Civic groups push recycling in Winchester area
Women’s Civic League Garden Clubs Council and volunteers led by Joe Zuckerman and Henry Lowery push local recycling amid apathy. They urge full resident cooperation while noting Vermont’s new bottle tax and future penalties to boost environmental action.
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Women’s Civic League
Garden Clubs Council
Winchester
Joe Zuckerman
Henry Lowery
Women’s Civic League OF
S. Garner Edmunds
Haslup Revell
Winchester Council OF Garden Clubs
Edwin Speakman
UN Stockholm conference urged concrete positive proposals
For the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm the call is to move beyond pessimism and develop cooperative, concrete proposals that offer positive alternatives to reversing environmental damage rather than reciting abuses. It notes the need for actionable steps now rather than doom-laden rhetoric.
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Stockholm
Africa
Community Recycling Program details and center delays
A letter explains delays in setting up Recycling Collection Centers for the Community Reclamation Program due to Memorial Day shipments. It lists centers at Ward Plaza Amherst Street A and P Berryville Avenue Grand Union and instructs residents to sort tin, glass and aluminum into labeled bins, rinse items, and avoid paper bags. Mr. James Wilson is mentioned.
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the Star
Ward Plaza
Amherst Street
Berryville Avenue Grand Union
James Wilson
From Sam Who to McGovern for President
A campaign profile on George McGovern notes his rise to the Democratic nomination aided by disciplined organization and youth support. The piece contrasts Sam Yorty’s LA mayoral race with McGovern and questions his vulnerability in the South and looming battle in Miami as he seeks the 1968 Democratic nomination.
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Washington
Sheraton Wayfarer
New Hampshire
California
Sam Yorty
Sam
George McGovern
George Who
Los Angeles
South Dakota
New York
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
Gary Hart
Robert Kennedy
Sears, Roebuck
Humphrey
Muskie
Wallace
Jackson
Vietnam
John Kennedy
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Johnson
Nixon
George
Chicago
South
Miami
Nice Guy
By HAL BOYLE Some Political Double Talk
A wit filled column debunks political double talk with quotes and translations. It exposes campaign rhetoric portraying phrases as hollow fundraising, empty promises, and manipulated messaging.
Three New Councilmen Elected in Municipal Ballot
Star Files reports E R Huntsberry Jr Ralph L Hardy and George H Garber won municipal seats. Incumbents defeated were Mrs L M Allen Lee Coble and Gerald L Goodman all Democrats. Patricia Ruth Wilkins named 1962 Armstrong Foundation scholar. Linda Ann Williams wed Thomas E Singer at First Baptist Church Capon Bridge.
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E.R. Huntsberry, Jr
Ralph L. Hardy
George H. Garber
L.M. Allen
Lee Coble
Gerald L. Goodman
Patricia Ruth Wilkins
Armstrong Foundation
Linda Ann Williams
M-Set
Elvis S. Williams
Thomas E. Singer
Capon Bridge
First Baptist Church
Truman veto blocks 4 billion tax cut in 1947
President Truman vetoed the 4 billion tax reduction bill, nearly ending any income tax cuts this year. Within the same era, James Randolph Larrick belonged to VPI Blacksburg's largest graduation class, and Mrs. Luther W. Kersey was named summer educational director for First Baptist Church by Dr. E T Clark.
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Truman
James Randolph Larrick
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Luther W. Kersey
First Baptist Church
E.T. Clark
Vision and dream world contrasts in daily meditation
The passage contrasts drug induced daydreams with constructive vision. It warns that indulging in dreams from alcohol or morphine dulls strength and traps one in temporary happiness. True vision seeks noble goals like justice and peace, not escapist fantasies from substances.
Republicans Hope Nixon Surge Upset in 1972 Races
Analysis notes Democrats fear McGovern nomination weakens House and Senate control. Nixon coattails could help GOP turnover in key seats from Alaska to West Virginia. Senate targets include Baker, Percey, Stevens, Pearson, Thurmond, Tower, Nunn, Jordan, with 40 House gains needed for majority. Projections remain uncertain amid shifting voting patterns.
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Nixon
McGovern
John Mitchell
Senate
House
Congress
Alaska
California
Connecticut
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
South
Alabama
George Wallace
Oklahoma
New Hampshire
Virginia
West Virginia
Georgia
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Charles H. Percey
Illinois
Ted Stevens
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
John Tower
Texas
Louie B. Nunn
John Sherman Cooper
Sen Jordan
Idaho
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Baghdad
United States
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Ecology Movement
Vermont
By James J. Kilpatrick
Bunnymead
John
Kwick-Kleen Company
Zuckerman
The
Star
Quarles
Hal Boyle
Mike
Big Daddy
Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
By Jack Bell
D.S.D
Houston
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
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