This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1971
Page
8
President Nixon praised the Senate for confirming both William Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell Jr to the federal bench. He stated the nominations would bring integrity and intellectual breadth to the Supreme Court and noted broad partisanship in the vote with 38 Republicans in favor and 30 Democrats in support overall.
Senate Democrats fail by seven votes to override President Nixon on the $6 billion antipoverty bill with child care provisions. The measure dies for the session as Congress funds the Office of Economic Opportunity through next June 30, while welfare reform plans push to next year.
Ellis heads Clarke County Concerned Citizens Council at Millwood Community Center as Garrison Ellis is named president. Other officers include Rev Curtis Clarke vice president Phoebe Ellis secretary Ellen Casey treasurer and Rev Holland Clark chaplain. Executive committee members named are George F Johnson David Thorton and Emma Walker.
New York became the first state to adopt a state flower when school children voted for the rose in 1891. The decision reflects a civic exercise showing youth involvement in state symbolism and marks a historic floral designation.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.