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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1971
Page
4
A humorously scolding column warns parents about a new dance style on campus showing intimate holds and swaying. It laments marijuana replacement by cheap wine, cites alleged health harms, and attacks hair trimming fraternities while urging preservation of wholesome youth.
A letter from Mrs. Robert S. McKinney of Aiken urges the Aiken County Delegation to fund state services, questions cross border work accessibility, and criticizes local leadership while calling for accountability and a potential delegation change in 1972. It argues for freer movement across the Savannah River for workers and wealth sharing between South Carolina and Georgia.
The cardinal Mindszenty, jailed by Hungary’s Communists, freed during the 1956 revolt, spent 15 years in the U.S. embassy, and at 79 agreed to Rome under a gentleman’s amnesty. He did not admit guilt just avoided further punishment, symbolizing the free world’s fight against communism.
China analysts debate a set of clues including a reported Mongolia plane crash a cancelled national parade and missing editorials as they weigh whether Mao Zedong illness Lin Piao tensions or a top leadership reshuffle is underway. The only certainty is uncertainty itself awaiting Maoists’ next move.
Holmes Alexander argues against Charles Yost and UN policy on China in a pointed, personal letter to the United Nations official. He defends U S policy toward Nationalist China and criticizes dual representation and covert diplomacy with Red China. He warns of diplomatic fallout and electoral risks amid a shifting global balance.
Billy Graham counsels a reader hurt by arthritis. He notes Paul’s thorn in the flesh and urges accepting God’s will, using infirmity for His glory, while seeking relief through treatment and finding joy and peace in suffering.
A boy recounts a Sunday school lesson about Moses and a pontoon bridge, then a father questions it. An office manager asks about a computer’s snap decisions after a rubber band mishap. A mother admonishes a daughter to out talk a boy next door and a note on weekend guests and an advertising joke conclude with Samson.
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