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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1975
Page
4
Five months into his presidency Gerald Ford pushes for action on economic and energy woes with a 25 minute State of the Union broadcast. Democrats respond with proposals as both branches seek to unite to revive confidence and drive progress.
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival will welcome Bob Hope back as grand marshal after 26 years. The festival adds New Christy Minstrels concert after coronation, an extra day and night show, a likely grander coronation, and a new Sunday in the Park feature, all under President E. Michael Luby's community theme.
The piece recalls how deficits rose in the 1930s and during World War II and notes inflation and a $300 billion annual budget with a national debt near $500 billion. It argues the era of debt funded spending mattered more as people reexamine fiscal policy and government responsibility.
Washington watchers note CIA director William Colby ousted counterintelligence chief James Angleton promptly after New York Times charges. Ford aides fear morale collapse inside CIA and risk of a media driven bloodletting.
W Henson Moore defeated Jeff La Caze in Louisiana Sixth District, a century long Democratic stronghold, signaling a conservative GOP rebuke of the Watergate tag and a potential shift in national political fortune. Moore, 35, bested La Caze, a Baton Rouge sportscaster, in a decisive congressional election.
A Winchester letter discusses volunteer firefighters and the need for city cooperation, detailing how miscommunications, delays, and wage laws affect firefighting. It cites Richard A. Comer and urges balanced policy between city officials and fire companies for adequate protection. It also reviews Louisiana politics, Moore and La Caze, COPE support, and a 1976 election outlook.
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