Winchester Evening Star May 14 1968 front page item
The Winchester Evening Star date is Tuesday May 14 1968 with staff listed and office details. The page lists staff roles such as General Manager and Executive Editor Jack F. Davis and other editors. It also shows subscription rates and contact numbers for News and Advertising.
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Jack F. Davis
Robert F. Rose
Evcene P P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
Nat'l Rep
Bottinelli and Gallagher, Inc
East 41St St
New York
N.Y
Army M16 bids trigger questions on defense procurement
The article outlines how the M16 rifle, after months of fixes, was deemed superior to Soviet and Chinese arms for Vietnam duties. Bids for more M16s ranged from 104 to 316 dollars per unit with a $20 billion underbid offer for 240 thousand MiGs. Army officials cite Time quality and ability, while Mare Mount Co. of Maine dominates M60 supplies, prompting critics in Congress and beyond.
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Vietnam
Pentagon
Maremount Co
Maine
Army
Seeing the Country Rail Travel Vision
The piece argues railroads should actively promote U S rail travel highlighting scenic countryside and diverse experiences. It envisions clean comfortable trains with dining and sleeping cars, stopovers, side excursions, and reasonable rates to attract business and leisure travelers alongside air travel and highways.
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United States
Birds Return to London After Clean Air Act
Londoners cheer as birds reclaim the city after the 1956 Clean Air Act. A house martin colony, first in 80 years, is breeding in the city, with cuckoo in Richmond Park, a snow bunting in Hyde Park, waxwing in St James Park, hoopoe and bearded tit spotted near the outskirts, and a solitary wood memory noted.
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London
Richmond Park
Hyde Park
St. James Park
Town
Army buys two WWII Mustangs for escort duties
The Army reportedly purchased two World War II Mustang fighters for 92,500 dollars each to escort new high speed helicopters. The planes originally cost 56,000 dollars, with aviation buffs noting recent sale prices around 25,000 dollars. Taxes keep rising, observers say.
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Army
Wall Street Journal
Greenwood TM school sold and Hay field school sale
The Greenwood TM school was sold to R. Lee Clark for $900 and the Hay field school to Silas Palmer for $1000. Frederick County faces at least 50 teaching vacancies with no new hires possible, says superintendent Leslie Kline.
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Greenwood
R. Lee Clark
Hayfield
Silas Palmer
Frederick County
Leslie Kline
Confederate Memorial Day plans announced for June 6
The Ladies Confederate Memorial Association launched observance plans for Confederate Memorial Day in June. Leslie Fries closed Lucketts school in Loudoun County and returned to Winchester citing low teachers salaries as insufficient to justify continuing the work.
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Confederate-Memorial Association
Leslie Fries
Lucketts
Loudoun County
Winchester
Radio Metaphor Echoes From Yalta Meditation
Earl L. Douglas reflects on Yalta after the war noting radios in every home but with no dial, receiving only Moscow’s broadcast. He compares this to education freeing the mind to a wider range of thoughts beyond work and pleasure, urging readers to seek varied interests for true life depth and maturity.
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Michael F. Reilly
Reilly
White House
Yalta
Moscow
GOP landslide unlikely if Democrats wake up
National mood runs against the administration as Gallup shows Republicans leading in a potential November landslide. Nixon speaks on crime while protests and rioting strain Washington and other cities, risking Democratic losses if Congress and voters pull toward firmness and law.
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Washington
Gallup
Nixon
Rockefeller
Humphrey
Kennedy
McGarthy
Congress
Puses
Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Explained by Doctor
Dr Brandstadt explains adenomyosis as endometrial tissue invading the uterine muscle with thickening of the muscular layer, and distinguishes external endometriosis in the pelvic cavity. He describes diagnosis, causes, prevalence, malignancy risk, and treatment options from mild cases to possible hysterectomy.
Knot-Tying Champ Dean Rusk Known From Scout Days
Dean Rusk, then Secretary of State, was Georgia's knot-tying champion as a Boy Scout. The piece also notes federal aid costs rising to about 20 billion dollars for fiscal 1969, up from 6.6 billion in 1959, and discusses various public concerns from pet theft to aging alcoholism and home safety.
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New York
Dean Rusk
Georgia
United States
Alaska
John D. Rockefeller Jr
United Nations
Eleanor Roosevelt
Delaware
Letters from Curwensville district superintendent praises Shenandoah hosts
Leslie S Leach thanks Shenandoah residents for hospitality shown to his Curwensville Area High School band during last Friday's Apple Blossom parade. He notes band members faced fainting and sickness from heat and nerves, and one student was cared for in a Winchester home, expressing gratitude for the kindness and the lasting friendship between communities.
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Leslie S, Leach
Curwensville Area
Curwensville, Pa
Higher Education In Chaos Says Liberal Colleagues Fearful
William S. White argues university leaders face a real crisis as student demonstrations threaten the concept of the university. He notes Columbia University as a flashpoint, with proposals to close or relocate campuses to restore order and discipline, exposing tensions between faculty and administration.
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Washington
Columbia University
New York
Columbia
Teachers College
Harvard Law School
New York City
John Lindsay
Columbia Regents
IQ Scoring Quiz Questions for Memory Genius Levels
A 100 question quiz spread over ten days rates memory strength from Memory Genius to Good. It asks about female warriors polyandry Quadrant Mountain location census year Napoleon death bells geisha Aryan word origin geisha country singular of dice and wall painting term.
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Quadrant Mountain
U.S
Napoleon
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