Price Rollbacks Signal Inflation Battle for Steel Industry
U S Steel leads a wave of price realignments across the steel sector, cutting prices on automotive, appliance, and construction products after earlier increases. The action reflects competitive pressures and a shift toward cost reductions and efficiency as a response to inflation and imports. The piece also reflects on apathy in society and the enduring appeal of the crossword puzzle as a cultural institution.
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U.S. Steel
Visitor letter urges removing Sheridan reference from Winchester guides
A couple visiting Winchester last October praise the town but ask local tourist literature to drop mentions of General Phil Sheridan’s headquarters. They note his Civil War actions in the Shenandoah Valley and Gettysburg, urging respect for a Confederate viewpoint while still enjoying the town.
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Chamber of Commerce
Phillip Sheridan
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Gettysburg
Phil Sheridan
End of the Beginning in Campaign ’72 and Byrd Pole Claims
The column notes Hubert Humphrey and Ed Muskie as front runners in a long campaign and discusses the presidential race as a grand spectacle. It includes a reader’s defense of Admiral Byrd against Col. Balchen’s pole claim, recounting a Winchester meeting with Byrd and Bennett and praising Byrd’s integrity. The piece reflects on political fever, media coverage, and lingering Polar exploration lore.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Ed Muskie
Ted Kennedy
Congressional Quarterly
Jefferson
United States
Agnew
Roosevelt
Dewey
New Hampshire
Col
Balchen
North Pole
Boyce
Admiral Byrd
National Geographic Society
Byrd
Floyd Bennett
N.G.S
Bennett
Spitsbergen
Pole
Fokker
Col. Balchen
Winchester
Harry C. Rickard
Greenville
Virginia suares stand by tax plan greets frigid replies
President Kennedy seeks standby powers to cut income taxes during a recession drawing sharp resistance from key congressional leaders. Virginia's General Assembly plans a short session with a proposed record budget from a retiring governor and awaits signals from Gov elect Harrison at inauguration.
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Kennedy
Virginia
General Assembly
A.S. Harrison, Jr
Louise A. Patten
Bark Mill Theater
Espiron Sigma Alpha Sorority
California
Daily Meditation on Reform Beginning with Individuals
The meditation urges personal reform as the path to world peace. It recalls Jesus’ sacrifice for welfare, notes mixed progress, and warns against alarm without action. By their fruits ye shall know them, the piece cautions against wording changes over real change.
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Prince of Peace
Jesus
Nixon Has Chips Down on Thieu in Vietnam Debate
In Washington Hubert Humphrey and fellow contenders move toward abandoning the Saigon regime of Thieu as they push for rapid withdrawal from Indochina. Jackson lags, Muskie and McGovern back withdrawal, while Nixon maintains Vietnamization and support for Thieu despite air raids on the north and debates over the U.S. role.
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Nixon
Thieu
Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Indochina
Henry M. Jackson
D. Wash
Paris
Jackson
Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
South Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
U.S
Vietnam
There Are Jobs and Jobs Not Recommended
HAL BOYLE notes that fresh workers face scarcer options and should seek fitting roles. He lists surreal job ideas to illustrate unsuitable paths, then ends with a memory quiz scoring guide and page 2 questions about Temple building, Congress pay, artichokes, bee hum, virtues, Century Plant, caves, prohibition amendment, presidential salary, and concrete reinforcement.
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New York
Casey Stengel
U.S. Marine
Muhammad Ali
India
Guardian Angel
Frank Sinatra
New York City
United States
Saigon
Tel+Aviv
Eugene McCarthy
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Congress
Women’s Liberation Movement
Solomon
U.S
Paul
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Tallapoosa
Rube
Miami
John Lindsay
George Wallace
Gene McCarthy
al Jolson
Bernt Balchen
Richard E. Byrd
Handley High School
RE. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
House of Delegates
Frederick County
American Legion
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Evening Star
Eugene P. Miller
Jack F. Davis
Douglas B. O'Connell
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Peking
Hal Boyle
Chapter
National Society of Embalmers
Martha Mitchell
Barber
Tailor
I.Q
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