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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
4
A fragmented OCR item references a one week coverage period in a city carrier schedule with mentions of motor carrier rates around $1.10 and a June month marker. The readable fragments point to a tariff-type notice for postal or transportation charges without clear names or places.
UC scientists report reptiles endure massive radiation while mice become sterile. Projections suggest all mammals in the area may go extinct, whereas reptiles survive. Some link sun radiation changes to mass extinction events, noting mammals rise after dinosaur era.
Alexander Dubcek rose to power with liberal reforms including a free press and elections but Soviet tanks crushed the Prague spring. He was imprisoned in Moscow before returning to steer liberal policies again. The final fate of his reforms remains uncertain.
A nostalgic look at the Saturday Evening Post fading from American life. Norman Rockwell covers and long standing editorials disappeared as economic pressures and changing tastes doomed the magazine.
Eugene Branch, manager of the George Washington Hotel, says about 600 dollars in damages resulted from a fire starting in a room on the top floor. Cpl Wilbur Kern attends a ground instructors' course at the RAF Instructors' School Bryan Field Tex.
The Congregation of Grace Lutheran Church extends a call to the Rev. Austin A. Kelley of West Philadelphia to become pastor of the local church. A section of the brick fence at Bell Brothers' old stand on Main and Water Streets collapsed, having leaned for some time.
The piece extols serenity as a priceless prize of mind body and spirit. It cites Wordsworth and Plutarch to illustrate inner calm as a by product of conditions and not a goal pursued, noting serenity enters when we stop forcing it and allows it to possess the mind.
The piece argues that focus on individual needs in American education has outpaced practical results. It notes past errors in overestimating teacher capacity, the rise of guidance counselors in higher grades, and current funding limits for elementary counseling. It highlights a growing group of hard to teach students who are average or above average in intelligence but struggle to learn.
A Chesterfield County Virginia program creates a Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Center to diagnose and tailor instruction for hard to teach students. Director Marguerite Turner says prescriptions may include hearing aids glasses visiting teachers resource teachers and even physical exercises to aid development. The center centers on elementary pupils offering in school part time or full time center instruction and aims to reduce future dropouts.
Henry J. Taylor argues Attorney General John N. Mitchell will overhaul the federal crackdown on the Mafia and drug trade. He explains the Mafia as a loose, uncodified brotherhood rooted in Sicilian origins, Omerta rules, and a tradition of silence, violence, and loyalty.
A mother asks how to tell if her 3 2 son has asthma or cystic fibrosis. Positive allergy tests favor asthma, while elevated sweat salts indicate cystic fibrosis. Some children may have both conditions. Desensitizing shots may not help all asthmatics.
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