Deceptive Courtesy at Belgrade Helsinki Conference
Belgrade hosts a preliminary Helsinki conference where Western and Soviet blocs clash over human rights versus state security. Washington pushes annual review of rights while Moscow resists outside meddling, framing the charter as a broad but powerless guide.
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Belgrade
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
Moscow
Prague
U.S
Sava Center
Carter
U.S. Commission On Security and Cooperation In Europe
West Germany
Helsinki
United States
Yuri Vorontsov
Laurens Jones Lauded for Lifelong Community Service
Laurens P. Jones led Jones Funeral Home since 1930 and guided youth as a Boy Scout master, Shenandoah Area Council president, and Silver Beaver recipient. He also aided Salvation Army Kiwanis Club Masonry city roles and chaired the Downtown Development Committee. He will be missed by the community.
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Laurens P. Jones
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Mr. Jones
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Jones
Salvation Army
Kiwanis Club
Laurens Jones
Virginia and Localities Weigh Federal Grants as a Cost
A Tax Foundation report shows Virginia received 1.184 billion in federal grants in 1976 while taxpayers bore 1.296 billion in state costs. The state paid 1.09 dollars per grant dollar, above 1975, with District of Columbia and California as notable contrasts. Local data for Winchester and Frederick County detail specific 1976 77 allocations and 1977 78 projections. Nationwide grants rose 19 percent from 48 to 58 billion, underscoring Washington dollars and rising costs to Virginia taxpayers.
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Virginia
Tax Foundation, Inc
New York City
Winchester
Frederick County
Washington
The
District of Columbia
Dominion
Arizona
Connecticut
Mississippi
California
New York
Sheriff's Department and Forest Reserve
Frederick—Ceta
Basics Are Better in 1977 Education Study
A U.S. Office of Education review of the Follow Through program finds that traditional, basics-based teaching outperformed open, student-centered methods across 9,200 third graders in 100 cities. Distar and disciplined instruction yielded higher reading and math scores, despite higher costs and open classrooms.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Art Associates
Cambridge
Mass
University of Oregon
Nichols Avenue
Anacostia
Morgan School
18Th
California Streets
Education Development Center of
Nichols
Morgan
Charlotte
N.C
What is your viewpoint on billboard advertising
In Frederick County the reader favors regulation to preserve an esthetically controlled landscape. Signs should be limited by size, number, and placement to prevent visual pollution amid growth. Adequate information can still be disseminated to advertise without chaotic clutter.
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Frederick County
Richard Nicholas
Presidential Energy Shift in Carter White House Power Play
Washington reports a heated battle over gas deregulation as President Carter, urged by House Speaker O'Neill to cool rhetoric, faces sharp counterclaims from lawmakers. Krueger exposes inflated cost estimates while administration energy chiefs push dire projections, prompting a tactical shift to quieter lobbying.
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Washington
Carter
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
White House
Congress
O'Neill
Jimmy Carter
Jody Powell
Wasington Star
Chancellor-Brinkley
NBC News
Powell
NBC
John Hart
James Schlesinger
House Commerce Subcommittee
Robert Krueger
Krueger
Texas
Real Estate Tax Increase and City Budget Critique From Winchester
The writer denounces Winchester real estate tax hikes and a 12.9 million city budget, noting reassessment promises were broken, late hour votes, and bills mailed before passage. Comparisons to household budgeting urge fiscal restraint and accountability, naming council members and citing multiple headlines from The Star.
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Wincheser
Council
Mote
Keaton
Jones
The
Star
Winchester
Warren
Thaway
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Israel
Ministry of Interior
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Helsinki Commission
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Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Lil
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas B O'Connell
Eugene P Miller
Winchester Vo
Armstrong Place
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Evans—Novak
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