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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1970
Page
4
The article argues that ultra large firms may outgrow management capacity, citing Penn Central and Lockheed as examples of neglecting basic rules. It discusses policy aims to curb megacompanies while warning about the taxpayer costs when growth outpaces production realities.
The Wall Street Journal notes General Dynamics faces weak profits after a slide from 58.4 million in 1966 to 2.5 million in 1969 amid costly projects like the F-111 and a drift into shipbuilding. Critics cite mismanagement, forecasts, and executive turnover as factors in a broader corporate decline alongside Lockheed and Penn Central.
A bedtime reading turns wild as Englebert the young man becomes a long haired Yippie after a magic pill. The Good Fairy cleans him up and he joins the Peace Corps. The tale ends with a punchy moral about local pushers.
A pre Labor Day scene shows AFL CIO leader George Meany shaping labor views toward the GOP in 1972. Meany criticizes party disarray yet hints Labor may drift toward law and order Republican support, signaling a shift among unionists and politicians before November.
The Augusta Chronicle recounts the 1875 Sand Bar Ferry duel between Charles Dawson Tilley and George E. Ratcliffe, noting legal redress replaced dueling, the 3 pm start with 30 onlookers, and Tilley’s fatal wound two days after the event. Ratcliffe’s challenge stemmed from a slur against a young woman of one of Augusta’s oldest families.
The article explains there is no contradiction, citing Jesus' boyhood wisdom winning admiration while his later mission to redeem humanity divided people. It notes disciples forsaking him at the cross and quotes his teaching about bringing a sword that divides the faithful from the fearful.
Obituary note or staff dedication listing Eugene J Oyler as executive editor for the Aiken Standard dated Monday September 21 1970. No additional facts provided about career or events.
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