Traffic tolls and taxes loom in holiday travel and policy
The piece warns that long holiday weekends fuel high death tolls on American highways, with Memorial Day deaths surpassing 500 and annual totals near 3000. It critiques drivers as unprepared amid growing traffic and calls for wiser policies without throttling tourism. It also notes shifts in U S tax and gasoline policy debates, citing George Shultz on fuel taxes to cool or heat the economy.
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Treasury
Sec
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Washington
Eisenhower
Sec. of the Treasury
Blue Laws Spark Virginia Reform Debate
Editorial argues Virginia blue laws on Sunday sales are a legislative disaster. It notes enforcement chaos in Charlottesville and across counties, urging genuine reform while weighing religious and business interests and the risk of political backlash.
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Charlottesville
General Assembly
Andrew Miller
J. Harry Michael
Israeli Scandal and Power Struggles Roil Middle East
An exposé outlines a brewing Israeli scandal centered on the Netevei Naft complex and Mossad ties, drawing in Premier Meir and Defense Minister Dayan. It links internal Jewish demography shifts, Sephardic and Ashkenazim power, and U.S. policy pressures amid the oil crisis and regional tensions.
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Israel
U.S
Ephraim Katzir
Golda Meir
State Department
Netevei Naft
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Moshe Dayan
Meir
Mossad
Dayan
Shabak
Europe
France
Aftermath Flood Brings Mosquitoes Weeds To Mississippi
Post flood damage in the lower Mississippi area may take months to reveal crop losses. Entomologists warn of a bumper crop of mosquitoes ticks and weeds. Health officials predict Rocky Mountain spotted fever could surge in the region. Fogging machines and insecticides are used to combat nuisances including poison ivy as flood control efforts face new challenges.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Health Department
Longtime Frederick teacher retires after 45 years service
MISS IDA SAXTON SAMSELL, a Frederick County school system veteran for 45 years, retires after 42 years as a seventh grade teacher at Stephens City School. Community roles include school and fire company leadership. The Handley High baccalaureate drew about 1,000 attendees with Rev. Robert Bridges as speaker. Approximately 100 Boy Scout volunteers prepped camp for the season.
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Ida Saxton Samsell
Frederick County
Stephens City
Jack Shiley
Harry Shiley
Middletown Fire Company
Handley High School
Robert Bridges
Handley
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scout Council
Rock Enon Day
Hope as the Power to Endure Life’s Trials
Daily meditation on hope as essential to living. The text cites scripture from Peter Romans and Paul, noting hope sustains action, builds character, and turns tribulation into patience and experience. It asserts civilization rests on hopeful imagination and cites religious examples.
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St. Paul
Deep Throat in San Francisco Tops the Mark
James J. Kilpatrick reviews the long running Deep Throat at Presidio Centre and other North Beach venues. He calls the film the strongest example yet of pornography, noting its high gross, mixed audience, and the eye opening depiction of sex as a public issue. He portrays the theater as a glossy sales space and questions pornography as a societal cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Presidio Centre
North Beach
Presidio
Sam Calhoun
Calhoun
Eagle Scouts
Chronicle
Linda Lovelace
Frog Boy
Quotes on judgment and guidance from John and Wilson
The text presents biblical wisdom from John 5 30 about acting under higher authority and justice. It adds Woodrow Wilson’s counsel that thoughtful light is better than heated argument, urging restraint and purpose.
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John
Woodrow Wilson
Double Talk Examples Spark Laugh and Lessons
HALBOYLENEWS New York AP notes double talk as saying one thing while thinking the opposite in common exchanges. It cites examples from insults to aging to dieting and questions how people mask truth with polite phrasing. A quiz page invites readers to turn to page 2 for answers.
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New York
Hortense
Kentucky
U.S
Jack Sprat
United States Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Army
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Minsk-Pinsk
Kiev
Russia
Mideast
Pakistan
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Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Thomas T. Byrd
Douglas B. O’connell
Winchester
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