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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1970
Page
15
Pioneer newscaster Lowell Thomas, who first broadcast on October 21, 1930, continues the daily 6:45 p.m. program. A comparison shows him in the early 1930s and again this week from New York studios.
In a Midtown office, Lowell Thomas recalls launching the first broadcast 40 years ago on October 21. He remains prolific with 52 books, a global TV presence, and plans for a six year expedition as he continues on air past the dinner hour.
Lawrence F. O'Brien, Democratic National Chairman, accuses President Nixon and Vice President Agnew of preaching the politics of fear to mask administration failures. He says Nixon and Agnew are using demagoguery to influence votes and predicts a Democratic victory in the November elections.
Democratic nominee George C. Rawlings Jr uses peacocks at the Norfolk Zoo to press Get Virginia Out of the Byrd Cage while Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr defends Social Security and slams rival tactics. Garland criticizes Byrd's alleged fiscal stance as Tar Heel era inflation debate continues. Peninsula Shipbuilders endorse Rawlings amid campaign dynamics in Tidewater. London page adds a crime note about laundry-line theft booby traps and a man fined for tights theft.
The poem The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson in late 1854. It recollects the Balaklava action of October 25 1854 during the Crimean War and commemorates the British light cavalry.
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