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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1970
Page
4
The editorial discusses Bob Kaiser's book on Sirhan Sirhan and whether the assassination stemmed from self hypnosis or external hypnotic influence. It notes medical tests suggesting hypnotic susceptibility and considers brain washing as a possible factor in high-stress conditions.
The federal government plans to extend two temporary levies on consumer items, the 70 percent automobile tax and the 10 percent telephone tax, delaying their sunset dates to 1982. With large deficits, Washington aims to avoid tax cuts and ensure revenue continuity beyond earlier expiry targets.
New York City plans to move families from high cost hotel stays into mobile homes to address a severe housing shortage. The program aims to ease welfare rent costs exceeding 7.5 million dollars, though codes in many cities complicate adoption.
The Star Files reports the engagement of Miss Marina Damko to George John Sempeles. Wintry weather looms over the area as Santa Claus parade preparations in Loudoun Street proceed. Agricultural economists at WPI predict continued high farm land prices. The Frederick County Board of Supervisors unanimously backs the Winchester Frederick County War Memorial Community Center Building. Mrs. Ethel Jolliffe Rinker reports strong local women’s participation in the Victory Loan Drive.
A meditation on discipline tracing its Latin roots to learn and arguing that true discipline means effort, obedience, and progress. It notes aging as a stage for continued learning, warns against stagnation, and contrasts work ethic with idleness and aristocratic stereotypes.
Lawrence Fagg of Stephens City argues in a reader letter that Vietnam era excesses and national decay reveal a need to restore decency and prayer. He blasts inflation, corporate power, and federal tax shifts while urging stronger state and local governance and a female led future.
New York AP humor column notes that appearances and habits reveal aging and social quirks. It observes coffee in disposable cups, fashion, loans, work ethics, yawns, hair growth, dating signals, marriage constraints, doodling, office fantasies, and shared remedies for hiccups and warts.
Washington columnist argues the televised news conferences are the President's baby and risk news management. He cites Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt, notes Nixon's limited, often propagandistic briefings, and warns reporters to avoid being co-opted while urging practical reforms for better public accounting.
Dr Lawrence E. Lamb explains cortisone from adrenal hormones affects fat protein and carbohydrate metabolism and supports many organs. It can be lifesaving in inflammatory allergic and digestive disorders but prolonged use causes moon face weight gain ulcers bone loss insomnia mood changes and possible psychic effects. Closely supervised medical use is essential.
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