Winchester Evening Star masthead and clerk listings
The fragment shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead with established date and contact details. It lists staff positions including General Manager and Executive Editor Jack F. Davis and News Editor Eugene P. Miller, plus a New York national rep and managing editor Douglas B. O’Connell. Subscription rates appear as partial figures.
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Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester
Nat'l Rep
Bottinelli and Gallagher, Inc
East 41St St
New York
N.Y
Education Potpourri Highlights Shifts in Teacher Supply
A Washington report projects that elementary teacher supply will meet demand for the first time postwar. It notes 4,000 extra teachers and a 264,750 shortfall as of August 1 1968, with shortages most acute in rural areas and in math science and vocational fields. The piece also reports on Kiernan's call for state financing of public schools to ensure equity and cites Conant’s plan for state takeover of funding.
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Washington, D.C
America
NEA
Massachusetts
Owen B. Kiernan
Kiernan
James Conant
Philadelphia Trash to Rail Coal Mine Plan
The article describes Philadelphia shredding and baling 800000 tons of yearly trash, shipping it by rail to fill abandoned coal mines. It argues the plan would cut incineration costs, reduce air pollution, and boost railroad business, while noting a possible recycling cycle billions of years in reverse.
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Philadelphia
Time Out Again on Fast Train Progress
An editorial notes the stalled progress of Northeast Corridor speed gains with delays on New York Washington electrification and Boston New York turbo trains. It cites airport congestion and Canada’s Toronto Montreal run as contrasts while criticizing Union rules forcing crew standards that slow conversion work.
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New York Airport
Canadian National
Toronto
Montreal
New York
Mustang Herds Face Government Plan To Wipe Them Out
The Lovell Wyoming area and surrounding West face a clash as the Bureau of Land Management proposes grazing controls that could reduce wild mustangs on 22 815 acres of federal land. Lovell residents defend the herds as part of the landscape while officials warn overgrazing harms ecosystems.
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Montana
Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau
Thas
Lovell
Wyo
Mustang Country
Pryo Mountains
BLM
Interior Department
MISS SUZANNE NICODEMUS WEDS ENSIGN GILKEY
The Star Files notes the marriage of Miss Suzanne Nicodemus to Ensign Arthur W. Gilkey on September 21. Betsy Arthur, daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Arthur, will attend Holton Arms in Washington.
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Suzanne Nicodemus
Arthur W. Gilkey
Betsy Arthur
J.W. Arthur
Holton Arms
Washington
McCormac to Direct Local Campaign for 4th Liberty Loan Drive
1918 notice says H B McCormac will direct the local campaign opening September 28 for the fourth Liberty Loan. Richard E Griffith Jr will depart for Camp Colt to join the tank corps.
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H.B. McCormac
Liberty Loan
Richard E. Griffith, Jr
Camp Colt
Tank Corps
Living example Creevey shows wealth cannot define happiness
Charles Greville praised Thomas Creevey for his cheerful acceptance of poverty and usefulness despite wealth loss. The essay argues true happiness comes from a contented spirit, not possessions, noting many today rely on money and fail when it leaves.
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Charles Greville
Thomas Creevey
Creevey
Greville
Creevy
Next President May Wish He Had Lost
William S. White argues the next U S president faces acute foreign policy crises, Vietnam dominates politics, and an incumbent could avoid blame but a new admin would inherit paralysis and division. He cites Paris peace talks, Soviet moves in Eastern Europe, and Democratic leadership debates as signs of a fractured national stance. He quotes Wilbur J. Cohen on education access for all.
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Washington
Vietnam
White House
Johnson
United States
Democratic Party
Paris
North
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Europe
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Senate
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Monetana
House of Representatives
Roman pounds and libra lead to the Ib abbreviation
A fragment notes how Roman mathematicians standardized the pound as libra, a 16 ounce weight, yielding the Ib abbreviation. The text hints at historical naming origins and measurement practice.
State mulls public employee strikes and stalled bill
Pennsylvania considers allowing public employee strikes while Governor Shafer stalls a bill to waive penalties under the current law. Pay raises are denied to 1,200 Pittsburgh and 700 Scranton teachers who struck last year. The American Association of Junior Colleges reports 970 two year colleges, with 230 more planned by 1970 to reach 1,000. Over 2 million students attend these colleges this year, up about 200,000 from last year.
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Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Mead critique of education buildings sparks debate
The article quotes Margaret Mead pondering if any aspect of the current school system is worth keeping and questions whether focusing on buildings reflects deeper educational failures. The piece notes readers may view her remarks as ludicrous and compares her to Admiral Rick.
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Margaret Mead
Dr. Mead
Miss Mead
Admiral Rick
Wallace Strong in Polls Reflects Protest Mood Across Nation
Analysis shows Wallace draws support from Nixon and Johnson liberal voters as labor unions fear federal pressure on hiring and crime worries drive many to back Wallace. Unite d Press International estimates Nixon 381 electoral votes Humphrey 28 Wallace 64 if election held.
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Washington
Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
United Press International
Humphrey
District of Columbia
Johnson
House of Representatives
How’s Your I Q How To Score Based On 100 Questions
A quiz feature outlines scoring by daily answers over 10 days and lists ten sample questions. It asks about rain during the Biblical Flood tracer bullets oldest western Hemisphere city ways to roll dice to seven first cheese lines in a sonnet whether Earth’s upper atmosphere stays frozen and completing a proverb You have made your bed and then questions about Lincoln’s assassin and Flanders Fields location France Belgium or the Netherlands.
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Egypt
Switzerland
England
Abraham Lincoln
Flanders Fields
John McCrae
France
Belgium
The
Netherlands
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Melton Wright
Frederick County
Virginia Education Association
Boston
Earl L. Douglas
William S. White
Wilbur J. Cohen
Health, Education and Welfare
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Nomtee
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M.D
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