Soothing Syrup for Energy Woes Warns of Long Crisis
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that the Nixon administration downplayed a looming energy shortage. Industry sources and Sen. Henry M. Jackson challenge the optimistic forecast as experts warn the crisis may last years with shale and coal gains far off.
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U.S
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Jack H. Bridges
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Panama Canal
Letters on Vietnam aid and peace in South Vietnam
The writer supports reducing U.S. aid to Southeast Asia until Thieu frees political prisoners and implements the Paris Peace Agreement. He warns against allowing civilian gas to be diverted to military use and urges Congress to withdraw funds until political rights and peace are secured. The letter closes with reflections on 1973 and 1974.
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Winchester Evening Star Subscriptions Rates
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Burger son of Chief Justice earns 25833 with GSA
Wade A Burger son of Warren E Burger faces scrutiny as GSA hires him as special assistant to the assistant commissioner for space allocation. Report cites Civil Service Commission findings of preferential political appointments. Burger, 37, previously worked in real estate. GSA says salary aligned with GS14.
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Northern Virginia
Richard Q. Warter
United States
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Virginia Pilot
Varter
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Space Management Office
Warren Burger
Nixon
Young Burger
Commerce
How's Your I Q Based on 100 Questions
Quick IQ quiz notes scoring daily results from 9 to 10 correct equals Memory Genius. Answers include plantations or stations for large Hawaiian farms, and Old Faithful erupt frequency.
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Watts
Ali Baba
Moon eclipse to dazzle North America and South America coast
The moon will star in a three hour spectacle eclipse visible across Northern America and along the west coast of South America. Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman announce plans for marriage. Ben Belchie serves on the committee interviewing a new recreation director. Mr and Mrs Phil Sprenkle host a party for their daughter.
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South America
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Ethel Merman
Ben Belchie
Phil Sprenkle
Distinction and Effort Behind Mastery in Art
The text argues skill requires long labor not instant talent. It cites Michelangelo, noting his thousands of sketches and four and a half years painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling while lying on his back to complete 340 figures.
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Pardon Chance Is Lost for Virginia Inmate
Thomas Abshire, a convict who acted in prison theater and later joined Gov. Linwood Holton on a reform panel, has lost his chance at a pardon after a new arrest for attempted burglary in Roanoke. A preliminary hearing is set for January 17, five days after Holton leaves office.
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Thomas Abshire
Linwood Holton
Abshire
Holton
Roanoke
David Bradley
The
Commonwealth
Botetourt
Jason
State Penitentiary
Suspended Portsmouth Officers Acquitted in Grand Larceny
Three suspended Portsmouth police officers were acquitted of grand larceny after a jury verdict delivered in less than two hours. Detectives J Pete Ellis Sgt Robert C Salas and Patrolman Patrick M Duckwell faced charges tied to stealing television sets and a radio from an appliance store in 1971.
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Portsmouth
J. Pete Ellis
Robert C. Salas
Patrick M. Duckwell
L. David Allen
Allen
Salas
Duckwell
Ellis
Virginia House Leader Foresees Public Employee Bargaining
Richmond AP report quotes House Majority Leader James M. Thomson predicting the 1974 Virginia General Assembly will enact collective bargaining rights for public employees after a divided commission and prior defeat. Thomson cites votes and says action will proceed, noting existing local district agreements have aided relations.
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House
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Virginia General Assembly
Thomson
V. Lowden Jr
Lowden
Virginia
Newman resignation reshapes Virginia secretary post
Cynthia S. Newman will resign as secretary of the commonwealth January 10 and Gov.-Elect Mills Godwin is poised to name Pat Perkinson to the post. Holton announced the resignation and a four year State Board of Welfare and Institutions term for Newman, who cites business and family commitments. Perkinson, former Godwin aide and campaign press secretary, is viewed as certain to be appointed, with details on part time status and salary noted.
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Cynthia S. Newman
Commonwealth
Mills Godwin
Pat Perkinson
Linwood Holton
Newman
State Board of Welfare and Institutions
General Assembly
Elmon T. Gray
Sussex
Virginia
Godwin
Perkinson
Virginia Community Colleges System
Herbert R. Perkinson Jr
State Highways Department
Thai Colonel Plans Monk Life If Asylum Fails
Narong Kittikachorn, a Thai colonel who fled after the 1973 coup, said he has applied for asylum in Portugal and Switzerland and may become a Buddhist monk if denied. Thai defense ministry backs trials for Narong and relatives over killings during October student uprising.
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Narong Kittikachorn
Thailand
Narong
Portugal
Switzerland
Thai Defense Ministry
Thanom Kittikachorn
Praphas Charusathien
Red Horse Inn Rebuilt After Sudbury Fire
The Red Horse Inn at Sudbury Massachusetts, once housing Longfellow’s Tales of a Wayside Inn, burned in a blaze but has been restored. It remains one of the nation’s oldest operating inns with a renewed historic presence.
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Sudbury
Mass
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