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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
13
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports that Chou En-lai forged a fragile truce at the 10th party congress as China prepares for transition after Mao. The assembly raised a compromise between lines, hints at collective leadership, and signals continued military influence shaping future policy.
Area residents are invited to a gospel singing Sunday Sept. 9 at Santa Claus Vacation Land in High View West Virginia. Local choirs and groups will perform and attendees should bring a blanket and picnic basket.
Lt. Gov. Henry Howell, seeking the governorship as an independent, accused Mills E. Godwin Jr. of falling behind and using smear tactics at the Roanoke Fair. He challenged Godwin to a series of debates and defended his own record for private enterprise and opposition to socialism. In Petersburg, Atty. Gen. Andrew P. Miller urged reform of the furlough program to curb abuses and outlined work-release parity with parole, suggesting possible legislative action in 1974.
Middletown Grange held a meeting this week with talks by two former Middletown chapter members Mr and Mrs O L Dilkes of Watfordsbury Pa Grange No 1889 and Ronald Schmid a local member. Officers for 1974 were named at the meeting with elections set for Sept 10 and a nominating committee appointed. New officers to be installed Sept 19 at Fairfax Grange in Great Falls.
The AFL-CIO plans a major reorganization to centralize control of organizing politicking and lobbying to prevent local affiliates from backing presidential candidates while the federation stays neutral. A new Organization and Field Services Department would coordinate state and local federations and consolidate 16 regional offices into seven.
The Justice Department may discard a 300 plus subversive organizations list used for screening government job applicants. An official calls the list of dubious value and notes about 20 groups remain active. The spectrum includes the Communist Party U S A and Ku Klux Klan among others. Barbara Eden files for divorce from Michael Ansara after 15 years of marriage seeking custody of their 7 year old son and support.
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