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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
4
Draftees push to extend service or reenlist amid fewer Vietnam deployments and improving pay. About 60,000 Army personnel should be discharged early due to budget cuts, while some choose to reenlist to avoid civilian uncertainty.
The piece notes Irish Republican Army violence in Northern Ireland with a 20 year old girl killed and a British soldier wounded after a day of bomb blasts. It frames the event with biblical quotes and reflects on sectarian clashes resuming in Belfast as crowds gather in Catholic districts.
Editor's note reports Santa Claus is en route across Arctic skies toward the American border. The Royal Canadian Police clear air lanes and signal an unlimited speed route as the heavy sled overflows with gifts, prompting Santa to worry about gifts falling to the ground below.
Wisconsin voters face a tight race with Muskie well positioned thanks to strong organization led by Inland Steel executive David Carley and broad party support. Humphrey plans no major push in the state, focusing instead on Florida with potential momentum shaping prospects for Nebraska West Virginia and California later.
In Belfast and Northern Ireland a wave of bombings and snipings mars pre Christmas shopping amid 4000 troops massed around Belfast. Leaders vow retaliation as fires destroy several commercial buildings. A British debate over security is blocked by the speaker while religious quotes frame the turmoil.
The Star Files DEFENSE SPENDING in the first five months of the current fiscal year was well below estimates for a full year, signaling accelerated spending in the last half ending June 30. A public hearing on the proposed $96,478 Berryville budget is set, Salvation Army distributes 180 Christmas baskets, Shenandoah College president Dr. Forrest Racey to speak to Kiwanis on college progress.
A biblical excerpt recounts Caesar Augustus issuing a world tax, Joseph and Mary traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Mary delivering Jesus in a manger, and shepherds nearby as angels announce good tidings of great joy for all people. The scene ends with praises to God.
A Letter to the Editor presents a Christmas poem imagining Santa’s retirement of his eight reindeer. The piece calls for officials to help Santa acquire a vapor trailing jet to deliver gifts quickly, allowing him to finish the journey and return home to Mrs Santa and themselves with a stocked stocking.
A short quiz prompts readers to score themselves on 10 days of questions. It lists daily performance bands from Memory Genius to Good and directs turning to page 2 for answers. Questions cover capitals borders teeth calendar oils breathing devices tools and scientific terms.
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