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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1968
Page
4
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The 1937 Irish constitution bars dissolution of marriage and faces renewed scrutiny amid talk of repeal. Critics say the law invites evasions through annullments, overseas civil cases, and remarriages while the hierarchy resists change. Analysts warn that a referendum remains uncertain. Geoffrey Moorehouse notes the risk to marriages in Ireland.
The elm may live a century but is threatened by elm bark beetles. Parasites from Beltsville released in Ohio and Missouri show promise in eradicating beetles to protect surviving trees. Experts say wasps survive only on beetles, avoiding pest problems.
The Star Files reports Winchester’s air raid signal drill by Defense Co ordinator Lee Grant as a success while COUNTY SCHOOLS plan to close for Ration Lock registration. Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 votes to ship 20,000 cigarettes to overseas military companies. Retail shoe dealers receive Council of National Defense footwear guidelines for upcoming summer, restricting style color and type available to the public.
Earl L. Douglas argues the Bible presents God as personal and that personality underpins law and social norms. He contrasts human and animal intelligence, notes the ethical need to respect personality, and asserts shared traits allow a personal relationship and prayer with God.
Veteran politicians say Wallace and McCarty pose little threat in 1968. Johnson remains favored for the Democratic nomination, while Republicans expect a clear victory. A Wallace run could split votes but is viewed as unlikely to alter the outcome.
WASHINGTON Nelson Rockefeller faces Republican rivals Richard Nixon and John Lindsay circling his handling of the New York garbage strike. Lindsay promotes local control while Rockefeller shows restraint, and Nixon attacks the issue with candor, arguing the mayor and governor mismanage public safety.
A Virginia perspective from Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley notes growing public concern and dissatisfaction with how the Vietnam War is conducted. Virginians remain patriotic and supportive of troops and government but question national leadership and war policies after a three year buildup.
A 1968 address argues for urgent policy and procedure changes to end the Vietnam war, citing rising U S casualties, enhanced Soviet influence, and vulnerabilities from Pueblo seizure and Middle East tensions. It urges an honorable, early conclusion to the conflict.
The World Almanac notes Pythagoras active in Greece around 530 B C. He is famed for the theorem on the square of the hypotenuse and, beyond geometry, as a music theorist who linked musical intervals to arithmetic ratios of string lengths under the same tension.
A physician explains CF as an inherited metabolic disorder with sticky lung mucus and pancreatic enzyme deficiency. Early treatment at a medical center, humidified care, antibiotics, drainage, and a high protein diet improve outcomes. a gene defect causes recessive inheritance.
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