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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1971
Page
4
The piece debates speeding up baseball with shorter games and fewer balls and strikes, notes modern pitching psychology, and laments declining hiking and jogging as fitness trends while urging continued daily activity despite the push for efficiency.
The Army introduces JUMPS allowing monthly or semimonthly pay with cash or check options and flexible check routing. Servicemen will receive a monthly leave and earnings statement and a master pay record will be kept at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The change aims to cut errors via electronics and save government money.
A reader endorses editorial opinion voice while contesting the February 8 piece Musk ie in Moscow. The writer defends free editorial dialogue and questions the Logan Act claim about Senator Muskie's meeting with Soviet leaders.
Danish news notes the Copenhagen telephone book includes unlisted numbers, complicating creditors. It contrasts with the American plan where subscribers can pay to keep numbers unlisted.
Roy Nester and Bill Allison will be commentators for the Women s Gvlc League Spring Fashion Show on March 16. The Winchester Kiwanis Club and local firms arrange two safety signals at Valley Ave and Miller St cross walks and at National Ave and Kerr St to aid children. Henry Cain as parade director notes twenty bands have signed in for the Apple Blossom Festival Firemen s parade on April 27. Henry Kern Sr and two sons secure local Kaiser-Fraser agency. Gen James A Anderson says four primary routes entering Winchester are planned for four lane development: Routes 7 50 522 and 11. Nino Martini appears in recital at Handley auditorium sponsored by the Winchester Community Concert Association.
A meditation on choosing a life career. Various youths name ambitions from pilot to lawyer and artist. The piece urges mixing talent with passion and spending time thinking about the best path, suggesting self belief and practical risk.
Henry J. Taylor portrays Cuban escape routes to Florida as a deadly network. He cites a 1969 Miami Refugee Center count of 14,472 arrivals and a grim estimate that for every survivor about three die, detailing refugee ages, occupations, and perilous raft journeys from Mariel to the Florida coast.
Opal G. Cline of Middletown recalls a catastrophic explosion near a medical clinic that shattered a street and orphaned bystanders. A driver narrowly avoids danger as debris falls, a frightened woman seeks warmth, and a young mother cradles her child while prayers for delivery rise to the heavens.
Senator George D. McGovern argues his single issue campaign against the Vietnam War exposes a younger generation as destructive. He cites protest bombings in the Capitol and warns against teaching youth to wage war, urging scrutiny of who bears the costs of conflict.
The piece reviews Senator Muskie personal trip to meet Soviet leaders and contrasts it with Nixon’s 1967 Moscow visit as a private citizen. It questions motives, notes Muskie’s record of public service, and surveys public dissent over housing laws and Capitol protests linked to Nixon policies. It also critiques FBI Hoover coverage and McGovern’s campaign spending and strategy.
As of February 1 a federal law lets individuals register at a Post Office to refuse sexually oriented mail. Businesses that ignore the mark send items at their own risk. The law’s exact interpretation remains flexible.
Quiz guide outlines a 10 day program to gauge IQ with daily scoring tiers Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good. Page 2 provides the correct answers to ten questions covering geography government tides Napoleon tin rainfall ornithology and bird anatomy.
An established 1896 newspaper section listing contact numbers for news and advertising. Provides News telephone line 667 3211 and Advertising line 667 8200 for reader inquiries and ads.
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