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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1979
Page
4
Gov John Dalton and President Jim Carter join in National Newspaper Week observance. The piece touts the newspaper role in community life, noting both news and non news content from promotions and sports to events and ads.
The Handley Library hosts the second Noon Music edition tomorrow in the auditorium from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Madeline MacNeil, a folksinger and composer, will accompany herself on guitar and mountain dulcimer. Brown-baggers are invited to enjoy a lunch hour of Appalachian to British Isles tunes, with instruments from oboe to tin whistle.
Eugene C. Babb praises the Irish Contra Band performance at Handley Library as the first of six free lunch time concerts presented by the Friends of the Library and urges attendance. Robert A. Jenkins criticizes the Winchester Public Safety Committee for restricting the bucket drive and vendor solicitations and calls for traffic light improvements.
Letters discuss moving the county seat to west of Winchester along Route 50 or Route 37 to reduce city congestion. Voters argue for a county owned facility leased to the city, with a county courthouse site planned for broad access and long term savings. They urge a county study and public input before a decision.
Washington notes President Carter’s televised retreat over Cuba signaled a behind the scenes push to court China. Harold Brown would meet Chinese defense chief Xu Xiangqian as the Pentagon weighs three paths from rhetoric to arms transfers. Critics call it a risky shift that could escalate Soviet concerns and redefine U S China military ties.
Richmond notes the 1980 General Assembly will begin January 9 and run a 60 day session. It will face roughly 2000 bills with budget battles dominating, while lobbyists from state agencies, associations, and private groups apply pressure across the Capitol. The piece argues all lobbyists should register and disclose spending to reveal influence on lawmakers.
Amtrak ridership rose 24 percent in June to 2,050,000, the first month over two million. The piece notes paradoxes: congressionally ordered cuts but improved financing and energy concerns boosting transit. calls for stronger backing and authority to hire crews. emphasizes need for better roadbed and mass transit integration to cut costs and boost intercity rail viability.
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