City to lease land to rescue squad sparks critique
Winchester Common Council approves a 99 year lease of 2.3 acres on Millwood Ave at 1000 dollars per year for the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. Critics urge a token annual price or gift to avoid legal challenges and preserve funds for equipment and training. The piece also discusses air freight trends and global peanut butter diffusion.
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Winchester Common Council
Millwood Ave
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Armory
Winchester
Frederick County
Common Council
Kennedy Promise underscores action over inaction says Fairlie
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak review Henry Fairlie's The Kennedy Promise, praising its sharp portrait of JFK and the Kennedy administration. They compare Fairlie's analysis to Machiavelli, noting the theme of the presidency defined by constant crises and a relentless drive for action rather than doing nothing.
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Washington
Henry Fairlie
Niccolo Machiavelli
Fairlie
Machiavelli
Kennedy
Kennedys
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Marriage of Convenience Between Meany Nixon Ties Rise
In Miami Beach AFL-CIO leader George Meany maintains a neutral front as Nixon appears at an executive council meeting. Meany aides work to add eight labor representatives to the Democratic National Committee under Robert Strauss. Strauss courts Meanyites with labor operative Al Barkan aiding his rise. Meany personally guides Nixon to the exit after the council visit.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Organized Labor
Democratic National Committee
Robert Strauss
Meany
Strauss
al Barkan
Barkan
Bronx
Pat Cunningham
Mr. Nixon
Aflcio Executive Council
Council
Democratic Party
Republican Party
McGovern
George McGovern
Afl-Cio High Command
Teamsters Union
Peter Brennan
New York
Labor Department
Treasury
State
George Shultz
William P. Rogers
White House
Labor
Vietnam
Opposition to Hanoi aid hardens in Congress and Nixon delays
The piece notes growing congressional opposition to U S aid for North Vietnam amid delays on a ceasefire pledge to assist postwar reconstruction. Lawmakers debate multination funding, international channels, and the political costs as figures like Mansfield Fulbright Kennedy Proxmire and Jackson define conditions and limits on any aid program.
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Washington
Hanoi
Congress
Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
Indochina
Asia
William P. Rogers
Senate
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Russia
China
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Cambodia
William Proxmire
D-Wis
U.S
Defense Department
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Henry A. Kissinger
Congratulations Fellow Survivors By HAL BOYLE
HAL BOYLE addresses readers turning 62 this month and all newborns, celebrating the milestone with wry humor. He notes the lack of doom at 62, the endurance of humanity, and suggests a practical, hopeful outlook as life continues. He observes attitudes toward aging influence longevity and cherishes the seasons as a catharsis of the soul.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Assailant Kills Two Women in Winchester Home Invasion
An assailant entered the Hoover home near Double Toll Gate and stabbed to death Mrs. Waltine Naomi Hoover and her mother Mrs. E. M. Snow. The incident is reported alongside local pageant entries and festival planning notes for 1948 events.
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H. Dennis Hoover
Waltine Naomi Hoover
E. M. Snow
Mary Barbara Woore
Loring E. Woore
Clearbrook
Jayceeettes
Winchester
Daily Meditation on Alcoholism and Life's Trials
Psychologists note rising alcoholism from seeking solace during crises. Temporary relief from a bottle hides deeper sorrows and worsening problems. Life is a school with a Master who tests us to grow. avoiding problems only piles up trouble for Judgment Day.
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