This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1979
Page
4
The Bloom advertises today’s festival events including the coronation of Queen Shenandoah the 52nd at 2 PM, Firemen’s Parade at 5 PM, dances, a 9 PM Handley High School concert by Up With People, and a lively sequence of apples antiques arts crafts choreography and pageantry across town.
A Virginia policy bars unemployment benefits to workers in a labor dispute while New York and Rhode Island permit such aid. The 1971 New York Telephone Co. case, decided March 21 by the US Supreme Court, upheld the right of states to craft striker aid laws. The piece notes the neutrality principle and warns of shifts in labor dispute histories and fiscal effects on employers.
A reader argues the 1968 Gun Control Act harms law abiding citizens and fails to curb crime. The letter urges repeal or replacement with sensible laws and cites harsh penalties for cross state gifting of guns and reloads. It challenges judicial leniency and urges contacting representatives.
Washington reports a shift toward flexible diplomacy as the Soviet Union frees dissidents and considers broader talks with the United States. Dobrynin and Vance discuss easing trade barriers in exchange for more emigration and potential arms treaty progress amid Brezhnev’s ill health.
The piece analyzes Jimmy Carter's New Hampshire push blending a peace and profits message while clashing with Congress over energy and SALT II. It notes decontrol plans, oil profits, and public hunger for relief amid double-digit inflation as Carter uses presidential power to frame issues favorably.
Seven years after Watergate the Washington Star notes two new memoirs. Sirica’s To Set the Record Straight earns praise as a rebuke to the villains while critics accuse him of ego and overreach. Maurice Stans’s volume is dismissed as a flawed, poorly edited work.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.