1972 Outlook for Medicine and Higher Education Shifts
Medical researchers anticipate 1972 brings major breakthroughs especially in cancer and heart disease though no cold cure is near. Education trends show two-year colleges gaining admissions while four-year enrollments dip. junior colleges grow due to tuition costs and tax support, offering flexible vocational options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
University of Cincinnati
Carnegie Commission
Cincinnati
Brookhaven Ponders Newspaper Bridge And Other Far Out Ideas
Brookhaven National Laboratory is testing a paper plywood concept made by cutting newspaper, adding monomer, shaping, and baking, claiming steel like tensile strength. The lab also tests a radiation hardened concrete resistant to salt corrosion. Final proof comes when officials drive across the newspaper bridge.
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Funny Farm
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven
Greeks Prefer Rascals to Leftist Revolution
James J. Kilpatrick argues Greece faces a binary choice between the right wing Papadopoulos regime and Andreas Papandreou’s exile movement. Papadopoulos offers limited concessions, while Papandreou pushes for violent revolution and a socialist system aligned with the Soviet model, leaving Greeks wary of change and inclined to tolerate the current rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Andreas Papandreou
Papandreou
Ottawa
Richard Nixon
NATO
Soviet Union
Sweden
Byrd Warns of Large Tax Hike Linked to Deficit
Senator Byrd of Virginia argues the government's long deficit spending has devalued the dollar and will force steep tax increases in 1973. He cites 12 years of deficits, compares Johnson and Nixon eras, and warns middle income earners will bear the burden while calling for sharp spending cuts. He notes tables on U S gold holdings and federal deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Congress
Administration
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Eisner
Germany
Belgium
Jamaica
Japan
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
President Johnson
Snowstorm halts Midwest travel and school duties
A midwest snowstorm stranded hundreds of school children and holiday travelers while local forecasts offered white Christmas imagery. Douglas School held contests for handsome Christmas baskets, and Cub Scouts created a creche for Memorial Hospital patients. A navy ship backed away from Dairen after a 20 minute ultimatum. a wedding at Braddock Street Methodist linked Peggy Anderson and Henry Stuckey Flowers. county court heat project finished as the building had no heat since December 7 due to boiler failure.
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Midwest
Salvation Army
Douglas School
Memorial Hospital
Charles Creager
Gus Cahill
Bill English
Bill Henkel
Chip
United States Navy
Dairen
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Peggy Anderson
Paul E. Anderson
Henry Stuckey Flowers
Sumter
S.C
County Court House
Birth of Jesus Christ as foretold in Matthew
The passage describes Mary's virgin pregnancy by the Holy Ghost and Joseph's obedience. An angel tells Joseph to marry Mary and name the child Jesus, fulfilling the prophecy of Emmanuel God with us. Joseph awakens, takes Mary as wife, and Jesus is born.
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Jesus Christ
Mary
Joseph
Lord
David
Holy
Jesus
Emmanuel
God
Christmas Poem and Reflections From A Winchester Reader
A Winchester Va letter includes a Christmas poem about Santa Claus and memories from 1971. The writer describes travels with AARP members, names friends and family in Virginia and New York, and asks the local paper to print the piece.
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Courtney
Richard Wolfe
Scott
Heathesville
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By James J. Kilpatrick
Papadopoulos
Vienna
Constantine
Athens
Office of Management and Budget
Pixies
By Wohl
U.S. Treasury Department
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Winchester Evening Star
Eugene P. Miller
Jack F. Davis
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
the Star
New York City
A.A.R.P
American Association of Retired People
James Lee Courtney
Clarence Palmer
Strasburg
Harrisburg
Stanley
Wardensville
Woodstock
Luray
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall
Times Square
Sak
Fifth Avenue
New Jersey Turnpike
Childs
Taft Hotel
United Nations
Chinatown
Bowery
Wall Street
Staten Island
Nannie Lamp
Atha Stultz
Weems Lane
Lois DeBolt
Route 50
Yorkville
Clarence Foreman
Frank Courtney
Charles Courtney
Lee
Mrs. James Lee Courtney, Sr
R.F.D. 2
Santa Claus
Eva F. Whetzell
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