Bridgestone to Invest 1.2 Billion in South Carolina Plant Expansion
Bridgestone announces a 1.2 billion investment creating 850 jobs at Graniteville and Sage Mill Industrial Park, with a new 1.5 million square foot off road tire plant and 474,000 square foot expansion, boosting Graniteville employment from 900 to over 1,750. The move marks the state’s largest single capital investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Bridgestone
Graniteville
South Carolina
Boeing
Charleston
Sage Mill
Nikki Haley
Savannah River
Perry attacks Obama Middle East policy amid UN actions
Texas Governor Perry criticizes President Obama for demanding concessions from Israel and says the president emboldened Palestinians to turn to the United Nations. Defense Secretary Panetta, at a Pentagon briefing, notes the repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in uniform as a historic milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obama
Middle East
Texas
Rick Perry
Barack Obama
Israel
United Nations
Defense
Leon Panetta
Pentagon
U.S
Publisher and Editor Contact List
The notice lists staff roles at the Aiken Standard including Publisher Editor Scott B Hunter Executive Editor Timothy O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates Advertising Director Dee Taylor Business Manager Terri Cheek Managing Editor Michael W Gibbons Classified Advertising Manager Letitia Jefferson Delivery Manager Laura Tiedman Tiedman.
Silence or proof in Bachmann HPV claim showdown
Bioethicists Steven Miles and Arthur Caplan wager large sums to force Michele Bachmann to prove her assertion linking HPV vaccination to mental disability. Bachmann faced scrutiny during a Tampa debate and later media interviews. she offered no substantial rebuttal, inviting a public test of her claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Miles
Arthur Caplan
Miles
University of Minnesota
Michele Bachmann
Caplan
University of Pennsylvania
Center For Bioethics
Bachmann
Minnesota
Tampa
Fla
Texas
Rick Perry
Fox “News
Today Show
Jon Ky
John Quincy Adams
Stephen Colbert
Voter suppression tactics amid 2012 race claims
In a June letter to the editor Moses Mims Aiken argues Republicans pursue devious moves to deny President Obama a second term. He cites efforts in Nebraska and Pennsylvania to shift to district based electoral votes or restrict voting, labeling them nefarious schemes aimed at denying votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obama
Nebraska
Penn
Sylvania
Pennsylvania
Moses Mims Aiken
Disingenuous rhetoric cited in Buffett tax debate
The piece critiques President Obama’s Buffett Rule argument arguing that investment income is taxed differently from ordinary income. It defends Buffett’s taxes and notes capital gains arise from previously taxed money. It concludes the administration may mislead voters to spark class warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obama
Warren Buffett
Buffet
Arguments Over Liberal and Conservative Views Dwell in Friction
A reader laments the Fricke Welch debate offers little guidance for fixing national problems. The piece argues for framing issues abstractly around finite shared resources and moral governance, questioning priorities in education versus incarceration and the role of generosity versus self interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Fricke
Lester Welch
Fricke
Welch
Macaonn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Editorial
Iam
Scott B. Huntershunter
Aikenstandard.com
Timothy E. O’briant Tobriant
Arkenstandard Com
Phillip Yates Byates
Aikenstandard Com
Dee Taylor
Aikenstandard. Com
Terri Cheekcheek
Michael W. Gibbons
Gibbons
Letitia Jefferson Jefferson
Aikenstandard
Laura Tiedman
Tiedman
Bachmann’s
Silence Is
Leonard Pitts JR
Leonard Pitts
Miami Herald
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!