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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1971
Page
4
An editorial discusses how foundations became major forces in funding education science culture and welfare. It notes the shift from private endowments to tax free philanthropy as income taxes rose and private fortunes redirected to foundations to support sprawling institutions.
Children are rushed to hospitals after mistaking headache tablets for candy. The danger from pills and capsules mistaken for treats is real and often underreported. Historic shift to pleasant tasting medicines reduced safeguards against accidental poisoning.
Federal rules now permit pulverizing old currency instead of burning it, after 2 billion pieces were previously incinerated. Cities complained the smoke obscured destruction. pulverizing offers less conspicuous disposal and even insulation value for homes.
Column discusses President Nixon's possible move to disclose full Pentagon data to the public to counter neoisolationist pressure and Soviet threat. It notes the peril of exposing top secret information and the split among defense supporters in Congress.
FBI Director Hoover warns of intensified Soviet espionage worldwide with 107 agents uncovered recently. Agents use diplomatic cover or false identities, train at Barkovo near Kut chinsk, and employ coded signals and nonlethal deterrents. Senators worry anti Pentagon rhetoric and media influence threaten defense funding.
An encyclopedia notes the bagpipe’s antiquity and material usage across ivory sheep cane and cloth. It traces origins to Persia Egypt Chaldea and Greece and Rome’s introduction to Britain with a speculative link to Nero, though no proof he played pipes during Rome’s fire.
The United States first space man Alan B. Shepard Jr. rockets across space in 1961 reaching 115 miles high on a 5,100 mph ascent then lands safely after traveling 302 miles down range amid a news roundup in The Star Files. Mike Luby to chair Jaycees Liberty Tree Program in Winchester for the year, a Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce civic project. Steven Koman wins Championship Ribbon at Spring Schooling Show of Winchester Equitation School at Melra Hill under Evva McGuigan.
Earl L. Douglas argues the world faces a money crisis with conflicting economist views. He notes widespread financial strain and home and asset ownership shifting to banks, calls deficit financing troubling, and urges personal sacrifice and realism to address the national hardship.
President Nixon refines Vietnam stance amid end the war now protests. He prioritizes POW release in Paris talks and rules out a fixed withdrawal date, betting public opinion will back a phased end this summer and a residual force if Hanoi stalls on prisoners.
A reader from Berryville criticizes vandals who tear seats from benches to build bonfires on Capitol grounds. They warn taxpayers pay for repairs and urge action to stop the “ridiculous show.”
A federal grand jury indicted two men from Texas on charges of attempting to mail a copperhead and a water moccasin to Santa Rosa, California. The act is described as inhumane and ill conceived, suggesting the snakes could likely travel faster unaided.
A quiz guide lists 10 questions about math volume coral classification states curves Sequoia Park anthem composer hare terms ergophobia time zones and Pennsylvania geography with a note to turn to page 2 for correct answers.
Advertisement notice from Winchester Evening Star referencing contact line for advertising services and postage paid at Winchester Virginia 22601. Includes Business Office details and classification as second class mail.
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