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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1971
Page
4
Editorial argues bankruptcy laws should aid the truly unlucky rather than serve as havens for wealthy spenders. It cites Dick Haymes and Vic Damone as examples of high earners using the system after large debts and extravagant living. The piece questions tax and creditor recoveries and urges reform to protect ordinary taxpayers.
National Federation of Independent Business data shows shoplifting growing faster than most crimes with 12 percent of members reporting incidents in the second period, up from 10 percent. Regions vary, with South Atlantic up from 7 to 15 percent and Middle Atlantic from 10 to 15 percent, signaling an alarming trend.
A Roanoke conference reflects on unionization and accountability in elementary education amid busing reforms. Hyde Park and Bellhaven face court-ordered racial pairing, with grade shifts and mass pupil transfers triggering white flight and black parent protests, while Austin seeks citywide ethnic balancing.
Malta and Iceland, both under new leftist governments, shut down NATO facilities on their soil. Iceland, a NATO member, closed Keflavik base while Malta, nonmember, also halted NATO operations. The moves raise strategic concern due to Malta’s central Mediterranean entry and Iceland’s North Atlantic surveillance role.
Kenneth Kyre, registrar of Shenandoah College, speaks at the weekly Rotary meeting reviewing the first year of Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music. Plans for a golf center to serve Winchester and area were announced by Lewis Lamp and Dr. M D Custer Jr who bought a 100 acre Route 50 farm east of the city.
Earl L. Douglas discusses citizenship as allegiance to government and reciprocal protection, contrasting citizen and alien. He praises freedom, warns against crime and prejudice, and cites biblical liberty as central to a free society. He urges using liberty to help others and overcome tyrannies.
Vice-President Agnew completes a four week whirlwind tour of ten nations amid sweltering July heat. He is seen alongside Eastern potentates while home front activity and spectacle generate media buzz about his global diplomatic mission.
Washington reports no quick peace as North Vietnam clings to a seven point plan requiring US withdrawal and Thieu support end before POWs release. Paris envoy ready for cease fire talks while Hanoi faces lists and interviews to verify prisoners.
In a world headlines swirl Nixon’s Kissinger visits Peking while Agnew travels the globe with handlers debating diplomacy. The piece notes Agnew’s four week trip, his stance on Ping Pong diplomacy, and Secretary Rogers feeling sidelined by the spotlight on Kissinger.
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