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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1975
Page
4
The July wholesale price index rose 1.2 percent after a June dip, driven by food and fuel costs. Farm prices jumped 6.6 percent and grain sales to the Soviet Union spiked 10.7 percent, signaling higher consumer costs and possible interruption to the economic recovery.
In a rhetorical essay, Russell Baker argues Edward M. Kennedy refuses the presidential race. He portrays the Democratic party as waning and divided, with Kennedy only delaying candidacy to serve the Republic while others chase victory. The piece, dated 1975 from the New York Times News Service, questions party unity and identity.
Charles Pine Jr accompanied 27 boy scout explorers and leaders on a five day training cruise from Norfolk aboard the USS Guam. Ernie Nesselrodt won a 1950 Chevrolet at a Veterans of Foreign Wars party with 2375 chances.
A devotional meditation contrasts Ephraim and Judah with God’s aching, patient love. Human goodness is a morning cloud that vanishes like dew, swiftly undone by temptation. The prophet’s burden is for a return, a turning home from the far country to the Father.
A set of trivia prompts covering fish names a rainbow fish, the state where the Licking River rises, dates of ancient wars, acronym for laser, which states Death Valley spans, meaning of masticate, Roman numeral for 300, and the wind direction cue bag used at airfields.
Congressional Quarterly reports Ford administration defends targeting Soviet missile sites to deter a first strike, while critics led by Mondale McIntyre warn counterforce could lower the nuclear threshold. Debate centers on deterrence, survivability, and whether limited war is possible.
A reflective column argues Americans ignore communism while Helsinki, Solzhenitsyn, CIA, Portugal, and Zumwalt highlight rising risks. It urges vigilance, condemns isolationism, and warns that communism seeks world domination and the loss of Western freedom.
The notice lists subscription rates by mail and carrier for the Winchester Evening Star with prices for one year six months and three months. It repeats staff names and a postal imprint.
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