Memorial Day Reflections and Urban Noise Questions
Memorial Day observed with remembrance for fallen service members and a call to civic action. Also reports on university physicists proposing street widening and acoustical improvements to quiet cities, plus renewed whispers about the fate of Russia's Nicholas II as argued by British official Jeremy Thorpe.
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University of California
Vern O. Knudsen
Knudsen
New York
Washington
Los Angeles
Nicholas II
Russia
Anastasia
Jeremy Thorpe
Liberal Party
London
Thorpe
Letter clarifies Area Wide Crusades funds and church location
A Star reader replies to an anonymous inquiry about the Area Wide Crusades proceeds and Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church. The letter recalls Crusades in August and September, Dr. Falwell’s donation, and a cash balance of 108 dollars, plus a later 300 dollar offering to break even at James Wood High School.
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the Star
Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church
David Walker
Donnie Cantwell
Dr. Falwell
Bob Harrington
Chorale
James Wood High School
J. O. Grooms
Harold Wilmington
Thomas Road Bible Institute
Lynchburg
Virginia
Stephens City
Dean Wilmington
Brother Wilmington
Winchester
Lynchburg Baptist College
Echo Village
Falwell
T. G. Adams
Nixon admission fuels Watergate by atmosphere of intrigue
In a tacit admission Nixon says he contributed to a climate that allowed illegitimate acts to mushroom within the Executive, pleading innocence on knowledge of abuses while condoning obstruction of justice for national security reasons. He cites being engrossed in heavy issues and missed warning signals leading to coverup.
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Washington
Nixon
Executive Department
Vietnam
Middle East
Russia
China
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
CIA
White House
John Ehrlichman
Pentagon
John J. Caulfield
Senate
Watergate Committee
James McCord
New Hampshire Tuition Voucher Experiment Draws National Debate
James J. Kilpatrick reports on New Hampshire planning a pilot tuition voucher program offering $800 per child for private or public schools, with state and federal support possible. The piece notes education as a public and parental choice issue, cites Virginia as precedent, and outlines opposition from HEW officials and Nixon era intelligence concerns woven into a broader political critique.
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Antrim
N.H
New Hampshire
U.S
Adam Smith
Smith
Milton Friedman
Chicago
Christopher Jencks
Harvard
Virginia
Supreme Court
Friedman
Office of Economic Opportunity
Alum Rock
California
William Bittenbender
New Hampshire Board of Education
Newell Paire
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Meldrim Thomson
How's Your IQ Memorization Quiz Preview
A reader quiz outlines scoring for a 100 question test taken over 10 days with daily results. It asks ten questions about WWI assasination related dignitary, Budapest capital, Calamity Jane, Flirtation Walk location, tea consumption country besides China, first printing press state, Time founder, Burgundy wine city, Paul Bunyan, and Bull Moose Party presidential nominee.
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W.W.I
Budapest
Jane
China
America
Babe
Bull Moose Party
Lichliter Elected Recording Secretary in Virginia Club
Mrs W Lawrence Lichliter won the office of Recording Secretary for the Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Richmond. A high turnout attended the Isaak Walton League Fishing Rodeo at the league pond attracting many junior anglers and parental observers. Master Sgt Lee Baker mailed a Guam clipping featuring Bing Crosby and Apple Blossom Festival coverage. A fire destroyed a Cherry Grove farm machine shop owned by Dr W D Myers causing about 5000 dollars in losses without insurance.
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W. Lawrence Lichliter
Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc
Richmond
Isaak Walton League
Lague’s Pond
Sgt
Lee Baker
Guam
Bing Crosby
Cherry Grove
W. D. Myers
Daily Meditation on Doom and Prosperity
The editor argues doom laden prophecies fail in history and Britain enjoys expansion and prosperity. Despite wars and atomic threat, progress is being made in solving hard problems, so pessimism should be guarded though vigilance kept.
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Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Britain
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United States
Gage
Lord Harding
Penshurst
George V
Nee Fore Reyqem
By Jack Bell
By James J. Kilpatrick
U.S. Office of Education
Frank Carlucci
HEW
Thomas Glennan
National Institute of Education
Glennan
Carlucci
Caspar Weinberger
John Dean III
Bey
Walace
Clarke County
Berryville
Boyce-Millwood
New York City
Walter H. Johnson
Stubblefield
I.Q
Winchester Evening Star
Eugene P. Miller
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Douglas B. O'Connell
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