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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1968
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star details editorial and business staff led by JACK F. DAVIS as General Manager and Executive Editor with EUGENE P. MILLER as News Editor and DOUGLAS B. O CONNELL as Managing Editor. It lists subscription rates for in and out of state readers and advertising contacts.
A Harvard professor and a California district researchers find that students labeled as academic bloomers performed better when teachers expected much from them. A control group labeled below average faltered, suggesting teacher attitude strongly influences achievement and warrants further study before wide implementation.
The 90th Congress spent over 10 million dollars on investigations in 1967, a record for one year. Senate Judiciary led with over 2 million, while other committees studied topics from drain drain effects to oil shale land disposal, suggesting postponement of non urgent inquiries.
The article notes Japan’s transformation from a defeated nation under a pacifist constitution to a major industrial power. It argues the United States now views Japan as a key defense against Communism in Asia while contemplating revisions to its anti militarist stance.
The Rev Robert Bailey Campbell long serving pastor of Highland Avenue Presbyterian resigns as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Lorain Ohio to become rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Cleveland Ohio.
In a special election 50 years ago the Water Street widening proposal failed by 29 votes while supporters counted 119 more citizens in favor. The city charter requires one third oppose condemnations, so the council could not condemn private property for public purposes.
The piece reflects on humanity's rise from barbarism to knowledge yet warns that since 1900 wars have killed more, atomic bombs exist, and stockpiles grow. It questions moral decline and political neglect amid comfort, science, and liberty, urging awareness of looming jeopardy.
The piece analyzes a chaotic campaign year with party friction inside the Democrats and Republicans. It notes Kennedy and McCarthy pressuring the Johnson administration while Rockefeller and Nixon avoid firm stances. Humphrey is seen as the administration defender but lacks formal nomination, creating a fragile preconvention landscape. Johnson aims to back a candidate and avoid anti administration rallying cries, while Kennedy hopes to defend administration policy post nomination.
A reflective list of simple pleasures that give daily life meaning from family moments to nature. It ranges from children skipping rope and spring flowers to comforting a sobbing child, unexpected pay, golf drives, sports idols, porch comfort, and quiet evenings, all celebrating ordinary joys.
A reader commends The Star for printing editorials by David Lawrence and Rep. Joel T. Broyhill and lauds West Virginia Senator Byrd for law and order. The letter also thanks the Teen Age Club and organizers Les Singhass and Jim Barnett for their work on the First O'Sullivan Open Golf Tournament concluded April 15.
Dr Wayne Brandstadt answers readers questions on egg safety and diet. He notes unopened eggs can be eaten raw or cooked if not spoiled, but cracked shells risk Salmonella, and thorough cooking reduces danger. The column covers cholesterol in yolks, bland diets, naps after meals, and acidic foods for rheumatism, with an invitation for letters.
A quiz guide offers ten daily questions with scoring tiers from Memory Genius to Good. It asks about breed names, breathing myths, Vesuvius burials, the Presidio city, gallons to gills, sap trees, Peary spelling, buoyancy, Becky Thatcher, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue location.
Nelson Rockefeller shifts toward a presidential bid with Reagan as a pivotal factor. Reagan supporters quietly organize fundraising and campaigns to pressure Nixon against moderating positions, creating a potential split that could boost Rockefeller while threatening Nixon’s hold on the GOP delegates.
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