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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1997
Page
4
The Daily Leader notes Pete Rose seeks reinstatement from baseball commissioner Bud Selig after his 1989 lifetime ban for gambling. The piece argues sports figures are role models and urges baseball to maintain the ban as a warning to others.
Columnist Leonard Pitts notes Promise Keepers draws praise for promoting family values yet faces feminist opposition. Patricia Ireland of NOW labels it extremist, while supporters view the group as promoting responsible fatherhood and faith. The debate centers on religion and male leadership.
ER Shipp reflects on the Little Rock Nine and the 1960 Norman Rockwell painting The Problem We All Live With. She notes ongoing resegregation in Little Rock and the enduring national debate over race and education forty years after 1957.
In Washington the fight over replacing IRS commissioners with a private board triggers sharp clashes between Newt Gingrich and President Clinton. The piece argues the plan risks corruptible capitalists at the IRS, questions government run like a business, and notes GOP moves to widen budgets and tax code complexity while avoiding decisive reforms.
Ted Willis died September 30 in Columbia after three decades shaping Aiken County public schools. A Furman graduate and USC master’s holder, he led at Wagener Valley Ridge Spring-Monetta and Aiken Junior High, then served as county superintendent. He helped build three new schools and earned many honors. He was a Christian, friend to many, and active in churches and educators groups. We extend sympathies to his family.
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