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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1967
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star issues subscription rates and contact details. Rates are listed for in state and out of state mail plus motor carrier options with monthly and annual pricing for readers in Virginia and West Virginia.
The piece recalls Virginia City Bannack Georgetown Calico Stedman and Randsburg among ghost towns once booming on bold frontier dreams. It notes mining waned after World War II and $35 an ounce gold prices helped close mines while developers and theater troupes revived sites as tourist and film venues drawing new permanent populations.
A civil rights group in Washington DC promotes bankruptcy as a solution for the poor, distributing over 15 000 brochures and advising debtors on debt cancellation and property retention, while noting costs and long term credit loss. It urges smarter money management and other programs to improve finances and avoid ruinous debt. Prince Charles and public figures are mocked in a sidebar on social excess.
From The Star Files: Russian industrial workers join army in death battle. Gen MacArthur's fliers had a busy day delivering hard blows while Allied sea and air forces repelled a strong Japanese counter in the Solomons. The new German Riga offensive ended without notable gains.
Earl L. Douglas argues that periods of violence precede upheavals that reshape history. He warns rapid change without moral renewal, urging strong religious faith to cultivate life and keep the Church strong as the hope for a better world.
William S. White notes Nixon's prospects rise modestly despite Romney leading Johnson in public polls. Nixon gains if the convention backs a hard line on Vietnam and race issues, while Romney’s dovish Vietnam stance and civil rights liberalism hinder his fit with GOP conservatives.
A letter writer urges printing the piece and critiques V A Jack Etheridge and the liberal wing of the Virginia Democratic Party. It warns against ultraliberal influence, urges reform from within, and cites Maryland as a cautionary example. It also discusses Republican figures Nixon Romney Reagan and GOP strategy in Vietnam era politics.
A quirky local note links a gambling ban claim by the mayor with a humorous aside about a printer in Alaska and a fashion quip on hair length versus dress style. The piece uses playful language to sketch a public sentiment about rules and trends.
Dear Dr Lawrence explains that dental fear can be addressed by gentle dentists and painless modern techniques. The piece highlights new high speed drills, the paintbrush technique, and a focus on saving teeth through prevention. It includes humorous anecdotes about dental anxieties and invites readers to submit questions for the column.
A collection of trivia questions appears as a reader prompt. Items include measures for cookery, common salt, Cock Robin’s clerk, Washington’s White House tenure, Friday the 13th start day, Sahara rainfall, Virgin Islands citizenship, area calculation, Chopin’s first name, and presidential succession after death.
Americans Aren't Told Real Reason for War asserts the USSR and Red China fund and arm North Vietnam, with advisers and weapons, while the United States withholds public acknowledgment of Moscow Peiping roles. The piece argues global aggression and a broader cold war stakes, citing Cuban influence and US casualties.
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