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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
4
The article surveys rising dual earner families from 25 to 40 percent and weighs inflation, job growth, and leisure as motives. It also notes U.S. debt leverage and foreign loans, then concentrates on the C5A cargo plane’s budget overruns, structural issues, and guarantees, painting a disputed, costly project with performance gaps.
In Berlin the Soviet commandant and his top political adviser were barred from the American sector as retaliation for Soviet moves to bar U S officials from East Berlin. Precipitation in Winchester totals 39.92 inches for the year, above average. Walter Patterson elected president of the Hoppers Auto Club with Earl Van Meter as vice president James Flowers as secretary and Donald Shifflett as treasurer. Jane Over married Stephen M Rosenberger at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Virgil R Strader installed president of Winchester Kiwanis Club by Will G Hardy with past president and lieutenant governor roles noted.
The piece frames light as central to Christian teaching from Jesus as the light of the world to believers as light in the world. It contrasts gloom with good cheer, notes Christmas and Easter as seasons of light, and calls for self critique to renew religion. It ends by linking faith to guidance in sorrow and sustaining sight.
The article warns Democratic leaders fear President Nixon will push controversial proposals next month to test party unity in the 1972 election. It cites expected defense spending growth, a school finance shift, a value add tax idea, civil rights and busing stances, and welfare reform as flashpoints likely to split liberals and conservatives and undermine cohesion before the nominating convention.
Washington pundit James Kilpatrick argues the conservative rebellion against Richard Nixon has stalled lacking a cadre of top politicians to sustain it. He notes Barry Goldwater Ronald Reagan and others distance themselves, while John Ashbrook shows potential but remains unknown. He predicts Nixon will win renomination and suggests conservatives may reluctantly back him or stay home.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith blasts roll-call dropouts as moonlighters and junketeers and criticizes high priced lunches and freebies. She proposes a constitutional amendment to expel members missing 40 percent of votes, while GOP and Democratic leaders weigh the political cost as primaries loom.
A quote from Ecclesiastes notes that a dream accompanies much business and a fool’s voice with many words. Charles M Schwab adds that successful business requires imagination and seeing the plan as a vision encompassing the whole project.
Reports from London say Big Ben failed to strike recently, the only clock still quiet among the city’s timekeepers. The Atlanta Constitution notes the event in a light, humorous tone.
A reader instruction style page explains scoring for a ten day IQ quiz with daily results from 9 or 10 correct to 4 correct and directs turning to page two for answers. It lists sample questions about automobile parts a Grand Monarch king of France Brazil capital state names for presidents and other trivia including drafting in World War II and railroad rate regulation.
A traveler recalls the tense ritual at Kennedy Airport as a customs inspection triggers nerves and self doubt. The process hinges on color codes and declares, with only minor items such as a fake fur and a gold ring attracting close scrutiny.
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