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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1976
Page
4
Billy Graham answers a reader asking if a dying mother could be saved and whether the dead can communicate with the living. He cites Luke 23 and Romans 14 to urge timely salvation, warns against seances, and notes followers who die in the Lord are in good hands.
The 95th Senate will install new leaders and a reorganized committee system. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield retires with Sen Robert Byrd as likely successor. Hugh Scott also retires, with Bob Griffin seen as possible but challenged. A reshuffled committee layout, echoing past reform efforts, faces resistance as workload and roll calls rise.
A summary row noting the Aiken Standard with Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor on Wednesday, November 3, 1976.
The piece outlines conflicts between energy development and aquatic life. It cites the Death Valley Devil's Hole Pupfish, the Snail Darter at Little Tennessee, and the rockfish near Potomac Electric as cases where environmental safeguards hinder project plans. It questions long term viability of preserving all natural habitats while expanding power production.
Spengler quotes Napoleon as sensing a destined end he cannot know yet a force driving him through Russia and beyond. The fragment presents a view of fate and necessity in shaping history and a leader who fears becoming unnecessary once his purpose is fulfilled.
Donald Alexander, Internal Revenue Commissioner, sought files on himself from the IRS and Customs under the Freedom of Information Act. The move followed prior investigations into his conduct in Procter and Gamble matters and a 1972 duty dispute, drawing mixed opinions on ethics versus legality. Vernon W. Thompson faces questions as contributors linked to a People for Thompson group reappear in election activity for Adolph Gunderson.
Phyllis Schlafly argues West Virginia leads in education by banning junk foods on school grounds. She links sugar to cavities obesity and poor nutrition, urging limits on junk food in schools and questioning food stamp use for unhealthful items.
200 years ago during a fierce mountaintop battle Campbell and Shelby formed and faltered as loyalist forces pressed upward. Ferguson led a final escape attempt with a few followers but was shot by Robert Young after Gilleland’s attempt to shoot failed.
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