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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1971
Page
4
Kurt Waldheim, longtime diplomat and Austrian by birth, becomes the United Nations secretary general. Known as a quiet, conservative figure fluent in four languages, he faces a daunting agenda and a potentially strained UN treasury in the new year.
Former Minnesota senator Eugene McCarthy signals readiness for another Democratic bid, drawing comparisons to Harold Stassen and facing party discipline and shifting youth support. A Boston speech frames his stance on backing the eventual party candidate. A separate profile recalls Officer Harry L. Jones whose one man charity sparked a global fundraiser benefiting the Fraternal Order of Police and needy families.
Amid a 1960s style push President Kennedy plans a new farm program to boost farmer earnings. Winchester recorded a 11 degree low at 5 am as winter’s coldest so far. Northern Virginia Power Co. appoints W. Carlisle Fisher as district manager succeeding Phil Hunter. Hunter becomes division manager for the Southern Division from January 1. Senator Ferguson says the Senate war probe panel backs a report grilling Bilbo over war contractor ties. City to begin own garbage collection effective January 1 with S. Lee Grant, city manager, announcing. Social Security opens Winchester field office with Harry Albert Nelson, ex Martinsburg manager, in charge.
The excerpt argues that faith in God brings cheer, citing Romans 8 31 and John 16 33 to emphasize God’s loving desire to save and bless rather than condemn. It stresses believers need not fear punishment, since Christ has overcome the world, encouraging optimism in the Christian life.
The Winchester Evening Star lists the newspaper staff including Jack F. Davis as General Manager and Executive Editor and Douglas B. O Connell as Managing Editor with a daily circulation figure noted at over 60,000 and telephone contact 667 3200.
A narrator recalls Communication Hill on Punkin Ridge and Luther the groundhog who lived there before the speaker. The piece reflects on local memory, land purchase by D K Russell, and the mountain’s battlements with nature and history.
Defense officials warn Moscow may deploy a swing wing supersonic bomber within years, pushing calls to fund AWACS planes and OTH B radar and to modernize North American air defense at up to 5.6 billion dollars. Congress remains skeptical while Senator Buckley notes erosion of U S air power superiority.
Henry J. Taylor recounts Mussolini’s ascent from impoverished beginnings to Duce and Italy’s premier, his misread Ethiopia venture, alliance with Hitler, and ultimate capture and execution near Lake Como. Goering, Hitler, and Audisio figures frame the fall on December 29, 1925 era.
HAL BOYLE notes baby alligators hatch at eight inches and gain about a foot annually until six years old. He also praises New York sanitation, discusses octopuses, Antarctica land bridges, sparking origins, JFK quotes, city cat camouflage, dog barking theory, and a Lord Chesterfield quote.
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