Mideast Balance of Power
Editorial summary discusses explorers Francis Stokes and Thor Heyerdahl with ocean crossing feats and motives. It then critiques U S and China positions on Indochina, arguing Red China promotes war, vetoes peace talks, and demands capitulation of free forces. Policy implications underline continued conflict risk.
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Francis Stokes
Atlantic
Plymouth
England
Thor Heyerdahl
Peking
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Weeded Soul and Faithful Garden Parable
The meditation uses garden imagery to warn about bad habits and spiritual losses. It cites Jesus and a parable about demons returning to an empty heart and advises burning weeds or disposing them beyond reach to prevent regrowth. It emphasizes careful life reform and avoiding emptiness.
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Jesus
Stock Rules and Markets Hold Fast Amid Uncertainty
Henry J. Taylor notes markets can absorb bad news but fear uncertainty. European managers prefer U S markets, citing long bull periods and large volume highs. Past cycles show stocks often rise before profits fall, suggesting prices may rise even as 1970 earnings drop.
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Wall Street
Old Wall Street
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Divine Works of God on a Quiet Sunday Morning
A devotional meditation by Lois Conner from Stephens City praising Gods sovereign power in nature and creation. The speaker questions doubt, affirms Christ as Lord, and envisions peace if all would seek His face.
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God
Treatment of Burns Still a Point of Debate
Wayne G Brandstadt M D explains emergency burn care favors cold water immersion over ice to prevent shock, warns against large area cooling, and notes after blistering cold water loses value. He highlights infection prevention with vaccines and topical agents and mentions grafts for deep burns. He also answers reader questions on bland diets and Turner's syndrome and invites general queries.
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Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz From The Era
A short quiz asks ten questions on varied trivia from geography, history and language. Sample items include travel between Peeping Tom and Omar Kyam lands, state nicknames, a Music Man reference, a crossing of the Alps, the Scottsboro Case, a 1890s slogan, and basic science concepts noting definite volume but no shape.
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Peeping Tom
Omar Kyam
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Harold Hill
Hannibal
Alps
Italy
Scottsboro
New York City
Rome
Go North, Young Man
Vancouver mayor Tom Campbell suggests closing the Canada United States border to draft evaders and hippies and sending them north into British Columbia to seek a life by working in the vast virgin country if they stay in Canada. He argues they should work for a new life rather than flee.
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Tom Campbell
Vancouver
British Columbia
United States
Canada
How to Chisel and Tax Loopholes in Theory
The piece discusses a hypothetical where the IRS assigns top agents to advise taxpayers on every known tax loophole. It suggests Congress and tax courts would respond quickly to close loopholes, a reaction the author frames as the intended outcome to curb abuses.
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Navy
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Winchester Nursing School Holds Commencement Address
The Honorable Edward E Willey Virginia state senator gave the commencement address at Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in First Presbyterian Church. Twenty four nurses graduated. The Bark Mill Theater hosts An Evening of Theater on July 25 by Winchester Little Theater. United States vows to keep Soviet troops out of the Congo. Park baseball squad trains ahead of Staunton Box game. Sacred Heart Boys Club softball beats Wildcats 10 to 5. Winchester officer James A Thompson sustains a broken collarbone in motorcycle incident. Residents wary after 48 hours without rain.
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Edward E. Willey
34Th
Virginia
Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
First Presbyterian Church
Bark Mill Theater
Winchester Little Theater
United States
Congo
Sandy’’ Baker
Staunton Box Nine
Sacred Heart Boy’s
Wildcats
James A. Thompson
Winchester
Nixon Rights Clash Deepens Over School Segregation
In a sharp national debate, the Nixon Administration faces criticism from both sides on civil rights. The NAACP accuses the administration of anti Negro policies while supporters decry tax exemptions for white private schools. Observers urge lawful, peaceful progress and balanced federal actions.
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Nixon
Washington
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stephen G. Spottswood
NAACP
George Romney
Jackson
Mississippi
Messrs
Mitchell and
Finch
Romney
Bishop Spottswood
House
Gallup
America
Supreme Court
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Winchester Evening Star
Ron Sara Ae Ag
Hardy Explorers
Heyerdahl
New World
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Stokes
Rogers
Red Ning
Soviet Union
Red China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Korea
North Vietnam
Paris
Earl L. Douglas
Henry J. Taylor
Dow
Father
Lord
Savior Jesus Christ
Mrs
Lois Conner
Stephens City
By Wayne G. Brandstadt, M.D
I.Q
Jetsam
Campbell
By David Lawrence
Roy Wilkins
Advertising and Business
Jack F. Davis
Eugen F. P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
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