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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1972
Page
3
The Cairo Tripoli merger shifts regional power as Libya's vast oil reserves meet Egypt's skilled workforce. If lasting, the union may threaten Israel and forge an economic backbone for Arab solidarity, aided by over 100 000 Egyptians already employed in Libya and large Mediterranean potential.
In Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu uses an ambiguous national press code to curb media. Publishers must raise $43,000 in bonds within a month to guarantee payment of future fines or libel judgments. Some papers have already closed in protest.
The article recalls the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia led by 200000 troops and hundreds of tanks to oust Alexander Dubcek and end liberal reforms. It notes 650000 Soviet troops occupied within a week, thousands killed or imprisoned, and ongoing trials condemning Czechoslovaks for acts milder than U.S. demonstrations. Citizens remember but do not celebrate the date.
The article notes another banner summer for tourism with records broken though some sites capped by capacity. It highlights motels and accommodations expanding to serve the growing tourist ranks both in summer and winter seasons and observes weather did not reduce highway travel in 1972.
After weeks of indecision Senator George McGovern names Robert Wagner to run his New York campaign. Wagner, a Manhattan lawyer with ties to regulars and reformers, is seen as a neutral figure to balance power among county chairmen like Pat Cunningham and Meade Esposito and the activist McGovernites who won the June primary. Previously McGovern considered Howard Samuels for overall charge but faced opposition and concerns over gubernatorial ambitions in 1974.
Vice President Spiro Agnew rallies southern and western Republicans at the Miami Beach convention to resist a rules change that would award up to six extra delegates to states aligned with the 1972 GOP nominee. Senators Percy Javits Mathias Packwood urge revision to curb population-insensitive bonuses, citing one man one vote concerns.
Ken Rietz leads a Washington briefing with six aides for Nixon showing how the White House met with the Young Voters for the President Committee. Nixon discusses peace goals and a volunteer army while campaign plans aim to win a majority of noncollege youth.
President Kennedy saluted the Soviet space twins as U.S. space officials predict the first man on the moon will be American. The Star Files recounts the, flight achievements and projected timeline amid Cold War space race rhetoric.
A Western mining adage urges not to abandon a shaft until fifty feet farther. It notes fortunes found by chance, refined by patience, and the value of persistently pursuing discarded ground. The lesson extends to people and beliefs, stressing patience to possess our souls.
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