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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1976
Page
4
The Aiken Standard lists Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor signaling the paper’s leadership lineage dating to 1867.
Aiken County faces uneven eight district representation after the Home Rule Act and last election results. Voters ousted three incumbent councilmen, while Kirby Edmunds and Davis plan to serve two more years, drawing pay. Call for their resignations to heal divisions and propel progress.
A letter to the editor applauds emergency room staff at the Aiken hospital and criticizes administrator McFall for blaming ER personnel. The writer commends the new ER coverage by three physicians, urges internal handling of personnel issues, and thanks the medical team. A second letter from Mrs. Thomas C. Walker urges prayers and divine guidance for President-elect Carter, noting Christian duty and national unity.
A reader asks about ending a long relationship with a non Christian partner. Dr Graham advises chacun to seek a life partner aligned with faith, citing Amos 3 3, Isaiah 45 4, and a farmer metaphor, urging continued prayer for the friend.
The Returning Traveler warns of mass migration from Africa and the Middle East echoing historic displacements. He cites Cuba backed regimes, Israeli-Arab conflicts, and Kissinger diplomacy as context while noting no such flow has begun to the United States. The piece frames global displacement as a peril if not managed.
A portrait of Gen. Thomas Sumter notes his long, active life from 1734 to 1832 and details his military service in the Revolutionary War. It highlights his hit and run tactics earning the Gamecock sobriquet, and lists his political roles from militia brigadier to U S Senator.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s address for publication. Anonymous submissions are rejected. Letters should be legible, preferably typewritten, and may be edited for space clarity fact taste and libel. The length is up to 200 words unless editors allow exceptions.
The piece argues Jimmy Carter owed his 1976 win to black Americans with seventy percent turnout and ninety percent supporting Carter, especially in black Alabama precincts. It credits George Meany for mobilizing urban voters and discusses implications for the GOP in 1980 and potential conservative reactions.
Washington reports that Henry Kissinger has sidelined numerous diplomats by bypassing embassies in Moscow, Tel Aviv, and Bonn. Ambassadors like Hillenbrand Akins Nash Scott Shelton Martin faced firing or demotion for dissenting views. Critics say the Foreign Service suffers while Kissinger maintains tight control of information and policy direction.
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