FTC proposed rule targets negative option sales by book and record clubs
The editorial urges FTC action against negative option schemes used by book and record clubs citing consumer complaints about late selections and failed cancellations. It argues the abuses threaten a key sales model and warns campus protests may erode military recruiting while defending free dissent and national security.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Letters to the Editor Respond to Mrs Campbell in Winchester
George W. Jones of Winchester defends youthful engagement and criticizes older generations while urging citizens to listen to young people. He argues against higher education elitism, warns of political and environmental dangers, and calls for public integrity and faith in democracy.
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Winchester
University of Virginia
Winchester Democratic Party
Congress and the presidential war powers clash urged
A column argues against limiting the president's war powers citing nuclear age contingencies. It warns that restricting the commander in chief could delay necessary defense actions and jeopardize treaty commitments and U S security abroad. The piece links Cambodia policy to broader implications for Vietnam and future U S military action.
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United States
Congress
Daniel Henkin
Defense
Aviation and Space Writers Association
Senate
Cambodia
Vietnam
Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Inheriting Money Is The Last Hope To Die
A HAL BOYLE column mocks human hope tied to inheritance as the ultimate refuge. It contrasts it with fitness, prudence, and social quirks, using humorous aphorisms about money, marriage, work, and everyday life.
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New York
Puny Man and the Cycle of Nature's Calamities
A reflection on human hubris confronting natural disasters. The essay argues that after disasters we restore and console, then resume belief in mastery, until the next earthquake, hurricane, or flood exposes our limits and restarts the cycle.
Students face tension over class cancellations in universities
The piece argues that administrators and faculty prefer discretion to cancel classes for the year while protest becomes integral to student life. It questions the effectiveness of quick student strikes against government and urges practical participation, noting many should complete their education.
Memorial Day rites set with speakers in national cemeteries
John O. Marsh a Strasburg attorney in the 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard will speak at Memorial Day rites May 30 in National Cemetery. Homer E. Alberti named administrator of Winchester Memorial Hospital will address the crowd. Selective Service announces indefinite deferments for men 30 and older in useful work.
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John O. Marsh
Strasburg
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
National Cemetery
Homer E. Alberti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
U.S. National Cemetery
P. Hunter Miller
Sears, Roebuck Order
Philadelphia
Selective Service
Duty of leaders and citizens in a democratic world
The piece criticizes world leaders for delaying action and pushes for immediate measures on science distribution and world peace. It questions brainwashing of citizens and argues that voting is a civic duty, warning that elected officials do not have unchecked power.
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