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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1978

Page

4

Triumph By Default in Tradeoffs Over Long Range Cruise Missiles

A confidential Defense Department memo urges completing research on a 2 200 mile range Tomahawk while canceling production and ship launch facilities funding. The piece argues the plan could undermine SALT II aims and concede U S strategic edge by saving about 500 million over five years.

Navy Defense Department W. Graham Claytor Jr Copley News Service Washington L. Edgar Prina Defense Charles W. Duncan Jr Claytor United States Soviet Union

ZIP Code expansion eyed nine digits for all addresses

The Postal Service plans to add four numbers to ZIP Codes nationwide, creating nine digits per code to track individual blocks and boost mail efficiency without raising costs. Officials anticipate some resistance to impersonality but insist benefits justify the change.

Postal Service

Arlington Heights praised as clean city in corruption study

Arlington Heights Illinois with 73000 residents is singled out as a clean city in a nationwide SRI corruption study. City Manager L A Hanson credits open meetings and early orientation for officials, plus strict gift bans, in fostering integrity amid Cook County corruption.

Arlington Heights Ill United States Chicago Cook County SRI Menlo Park Calif Stanford Research Institute New York City Oklahoma City East Providence R.I Fairfax County Broward County Fla Cincinnati Hoffman Estates San Diego County Santa Clara L.A. Hanson Hanson Prairieville U.S.A

Soviet Propaganda Attacks U.S. Defense, Warns of NATO Risks

The piece cites Pravda as Kremlin mouthpiece criticizing U S detente while claiming the White House has yielded to Moscow on B-1 and neutron warhead programs. It argues the Soviet Union holds strategic superiority with 300 heavy ICBMs and 2 400 missile launchers, urging stronger U S defense amid bipartisan warnings from Gen George S Brown and Gen Maxwell Taylor.

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Embracing Singleness as Service to God

The reader is urged to accept God’s love and belonging through Christ and to seek fellowship with other singles. Start or join a singles group in a large church, outreach can bring inactive singles into the church, and many of God’s greatest servants were single.

DR. Graham O.B God Christ

Selections From an Irreverent Column on Smokes and News

A satirical column notes the speaker’s quit smoking after 30 years, recalls a drive with his son, mocks ad slogans, and jokes about cigarette gifts and marketing. It also parodies political campaigns, newsroom quirks, and a New York judge ruling on access for lady sports writers.

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