Reading lines over pollution fight in South Carolina
Dispatches show bickering over which agency leads air and water pollution battle. A study committee weighs moving duties to the Water Resources Commission, while concerns rise about breaking ties with the Board of Health and funding gaps. Teachers get walkie talkies for intruder alerts as new protection. Everyone favors combatting pollution only if costs are avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
General Assembly
S. C. Water Resources Commission
Pollution Control Authority
Board of Health
Washington, D.C
Nation Goes To Pot
Satirical piece claims the 1970 marijuana crackdown failed, leading to widespread legalization and mass production. It humorously blames pot for social collapse then credits a “Pot Program” with subsidies, cheaper joints, and an overhauled economy and culture ending with the President’s triumphant, cartoonish exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Congress
Fidel Castro
U. S
White House
Understanding Communion Worthiness in First Corinthians
The passage warns that eating and drinking the Lord’s supper unworthily incurs guilt of the body and blood. True worthiness comes from faith in Christ, confession as Savior, and turning from sin toward obedience, with self examination to walk in God’s light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ple
Christ
COTHRAN RETIRES FROM ARE—OYLER EDITORIAL PAGE
Samuel A. Cothran of Aiken South Carolina retires on Tuesday October 7 1969 as Eugene J. Oyler continues as executive editor on page 4 of the news section.
Aiken Students Lead Citywide Clean Up Drive
Aiken Junior High School grounds show a tidy up by a platoon of young students. The effort inspires lasting cleanliness and could spread to other schools and the wider community amid ongoing seasonal litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Aiken Junior High School
The Flag and Motherhood Vote Sparks Senate Clash
A Senate debate centers on two military procurement items and a Food Stamp bill aiming to aid hungry families. Ernest Hollings defends overfunding military needs and food aid, while George Aiken criticizes excessive federalization and the use of social programs as political theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Senate
Ernest
Fritz) Hollings
S.C
Hollings
George Aiken
Aiken
George McGovern
S. D
Democrats Split Deepens as McGovern Pushes Liberal Rules
The piece surveys a growing schism in the Democratic Party as liberal wings press to revise convention rules and expand influence, with McGovern policies drawing support and warnings from Governor McNair and other leaders about potential splits and losses in 1972. It notes internal battles, fund-raising woes, and mounting pressure from both moderates and old-line Democrats amid a broader national shift.
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Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Robert McNair
South Carolina
Democratic National Committee
McGovern
McNair
National Committee
Chicago
Crosby Lewis
Democratic Party
Humphrey
Fred R. Harris
Alabama
Texas
Jack Brooks
Babara Jordan
Strauss
Gulf Coast
Congress
McGovern Committee
George Wallace
Young Montana Boy Delivers Papers to 64 Homes
Ray mond Ragsdale, 12, delivers the Great Falls Tribune in Harlem Montana 30 miles from the Canadian border. He prefers cowboy dreams to fast pay as he hauls papers daily through snow or sunshine earning about 40 dollars monthly. He and brother Bill served 150 customers in winter starting at 5 30 a m to reach school by 8 30 a m.
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Shetland Express
Harlem
Mont
Bill
Raymond Ragsdale
Great Falls Tribune
Ragsdale Express
Ray
Montana
Reuel Ragsdale
New Chief Justice Burger Opens Senate Term at Court
The Supreme Court began its 1969 70 term with Warren E. Burger as chief justice presiding over a quiet ceremony and a vacant seat. An unsettled Senate dispute over Judge Haynsworth's nomination to replace Abe Fortas lingers as the court plans private conferences on about 500 pending appeals. Burger, new to the role, greeted new lawyers including 34 women from the National Association of Women Lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Abe Fortas
Burger
National Association of Women Lawyers
Nixon
Earl Warren
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Haight-Ashbury
New York
Harvard Club
O’hannahatty
Yale
New Haven
Acapulco
A.L
Aiken, S.C
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Percy
Ill
St. Louis
Percy
Arthur Jensen
U. of Calif
Harvard Educational Review
Jensen
Robert Strauss
Ington
House
John W. McCormack
Mansfield
Democratic Policy Council
Liberal Democrats
High Court
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