Samuel A Cothran President and Editor of Aiken Standard
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1969
Page
4
Brown Lung Threat Grows For Textile Workers
The article discusses brown lung or byssinosis caused by cotton dust in textile jobs. It notes possible risk in carding and spinning rooms and questions dangers in synthetic fiber plants. Health officials and Ralph Nader influence push for caution, urging local action in South Carolina to protect workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Nader
Nader
South Carolina
Columbia
Washington
Congressional fight over obscene mail bills stalls progress
Washington observers report over 200 anti obscenity bills introduced as lawmakers debate how to define prohibited material. Courts demand explicit language, risking bills that may chill rights of individuals and smut sellers while protecting those offended by unsolicited ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
U. S
Thoughts On Mysterious Ways Of God
The column argues that America’s divine right differs from monarchies, citing Jefferson Washington and Hamilton on God and governance. It defends the idea that national prayers and faith influence politics, while acknowledging reader disagreement over Kennedy family tragedies and divine favoritism. The piece reflects on democracy guided by perceived divine guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Hemisphere
Maximillian
Mexico
Plato
St. Augustine
Hippo
Jefferson
Hamilton
George Washington
Cambridge
United States
Camelot
Nixon advisers face stubborn inflation and political risk
Paying The Piper argues the Nixon administration struggles to curb rising prices as groceries and hospitals cost climbs erode real wages. It cites 1967 to 1969 price increases, union wage gains, lagging productivity, and partisan pressure ahead of the 1970 midterms while urging continued fiscal and monetary restraint despite banking and business pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
California
Vietnam
University of Wisconsin
Graduate School of Banking
Paul W. McCracken
McCracken
Congress
San Clemente
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Urban Affairs Council
de Gaulle
France
Atick
SC Voter List Plan Draws Interest From Surrounding States
Virginia officials visit South Carolina to study its computerized registration system as a model for streamlining elections. Ellisor notes Georgia Washington and others have shown interest while New Mexico has inquired. The program began Sept 1 1967 handling decennial re registration and boosted turnout to 78.2 percent for the 1968 general election amid a national avg of 60–62 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Virginia
South Carolina
James B. Ellisor
State Election Commission
Georgia
Washington
Ellisor
New Mexico
General Assembly
Election Laws Study Committee
G. P. Callison
Greenwood
N. Welch Morrissette Jr
Charleston
Poland at War and Freedom Fight of the Poles
A reflective account recalls the 1939 German invasion of Poland, the Soviet advance, and Polish resistance led by Gen. Sikorski. It highlights Polish bravery, the exile government in Paris, battles in Norway and North Africa, and Polish air effort in the Battle of Britain, while condemning Nazi and Soviet atrocities and the postwar Communist oppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Poland
NATO
Germany
Rhine
Red Russia
Nazi Germany
Napoleon
Russia
Paris
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Norway
North
Africa
France
England
Dunkirk
Britain
Mark W
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Red
Warsaw
Barbican Wall
Vaygach
Novaya Zemlya
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Staying True to Values in the Teen Social World
Teen readers learn that belonging drives peer pressure but individuality grows with maturity. The piece urges making independent choices based on biblical standards, noting that group conformity can tempt wrong actions while personal integrity earns peer respect.
Head Start Aid Accuses Top Officials of Misuse
Royce A. Nevels a former MAP finance officer in Jackson accuses Head Start leaders of severe mismanagement and malpractices. He cites drink on the job, immoral conduct, falsified records, unauthorized calls, sleeping on duty, arrests of staff and questionable hiring. He argues continued funding would be taxpayer injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Poverty Program
Nixon
Royce A. Nevels
Jackson
Mississippi Action For Progress
MAP
Nevels
Brown Lune Study Begins In The State
Columbia The state Health Department will start winter studies to see if byssinosis or brown lung affects South Carolina textile workers. Dr. D H Robinson will supervise the newly created Division of Occupational Health which will hire an industrial hygienist to lead the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Health Department
South Carolina
Ralph Nader
Convern
North Carolina
D. H. Robinson
Division of
Occupational Health
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Samuel A. Cothran
Aiken
Aiken, 8. C
Eugene J. Oyler
Old Mother Hubbard
Johnson
Fighter For Freedom
Red Army
Mussolini
Finanial
Brown
Lune
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