Burr and Walker’s Latin American gambit and U S policy shift
Sketchbook reviews power dynamics in Latin America from Burr’s 1805 plotting with Blennerhasset to William Walker’s filibuster, tracing U S influence through capital, oil nationalization, and Cold War tensions. It notes Mexico's oil nationalization, Castro's Cuba, and the move away from Big Sticks toward economic and political engagement.
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Nicaragua
Central America
William Walker
Honduras
Latin America
U.S
America
Mr. Ford
Ford
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Dr. Castro
Community of Nations
Castro
Mexico
Venezuela
Middle East
Letters to the Editor and Public Notices Reflections
Readers advocate for political action, Arthurian myth debate, and education funding. Letters discuss voter turnout for J Kenneth Robinson, Higher Education Constitutional Amendment, a purse theft, United Fund drive, cattle industry views, and faith-based healing perspectives.
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the Star
Virginia
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Shenandoah College
Conservatory of Music
Marilyn K. Harper
Allen Drive
Winchester
Twilight Comes To The Moderates In California Race
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak examine California politics as a Democratic sweep threatens liberal Republican moderates. They note Houston S. Flournoy and William Bagley face weak fund-raising, shifting party loyalties, and a Reagan era drift toward conservative ideology within the GOP.
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Los Angeles
California
Houston S. Flournoy
Hiram Johnson
Earl Warren
Ronald Reagan
Ed Reinecke
Flournoy
Henry Salvatori
Brown
William Bagley
Bagley
Ken Cory
Orange County
Cory
Nelson Rockefeller
Reagan
A Time to Remember Frederick County Courthouse
The 1840s Frederick County Courthouse replaced two log structures in Market Square and faced Loudoun Street. A turn‑of‑the‑century photo shows the iron fence along three sides and notes the plat laid out by James Wood in 1735 per Dr. Garland R. Quarles.
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Frederick County
Market Square
Loudoun St
Boscawen
Water St
Rouss City Hall
Garland R. Quarles
James Wood
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Winchester Evening Star
By David Smith
Aaron Burr
United States
Burr
Blennerhasset
Luis Echeverria
Gerald Ford
CBS
Dan Rather
Vietnam
Carribbean
Robinson
James J. Kilpatrick
J. Kenneth Robinson
Congress
Nixon
Democratic Party
Washington
Joy Fish
Jim Ackley
Fifth Row
Camelot
King Arthur
King
Knights of the Round Table
Ackley
Arthur
Guinevere
Launcelot
Britain
Geoffrey Ashe
Mr. Ashe
Cadbury
Tintagel
Glastonbury
G. Kenneth Levi
Ms. C.B. Pifer
Box
United Fund
Star Files
Robert Gaines
G& M Music Center
New Civic Center
Eddie Fisher
New York
Queer Elizabeth
Cherbourg
France
Elizabeth Taylor
Debbie Reynolds
Richard Burton
Harry Karl
West Virginia
Samuel N. Whitacre
God
Franklin H. Leinback
Featherbed Lane
Kenneth Robinson
B.B. Dutton, Jr
Mosby Street
Jesus
Christ
Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
Pomona College
Daryl Chessman
Rohr
San Diego
Berry's
NEA, Inc
Harry W. Dune
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