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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1972
Page
3
Amid stalled Philadelphia preparations for the nation’s 200th birthday, local objections to the site delay a final go ahead. Navy adapts to climate with amphibious ships and acclimatized gyms, while mint and currency debates stir coin Enthusiasts.
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko conferred for 212 hours on Berlin aiming to reach a basis for negotiations on the divided city. Residents shed holiday mood as 1962 began with light snow and no fatal traffic incidents. Winchester storages hold 700 792 bushels of apples, down 37 249 from last year. Sam Rayburn drafted as Democratic floor leader and Halleck leadership vote collapsed. Burr P Harrison leaves Winchester for Washington as 80th Congress opens. Virginia National Guard units to be federally inspected by January 14. Elizabeth Marshall Denny married Ray Robinson Jr at White Post Meade Memorial Church.
A Nixon pardon opened Lewisburg Prison gates for James Hoffa, a landmark clemency act amid obstruction of justice charges. The column then shifts to Dr Milton Margoles and his 26 year old son Perry, Milwaukee cardiologist and his son, whose stories intertwine via wealth, power, and ambition.
Nixon allows Lyn Nofziger to join the California effort as deputy campaign manager, aligning the campaign with Reaganites and provoking concern among moderates who fear a Reaganized plan may broaden the base and push a tough law and order message in 1970. The move follows a series of vetoes and political maneuvering between Nixon, Reagan, and California leaders.
The piece argues killing is the worst sin and crime, urges maintaining soldiers to deter attacks, and calls for world peace guarded and necessary. It notes theft as a major crime, flags moral progress in some areas, and stresses that victims retain rights alongside those who commit wrongdoing especially in urban areas and after dark.
Virginia Payette recalls college life with papers, pep rallies and dances while noting today’s students favor activism and outside causes over traditional on campus fun. She laments dwindling yearbooks and social events and reflects on how education and youth culture have shifted over time.
HAL BOYLE looks ahead to 1972 with a humorous forecast. He predicts rising costs, diet fodder from pig knuckles, and cautious personal finances amid inflation. The piece notes political spectacle, a rough job market for youth, and limited global conflict, with lighthearted twists on politics and culture.
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