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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
6
Vatican City AP reports a major Mass reform allows priests to choose among three new canons. The changes remove the long litany of saints and modernize language for vernacular responses. One canon remains similar in length while two are notably shorter.
Thales the Greek philosopher proposed that all matter stems from water, presenting the first systematic explanation of the world in terms of a basic substance. His idea framed natural philosophy around a single underlying material principle.
New York City medical examiner Dr Milton Helpern reports 450 narcotics related deaths in the first six months of the year, with most victims young men. The rise is discussed alongside possible causes, the role of heroin adulterants, and the demographic spread including Puerto Rican and white victims.
Dear Heloise shares tips from readers including double shower caps to keep long hair dry while drying after a shower. Other notes cover protecting baby shoes with old socks, wax on varnished doors, cantaloupe storage, and homemade party crafts using on hand items.
Arlington County commonwealth's attorney William J. Hassan called for expanded laws to cover removal of property from store areas and for felony charges for repeat offenders and conspirators. He urged liability extending to drivers of getaway cars and for civil exposure in store arrests. The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council heard his recommendations during a multi city series on shoplifting.
James Earl Ray has contracted author William Bradford Huie to write his biography while awaiting the November 12 trial in Memphis. Huie arrived with Birmingham attorney Arthur J. Hanes who will defend Ray and may supply material for the work. Ray has provided 10,000 handwritten words to start the book.
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