken County Stockade under Supervisor Mackey Scott. A $60,000 remodeling on Wire Road adds a new day room and upcoming dormitory work aims to improve sanitary conditions, security, medical care, food, clothing, and inmate labor.
A Lexington County voting panel is blocked from initiating advisory balloting for magistrates as Judge George Bell Timmerman rules the law is permissive and lacks directives. The decision curbs a practice critics say lowers magistrate caliber and ties the governor’s appointment to qualified nominees. Congress weighs lifting TV blackouts on professional football, signaling rare cross party unity on major issues.
A reflective column recalls past social norms from fashion to drink habits and politics. It notes how women were labeled chicks before feminism, men valued hats and cigars, corsets defined public persona, and perceptions of Mars and politicians aged with sideburns. The piece ends with a nostalgic question about those days.
Billy Graham discusses why some Christians appear fine while others do not. He urges self examination of daily living and argues submission to the Holy Spirit yields the fruits of the Spirit such as love joy peace and self control, making Christianity attractive.
A PAUL HARVEY piece argues against summer school closures. He cites wasteful maintenance costs and idle facilities, urging adoption of year round calendars to utilize existing schools. He notes growing districts already using four-quarter systems and cites Atlanta and Texas as examples.
Open letter to Bela Szabados of the Heritage Groups discussing American liberalism, freedom, discipline, and the Nixon Nixon McGovern era. It argues that excess leniency harms public safety and that while Europe questions U.S. wealth and power, American resolve to combat Communism remains essential.
This essay argues that South Carolina must adopt the Judicial Reform Amendment to create a court administrator under the chief justice. It claims central oversight will reduce trial delays, optimize juror use, shorten witness repeats, and save taxpayer money, comparing delays to a curable disease and urging speedy statewide reform. It notes many states already have court administrators and cites costs and backlog disparities. Tomorrow, it previews discussion of sheriffs coroners clerks.
The story notes Britons can buy real white bread today for the first time in 14 years while most will keep eating gray bread from the war era. Prices for extra white bread were two to three cents higher.
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