Crash on the Loudoun Mall prompts safety overhaul
Last evening a car drove onto the Loudoun Mall crossing from North Loudoun Street and struck a concrete water fountain after hitting trees. No pedestrians were hurt but the driver was injured and charged with driving under the influence. The incident spurs calls for barriers and restricted vehicle access to the pedestrian mall. City officials pledge swift action to protect shoppers and prevent a repeat.
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Loudoun Mall
Loudoun Street
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Boscawen
Ee —Ping
Star
Wendell Seldon
Commercial and Avings Bank
Ben B. Dutton
Irwin Shendon
Winchester
Julius Armel
Dime Newspaper Prices Rise Across U.S. Dailies
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports a shift from 10 cent papers to 15 and 20 cent editions across 1 745 dailies. Rising newsprint costs drive the increases while West Coast Crown Zellerbach prices climb to 285 a ton.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Crown Zellerbach
Capitulation at Kansas City reshapes 1976 convention fears
Evans and Novak report that Democratic governors retreat amid threats of a black walkout signals a push for quotas at the 1976 convention. Strauss fights but faces growing internal doubts as AFSCME and other leaders abandon Hilton Head language, changing party dynamics nationwide.
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Kansas City
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
Hilton Head
S.C
Democratic Party
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
William Lucy
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Basil Paterson
Edward Bennett Williams
Paterson
Bob Strauss
United Aueto Workers
New York
Richard Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Sen
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Lamm
Colorado
Thomas Judge
Montana
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Reubin Askew
Florida
Ed Williams
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Strauss's Finest Hour at Democratic Convention
James J. Kilpatrick lauds Robert Strauss and the Democratic convention in Kansas City for a deft handling of Article Ten on full participation. He notes closed rooms and open covenants, the craft of compromise, and predicts a rare, virtuoso performance unlikely to repeat before 1976.
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Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka
the Santa Fe
Scotland
Strauss
Willie
Willie Brown
California
Sam Rayburn
Joe Waggoner
Louisiana
John Henning
Afl-Cio
Strauss Express
Waggoner
Illinois
Letters to the Editor on History and Deer Season Coverage
Readers critique local history reverence blue laws and honesty in public life while two Winchester residents condemn the Star for poor deer kill coverage. They urge daily, readable deer kill lists and local station inclusion. The letters reflect frustration with press diligence and community memory.
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the Star
Earle W. Baker
Thomas A. Edison
Virginia
America
Frederick
Star
Cather
Winchester
Frederick County
Cathers
Richard A. Wright
Emory & Henry College
Emory, Va
Jerry Bennett
Purcell Ave
Ullman set to lead Ways and Means in new Congress
Washington report on Al Ullman a Baker Oregon Democrat likely to chair the House Ways and Means Committee. He would oversee tax trade health insurance and Social Security with a more open approach than Wilbur Mills and faces a liberalizing panel and sagging economic problems next year.
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Washington
Wilbur Mills
al Ullman
Congress
Baker
Oregon
House
Ways and Means
Ullman
Altman
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Fanne Foxe
Mills
William J. Green
Pennsylvania
Senate
Wilbur
Ford
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Edderials
Winchester Evening Star
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Ilinois
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Askew
Chicago
Alex Seith
Delegate Selection Commission
By James J. Kilpatrick
Frank Crane
Thomas Otway
Frederick Nietzsche
C.C. McDonald
P.O. Box
Congressional Quarterly
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