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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1980
Page
5
The article outlines how English legal documents and Enlightenment ideas influenced the U S Constitution. It highlights Magna Carta and Petition of Rights as precursors, explains two interpretive approaches, and notes the 1787 signing and 1956 Constitution Week observance.
An essay reflects on fall book tours as grueling rites of passage for authors. It follows weary writers as they travel for weeks, endure endless interviews and signings, and return changed. The piece blends humor with vanity and fame in the publishing world.
In a lively greenroom exchange, Mike Douglas, Shelley Winters, Johnny Carson, and John Davidson discuss books and authors. They tease department store signing anecdotes, miracle stories, and the impact of gospels on civilization.
In a Dear Abby column, a police wife frets over night shifts with a female partner. Abby urges acceptance of the partner, suggests riding along to understand police work, and advises the wife to stop nagging. In a second note, a family portrait question ends with excluding the girlfriend if not definite, preserving family members only.
A 10-year-old boy, Trey Brown, worked June 23 to Aug. 8 across 243 acres of cotton in 19 fields to scout for boll weevils and other pests. His efforts potentially saved his father up to $3,200 in insecticide costs and taught him entomology and basic farming economics.
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