United Way of Aiken County Celebrates 50 Years of Giving
Editorial recalls the start in 1952 led by Strom Thurmond with a $51,010 campaign to fund nine agencies. Over 50 years the drive grew to 32 nonprofits aiding health and human services, powered by volunteers and community gifts that keep helping those in need. A tribute to shared effort and continued giving.
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Aiken County ‘Community Chest
Strom Thurmond
United Way of
Aiken County
Unite Way
United Way
Aiken
Stanley Quarles
Letters to the Editor policy at The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard outlines submission rules for Letters to the Editor. Readers must include signature, mailing address, and daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. Letters are edited and condensed and limited to one letter every 30 days.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
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Aiken Standard Staff Credits and Editorial Roles
The listing names Scott B Hunter editor Jeff B Wallace sting director Jen C Pricet rothy Hod Scot Newcom Systems Manager J David Boyd Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson. These entries reflect the newspaper’s editorial and operational leadership or staff roles.
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Jen C.pricet
Rothy Hod
Scot Newcom
J. David Boyd
Letitia Jefferson
Bush proposes preemptive strategy shift in war on terror
The Bush administration advocates a shift from deterrence to preemption to counter terrorism. It argues old coalition and UN resolutions are less feasible and seeks to deter threats before they emerge, while aiming for growth through free markets. The plan stresses national self defense and moral framing to justify unilateral actions.
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America
Europe
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Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Iraq
North Korea
Iran
United Nations
Real Heroes Remembered by Graniteville Firefighters
A grateful message praises the volunteers of G V W Fire Department led by Phil Napier for risking lives to control a major blaze. The note thanks Graniteville Warrenville Vaucluse and Aiken residents and neighboring departments Langley Couchton County Line Belvedere Montmorenci Silver Bluff for their dedicated service in saving people and property.
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Phil Napier
G.V.W
Graniteville
Warrenville
Vaucluse
City of
Aiken
G.vw
Langley
Couchton
County Line
Belvedere Montmorenci
Silver Bluff
BJ. Mundy
Computers and slide rules used for moon missions
NASA notes that both computers and slide rules played roles in moon missions. Apollo spacecraft carried onboard computers that were primitive by today’s standards, with circular slide rules as backups, and Mercury and Gemini crafts also used early computing aids.
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Kathy Brantie
Mercury
Poverty up and incomes fall amid 2001 tax cut push
Holly Sklar argues Census data show 33 million Americans in poverty in 2001 with a widening gap as the top 5 percent gain while median pretax income drops from 2000 to 2001. She cites tax cuts favoring the wealthy, cuts to Medicaid, and stalled senior drug coverage as harm to the poor and middle class.
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