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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1972
Page
3
Recruting firms report heightened demand for general and top executives in Q2, suggesting ongoing economic expansion though variance by industry and region. The piece also notes growing acceptance of box lunches at stockholder meetings and outlines planned certifications for automotive mechanics to curb price gouging and raise service standards.
Washington reports a nationwide shift toward school closings for private and parochial institutions lacking aid, along with public schools striking and busing fights over racial balance. Taxpayer anger over education funding and parental sex education debates compound the unrest in many states.
The piece argues that federal deficits will drive inflation and higher prices, challenging Nixon's no tax pledge and McGovern's tax reform. It warns of VAT as a potential shift of burden, cites deficits, and notes inflationary trends alongside education and school-strike concerns nationwide.
President Kennedy said the nation must lead the world into space as peace and security hang in the balance. Winchester names Council vice mayor Charles M. Zuckerman. Claude B. Smalts Jr. reelected council president and H. William Butler Jr. vice president. David Ramsey named Frederick County Game Warden. Col. C. W. Woodson Jr. notes suspensions of 12 Virginia motor vehicle inspection stations. New garbage collection equipment to be placed in service. Retail prices rise or hold with relief seen in wholesale prices.
A Daily Meditation explains that God is both immanent and transcendent, guiding believers to balance divine presence in the world with divine sovereignty in heaven. It emphasizes God’s righteousness, love, mercy, and attentiveness to every detail of creation.
Vice-President Spiro Agnew warns that McGovern’s threat to cut U.S. military aid to Greece would push the country away from the United States. He stresses Greece’s strategic value to the Sixth Fleet and NATO, cites Greece as essential for Middle East stability, and notes Washington’s plan to make Athens a home port for Sixth Fleet families to bolster morale and re-enlistment.
In Beaumont Texas a 33 year old Jimmy Beasley a University of Tennessee medical student and former auto mechanic created a device to treat hyaline membrane disease in premature babies. The machine keeps lungs from collapsing, addressing the fatal condition linked to President Kennedy's last child.
The Charlotte Observer notes a federal handling of two pandas gifted from China at a total cost cited between 600000 and 98000 dollars for transport and 500000 dollars for housing at the Washington zoo. The piece humorously warns China might respond by offering water buffalo.
A trivia quiz prints ten questions with scoring ranges for IQ based on correct answers. It lists questions on historical facts grammar geography naval insignia states and historical executions. The page instructs turning to page 2 for correct answers and includes scoring descriptors from Memory Genius to Good.
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