Winchester Council Seeks State Library Funding Help
The Winchester City Council urged the General Assembly to boost funding for libraries, arguing for at least 15 million for 1980 82, three times the prior allotment. Local leaders cite rising loans and a budget surplus as leverage, while Del Alson H. Smith Jr. cautions funding depends on Richmond’s priorities.
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Winchester
General Assembly
North Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
Handley Library
Frederick
Assembly
Richmond
Del
Alson H. Smith Jr
Appropriations Committee
Virginia
Winchester traffic signals seen improving under city review
City officials report the new signals are operating well aside from 25 minor malfunctions later downgraded to perceived issues. Public works chief and city manager say the worst is over, though some council members remain skeptical as residents are urged to call a listed number with complaints before the six month warranty expires April 25, 1980.
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Winchester
City Hall
Edward J. Jankiewicz Jr
Wendell L. Seldon
Charles M. Zuckerman
Mr. Pine
Traffic Rx Good Attitude Improves City Signal System
The city adopted its Central Business District Traffic Signal System on October 25 1979 and has seen 25 malfunctions, with many initial issues due to perceived faults. Officials say real problems are decreasing as public attitude improves and a 25 mph downtown speed limit is encouraged to aid flow.
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Central Business District
Director of Public Works
Rir Thee Kituactsen
Stoplight timing sparks gas waste complaints in Winchester
Letter writers George A. Lawson and Gene Babb urge action on traffic signal timing and a Rescue Squad fund drive. Lawson quantifies gas waste from 5000 cars waiting each minute, while Babb asks residents to donate at least $1 to Rescue Box 3037, Winchester VA 22601.
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the Star
Winchester
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Reporting Behind the Oil Curtain
Evans and Novak recount Iranian visa denial to U.S. reporters amid Iran's revolution. They note a growing pattern of anti-American regimes restricting Western journalists. The piece cites Tehran's visa practices, embassy tensions, and a historical parallel to press expulsion in other regimes.
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Field Enterprises Inc
Ashington
Iran
Persian Gulf
Revolutionary High Command
Tehran
U.S
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Associated Press
Ava
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Washington
Abourezk
Fiction and the First Amendment in a libel case
Washington columnist weighs Gwen Davis Doubleday novel Touching based on a 1969 nude marathon encounter. He notes California court rulings favoring Paul Bindrim and argues for balanced free press rights with responsibility, urging less reliance on real lives in fiction.
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Universal Press Syndicate
Washington
Gwen Davis
Doubleday
California
Simon Herford
Annaa
Davis
Sandstone
Topanga Canyon
Los Angeles
Paul Bindrim
Bindrim
Dr. Herford
Supreme Court
Oableday
Ken McCormick
Santa Claus
How Many Pots to Change a Bulb
A humorous 1979 New York Times Service piece imagines political figures debating who should replace a blown light bulb. The scene features Kennedy, Reagan, Mondale, Kissinger, Carter, and others arguing over bulbs as a metaphor for national readiness and governance. Ralph Nader bursts in criticizing the bulb’s safety as five men converge on the socket.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Ted Kennedy
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Adm
Stansfield
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Fritz Mondale
Fritz
Santa Claus
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Henry
Teddy
Ronny
Jerry Brown
Howard Baker
Ralph Nader
Ralph
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Fairmont Ave
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Jefferson St. Winchester
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By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Uganda
Idi Amin
Mozambique
Vietnam
Revolutionary Council
William Shirer
Berlin
CBS
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Soviet Union
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Ghotbzadeh
Ayatollah Khomeini
Walter
By James J. Kilpatrick
Asheville
N.C
Thomas Wolfe
Citizen Kane
William Randolph Hearst
Watergate
Henry Kissinger
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