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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1968
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces subscription rates for in state and out of state customers and lists staff positions including General Manager and Executive Editor Jack F. Davis and News Editor Eugene P. Miller. Also notes second class postage and national advertising representation.
Senator Stuart Symington, former Air Force secretary, urged terminating the F-111 program citing chronic failures and a high price for a limited mission plane. He warned the defense budget risked billions and pilot lives without improved design, noting standstill after the Nellis crash and pending congressional review.
The article argues that keeping a 4 1/4 percent ceiling on long term government bonds misleads financing costs. It notes investors avoid such bonds, forcing frequent, costly financing of short term notes. Short term borrowing inflates reserves and fuels inflation. the Senate’s vote to remove the ceiling is seen as necessary to curb inflation.
The Star Files notes a salvage collection yielded only half a carload of tin cans, while housewives continue discarding them as refuse. J Howard Cather Jr earns a B S in Commerce and Business Administration from the University of Virginia. influenza deaths lessen while mild cases rise. Mrs H D Fuller urges volunteers to cook for those ill with influenza and pneumonia lacking home help.
The meditation discusses the drinking problem as a national issue with many fatalities on highways linked to liquor. It notes that alcohol factors into about half of highway deaths, though not all are caused by drunken driving. Individuals must decide for themselves whether drinking is right or wrong.
Hubert Humphrey campaigns hard across Missouri and Indiana with stinging attacks on Nixon and praise for Medicare and Social Security. He uses colorful jabs at George Wallace and riffs on Democratic prosperity while addressing Evansville and St. Louis crowds.
In this informal column the writer proposes tips to speed up football on TV and improve play. He suggests each side use its own ball, decide play direction, reduce sideline back-and-forth, cut duplicate actions, fix stadium clocks, delay jokes during play, and employ striped officials who run the field fastest.
The piece contrasts Humphrey’s rallying style and earnest praise for a racially united society with his return to old Democratic themes and Nixon era warnings. It notes voter mood among the new middle class in Kansas City and St. Louis and questions if such rhetoric converts elections anymore.
Wayne Brandstadt M D answers reader questions on athlete's foot treatments and the challenges of curing fungal infections. He notes undecylenic acid desex and triactin and related compounds help but cures are not guaranteed, with half strength Whitfield ointment remaining a strong daily option.
A trivia quiz feature offers a 10 day plan with daily averages to rate memory and intellect. It asks ten questions on topics from geography to history and finance and directs readers to page 2 for the correct answers.
Henry J. Taylor notes poll responses mirror feelings loyalty and sympathy rather than careful evaluation. Elmo Roper argues voters answer to emotions. Wallace shows up in polls as a favorable but unattainable candidate needing 270 electoral votes.
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