Shift in Work Week Sparks Global Interest Across Regions
The piece surveys shortened work weeks and flexi-time as a growing trend in Europe and the United States. It notes four and three day patterns, seven on seven off, and flexible hours, with firms balancing employee happiness and productivity amid mixed results. It also traces mountain climbing from a niche pursuit to a mass hobby, quoting climber critics on crowding and environmental concerns as the sport gains popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United
Everest
Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norkey
Richard Goldstone
How to Stop a Snoresome Husband from Rome Advice
A Rome newspaper offers tips to quiet a snorer including whistling in the ear watering a finger and tilting the head. If methods fail it admits some snoring cases may be incurable and suggests rolling the sleeper to his side as a last remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
The
Rome Journal
Nixon victory signals push for spending limits and no tax rise
President Nixon interprets his House victory over the Budget Director Roy Ash veto as a mandate to press tight spending and oppose a federal tax increase this year. The 236 to 178 vote fell 40 short of the two thirds needed to override, limiting Congress’s ability to curb OMB power and prompting calls for future OMB chiefs to win confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
House
Roy Ash
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
Carl Albert
Capitol Hill
Congress
Ash
The Mitchell Mystery and Watergate Fallout
Journalists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak recount John Mitchell denying involvement in 1969 70 national security wiretaps despite evidence of approval. They chart his credibility questions, private impulses to testify, and shifting status as allies warn Nixon of potential fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Justice Department
Senate
Nixon
FBI
New York
White House
Rabies Rabies Trapping Program Planned in Clarke County
Star Files notes a U S Fish and Wildlife Service trapping team arriving to start a program aimed at reducing rabies carrying animals in Clarke County. The item also mentions local civic actions: Winchester Frederick County merger vote effective September 1 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS. Fish and Wildlife Service
Clarke County
Ministerial Association
City of
Winchester
Frederick County
Birds Face Storms and Stand Against Adversity
A meditation urges facing life's storms like birds that instinctively face the wind to shed snow. Humans should adopt this policy to confront challenges with calm resolve, rather than letting fear or retreat bring defeat.
Martha Mitchell's early whistle amid Watergate fallout
Washington report recalls Martha Mitchell as an early whistleblower eight days after the DNC break in She publicly pressed her husband to quit politics and faced questions about what she knew of prebreak in discussions Her stance linked to legal battles involving John Mitchell Maurice Stans and Vesco and highlighted her role as a hardline advocate for law and order in the Nixon era
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martha Mitchell
Watergate
Democratic National
Martha
Atty
John N. Mitchell
CRP
Mitchell
Maurice Stans
Commerce
Nixon
United States
Robert L. Vesco
New Jersey
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Rasputin
Fuel conservation call echoes amid public apathy
A reader lament prompts reflection on looming fuel shortages and pollution. The writer questions public concern, urging personal sacrifice to reduce consumption, ease parking, limit air conditioning use, and protect health while challenging apathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Earth
Moon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mark Twain
Huck Finn
Mark
Huck
By Frank van der Linden
OMB
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Atty. Gen
Supreme Court
Vesco
John D. Ehrlichman
UPI
Helen Thomas
Haldeman-Ehrlichman
I.Q
Crater Lake
Iran
Greenland
Tibet
Fred Malek
Malek
John Buchanan
Birmingham
Ala
Buchanan
Litton Industries
RED Cross
William H. Lawrence, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Col
F.P. Miller
Charlottesville
Warren County High School
Front Royal
Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
U.S
By Jack Bell
Inquisitor General
PiXieso
By Wohl
Pat
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!