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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1976
Page
4
The piece warns that fluorocarbons in refrigerators air conditioners and aerosol cans threaten the ozone layer and urges careful reduction. It notes the National Academy of Sciences favors a cautious ban with a delay for further study and calls for consumer responsibility to curb sales.
The Washington Post piece by Senator George McGovern targets the Wayne Hays Elizabeth Ray scandal to condemn public waste. He questions Indochina funds and CIA actions, implying liberal critics and aging New Frontiersmen should share responsibility with intelligence and Nixon officials.
The piece recalls past standards for punctual train service, noting hosts of rewards for timely arrivals and a stricter pre 1975 definition. It contrasts earlier expectations with modern practices, arguing accountability and reliable schedules defined the era as the good old days.
U S Senator Jesse Helms urges a national revival and a return to faith to save the nation. He warns of apathy as November approaches and calls for clear Republican principles on public schooling prayer and opposition to communism. He recalls founding guidance and the need for principled action.
Barbara Ingram objects to the pre determined verdict at a public hearing on Donnie Williams firing. She accuses councilmen of improper conduct and questions procedures and youth influence, urging better governance and learning from the event. She adds she attended her first County Council meeting and will return.
A reader asks how to overcome jealousy. The response urges admitting helplessness, committing the problem to God, and seeking Jesus as Savior. It notes the Holy Spirit fruits, especially love, grow with faith, replacing jealousy with concern for others.
The piece argues freedom erodes by degrees without self discipline. It highlights a new volume titled The Ethical Basis of Economic Freedom with contributions from a Treasury secretary bank leaders and executives. It notes corporate graft harms society and urges proactive ethics codes.
Washington reports detail DINA’s global hunt for Christian Democratic exiles including threats against Gabriel Valdes and Rodomiro Tomic. Ambassadors and officials confirm cases of assassination plotting, with Letelier’s murder in Washington and Bernardo Leighton’s near-fatal Rome attack cited. Nixon warns Ford over China policy shifts.
Immigrants Dorothy MacDowell recount Elizabeth Caldwell born 1757 in Charlotte County Virginia. In 1781 Cunningham the Bloody Scout burned homes and killed Major Caldwell after he refused to flee. Elizabeth aided by hiding Creswell who dressed as her daughter and rode away, while Tory raiders seized Caldwell’s goods.
Colonel John Glover a former shoemaker from Massachusetts arrives in New York City with a regiment of Marblehead fishermen. Washington appoints him to man the boats for the East River evacuation. He and Salem sailors shuttle Washingtons army across the river with no loss. Four months later they cross the Delaware by night to strike at Trenton securing a Hessian defeat.
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