Leadership Shown On Race Issue
The speech by President Clinton on race relations in Austin Texas marked a candid, high risk appeal to whites and blacks to “clean our house of racism.” It addressed white attitudes toward blacks and warned against welfare culture myths, noting ongoing black white economic gaps and provoking GOP critique for not naming Louis Farrakhan.
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Our House
Austin
Texas
Clinton
Jesse Jackson
Louis Farrakhan
City Sheds Light On Annexation Proposal
City Council explains why annexation agreements are used for extending water and sewer to county residents inside doughnut holes. History shows jagged limits and authority gaps for public safety and public works, with policy since 1980s requiring annexation for new sewer connections and 1990 for water service extensions.
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City Council
South Carolina
Aiken Mayor Explains Annexation Policy Shift
Mayor of Aiken outlines a plan tied to the Strategic Planning process addressing the donut hole. The city would not provide services to county residents unless they join the city upon contiguity, with current property owners untouched.
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S. C
Aiken
Tive
Steven Thompson
Thompson
South Carolina
Missouri
City Council
Critics say SCHSL misstep hurts Aiken football program
Local sports writers condemn SCHSL for allowing players to be eligible this year while coaches who violated spring practice rules go unpunished. They urge accountability, demand resignations or firings, and warn that pressuring schools to win at any cost harms youth.
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Aiken
S.C
Aiken County
Aiken Standard Contact and Delivery Details
Local notice provides location 124 Butland Drive and mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken 29802. Office hours 830 am to 530 pm Monday Friday. Subscriptions and delivery help via 649 5315. Circulation hours 530 pm to 730 pm weekdays and 700 am to 1030 am Saturdays Sundays. Switchboard 648 2311 FAX 648 6052. Story ideas editors and sports editor reachable at 648 2311. Publisher Scott B Hunter reachable at 648 2311.
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Butland Drive
P.O
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Maybe We Need To Have Less Marching And More Thinking
The piece challenges the rising acceptance of anti-Semitic rhetoric by Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, noting college campus lectures and funding for such speech. It argues the broader issue of how demagoguery and riots depress black communities, urging more thoughtful analysis over partisan agitation.
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Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
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