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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
4
The editorial argues the international dollar crisis is deep and uncertain. It notes the Nixon administration resisted quick fixes and cites risks of inflation, eurodollar borrowing as a stopgap, and the need for US European cooperation to rebalance trade since 1969. It warns only gold remains a real substitute but is scarce.
Congress weighs the B1 bomber amid Pentagon plans for three prototypes and an $11.4 billion estimate to buy 240 bombers, while critics seek deep cuts. Sen McGovern and Rep Seiberling urge trimming defense spending as Secretary Rumsfeld orders full evaluation of the aircraft against Soviet defenses.
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau tightens Canadian passport controls amid a long running Soviet espionage presence in Ottawa. Major General H J Van Der Berg of South Africa confirms a Soviet spymaster Loginov was captured in Johannesburg and planned to head an expanded Western Hemisphere network via Canada and the United States.
In 1967 a House committee formed a private beauty shop using $15,000 from the contingency fund. Members Edith Green Martha W Griffiths and Margaret M Heckler led the effort. It paid back half the investment in year one and the remainder in year two. Last year the committee paid $8,000 in lieu of rent and the piece closes with a tongue in cheek note about Treasury needs.
The article notes the Russian ruble is not convertible and is pegged by the Kremlin at an inflated value. It functions as an internal script, used only for domestic charges, while the Soviet Union settles with foreign currencies in recognizable money for international dealings.
Clayton Adams is named president of the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce succeeding Lynwood DeHaven. Market Street Methodist Church opens and consecrates a new $150 000 educational building with Bishop Garber presiding. Seventy join the Winchester area chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Mrs W Holt Louder chairs the committee. Lt Bruce Nelson arrives in Washington after Pearl Harbor duty, meeting wife Louise Moore. Lions Club donates $200 float prize to Winchester Recreation Association for Rouss Park projects. Camp chief E B Cooper leads a two day Scout camporee north of Handley Boulevard.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on religion's role in life arguing that religion contributes to truth and growth. He rebukes atheism as unhappy and urges readers to think, pray, and read the Bible to understand life’s meaning and the guiding hand behind the world.
The piece argues that the bread and butter concerns of workers and consumers trap the Nixon administration in a bind. Inflation and unemployment persist, policy oscillates between high and low interest rates, and critics blame military spending for economic woes. John Connally is cited as urging caution while Republicans seek action.
The Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet notes the surprise that Red Chinese invitation to America's table tennis team was achieved without dispute over the table shape. He highlights the calm, cooperative tone in the exchange.
A reader quiz with ten questions covering history geography spelling and science. Questions include Mt Vesuvius burying two cities Her culaneum and Pompeii and asks for thePresidio city and the correct spelling of Peary along with simple true false and factual prompts.
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