Virginia election season centers on governor race and top posts
Virginia prepares for November contests in the three top statewide offices along with all 100 House of Delegates seats. Susan Mote notes looming national attention as party officials mull reelection bids from Winchester and surrounding counties. Clarke may vote on liquor by the drink. Local races span Winchester Frederick Clarke Warren and Fauquier as incumbents ponder campaigns.
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Virginia
Susan Mote
Winchester
Republican
House of Delegates
del. Raymond R
Andy) Guest, Jr
del. Alson H. Smith
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Fauquier
William A
Carter's Inauguration Seen as Revival of American Ideals
James Reston argues Carter framed the ceremony as a revival meeting rooted in past American values. The president walked with his family, rejected grand pomp, and delivered a self written speech emphasizing mercy, duty, and faith over hard line foreign threats.
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Carter
Chautauqua
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
America
Wilson
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
Ford
Gerald Ford
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
South
Georgia
Public Broadcasting System
Middle East
Franklin Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Infant Life Rights and Abortion Debate Letters
A pair of letters to The Star editor discuss abortion as murder and its exceptions, arguing the unborn child deserves a right to life while reflecting on historical murder cases, legality, and ethical questions. The contributor Brenda J Foltz of Chantilly Virginia signs the first piece. the second letter asserts abortion can be justifiable in some cases and cites local incidents.
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the Star
Webster
Tab Banks
Wess
Winchester
Rt. 11
Kernstown
Mr. Ford
Ford
No Easy Way to Fix Virginia Budget Gap
The legislature faces a 102.6 million revenue shortfall amid an 7.6 billion budget. Calls for a one percent local sales tax, higher income tax, cigarette tax, or shifting funds from the highway fund are debated, but the editorial urges spending cuts and warns against raiding the highway fund or relying on temporary loans.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Assembly
Mills Godwin Jr
Senate
House
GOP
Healthy Highway Fund
Highway Fund
Godwin
Ford's Budget Questions for 1977 78 and Federal Spending
James J. Kilpatrick presents President Ford's seven questions guiding the 1977 78 budget, focusing on necessity, efficiency, and federalism. He critiques rising debt, federal grants to states, and the push toward block grants, urging government spending to align with value and local responsibility.
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Ford
Carter
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Shenandoah County
Commonwealth
Commissioner of Revenue
Noble Pierce
Dabney Watts
Pat Shiley
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Julian Armel
Watts
Frederick County
Dennis Cole
Thomas Malcolm
Cole
Malcolm
Clarke County
Arren
Front Royal
Warren County
William A. Lillard
Jack Albert
Paul R. Hockman
Kermit W. Nichols
Francis Hall
By James Reston
Jimmy Carter
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Brenda J. Foltz
Chantilly, Va
Owen T. Foltz Sr
Rt. 1
Box 55
Winchester Evening Star
By James J. Kilpatrick
Congress
Thomas T. Byrd
Meneger
Lewis H.ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
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