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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1972
Page
4
After a fatal New York bus crash that killed five and injured 45, the National Transportation Safety Board urges improved bus construction and revised standards. Investigations point to structural joints failing under 30 mph train impact. State agents press for rule changes to reduce future tolls.
An old French law punishes abstaining from helping in danger with imprisonment or fines, highlighting a cultural push toward involvement. The piece connects this to American bystander hesitation, cites Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, and notes shifts in pesticide use and ecological concern over time.
Democratic candidate George McGovern presses for a Wallace endorsement as Teddy Kennedy visits Alabama in a bid to win over the wounded governor who was paralyzed by a May shooting. Kennedy hopes Wallace's support would boost McGovern in the South against Nixon.
The nine justices return for a busy term as the court faces a flood of petitions and notable cases. Abortion law tests loom with Roe v Wade and related filings across Texas Georgia Missouri Illinois North Carolina and Mississippi. Obscenity questions also surge with 35 cases pending. The docket signals a historic term for a court weathering upheaval but poised to set legal direction ahead.
A reader letter section cites an array of notes on aging and weight, science curiosities, and social behavior. It includes figures on obesity in Americans over 65, remarks by Rev. Juan Cortes, Will Rogers quotes, stamp-age jokes, tear bottles in historical love, and a call from Mrs. J A Hotinger urging greater citizen recycling effort through local centers.
Walter M. Schirra Jr. completes his fourth orbit of the world at 1 31 p m EST and moves into the fifth, surpassing about 140000 miles in space. Senate denounces federal troops to admit a Negro at Ole Miss. Byrd condemns the action on the floor. John O Marsh Jr and J Kenneth Robinson urge a sane direction for the Kennedy administration. Agriculture sec Anderson says grain purchases from farmers are being considered. H Denis Hoover to head 14 county teachers to the District 6 Education Assn meeting at Madison College. Johnnie J Woods famed human fly plans to scale the George Washington Hotel.
A meditation contrasts hell as eternal separation from God and people with heaven as God’s gift. It argues that loneliness is the core torment of hell, condemns predestination to salvation as God’s intention, and urges individuals to choose salvation over damnation.
Henry J. Taylor argues McGovern’s handling of Jewish voters hurts his bid. He notes New York City’s large Jewish bloc and warns that proposals on Soviet wheat and deportation visas backfire in farm states. The piece links poll drops in South Dakota to weak messaging and retreating campaign tactics.
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