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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1971
Page
4
A large surplus of jet airliners sits idle in the United States as the jumbo jet era depresses prices. With 400 aircraft valued at about a billion dollars, European buyers face financing woes, and a dip in Vietnam era transport further hurts demand.
A columnist laments American ugliness and litter from Athens to Virginia and beyond. He recalls Pattakos and urges pride in a cleaner landscape, warning of pollution and overuse. The piece frames ecological neglect as a national failure and a warning for the season.
The Wrigley Co will drop the traditional five-stick nickel pack and launch a seven-stick package priced at 10 cents. The move follows years of fluctuating five-cent to ten-cent prices as Beechnut and others raise prices too. Wrigley, also owner of the Chicago Cubs, hints at big changes possibly including night baseball at Wrigley Field.
The UN command says four air attacks on Elisabethville Airport occurred before dawn, delivering 26 bombs with no damage to UN installations. The Frederick County School Board won approval to buy up to 30 acres west of Fox Drive for a new junior high school. Water and Sewer crews fixed two mains, a ten inch line on N Kent St and an eight inch on Woodstock Lane. Indications say Virginia teacher pay raises may occur without new taxes after the coming General Assembly session. Earl Bunting, new NAM president, will speak at the Shawnee District annual meeting and Scout masters dinner. Winchester Recreation Dept and Junior Board of Trade to co sponsor a Community Christmas Carol Sing.
The article reflects on God’s plan for humanity and enduring moral principles. It asserts that evil cannot prevail, that wise people follow inherent life principles, and quotes Acts 17 26 27 about God determining nations and boundaries to seek Him.
Millvale Pennsylvania voters or more precisely white union men with low incomes, mostly Democrats, back Nixon against AFL CIO head Meany in the feud over economic controls. Yet they favor three leading Democrats over Nixon for president, a Millvale survey shows.
A Millvale survey of 57 voters shows 51 Democrats and 37 with union ties. Though 46 approve Nixon's NEP, only 22 feel economically better off than five years ago and 29% approve his overall job performance.
The writer appreciates the editorial Precious Heritage and argues for more focus on George Washington and James Madison. They credit Madison as Father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, noting his role in safeguarding rights and urging future editorials to feature Madison alongside Adams.
Virginia Payette notes the Conference Board and Carnegie Commission findings that many affluent households rely on earnings from noncollege paths. The article cites 9.8 percent starting after elementary school, 11.7 percent after some high school, and 30.7 percent earning a diploma, with 16.1 percent finishing college and 31.7 percent graduating.
A compact trivia list asks about the first Thanksgiving year, signers who became president, the body that can impeach the president, the department for the National Bureau of Standards, the notable declined Secretary of State appointment, Moors last city in Spain, Cinderella's coach material, definition of a lapidary, the locust-and-honey eater, and a bird that can fly backward.
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