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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1971
Page
4
State officials push for higher spending as the Budget season opens with a $1,200 teacher pay raise sought by the State Department of Education and USC complaints about low per student funding. The State Board of Education approves additional requests totaling over $50 million.
The piece notes skepticism about trimming federal staff to improve the budget while acknowledging the administration’s stated goals. It suggests the plan has some justification despite broad agreement that reforms are needed.
The state faces an economic crisis and U.S. and local programs like the Public TEC program and Opportunity School are under review. State Superintendent Cyril Busbee urged a $1,200 pay raise funded by tax increases, but officials argue the state cannot afford more tax hikes and must pursue austerity.
Holmes Alexander surveys Barry Goldwater at the Essex Club in Boston and on a campus visit, noting enthusiastic crowds and autograph lines. He argues Goldwater stands for conservative consistency, loyalty to the President, and religiously tinged compassion despite 1964 turnaways.
A mother urges Dick and Jane toward a first day of school amid bus integration protests. The siblings debate laws and bus transportation, planning mischief with bricks and ice picks while a police state tone hints at breaking rules. The tale ends with Dick reflecting on which law to break.
Rev S Cary Beckwith of St Church Charleston presided as vestry calls were noted in Aiken social rounds. Misses McCreary Thorpe Platt Shuler Quattlebaum and others left for Winthrop College. Beech Island visitors stayed with the Bufords while river swamp planters reported corn loss but saved hay ready for sale.
The Aken Standard welcomes signed letters with the writer’s mailing address. Anonymous communications are not considered. Pen names are not allowed. Letters should be legible and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. No subject matter limit.
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