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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
4
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues the nation should reexamine how presidential nominees are chosen. He notes the heavy role of money in pre convention campaigns, questions the convention system, and compares parliamentary models to U.S. practice.
Paget's disease is a body skeleton condition not limited to the jaw. It progresses slowly causing enlargement of the alveolar bone that supports teeth and may affect one or both jaws. Diagnosis relies on X rays and biopsy. treatment is limited though cosmetic surgery can help disfigurement.
A scrambled quiz asks true false on the President's State of the Union, naming a frame for painting as a ss, a fourth bushel measure tied to a movie star's surname, Eisenhower residence, chemical symbol for gold, charges of communist infiltration by a senator, gold measurement in scales, a buxom person being plump, Sunday closing laws, and stock sale regulations.
Indiana, seen as a Republican stronghold, may shape the Democratic contest as Kennedy seeks a breakthrough. Analysts note Branigin's organization and McCarthy’s dissent, while Indiana's mix of industry and agriculture, urban growth, and labor influence weigh on the outcome.
The article notes uneasy university unrest with anarchistic student actions, revealing a sizable faculty segment often backing or sympathetic to the demonstrators, illustrating a divided campus mindset.
William G. Hardy, long time Handley School Board member, resigns. John H. Rosenberger will succeed him. Senator Byrd criticized surrendering to John L. Lewis as signaling America cannot control its internal affairs.
The 15th and final Liberty Loan rally in Frederick County at Gore drew strong patriotism and raised 9400 dollars. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. H. D. Fuller and S. L. Lupton.
The piece argues anger can be righteous when aimed at injustice and selfishness. It cites Jesus as an example of justifiable anger and urges using anger to correct evils and protect others, warning against selfish or unrestrained fury.
In Da Nang a Viet Cong tactic uses seduce and destroy squads of young women to lure Marines to death. Reports say three Marines are missing and one killed in a three month period. A captured VC confirms training in English and intel for these assassins.
The World Almanac reports ocean waves exert up to 2000 pounds per square foot, eroding coasts. About 300 acres vanish from Maryland each year and New Jersey loses about 2 percent of its shoreline annually. South Cape May, New Jersey, is submerged, leaving only a road into the Atlantic as evidence of a former settlement.
The column argues Nelson Rockefeller joins Richard Nixon in supporting President Johnson’s Vietnam policies. It contrasts Republican restraint with Democratic rivals Kennedy and McCarthy, praising cross party focus on national interest and caution against partisan political games amid the war.
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