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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1976
Page
4
Chinese officials released four Soviet airmen and a helicopter crew after 21 months of espionage charges. Beijing asserted the crew entered China accidentally, prompting speculation that the move signals a shift in Sino Soviet relations rather than a broader policy thaw with the United States.
Gov Mills Godwin proposes a ABC tax plan to raise 97 million for capital projects, adding one cent to beer, removing dividend tax exemptions for banks and corporations, and a four percent gross receipts tax on coal. Local opposition warns against bank and corporate tax cuts.
Freshman Democrats threaten to form a bloc to push quick approval of national health insurance welfare reform and revenue sharing extension. They aim to force session action, with plans to override any presidential vetoes to show a party with a heart.
James J. Kilpatrick frames Ford's State of the Union crime section as urgent and needed. He notes crime rose 18 percent in 1974 with 10.2 million crimes and argues federal and state action is required, including mandatory sentences for gun use and hard drugs and more judges and prisons.
The paper publishes a clarification sourced to Shirley Bly addressing a quoted statement about hospital parking. Bly notes uncertainty about a hospital parking problem and mentions plans to review the issue and any typographical errors on an upcoming Editorial page.
Congressional Quarterly notes that senators and former senators have supplied many presidents and nominees since 1960. The piece details how Senate service has shaped campaigns, cites Carter as challenging the cycle, and traces precedents from secretaries of state to military leaders and New York governors as pathfinders for the presidency.
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