Whistleblower Fitzgerald Face Cost Overrun Fallout
Former Air Force efficiency expert Ernest Fitzgerald exposed $2 billion underestimates in the C-5A program. He was demoted for congressional testimony and later fired, while the Pentagon created a new office to replace his civilian cost role. Overruns cited include Poseidon, Gama Goat, and destroyer escorts, with GAO alleging higher true costs.
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America
Ernest Fitzgerald
Air Force
Fitzgerald
Chappie
Pentagon
Lockheed
Thailand
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mary Ellen Riddle
Defense Department
Owever
Congress
National Observer
Navy
General Accounting Office
GAO
Fresh Out of Alibis For Job on Carswell
The piece argues that George Harrold Carswell will be confirmed to the Supreme Court, contrasting liberal opposition to Haynsworth with the Carswell nomination. It notes ironies in regional bias and questions about conservatism, predicting liberals may end up approving Carswell while avoiding charges of anti-southern prejudice.
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Carswell
Washington
Supreme Court
George Harrold Carswell
Florida
Senate
Clement Haynsworth
South Carolina
Haynsworth
Nixon
Deep South
Haysworth
Mason-Dixon Line
Organized Labor
Carom
Espionage Factor In Warsaw Talks By Henry J. Taylor
Henry J. Taylor reports on Walter J. Stoessel Jr. resuming talks with Red China, revealing defectors from Peking’s Warsaw network, a sprawling espionage apparatus in Bern and Warsaw, and risks to U S personnel including compromised embassy staff and diplomat entanglements across multiple countries.
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Warsaw
Poland
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
Red Chinese
Peking
Amcoat
Hague
Liao Ho-shu
Red China
Netherlands
Liao
China
Hong Kong
Dutch Security Police
BVD
Hoge Veluwe
Stoessel
Teh Wu
Chao Fu
Mao
Stockholm
Tung Chi-ping
Burundi
Miao Chen-pi
Damascus
Bern
Switzerland
Irwin N. Scarbeck
Aszula Marie Discher
Washington
U.S
Berlin
Panama
Foreign Service
Price of Gold Falls to 15 Year Low in London
Gold prices slide after hitting a 15 year low in London. World production appears ample to meet demand as gold ceases to be used in coinage. Analysts expect continued weakness unless U.S. policy moves bolster the market.
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London
Hospital official speaks at Richmond conference
Homer A Alberti, administrator of Winchester Memorial Hospital, addressed a hospital health conference with over 200 Virginia hospital officials and health insurance firm representatives in Richmond. Richard Lucas returned home after attending the Southern Furniture and Rug Market in High Point North Carolina. Don P Boggr promoted to manager of B F Goodrich Stores largest outlet in Pittsburgh, John Sarnak to succeed him. PVT E Rhodes Huntsberry Jr is in infantry replacement training at Camp Wheeler Georgia. Vincent Fansler promoted from ensign to lieutenant junior grade in the U S N R. Miss Mary Gay Marker of Round Hill 4 H Club elected chairman of Frederick County 4 H Club Council for 1945, replacing Maurice Carpenter.
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Homer A. Alberti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Virginia
Richmond
Richard Lucas
Southern Furniture
High Point
N.C
Don P. Boggr
B. F. Goodrich
Pittsburgh
John Sarnak
Mary Gay Marker
Archie Conner
Round Hill
Frederick County
Maurice Carpenter
Blind teens in cheerful railroad ride show happiness beats circumstance
Eleven teenagers from a blind institute travel in a crowded coach and appear unusually joyful amid bumps and chatter. The piece reflects on happiness arising from mindset, citing Lincoln, Homer, Milton, and a renowned physician who went blind yet thrived in their chosen paths.
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Abraham Lincoln
Homer
Milton
A Suitor Gone to Seed A Timeworn Husband Reveals Change
By HAL BOYLE A Suitor Gone to Seed humorously contrasts courtship and marriage. A wife notes his dramatic shift from romantic suitor to tired, practical husband, detailing lost charm and rising costs, with playful digs at faded courtship rituals.
Allergy links to migraine and drug guides
Dr. Wayne G Brandstadt explains migraine aura often caused by allergy to cheese chocolate or beans or by fasting and certain drugs. He notes constriction and rebound dilation of brain arteries and lists treatments including ergotamine nit pitted drugs. He clarifies Sansert blocks serotonin and outlines Medrol clotting checks and general uses and invites questions for future columns.
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O.K
Sansert
Sanseri
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
How's Your I Q a Reader Quiz from a 10 Day Challenge
A quiz overview asks readers to score a 100 question test over ten days with daily bands from Memory Genius to Good. It prompts page two for answers and includes a list of sample questions on marriage law occupations industry leaders air visibility beaver young and other trivia.
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Moses
Joseph Pulitzer
Cheddare
England
N.M.A
Tibet
Nepal
India
Transvaal
Winchester Evening Star Second Class Nostage Notice
Public notice indicates postage not paid at Winchester Virginia address 22601, receiver listed as local post office. The item references standard no stage and indicates mailing status for the local delivery.
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Henry J. Taylor
Odessa
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Camp Wheeler, Ga
Vincent Fansler
U.S.N.R
Earl L. Douglas
Hal Boyle
New York
PTA
Queen Bee
Niagara Falls
By Wayne. G. Brandstadt, M.D
I.Q
Winchester Evening Star
Advertising and Business
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
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