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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1973
Page
4
A Harris study group urges higher legislative pay with $8000 base plus $1000 expense allowance and $1000 extra for top chairs, tied to other reforms. It calls for a legislative research arm, an auditing branch, better offices, and secretarial help, plus afternoon sessions and a May 15 adjournment date.
Mayo Clinic researchers Drs. Johnson Thistle and Alan Hofmann report dissolving gallstones with chenodeoxycholic acid pills. In trials 11 of 18 patients showed reduction. others improved over two to three years. A national NIH trial on 1,000 patients begins next year to test safety and dosing. Hopeful doctors anticipate more dissolutions than surgeries within a decade.
Report notes President Nixon appears strong after Congress votes to sustain his veto. Analysts say liberal critics misjudge him while Congress shows support on controversial issues, arguing the minimum wage effects remain speculative and that lawmakers redeemed themselves by upholding the veto.
The Aiken Standard dated September 27 1973 lists Samuel A Cothran as President and Editor with Robert D Cathcart as Executive Editor, reflecting the newspaper’s editorial leadership.
The piece laments the flood of government paperwork as a modern survival problem. It notes only birth and death bypass forms, lists common tasks requiring forms, and jokes that even crime leads to more forms if caught. It preserves a satirical, period voice.
Veronica Matta argues misreporting of Allende's overthrow stems from ignorance or left bias. The Chilean Armed Forces Junta acted to prevent a Marxist police state, aided by fears of Castroite influence and foreign extremists. The piece portrays Chile as defending civilian rule against communism and notes economic and social diverse support for the junta.
John D. Lofton Jr. critiques the UAW Chrysler overtime dispute arguing for workers to choose overtime. He cites union leaders calling compulsory overtime deadly serious and a Times report of coercion labeled as slavery. He highlights personal stories of strain, health concerns, and religious impact.
A Citizen Smith report contrasts stories of workers forced to two hours of overtime daily and a mother unable to miss her dying child with a broader discussion on compulsory overtime and union membership. Thaddeus Ogar defends Taft Hartley limits while acknowledging questions about voluntary unionism.
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