Newspaper masthead and subscription rates from 1968 issue
The page lists staff roles including General Manager and Executive Editor Jack F. Davis, Business Manager Robert F. Rose, News Editor Eugene P. Miller, and Managing Editor Douglas B. O Connell. It also shows mailing class details, national representation, and varying subscription rates for residents of Virginia and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack F. Davis
Robert F. Rose
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
Nat’l Rep
Bottinelli and Gallagher, Inc
East 41St St
New York
N.Y
Origins of the national party convention in US history
The text traces the birth of the national convention system in 1830 31, noting the Anti Masonic party as the originator and highlighting early conventions in Philadelphia Baltimore and the rise of major parties led by Clay Jackson and Adams. It explains the shift from congressional caucuses to public nominating gatherings and cites the 1824 crisis ending the King Caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Anti- Masonic Party
William Wirt
Maryland
Amos Ellmaker
Pennsylvania
National Republican Party
Baltimore
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Congress
Monroe
Treasury
Crawford
Jackson
Clay
John Quincy Adams
Adams
Wn Clay
King
Health rackets drain billions despite genuine medical needs
The piece denounces health racket promoters who extracting about two billion dollars annually from gullible the public with worthless cures and dangerous gimmicks. It cites New York complaints, arthritis scam spending, and a culture of fear driving patients to seek improbable treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Major Covington commended for search after Yakima crash
Major Henry Covington Jr. of the Air Corps 29th Bombardment Group Boise Idaho is praised for guiding a search for air crash victims near Yakima Washington. Lt. Herbert S. Richey, died of wounds in France on April 15, is likely the Shenandoah Valley's first fallen soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Covington, Jr
Air Corps
29Th Bombardment Group
Boise
Idaho
Yakima
Wash
Common Council
Edward McCartney
Corporation Court of Winchester
Glaize and Bros. Lumber
Herbert S. Richey
France
Shenandoah Valley
John S. Richey
Berryville
Solitary confinement and fellowship in daily life
The piece argues against perpetual withdrawal from society, calling solitary living abnormal and unhealthy. It emphasizes fellowship as a privilege found in family, friends, community, and nation, urging openness and kindness rather than isolation. It cites Robert Louis Stevenson on happiness and urges being a good fellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louise Stevenson
Billy
Virginia teacher pay rises cited in editorials
An editorial from Charlottesville Daily Progress notes Virginia school divisions including Frederick Clarke and Winchester will pay $800 for master’s degrees next year. It highlights a trend toward higher salaries, with many districts moving to a $6000 base for starting teachers and a push to attract qualified staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Charlottesville
Daily Progress
Virginia
Experts on Juvenile Delinquency for Hire
California officials consider hiring paroled youth aides from the O H Close School for Boys near Stockton. Twelve graduates, aged 18 to 22, will be available as counselors tutors and recreation supervisors to assist younger wards while continuing their education at Delta Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
California
California Youth Authority
O.H. Close
Supt. C.A. Terhune
CYA
Ontario
Delta Junior College
Palmer Anderson
Terhune
Pic
Spong Urges Educators to Bridge National Divisions
U S Senator William B Spong Jr addressed the Halifax Education Association in South Boston urging educators to help ease bitter national divides. He noted Americans as their own worst critics and said children should not grow up with ill feelings toward the country. A federally funded study by Walter Thomas found teachers tend to award higher grades to pupils whose values align with theirs, from kindergarten through college.
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Halifax Education Association
Boston
United States
William B. Spong, Jr
Walter Thomas
16 Point Program for Destruction of the United States
Henry J. Taylor outlines a 16 point program seeking to undermine American society. It attacks individual responsibility, patriotism, and military trust while urging permissiveness, miseducation, and political church entanglement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Running Away and Hemophilia Facts and Advice
Wayne Brandstadt MD discusses why children run away from home and how parents can respond. He notes younger children act on curiosity while older ones rebel and may need counseling. a study links runaways to being picked on and humiliated, urging mutual respect and supportive rules. He explains von Willebrand disease as a bleeding tendency with normal coagulation time, occurring in both sexes.
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von Willdebrand
von Willebrand
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions Daily Scoring
A framing of a ten day IQ style test with daily scores from 9 10 correct for Memory Genius down to 4 for Good and page 2 promised for correct answers. It includes ten sample questions covering anatomy history politics and geography with one asking about a Hawthorne character and another about Madagascar inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Pyncheon
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wilhelm
Germany
Norway
Madagascar
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City Carrier
Twee
W.va
Mary Katherine Aulick
Kenny
Earl L. Douglas
Melton Wright
Frederick County
Virginia Education Association
Northern Virginia
VEA
Rockbridge Education Association
John O. Marsh, Jr
Marsh
Aquia
Stafford County
Henry J. Taylor
Snear
Martin Luther King
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Carthage
New York City
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Lenin
By Wayne Brandstadt, M.D
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
I.Q
Central America
Roger Bacon
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