Dirty Politics and Nixon Cancer Plan Highlight Editorial
The editorial rebukes Mrs. Reagan for calling politics dirty while defending Reagan as unfairly attacked over his taxes. It lauds Nixon's cancer program promising new funding and a national agency under NIH, with the goal of aggressive research though warning against premature breakthroughs.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Nixon
National Cancer Research Agency
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes
NIH
Congress
National Cancer Institute
Washington Builds Bigger Computer Fleet and Spending
The General Accounting Office reports federal agencies expanded their owned and leased automatic data processing inventory from 531 units to 5277 over ten years. Short term leases are common at higher rates than longer contracts, with over 560 million dollars spent last fiscal year on computer equipment.
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General Accounting Office
Washington
GAO
A Man Rehabilitated Through Virginia Prison Work Program
John, a former armed robber from Lancaster County, Virginia, returns from crime to work as a laborer under a state parole rehabilitation plan. He works at a Winchester firm and saves wages for parole, while employers praise the program and his attitude. He seeks a fresh start in the restaurant trade and holds no bitterness toward society.
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John
Portsmouth
Neck
Fredericksburg
Chesapeake Bay
Lancaster County
Tides Inn
Irvington
Rappahannock
Bay
Florida
Keys
Virginia
Richmond
Winchester
Wife Apt
White Post Camp
Winchester Chamber Week Proclaimed by Mayor Smalts
The Star Files notes Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr proclaims Chamber of Commerce Week in Winchester. References to local officials Julian A. Everly and J Kenneth Robinson named to an Advisory Committee to the VPI School of Agriculture.
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Claude B. Smalts, JR
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Julian A. Everly
J. Kenneth Robinson
Northern Virginia
V.P.I. School of Agriculture
Daily Meditation on Conscience and Temptation
A meditation urges heed to conscience amid everyday temptations to drink gamble or flirt. It contrasts normal moral striving with pathological or cranky consciences and warns that killing conscience leads to eternal rue. The piece frames a healthy conscience as God’s voice guiding moral action.
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God
The Law on Scrambled Eggs
James J. Killpatrick critiques how 1960s voting rights laws interact with Supreme Court rulings and federal authority. He argues Richmond Virginia’s annexation and council actions could be jeopardized by conflicting interpretations, threatening municipal governance across the South.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Richmond
Mitchell
Canton
Miss
Allen
Black
Harlan
Burger
Justice Blackmun
South
Mr. Bumble
So Much to So Few at the Philadelphia Convention
Henry J. Taylor surveys the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He notes partial representation, key figures like Washington Franklin Hamilton and Gilman, the aim to limit lawmakers not people, and Franklin's Republic warning.
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Philadelphia
Winston Churchill
Mince
the Forge
Cornwallis
Yorktown
New York
Alexander Hamilton
Rhode Island
Benjamin Franklin
Nicholas Gilman
New Hampshire
George Washington
Washington
George III
Franklin
United States of America
The Obsolete Barber Chair Controversy
Norfolk readers learn that 2400 barbershops failed last year due to hair trends and staff cuts. The piece mocks flashy barbers and praises the enduring mystery of the barber chair as a symbol of style, strength, and stubborn craft.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Associated Press
Memory Quiz Scoring Guide And Quick Trivia Questions
Based on 100 questions over 10 days the daily average scores classify memory ability as Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good with page 2 for correct answers. The quiz asks about Molly Pitcher Canada Armageddon arms and more.
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Molly Pitcher
Dominion of Canada
John of
England
Eugene McCarthy
U.S
Senate
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Winchester Evening Star
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By Jack Davis
White Post
Here
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Douglas S. Russell
Senseny Road
Richmond Professional Institute
Carl Lewis
Red Wing
Sidney H. Veasey
Washington State
Thomas J. Hawkins
Braddock Street Methodist
J._ Earl Moreland
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
Earl L. Douglas
By James J. Killpatrick
Attorney General
U.S. District Court
Chesterfield County
U.S. Supreme Court
Chesterfield
Aubrey Thompson
Henry J. Taylor
U.S. Constitution
Napoleon
America
Watertown
N.Y
United States
Edmund Burke
Dr. Franklin
I.Q
Kent St
Advertising and Business
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
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