Inventor Hyatts Chip Grievance Highlights Patent Delays
Our view argues that Gilbert Hyatt, a Southern California inventor, may have created the computer chip but waited 20 years for a patent while a $2.4 billion industry formed. The piece urges federal reform to speed approvals and ensure individual inventors receive due credit and royalties.
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Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Gilbert P. Hyatt
California
Hyatt
America
Letters Critique on Hunter Safety and Medicare Budget Shifts
A reader thanks dove hunters for safety lessons after a Labor Day picnic turned hazardous from birdshot. The letter also condemns Medicare home medical equipment cuts, urging accuracy in budget estimates and protection for elderly and disabled, from a South Carolina durable medical equipment dealer president.
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Medwill Hill
Washington, D.C
Medicare
Lewin
ICF
Washington
Ional
Nun
Congress
South Carolina Association of Durable Medical Equipment Dealers
Aiken
Advice for Letters to the Editor at The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s visible mailing address and prefers clear concise submissions. All letters may be edited or condensed and should be typewritten if possible. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
8.C
Prop 140 aims to end Sacramento’s power base in a single sweep
California ballot measure Prop 140 would limit all statewide officials to two four year terms and apply term limits to the legislature. It promises a citizen legislature by 1996 with new faces and opportunities for Blacks women and Hispanics while challenging the entrenched lobby system. Supporters forecast a nationwide reform in 1990s California politics and potentially open U S Senate seats if passed.
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California
Congress of the United States
United States
Assembly
Willie Brown
Wille
Senate
Willie
Beverly Hills
Willie Red
Sacramento
Joe Smiths
Vetine Registors
U.S
U.S. Howe
U.S. Senate
GOP
Older Workers Not a Health Cost Burden After All
A Consoli dated Consulting Group study finds no strong link between age and higher health care costs. Travelers Insurance notes older workers may have more chronic conditions but younger staff face more acute issues and higher sick leave costs. The analysis calls for evaluating overall costs, noting Medicare coverage for older workers and the rising share of older employees in the future workforce.
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Baloney
Consolidated Consulting Group
Federal Employees’ Program
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Travelers Insurance Co
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
South Carolina lawmakers and a FBI sting
An FBI led probe named Operation Lost Trust uncovers bribery risks in SC politics. Reports detail payments to several lawmakers, ongoing secrecy, and debates about whether money equals campaign contributions or bribery. Figures include Kohn Winstead Tyler Brown and others amid shock from leaders and watchdogs.
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Robert A. Kohn
Daniel E. Winstead
Luther L. Tyler
Richard Lee
Robert B. Brown
FBI
Operaton Lost Trust
U.S
E. Bart Daniel
Ronald L. Cobb
Heath
Cobb
Daniel
Merritt
Ron Cobb
Marshall
Ams
John Courson
David Wilkins
Bot Sheehan
Bob McLellan
John Crangle
Common Cause
South Carolina
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BANK
Robert W. Kearns
Ford Motor Company
Kearns
Jerome Lemelson
Mattel
Hot Wheels
Blisher
Scott
Hunter
Patrick J. Buchanan
Tribune Media Services
L.A
Pete Schabarum
Lew Uhler
National Tax Limitation Committee
Roseville
Calif
Willie & Co
S.C. Solon
Tshley
OPER
Julian Wiles
Young Charleston Theater Company
New York
Gershwin
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