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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1995
Page
4
Sen Bob Kerrey Neb says he will not run for president, praising Clinton on the economy while criticizing past clashes. He urges direct leadership from the president and regrets Clinton’s handling of their 1988 budget debate. Vermond and Jules Witcover report.
A reader essay from an Israeli law student reflects on Prime Minister Rabin as a pragmatist who valued peace with neighbors. The piece acknowledges Rabin’s military past and argues that despite risks the peace process remains essential for Israel’s security, even after his assassination.
Aiken Standard lists location at 124 Rutland Drive P O Box 56 Aiken 29802 and hours 8 30 am to 5 30 pm weekdays 7 am 10 30 am weekends for circulation. Members may call 649 5318 for delivery issues and 648 2311 for switchboard and staff inquiries including editors and publisher Scott B Hunter.
Letter writer in Nov 1 missive misrepresented the Aiken Center. The center operates with 14 funding sources and a $1.5 million budget, serving over 2,200 families annually and educating or preventing issues for about 15,000 residents. It delivers services across Aiken County including homes, schools, churches, detention centers, and housing projects, reducing government size.
Gloria Busch-Johnson leaves Aiken Technical College after 16 years serving as dean of students and VP for development to join USA Taekwondo. The national organization plans to bring its Olympic training facility to Aiken as she shifts focus to broader quality of life goals.
In a community profile Mrs. Busch Johnson mentors non traditional students through new skills and developmental courses, aiming for graduation and employment. She led local efforts against drunken driving, joined missions to the Navajo Nation, and has held key roles with the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce.
The piece critiques daytime talk shows like Jenny Jones and Jerry Springer for discussing intimate acts and controversial relationships. It notes reactions from studio audiences and mentions William Bennett and Joseph Lieberman condemning such programs as cultural rot. It cites a Jenny Jones episode with a divorced wife denying an affair with a millionaire and the audience reaction.
A critical discussion argues that trashy television and films reflect American tensions between private morality and public norms. It notes advertisers pressuring sponsors, the allure of voyeuristic "morality plays," and Eszterhas’s defense of Showgirls as female empowerment with a message.
A wartime tale from 1862 tells how Captain Ellcombe, risking fire, retrieved a wounded Confederate soldier thought by lantern light to be his son. The officer requested a bugler to play a series of notes, giving birth to the haunting funeral melody known as Taps used at military funerals.
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