Billboards squabble risks four million loss for state
The piece condemns South of the Border owner Alan Shafer and Sen. John C. Lindsay for pressuring the billboard bill in a clash over state policy. It warns that delaying or watering down the measure could cost the state more than $4 million in lost federal highway funds and higher taxpayer costs while balancing a broad push to remove signs.
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General Assembly
Alan Shafer
Marlboro
John C. Lindsay
Shafer
Senate
Ployer
House
Government employment swells since 1951
The Tax Foundation reports state and local government jobs have more than doubled since 1951 and payrolls up 486 percent. One in three Americans now works for government or derives income from it, challenging the joke of overgrown government.
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Washington
Tax Foundation, Inc
Foundation
Gastonia
N.C
Cazette
Attica
New York
George Clinton
The Service Station Man
An aging Phoenix service station owner known as Verne Forward endures low wages long shifts and threats from customers while juggling maintenance costs and taxes. He is supported by local schoolchildren who drink from his fountain and leave a grateful note, asking if he can continue another year.
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Paul Harvey
Seventh Street
Phoenix
Verne Forward
MHT
Most Holy Trinity School
Most Holy Trinity
P.S
Readers denounce Wagener-Salley St Angela game coverage
A volley of letters to the editor from Wagener-Salley High students and community members fault a September 13 report on Wagener-Salley’s 16 14 win over St Angela. Writers accuse the article of bias and slant favoring St Angela and urge factual, balanced coverage reflecting all of Aiken County.
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Wagener- Salley High
Wagener-Salley-St Angela
Wagener-Salley
St. Angela
Hank Caver
Wagener-Salley High
Ann Poole
P.O. Box
Wagener, S.C
Saints
Aiken Standard
Wagener
Aiken County
Salley High
Aiken
Barry Jones
Salley Eagles
Wagener Salley
Bruce W Weeks
Wagener-Salley High School
Wagener-Salley - St Angela
Wanda Rish Rt. 2
S.C
St. Angela High
Opin
Decline and Fall Thoughts on Army and Society
Holmes Alexander weighs military discipline and public morality sparked by a Navy discharge and Westmoreland remarks. He contrasts Scipio and Hannibal, blasts permissiveness, cites Senate voices, Attica, and public editorial tone. He decries societal decline and urges patriotic caution amid crises.
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Navy
General Westmoreland
Army Chief of Staff
Hannibal
Westmoreland
U.S. Senate
Senate
Allott
Colorado
Gravel
Alaska
How a Young Man May Find God and Make Him Real
A preacher counsels a young seeker on finding God daily. He notes Job and David as examples, urges early pursuit, cites Proverbs 8 17 and Matthew 6 33 style of seeking, and begins guidance to seek God and confess sins.
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God
Job
David
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Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Aiken, S.C
Citizen Smith
Ske
Verne
Copley News Service
Eagles
Claude Gantt Rt. 2
Aiken and
Claudia Smith Wagener
Robert Sally
Salley
Cheryl Hutto
Anchor Club
Holmes Alexander Well
Westy
Scipio
Spain
Pentagon
FDR
Russia
America
Billy Graham
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