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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1972
Page
6
In Redmond Washington the Cowlitz County Grange Youth Group won the fourth annual Bed Race at the Pomona Picnic. Their orange bed navigated an obstacle course including an eight shape between barrels tires and a pool.
Heloise offers practical home hacks from repurposing worn long sleeved shirts into continued wear with hemmed sleeves to easy repairs. Readers share quick fixes from improvising water wings with empty bleach jugs to wax reuse and simple syrup tricks for pancakes and waffles.
AP reports all 18 hijack attempts this year failed. 3 killed, 17 arrested, 12 awaiting trial. Algerian government returned $1.5 million in ransom from two cases and now holds the hijackers. Of $10.7 million paid and 15 pounds of gold, all but $503,000 recovered.
Beginning next month thirty poets will record two minute readings of their verses for telephone access. The Tele poem program, a Philadelphia Museum of Art and YMCA poetry group project, aims to bring poetry to the people. A different poet will be featured each day for 30 days before cycling again.
The international date line follows the 180th meridian but zigzags in places to prevent two different calendar days within a single country. This keeps date continuity for travelers and nations across the vast ocean.
Odrinex claims to slim without drugs or dieting and offers a refund if ugly fat is not lost. The plan costs 3.25 with a large size at 5.25. Barry's Drug Store at 20 W Boscawen sells the tablets with mail order service.
Yorktown report details Lt. Gov. Henry E. Howell Jr. declaring for governor in 1973 as he attacks former Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. Howell accuses Godwin of building a conservative machine tied to Nixon and Byrd loyalists. He criticizes a state sales tax and says taxes will be key. Howell’s funds exceed $100,000 in pledges from the Virginia AFL-CIO.
Winchester Education Association prepares to vote on two major issues this year the unification of local state and national educator groups and the acceptance of the new NEA constitution. The outcome will affect membership requirements and the future structure of professional associations with regional and district input from Handley High School staff and other area educators.
The phrase cold turkey describes stopping drug use abruptly without aid from other drugs or treatments. It can be difficult and in cases of barbiturate withdrawal may lead to severe complications including coma or death.
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