Winchester seeks dialysis machines despite federal regulatory hurdle
Dr. Jeffrey Harris leads a campaign at Winchester Memorial Hospital to obtain six dialysis machines for sixteen area patients. A Northwestern Virginia HSA panel blocked eight units, citing duplication with Martinsburg facility, though experts say two moderate units would better serve both communities. The July 3 Culpeper meeting could reopen the case ahead of final state review.
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Winchester
Federal
Department of Health, Edication and Welfare
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carl Napps
No Na Gan Cluominic
Richmond
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
Project Hope
Jeffrey Harris
Winchester Memorial
HEW
Harris
Lord Fairfax Health Advisory Council
Northwestern Virginia Health Systems Agency
HSA
Martinsburg
W.va
Northwestern
Virginia
Culpeper
State Commissioner of Health
Letters to the Editor address Winchester Speedway issues and highway needs
Readers criticize Winchester Speedway race rulings noting the late model tie and Demolition Derby unfairness. A correspondent urges expediting Route 7 construction to ease traffic into Washington and questions energy policy across Nixon to Carter eras.
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Winchester Speedway
To the Seashore Mr President
Russell Baker lampoons the U S nuclear arms stalemate and gas shortages, noting superpowers threaten mass destruction while ordinary Americans crave a weekend at the seashore. He criticizes congressional indifference and argues gas access drives public mood more than strategic limits, urging practical relief over grand plans.
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New York Times
New York
Vienna
Congress
Chips
Brezhnev’s legacy in a Cold War lens from Safire
William Safire argues Brezhnev’s era combined economic failure with military rise. He contends Soviet leverage grew under Brezhnev, enabling expansion in Eastern Europe and Asia while stagnation persisted at home. The piece challenges SALT narratives and warns of looming hard-line succession.
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U.S
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Prague
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Angola
Africa
Konstantin Chernenko
Vladimir
Leonid
North Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
Hanoi
China
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
In Defense of Decadent Europe by Raymond Aron
Paris journalist Raymond Aron argues in English that the West leads in productivity science and freedom, while the USSR relies on Western goods and its own police. He critiques Western decadence and the Soviet economic failure, noting Western weaknesses and misperceptions of power.
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New York Times
Paris
Raymond Aron
France
Europe
Henry Kissinger
Aron
College de France
Oswald Spengler
Soviet Union
United States
Communist Party
of the
Ussr
Western Europe
Kremlin
Western
Western Europe and the Soviet Union under scrutiny
The analysis argues Western Europe shows social and economic decadence yet remains vital for global productivity. It notes the USSR seeks Western skills for growth while fearing Western power, and predicts continued hostility yet avoids open military aggression unless US resigns.
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Stephens City
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Ford
America
Margaret Newsom
Franklin Street
Winchester Evening Star
By Russell Baker
Meclhmad Nla
Janomith
By William Safire
Russia
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Shcherbitski
Ukraine
By James Reston
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