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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1971
Page
4
The editorial notes likely changes to national nominating conventions aim to streamline delegate selection and limit speeches with favorites and roll call reforms. It also discusses a rise in self service gas pumps from about 2,500 in 1969 to an estimated 5,000 to 7,500, while noting consumers still prefer some services.
Delegates at the 24th Congress in Moscow rejected strict Soviet style conformity. Leaders from Romania Yugoslavia Japan Italy Chile Belgium and Spain spoke of independence signaling a shift away from Kremlin dominance and promising broader national paths.
Harry K. Benham III among 38 UVa students named Intermediate Honors for 1960 61. Dr. Jesse N. Clare spoke to the Old Fredericktown Garden Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Herbert Larrick. Airport runway black topping fund reaches 28 245 of 40 000 from Chamber. Mary Katherine Aulick attended an all day meeting at Walter Reed Hospital. VFW post from Morgantown led a Daniel Morgan grave pilgrimage at Mt Hebron Cemetery with a biographical talk by former Mayor W W Glass. Winchester Girl Scouts toured Washington with Miss Dorothy Hawthorne.
The author argues that history shows leaders appear in crises, citing Moses Columbus Washington Jenner Marconi and the Wright brothers while noting Hitler's doomed empire and the possibility of future breakthroughs and cures. It closes with an optimistic view that humanity makes progress through crises and innovation.
Washington reports say Nixon’s televised address impressed observers and may calm middle America, the bloc neither hawk nor dove. Analysts call the delivery masterful and the content a firm renewal of his course.
An eight week flow shows 2.196 billion in foreign currencies into West Germany and 5 billion of Swiss bank deposits from foreigners. The piece argues the dollar, pound and franc are overvalued and discusses the dollar’s global role, inflation policy, and Nixon’s Vietnam plan.
President Nixon will face four editors and two reporters in a live ASNE session aimed at pressing for a date certain to end U.S. combat in Vietnam. Observers say the interview tests his ability to rally backing while critics push for a faster withdrawal and GOP tensions rise.
The Kinston Daily Free Press notes proposed second class mail rate increases up to 142 percent and the possibility that Saturday delivery could be dropped. It criticizes current service and questions the shift to a businesslike Post Office Department, urging publishers to seek alternative delivery methods within their reach.
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