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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1968
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists staff including Eugene P. Miller News Editor and Jack F. Davis General Manager with Douglas B. O Connell Managing Editor. It notes circulation details and subscription rates for Virginia and nearby areas. The Friday October 25 1968 issue date is shown.
Election analysis explains that if no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the new Congress meets January 1969 to count ballots and the House elects the President while the Senate selects the Vice President. Negotiations among delegations could sway ties during the interim.
New York AP profile of Stuart Flexner, editor of the Random House College Edition dictionary and author of the American Dictionary of Slang, on how dictionaries track language. He explains slang status, sources of new words from space, war, politics, sports, music, science, and fashion, and mentions Medicare and DNA as recent entrants.
The World Almanac recalls Millerite prophecy and October 22 1834 fervor, while coverage analyzes House and Senate dynamics in a presidential race. It notes party majorities, state caucuses, and possible paths to Nixon or Muskie via House or Electoral College votes and mentions Governor Wallace's stance.
Dr Brandstadt discusses scleroderma morphea causes progression and organ involvement noting no cure. Treatments include salicylates for joints lubricants for skin and prednisone with careful penicillamine use. Not cancer mainly skin checks yearly and tests to monitor spread.
A novelty quiz section asks ten questions covering dates, geography, and invention. It includes Independence Day origins, the Declaration’s material, Malay Island group, West Virginia capital, McKinley successor, page numbering, snuff base, sewing machine inventor, Mila 18 author, and copper zinc alloy.
The British weekly The Statesman, a long time pro Soviet outlet, mocks the Soviet clampdown in Czechoslovakia. It declares 1956 and 1948 era cold war logic back, condemns Marxist dogma and hopes for humane Marxism now fading, calling for a long rebuilding.
The author argues that disruptions on major campuses are caused by radical minorities and that college officials bear responsibility for maintaining order. The piece condemns permissiveness and insists administrators must preserve a coherent scholarly community to protect academic freedom.
The Penn Central chairman Stuart Saunders says six test cars completed a series of trials for the early high speed commuter service between New York and Washington. If no unforeseen problems arise a first run could occur before year end with strong public response essential for federal mass transit subsidies.
Allan Richardson has been promoted to captain and attached to the 8th Air Force for the past 14 months. W. S. Huyett named chairman of the Frederick County Democratic Executive Committee. All churches schools and theatres remain closed per Health Department rulings as influenza wanes but reopening is considered dangerous. Sunday car-use restrictions are modified.
Daily Meditation by Earl L. Douglas argues education is incomplete without religion. He laments homes neglect religious training, notes Sunday attendance drops, and urges basing schooling on the four R's: reading writing arithmetic and religion for eternal living.
In a revealing close to the race, Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey show stark contrasts. Nixon cultivates cool precision with sharper attacks on law and order, while Humphrey's extroverted appeal seeks sympathy votes and Democratic backing. The dialog hints at risks for both as they move toward victory or defeat. A reader quiz notes the Atlantic to Pacific shortest distance at 2,152 miles.
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