Misfortune's Soul Book and Nixon's Needed Empathy
A reflection on political leadership stressing that presidents require emotional connection with the public. It suggests Nixon could gain popular support through bold action in Vietnam or decisive moves on domestic judicial battles, while warning against peace bloc rigidity and warning of potential space treaty fallout.
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Congress
Richard Nixon
Paris
Geneva
Warsaw
Nixon
Senate
Haynsworth
Supreme Court
The Draft Fairness Tale From Elders to Young Men
A parable on conscription and fairness. Elders select causes to justify sending young men to war and devise rules to be fair. Young Men resist, proposals like lotteries are rejected, riots erupt, yet no one is drafted. The tale ends with a blunt moral: fight only for a cause you believe in.
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Southeast
Asia
Africa
Samuel A. Cothran Aiken Standard Leader Since 1867
Eugene J. Oyler named executive editor continues the long running leadership at the Aiken Standard with Samuel A. Cothran serving as president and editor since 1867.
Private schools draw alarm from Southern Regional Council
The council warns private schools deepen segregation and harm public education, estimating 300,000 enrolls in segregated institutions, a tenfold rise since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It notes mixed quality and facilities and questions public school flaws and sole reliance on race as a motive. It cites noted exceptions among prominent figures sending children to private schools.
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Southern Regional Council
South
Council
NAACP
Matthew Perry
Columbia
Washington
Speaker McCormack and Parvin-Dorhmann Scandal Ties
The article links Speaker John McCormack to Parvin-Dorhmann Co. in a widening scandal with the SEC. It notes trust aide Sweig sought to sway action against Parvin-Dorhmann, while concerns mount over leadership in both houses. The piece also recalls the Fortas affair and Justice Douglas, suggesting a broader crisis of confidence in Congress.
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U. S
House of Representatives
John McCormack
Parvin-Dohrmann Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Martin Sweig
SEC
Parvin-Dorhmann
House
Congress
Senate
McCormack
James J. Kilpatrick
Parvin-Dorchmann Co
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Fortas
William O. Douglas
Albert Parvin Foundation
Parvin- Dohrmann
Douglas
Foundation
No Substitute for Papers as Newsrooms Face Finances
Rumors of financial strain sweep publications including the Saturday Evening Post. A university journalism dean argues newspapers uniquely fulfill public need, preserving local life in archives as the town's written history. The Twin-City News notes reading remains a lasting civic skill.
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Late Saturday Evening Post
School of Journalism
Twin- City
Meaning of the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man
Billy Graham explains that all humans are brothers in the human family and God is our Father as Creator, but that true sonship and brotherhood are restored only through Jesus Christ who reconciles and regenerates humanity. He argues this faith defines God the Father and the brotherhood of man.
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God
Brotherhood of Man
Jesus Christ
Earth
Heaven
Man
South Carolina Gubernatorial Race Shapes Up In 1970
The piece outlines early Democratic and Republican candidate prospects for governor and lieutenant governor in South Carolina. It notes Dr. Carlos W. Gibbons and Charleston Mayor J. Palmer Gaillard as possible candidates, with Lt. Gov. John C. West, Mayor Lester L. Bates, and others in play. It discusses implications of SCEA support, urban tickets, and party dynamics ahead of primaries.
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Canadies
Carlos W. Gibbons
SC. Education Assn
Charleston
J. Palmer Gaillard
Albert W. Watson
Dr. Gibbons
John C. West
Columbia
Lester L. Bates
Gaillard
Pickens
Earle E. Morris Jr
Richland
Heyward Belser
Watson
Arthur Ravenel Jr
Mac V. Patterson
Greenville
Donald S. Russell
Robert E. McNair
West
Bates
SCEA
R. Gibbons
South Carolina
State House
Bates and
Ig Assembly
Ravenel
Aiken letter writer urges counter moratorium move
A former New Yorker now in Aiken South Carolina praises liberal Republican stance and criticizes the national moratorium on traitors. Iris Chiarappa asks why South Carolina cannot stage a counter anti moratorium, noting Massachusetts as the original colony.
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Aiken
S.C
P. S
Massachusetts
South Carolina
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Iris Chiarappa
George
Robin Hood Trail Aiken, S.C
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