No Laughing Matter: Perelman and Rafferty on America's Humor
Two Americans with notable credentials discuss humor in society. J. Perelman, now in London, cites too many lunatics and violent news as dulling wit, while Dr. Max Rafferty notes the Civil Rights Act era chill and calls for balance between dignity and laughter in a changing America.
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J. Perelman
Max Rafferty
Mr. Perelman
New Yorker
London
Rafferty
America
Tolstoys bitter romance ends in Ash Glade wedding
The obituary traces Leo Tolstoy and Sonya Tolstaya from their 1862 marriage through the sanctity of War and Peace. It recalls their toil on the novel, Sonya’s alienation, and Tolstoy’s later religious turn while noting Sonya’s life after his death and burial beside him at Ash Glade. The unknown war hero lies buried with buttons found near their grave.
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Pathe
Astopovo
Sonya
Henri Troyat
Tolstoy
Leo
Troyat
Yasanay Polyana
Ash Glade
Russia
Countess So-and-so
Tanya
Natasha
Moscow
Peter the Great
Letters to the Editor on Aiken County voting
J D Segate suggests voters rejected the County Council Bill on November 3 due to opposition and the pushy campaign. He notes about 58 percent voted against the measure and calls for faith in the electorate and unity for Aiken County.
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Aiken County
J.D. Segate
Silver Bluff Rd
Aiken
Letter highlights church and state wall in South Carolina
A letter to Lt Governor West denounces a Trinity of actions seen as violating church state separation in a tricentennial project. The Bible Society scripture packets were distributed at Welcome Centers before the 1970 ruling deemed them unconstitutional. The note criticizes Governor McNair and Park Recreation and Tourism for backing the effort and calls for vigilance in future years.
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Carolina
American Bible Society
South Carolina Christian Action Council
McLeod
McNair
Bob Hickman
PRT
Howard G. McClain
Christian Action Council
Aiken Celebrates Centenary and Northbound Plans
Dorothy K. MacDowell recounts Aiken’s early development credited to engineers C. O. Pascalis and A. A. Dexter who drafted the city plan on Sept. 19, 1834. The article notes the official birthday Dec. 19, 1835, outlines early roads, homes, and Camp Butler linkage, and invites readers to share information.
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Dorothy K. Macdowell
Laurie E. Croft
Aiken
C.O. Pascalis
A.A. Dexter
Old South
Forest
Edgefield
Pascalis and
Dexter
W. W. Williams
John Williams
Pascalis
MacDowell
Gregg Avenue
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Eugene J. Oyler
Leo Tolstoy
Jane Fonda
Cleveland
U.S
Miss Fonda
Scwacel LS
Aiken County Voters
John C. West
Mr. West
South
Aiken Standard
Couchton - Montmorenci
Center
James O. Beck
Bill Vernon
Whittle
Esso
Donald Cheeks Jr
Eugene Backwell
Couchton
Henry Hutto Jr
Montmorenci
Wyatt Johnson
Kinney Flanders
J. P
Pat’ Maroney
Maroney
Terry Smith
Aiken Fire Department
J. Carroll Busbee
Marvin J. Chalflinch
Aiken, $.C
Aiken, S.C
Your
Allen
C. O. Pascalis
J.B. Pettival
US. Corps of Engineers
William Howard
Horatio Allen
Toole
Camp Butler
Kilpatrick
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