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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1970

Page

4

Postal Reform Shifts Mail Service to New Governing Board

The 8 cent letter rate likely by next summer with other charges rising similarly. Moving operations to the U S Postal Service will not instantly improve performance. The new 11 member board and 5 member rates commission face restoring public confidence through gradual, visible service improvements.

U.S. Postal Service Blount Congress White House Board of Governors Commission On Rates

California Senate Fight Shadows The Action Senator And Son

Marquis Childs surveys a California battle for the Senate where George Murphy seeks a second term amid controversy over Technicolor ties and outside money. John V. Tunney, 36, frames the race as image driven with support from Norton Simon money and a hard primary battle shaping the campaign.

Los Angeles Senate of the United States George Murphy John V. Tunney Gene Tunney The Golden West Tunney Oliver Quayle Murphy Patrick J. Frawley the Times California Senate Frawley Max Rafferty Superintendent of Public Instruction Thomas H. Kuchel Kuchel Hiram Johnson Earl Warren Rachel Frawley Companies Norton Simon Simon George E. Brown Jr

Federal crime task forces boost crackdown across major cities

An organized crime task force unites FBI Secret Service IRS Post Office Narcotics Bureau SEC and Customs to strike crime networks. New York City and Newark teams coordinate with state and local agencies amid expectations of dramatic breakthroughs in the war on crime and potential disruption of underworld hierarchies.

FBI Secret Service Internal Revenue Service Post Office Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Securities and Exchange Commission Bureau of Customs New York City Newark N.J Justice Department New York New Jersey

Inflation Alert Signals Rising Prices Across Economy

The Nixon administration announces its first inflation alert, noting persistent price pressures despite warnings. The Council of Economic Advisers hints at possible policy tools to curb spending, while admitting current policies show limited effect. Officials cite a red budget and a potential $10 billion deficit, with blame left largely implicit and broad concern over ongoing price rises.

Council of Economic Advisers

Color of tranquilizers influences anxiety treatment

A Newcastle University team tested four colors of tranquilizers on 48 patients with anxiety or low mood over three weeks. Each color change every seven days produced improvement, but red pills showed the poorest effect.

Newcastle University Department of Psychological Medicine England

MISS SUSAN JANE GORE WEDS BRUCE A MACBETH AT GRACE LUTHERAN

MISS SUSAN JANE GORE married BRUCE A MACBETH in Grace Lutheran Church. MRS. BRUCE A MACBETH attended with family as relatives looked on during the ceremony. The couple begins their married life in the city.

Susan Jane Gore Bruce Andrew Macbeth Grace Lutheran Church

Certainty in Faith and Securing Hand of Truth

A meditation observes a child walking with his mother and the instinct to hold on for safety. It argues youth is full of anxiety and that guidance from a divine hand provides true confidence and trust in religious truth beyond worldly assurances.

Washington Murphy Senate Technicolor Frawley Los Angeles Times

Wifely Remarks Sparkled In Hal Boyle Humor

In a light AP column from New York, HAL BOYLE collects humorous wife quotes about domestic life. The set includes digs about aging appliances, wigs, chicken Kiev, house chores, and marital roles with a playful tone.

Congressself voted pay hikes spark taxpayer fury

Readers voice outrage over congressional pay raises and added staff. The piece cites an 84 percent House payroll rise in eight years, a 41 percent salary boost, 555 extra clerks costing 3.8 million, and travel per diems increasing while taxpayers fund a 28 billion annual paper burden. The author accuses lawmakers of self-serving actions while demanding accountability.

Congress House Supreme Court Louis Brandeis Johnson Senate Washington

Douching Myths and Uterine Health Q and A

Dr. Wayne G Brandstadt answers reader questions on douching after intercourse its impact on sperm and cancer myths. He notes that sperm pushed into the cervix by douching would be dead and that routine douching does not prevent cancer or affect ovaries.

Nature

How's Your IQ How to Score 100 questions over 10 days

A quiz style prompt lists daily IQ self-assessment scales with memory geniuses and very superior categories. It then prompts corrections and general knowledge questions across topics from grammar to presidents and history.

Jim Thorpe

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