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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1970
Page
4
The piece argues that current devices will appear crude in the future. It notes earlier tech like 1920s cars and radios were considered ultimate then. It asserts that each invention spawns new improvements and that opportunity increases with time.
Washington reports the Democratic Party faces an $8 million debt threatening its operations and the nation's political system. A push for public financing and new tax mechanisms is urged as fund-raising gaps widen against Nixon’s 1972 bid.
A moon rock dating claim suggests Apollo specimens may be over a billion years older than Earth estimates of 3.5 billion years. The piece links lunar ages to the universe’s origin while noting humans are a recent development and space research can deepen humility. It also discusses the prevalence and impact of allergies, with millions affected in the United States and calls for cures and prevention.
Dr. J. Crawford Little studied neurotic men and found 32 of 44 worried about vigor loss could not accept normal midlife decline. Census Bureau notes U S population at 204,334,344 on Jan 1 with a 1969 gain of 2,067,000 and a projected 205 million by year end, up from 179,323,000 in 1960.
Dr Frank C Laubach opened the city wide Prayer Mission urging prayer and education while calling 1960 a crisis year in world history. Richmond bulletin notes state tax plan on cigarettes and liquor to meet Almond budget needs without a sales tax. Wendell Dick’s Potomac State College team upset Shepherd 77 76 in college basketball. Charles Braithwaite elected president of the Sacred Heart Athletic Club for Boys for 1945 with officers named. Ben Belchie announces a paper and scrap drive with students from Virginia Avenue John Kerr Handley and Douglas schools collecting. Plans to study adding German POW labor to county farms to be discussed by the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association in January.
Daily Meditation argues three billion people must learn to live together peaceably and profitably. It stresses geography energy education and science as keys and notes racial differences and resources can both aid progress or fuel conflict. War is a mistake and balance between giving and getting sustains peace.
HAL BOYLE derides early 1970s expectations in a wit filled column. He notes lack of change after 15 days, inflation persists, groceries rise, and winter gloom lingers. He plans to wait a few weeks and then shift focus to the 1980s.
The piece questions the fate of American prisoners in North Vietnam and the public’s right to know. It notes Red Cross efforts and Geneva Convention obligations, cites families abroad seeking information, and asks if powers supplying Hanoi will push for humane treatment and disclosure.
A 64 year old with three impacted wisdom teeth confronts whether to remove them before denture fitting. Dentists assess tooth position near nerves, bone and tissue, health, and age. Removing later may be easier, but surgical extraction could alter the denture and cost.
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