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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1973
Page
4
The Winchester Frederick County Heart Fund notes about half of local deaths in 1971 were due to heart disease. Funds support two research chairs, emergency equipment for Middletown and Winchester rescue squads, and a 1973 Heart Month campaign with a Feb 22–25 door to door drive.
In Loudoun Street talk and in county circles, Roger Alderman confirms plans to leave his post as Frederick County's first administrator after a controversial tenure. He arrived two years ago amid a bitter merger and annexation dispute that pitted county and city interests and tested a new, largely compliant five member board.
A seven-person aerospace team urges a low altitude, high payload dirigible for public use. They compare it to the SST but with lower costs, longer range, and nuclear power potential, targeting defense, disaster relief, and floating hospitals.
Mayor Claude B Smalts Jr proclaims today National Guard Master Day in Winchester. Sonny Crisman wins the second annual Jack Zimmerman Memorial Bowling Tournament. Diana Faye Robertson and Alice Marie Carpenter named Apple Blossom Festival Princesses from James Wood and Handley High Schools. BLOOD program to start April 1 to supply hospitals weekly. Stephens City Fire Co to rename under by laws with R E Ayler as president. Temperatures rise above 60 degrees for second day raising concern over apple buds. Dr A B Groves declines to comment.
The piece honors aging adults as real life presences with lasting impact. It highlights their boardroom influence and humor, recalls a craftsman selling aluminum foil, and celebrates retirement as purposeful travel, family visits, and shared dignity within the modern family.
The Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday with Jack F. Davis as General Manager and Executive Editor guiding operations and coverage. The paper serves the local area with telephonic contact at 667-3200.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak warn Kissinger's Peking visit could trigger Moscow to fear loss of influence. Analysts fear a potential Soviet strike on China or a nuclear response if Washington and Beijing appear allied. The piece notes de stabilization risks and aims for a broader U.S. China pact to curb Hanoi aid while maintaining caution toward Moscow.
HAL BOYLE notes that children and the elderly share surprising similarities. Both resist schooling, talk to themselves, avoid big ambitions, watch fire engines, and take interest in nature's mysteries. They both feel confined by family ties and rebel occasionally, making generations apart less of a barrier.
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