Fire education earns quick results at George Washington Home
Winchester Fire Department public education program reduced evacuation time from 28 to seven minutes during a basement fire at the George Washington Home. Public Education Officer Ed Lillis and Chief Gene Dailey credit training and donations from civic groups for the improvement and call for more citizen volunteers and support.
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Winchester Fire Department
George Washington
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Ed Lillis
Lillis
Gene Dailey
Winchester Area
Dailey
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Memorial Day Reflections On Peace And Global Tensions
A Memorial Day meditation questions whether true peace exists after Vietnam amid Soviet militancy and economic strain. The piece urges a firm, allied policy to honor fallen soldiers by securing a durable peace, warning against neo isolationism and blind action.
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Vietnam
Absence of Carter Overshadows UN Disarmament Talks
United Nations hosts a five week disarmament conference as world leaders decry high military spending. President Carter, citing Senate and Soviet concerns, transfers leadership to Mondale and plans to return after NATO discussions and a potential SALT II agreement.
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N_Y. Times News Service
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Carter
France
Britain
Mondale
Washington
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Soviet Union
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NATO
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No Obligation to Hire a Marxist Professor
James Kilpatrick argues the University of Maryland should reject Bertell Ollman’s nomination to head the government and politics department. He criticizes Ollman as a committed Marxist and asserts public officials may comment on academic appointments. Kilpatrick dismisses academic freedom as hollow in this case.
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Washington Star Syndicate Inc
Washington
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Bertell Ollman
Ollman
New York University
University of Wisconsin
Oxford
Washington Star
Maryland
Blair Lee
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Maryland Board
Virginia
Frederick County
CMS
James N. Walter
Tucson Ave
Andrews A.F.B
Washington Outgrows Cowboy Tales in Public View
The piece argues 1976 Washington, like Dodge City, is evolving beyond cowboy mythmaking. It contrasts Jimmy Carter’s reforming image with a cynical bureaucracy, noting public expectations and political reality as Washington’s meaner, modern face emerges.
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Boondocks
Tombstone
Dodge
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Letters to the Star Editor A Dynamic Citizen Editor
A Winchester city council encounter extols blindness as a life joy and urges broader city beauty appreciation. A Middletown resident recounts denied building permits after a failed perk test, questioning land rules, taxation, and growth limits.
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George Reading
Reading
Winchester
War Memorial
J.T. Kremer Jr
S. Pleasant Valley Rd
Old Home Place
Middletown
United States Air Force
Virginia
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