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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1971
Page
4
The 26th Amendment rapid ratification in two months grants 18 to 20 year olds voting rights across elections, adding millions of new voters. Analysts weigh impacts on national policy and party dynamics while noting excitement, candidates, and risks of age-based bias in choosing leaders.
Republican chairman Robert Dole calls Spiro Agnew's outburst against Negro leaders damaging yet stops short of saying Nixon will drop Agnew from the 1972 slate. Dole cites Agnew dissent toward China policy and notes Nixon will decide if Agnew stumps the low road or steps aside as the campaign evolves.
In Brussels Ambassador Eisenhower notes Belgium’s Flemish ascendancy reversing the long Walloon dominance. Premier Eyskens and parliamentary leaders now Flemish while Walloons fear permanent minority status as Louvain splits into Flemish and French campuses. Antwerp prospers while Walloon mines lag. The piece also discusses U.S. domestic politics with Agnew and Nixon era racial politics and NAACP tensions.
An old quiz fragment lists ten questions on topics from literature to history. It asks Is Sholem Asch Jewish or White Russian, and which nation signed WW II era kingship, plus naval rank at Annapolis and oyster shelling, flag etiquette, fall planting, a duel killing by a president, a detective in Study in Scarlet, why country schools were red, and an unfinished line about men excusing guilt.
The Office of Civil Defense proposes a $8.70 per set gadget to auto turn on TV and blast emergency messages. Critics warn about propaganda use and question if the alarm could instead trigger an alarm clock.
A U S interior dept hydrologist in Sacramento Joseph F. Poland warns more land-surface sinking will occur in coming decades as extraction of oil water gas and minerals continues. He suggests filling cavities with waste products could stabilize the earth.
Miller Franklin Owens of Stephenson succeeds Deputy Sheriff Jacob L. Skiles who resigned to take a shipping clerk post at Reimer's Electric Appliance Co. Inc. Winchester Days offers two thousand silver dollars to shoppers. Robert Newlin notes 1960 Frederick County Chapter NF cared for 20 polio patients. Robert N. Kellas, Winchester Eagle Scout, now a private first class in Korea, promotes scouting there. A West Cork Street fire plug leak buckles sidewalk. Elks Lodge No. 867 gains nineteen new members, nearing 500 total.
The author argues God’s plan is for salvation and spiritual maturity. God, perfect in knowledge power and love, is not seeking revenge but redemption, to better our lives and bring humanity to salvation. Fear is unwarranted unless we defy divine will.
The piece highlights a nationwide strike scene with about 381 500 workers idle as wage and fringe demands rise. It notes 385 active strikes, possible settlements, and the toll on consumers through higher prices and reduced supply, plus industry ads defending or explaining labor actions.
A tongue in cheek look at the lucky few who seem to win at every turn. The piece lampoons a man whose luck includes a yacht by mail and perfect teeth, while noting comic miseries like taxation and inflated self satisfaction.
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