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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
4
The 25th anniversary of the computer is celebrated lightly within the industry while the public remains largely indifferent. The text argues that computers are now essential yet not fully accepted by users, with frustrations from impersonal printouts highlighting the field’s challenge of self justification.
Economists hiking through Pennsylvania forests conclude bears contribute $5,000 each to the state's economy. The piece suggests extending the method to rabbits deer and squirrels and notes a hunt mishap joke about hunters.
Philadelphia police and pollution investigators crack down on smoking vehicles with fines ranging from 25 to 300 dollars based on citations. The crackdown aims to cut air pollution and improve car performance by encouraging repairs, reducing dangerous smoke and improving street air quality.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson landed in Germany asserting the United States will not retreat from Berlin amid Communist pressure. The Virginia Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren meets at Shenandoah College with hundreds expected. Shenandoah College seeks about 95 000 dollars yearly from the church. Harold G. Brown elected president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank succeeding R. Gray Williams. Senator Byrd accuses federal hiring as a means to retain workers. Edgar Burch, Park baseball captain and assistant coach, to play in his honor after his August injury.
The piece muses on evolving suburbs and house painting while praising new houses and countryside beauty. It laments slums and hunger amid a confident promise that problems will be solved, noting past successes and future potential.
President Nixon uses a 90-day price wage rent freeze to set political terms for 1972. Democrats rally behind the move while Sen George McGovern criticizes it as insufficient. The outcome hinges on inflation easing and unemployment dropping in the coming 14 months as Congress shapes tax cuts surcharges and spending shifts.
James J. Kilpatrick argues Nixon's August actions show a pragmatic pullback from court-ordered busing. He defends a minimal busing plan to avoid harming education, criticizes HEW's Austin rollout as inhuman, and insists the goal is to improve schooling rather than enforce rigidly engineered routes.
HAL BOYLE recalls common life moments that start with high promise and end in anticlimax. Blind dates misfire, caviar disappoints, flashy gifts underwhelm, and political vows fall short. The piece spans personal hopes from romance to gardening and work, expressed with wry humor.
A quiz overview lists 10 practice questions to gauge IQ levels over ten days. It assigns categories Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good based on daily correct answers and directs turning to page 2 for answers.
Bruce Biossat argues that while Ralph Nader’s consumer advocacy exposes car and industry flaws, it risks shifting blame from individuals toward society. He notes drivers’ dangerous habits, high youth fatality rates, and urban problems require personal responsibility alongside regulation and reform. He cites Chicago neighborhoods showing that government funds alone won’t raise quality of life without better human behavior.
Richmond readers hear Edmund Muskie's mother speak frankly about his presidential prospects. She quips she might vote for him if no one better is offered and questions running for president while praising the current president.
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