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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1970
Page
4
A July 18 1970 GAO report says most completed interstates require an extra concrete layer to fix cracking from heavy truck use. It estimates $200 million needed now for repairs and warns more costs may follow.
An English science test shows silence aids thinking as one group of students scored 28 correct while another, reciting a line aloud, scored 17. The piece argues that talking slows thought and laments frequent talking during travel and diplomacy.
A Commerce Department ES A report titled Heat Wave notes heat kills about 175 Americans annually in normal years, peaking at 1,401 deaths during the 1952 hot spell. Heat remains a top natural hazard after extreme cold and prompts simple safety tips like avoiding sunburn and dehydration.
National Park officials say poachers are quitting the Florida Everglades because new laws against selling alligator skins raise the risk. Replenishment efforts show more young alligators while authorities note the bans in Washington New York and Florida have curbed commercial traffic.
The Star Files notes Charles E. Mason starts as patrolman for Winchester Police under Chief J. Thomas Boyd. John Arnold earns Presbyterian Fellowship to minister to University of Houston students. Go Karts surge boosts Winchester Saturday night scene. Clayton E. Pingrey named Stonewall District school trustee to fill I C Dick’s term. Rev. R. Carrington Paulette leaves Baltimore First Baptist to lead Berryville Baptist around Sept 1. Winchester cited by State DMV for 1943 44 no fatalities and earns AAA recognition.
The piece reflects on a psalm about waiting for the Lord and describes a worldwide, enduring spiritual yearning. It notes both believers and skeptics harboring desire for meaningful faith, warning against indulgent modern trends and urging care for the soul.
William S. White notes minimal public interest in New York politics as the Democratic slate led by Arthur Goldberg and Richard Ottinger faces Upstate voters. He contrasts urban focus with Upstate neglect, discusses Rockefeller’s potential impact, and analyzes Goodell Ottinger race dynamics with Javits predicting Nixon aid possibly minimal.
The piece riffs on perpetual decision making from birth to death and beyond Counseling that most moments demand a choice between opposites. It lists paired options from weather to fate and concludes life is spent between or betwixt decisions.
Nixon’s major welfare reform, the family assistance bill, struggles in Senate Finance Committee with HEW Secretary Richardson as witness. A broad clash of politics and timing delays action, while Mansfield signals possible adjournment and a priority for Social Security boosts. The crisis spans urban and rural poverty, with wide opposition and uncertain prospects for real reform this decade.
Richard Putnam Pratt argues personal bankruptcy is a real option for some and analyzes why 215000 people went bankrupt last year. He links budgeting habits, the “tin can” method, low sales resistance, and overconfidence in credit to financial decline and urges stocktaking before ruin.
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