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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1970
Page
4
An editorial notes a pervasive Soviet black market thriving under official condemnation. It argues supply and demand drive efficiency, even as authorities could suppress it, while pollution cleanup costs threaten to fall on consumers and taxpayers, requiring broad cooperation to succeed.
Henry J. Taylor reports that the U.S. 6th Fleet faces a hostile eastern Mediterranean with Greek, Turkish, and regional tensions. He notes Soviet naval expansion, aging U.S. ships, limited British support, and a fragile balance as Admiral Kidd commands about 50 vessels, 25,000 sailors, and 3,000 Marines amid ongoing Middle East turmoil.
In a notice from the South End Ladies Auxiliary at Rouss fire hall, a free fire safety school for women is announced for Sunday September 13 and a demonstration session on September 27 at 2 p.m. No male membership is required to attend, and the program offers causes of home fires and prevention steps led by Mrs. Richard Comer.
President Nixon distributed an adapted Dr. Sidney Hook essay to educators outlining campus discipline. The plan calls for an assembly to draft dissent guidelines, a student faculty discipline panel, prompt sanctions, marshals with cameras, court injunctions when needed, and possible temporary campus shutdowns to curb violence.
The President appoints retired Air Force Gen. Benjamin Davis as head of anti hijack operations while 2,500 armed marshals remain on board planes. Davis, former Cleveland public safety director, must coordinate with public agencies and airlines to maintain schedules amid rising war risk insurance concerns from commercial insurers.
Larry Hockman president of the Teen-Age Club spoke at the Exchange Club luncheon detailing the club history activities and community contributions. AMONG postwar plans O Sullivan Rubber Co to open a First Aid Room this December. Dorothy Ann Robinson left for New York City for secretarial studies. President Truman described his C 54 gift to General De Gaulle as a gesture of friendship to France.
A reflective exhortation questions why civilized nations wage war despite vast wealth and advances. It cites Lusitania and Hitler as turning points and warns that spending on war risks Communist triumphs and national bankruptcy. The piece urges blessing and protection for the youth.
A personal finance column discusses whether to approve contact lenses for a child. It notes lenses cost 150 to 250 dollars per pair and require multiple fittings, with ongoing replacement costs. It warns about losses, damage from home products, and the risk some never adapt, leaving glasses as the fallback.
A list of ten questions and a page reference includes filling a country name F d r e e, choosing voltage versus amperage, US time zones, gun calibers, earth’s surface element, mounting a horse, Bedloe's Island statue, Cumberland Gap park states, a biblical book, and the nickname Old Fuss and Feathers for a general.
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