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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1971
Page
4
Unscheduled weather modification raises concern as Congress considers a law requiring those who alter weather to report activities with a $10,000 fine for noncompliance. The House Commerce Committee backs early reporting to assess cloud seeding impacts on rainfall and drought and to improve weather forecasts.
Nixon aides press a labor strategy to defend the wage price freeze aimed at curbing inflation. They court second level labor leaders while backing Meany and Woodcock or risk broad worker discontent that could derail the policy. The plan hopes to keep Teamsters and construction unions aligned, with a political aim to weaken Democratic challenges in 1972.
The 1969 income tax cuts start next year if Congress acts but Social Security taxes rise. A married earner with two children earning 9000 could save 148 from 1969 cuts, yet Social Security tax increases by 94 may reduce net benefit to 54. Proposals could lift Social Security benefits and taxes up to 36 percent, creating confusion about take home pay in 1972.
Census figures show the farm population falling to 9.7 million in 1970 from 15.6 million a decade earlier. The share on farms dropped from about 9 percent in 1960 to under 5 percent, with 24 percent now over 55. The piece warns this trend could affect national food self sufficiency.
An airplane carrying vacationers crashed and burned ten miles west of Chicago Midway Airport minutes after takeoff for Los Angeles, killing all 78 aboard in the nation s deadliest single plane disaster. The Star Files reports the incident as a historic catastrophe with widespread impact on aviation safety and public reaction.
Daily meditation argues modern idolatry shifts from statues to wealth and worldly pleasure. It warns against worship of bank balances and luxury, urging awareness of a moral precipice as society pursues indulgence over virtue.
The SDECE exposes DVINA, a vast Soviet war game near Western Europe, showing a planned rapid strike to Munich Paris Rome Madrid and Athens within a week. It details 70 mile per day offensives, 140 divisions, 1.225 million Warsaw Pact troops, 5,120 air craft, and heavy use of nerve agents and large scale airborne operations.
An analysis argues that Vietnamization and U S policy aim to defend self determination while avoiding one man rule in South Vietnam. It questions whether President Thieu can balance ambitions with democratic legitimacy as North Vietnam and its allies push for stability and peace talks.
Ruth E. Powell expresses gratitude to the Winchester Red Cross Office and its volunteers, especially Mrs J W Sharp, who transported the author to the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville for diagnosis and treatment. Powell urges support for charitable community organizations and notes the impact of their service.
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