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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1971
Page
4
An editorial cautions that world population growth remains a critical issue despite near zero U S growth. It cites Tulane public health figures predicting 4 billion by 1975 and 6 billion by 1995, arguing future predictions demand urgent attention and policy response.
Rep. Henry P. Smith of New York has quietly returned 10 percent of his congressional salary for six months. The piece weighs two views: publicity could help recruit followers, but silence may strengthen the personal sacrifice.
A contemplation on personal and collective responsibility from national leaders to parents. The sermon urges quiet appraisal and decisive action to fulfill duties to self, family, church, country, and world, presenting God as refuge and strength in trouble and joy.
Winchester Evening Star lists JACK F. DAVIS as General Manager and Executive Editor with EUGENE P. MILLER as News Editor and DOUGLAS B. O CONNELL as Managing Editor amid standard masthead details for Second Class Postage paid at Winchester Virginia.
Washington reports describe Wilbur Mills as a potential but unlikely vice presidential pick if the Democratic presidential race consolidates. Mills has campaigned nationwide against Nixon era policies while signaling openness to a presidential bid, though his conservative record complicates a top ticket role.
President Nixon has paused partisan politicking to project himself as a leader for all people. Mitchell Dent and Rumsfeld head the GOP apparatus for 1972 while Nixon remains largely remote.
Republican National Chairman Bob Dole predicts Nixon will likely keep Agnew as running mate and suggests withholding the decision from Democrats until after their Miami Beach convention. He notes the aim is re election and hints Agnew might step down to broaden appeal.
The piece surveys calls for renominating Spiro Agnew or replacing him with John Connally or Nelson Rockefeller, while noting potential risks of factional splits. It cites Dole facing GOP scrutiny over Nixon’s policies, including the wage price freeze, and hints at a possible draft of Ted Kennedy for 1972.
Ten years ago in 1961 France and West Germany were ready to back further Washington Moscow discussions on a Berlin settlement at ambassadorial level. In Frederick County local matters the Board of Supervisors granted permission to the W S Frey Co for an access rail line across Brucetown road Rt 672. James H Fleming was named chairman of the National Foundation Dimes Drive opening January 1.
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John C. Stennis, Democrat of Mississippi, said the United States should never go to war again without the moral sanction of the American people. He warned that fighting without clear public support strains the republic and risks ineffectiveness.
A quiz feature outlines scoring ranges from memory genius to good with daily results. It asks ten sample questions on topics from cassava sources to Manhattan purchase and boxing titles, guiding readers to page 2 for answers.
HAL BOYLE recalls bygone habits and small pleasures from earlier decades. He notes radio loyalty, door locking, hand cranked cars and phonographs, church dusting, home baked fudge, two-town dining, brass beds, coffee for delivering doctors, and simple luxuries like a one dollar pocket watch. The column blends nostalgia with humorous contrasts to modern life.
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