Aiken Postmaster Urges Patience as Christmas Mail Peaks
The Aiken Post Office faces a Christmas surge in mail volume worsened by the UPS strike. Postmaster Ferrell E. Rodgers urges constructive criticism, stresses effort to improve service, and asks residents to package properly, include full addresses with ZIP codes, mail early, and remain patient and courteous.
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Ferrell E. Rodgers
Jeane Hall
Aiken Standard
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United Parcel Service
UPS
Postal Service
Rodgers
Hruska defends Congress as democracy endures
Retiring after 24 years in Congress U.S. Senator Roman L. Hruska of Nebraska defends the democratic system. He cites Winston Churchill on democracy, urges critics to seek improvement rather than replacement, and warns against calling for the collapse of Congress.
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Roman L. Hruska
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Sen. Hruska
Winston Churchill
Expert witness argues over porn classification in Playboy context
Dr. Ernest van den Haag told The New York Times that if Goya's The Naked Maja had appeared in Playboy it might have become pornographic He notes that obscenity debates reflect community standards and that demeaning human beings is the core crime of pornography The piece discusses challenges in defining what qualifies as pornographic in U S society.
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New York Times
Hugh Hefner
Goya
Maja
Playboy
van den Haag
United States
Aiken Standard Highlights From November 30, 1976
Local edition from Aiken South Carolina reports on community notices and events in the Tuesday paper. Items include brief updates on civic actions, school happenings, and regional sports scores with names and places reflecting the period.
Clarifying Jesus virgin birth in Billy Graham reply
Billy Graham explains that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost not by human union. He stresses the virgin birth as Bible truth and argues Christ’s divinity and humanity enable salvation, urging conversion and trust in Jesus as Saviour and Lord.
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DR. Graham
Jesus
Christ
David
E.W
Holy Ghost
Satan
Rhodesia and the UN How to Join According to Phyllis Schlafly
Schlafly argues Rhodesia would need to adopt extreme totalitarian policies to meet UN standards, listing steps such as forced collectivization, suppression of opposition, censorship, internal travel permits, and mass human rights abuses to gain acceptance by the Soviet led General Assembly.
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Phyllis Schlafly
United Nations
Communist Party
Red
China
Leonid Brezhnev
Fiedel Castro
Republic of China
Rhodesia
U.N
U.N. General Assembly and Security Council
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Priesthood of Women The Day The Final Vote Was Taken
An editor's note recounts the September voting by the Minnesota Episcopal Church deputies on women priests. Jeannette Piccard, aged 80, attended, voting for the first time since 1920s suffrage, as Roman Catholic and other clergy backed the reform. The piece frames the vote as a historic shift toward an Age of Women within the church and society.
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Leslie Smith
Minnesota
Holmes Alexander
U.S. Congress
Legislative House of Deputies
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard
Bryn Mawr
University of Minnesota
Jean Piccard
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jeannette Piccard
Philadelphia
United States
USA
Episcopal Communion
Rome
Wyoming
U.S
Vatican
Secret Service faulted for FBI delay on Legionnaires case
Washington D C column reports FBI failed to inform Secret Service about a suspect in the Philadelphia Legionnaires disease outbreak. The delay raised concerns as President Ford visited Bellevue Stratford hotel where victims were struck. A mysterious letter hinted at nickel poisoning and led to an investigation. The column notes officials later ruled the suspect not connected and criticizes interagency communication.
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Secret Service
FBI
Ford
Philadelphia
American Legion
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Bellevue Stratford
William Sunderman Jr
Sunderman
Hartford
John Murphy
D.-N.y
Murphy
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