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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1968
Page
3
Mrs Doris Faust notes a hay baler now catapults bales near 100 pounds while her son Tom drives a tractor on a Gilbertsville farm. She recalls how workers once heaved hay with pitch forks onto a horse drawn wagon and says the work remains tiring despite the machine.
Miss Jan Minnich of Martinsburg is Miss Apple Blossom 1968. She will ride in Woodstock Firemen’s parade tomorrow at 7 p.m. and serve as Grand Marshal in Sperryville Thursday at 7 p.m. Minnich graduates Martinsburg High School June 10 and will attend West Virginia University Morgan town this fall.
Paris reports that the United States and North Vietnam appear to have reached a point in secret exploratory discussions. The AP notes efforts focus on potential steps toward negotiations and de escalation amid ongoing tensions.
The ad promotes multiple needlework books and pattern packets including 8 lampshade designs with easy directions and 16 pattern books for knit crochet and quilts. Alice Brooks of the Winchester Evening Star collects orders from readers for immediate mail delivery. The broader article notes stalled Vietnam peace talks with limited progress in formal talks but active informal contacts and possible policy reviews in Washington Hanoi.
In Hong Kong a radio station calling itself the voice of the People's Liberation Army urges PLA commanders and troops to prepare for a true Communist revolt against Mao Tse tung Lin Piao and Chiang Ching. Analysts doubt the transmitter's location but suspect mainland China or Formosa as possible bases amid widespread anti Maoist sentiment and chaos from the Cultural Revolution.
The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown Kentucky, built in 1779 as a stagecoach stop, is described as the oldest hotel in continuous operation west of the Alleghenies.
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Fowler said the international two price gold system works well and he opposes fixing a floor for the free market price. He noted no move to have governments buy gold to cap the market at 35 dollars an ounce. Paris and Washington debate gold policy amid mixed signals from the administration.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield vows to pursue a vote on President Johnson's Supreme Court nomination this session, warning if cloture fails they will remain in session in the fall until a vote is secured. The Associated Press reports a threatened filibuster looms over the nomination process.
Chicago AP reports an Illinois State Bar Association publication argues your home is a castle even if mobile or afloat The 100 page Your Bill of Rights booklet discusses basic rights in the U S Constitution noting that protections against unreasonable search and seizure extend to automobiles and boats as well as fixed dwellings It cautions the amendment must be interpreted in light of modern conditions
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