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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1964
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday with over 50 000 telephones in reach. Jack F Davis is general manager and executive editor Eugene Miller managing editor. Rates listed for subscriptions by carrier motor route and outside Virginia and West Virginia.
A murder occurred in New York City area witnessed by thirty seven residents of Kew Gardens. A man attacked a neighbor woman with a knife three times within a 35 minute span. The event becomes a focal point for medical and legal analysis.
The piece traces changing roles of married women in work from 1900 to postwar America, noting rising labor participation and the impact on family life. It then shifts to urban apathy after a New York murder, with sociologists and psychiatrists debating community responsibility and the bystander effect.
The Star Files notes in 1939 that Italian army forces have marched into Tirana raising Western concerns over further coups by totalitarians. Containing the Albania situation is seen as crucial to world trade stability amid rising tensions. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh sailed from Cherbourg on the Aquitania for New York, with the flyer avoiding attention. Monte Bourjailly Jr. returned to Valley Mill Farm after visiting his father in New York. The Army transport Sherman, sailing from San Francisco, now carries life saving devices for 2,000 people. President Wilson leaves Washington for White Sulphur Springs to spend Easter. Hable's store advertises an all wool made to measure suit delivered by Easter for 15 dollars.
The text proclaims that God pervades creation and remains in His world and in every living being. It urges trust that apparent hostility or tragedy serves a higher purpose, and affirms humans bear Godlike potential to inspire and redeem daily life through faith and mindful living.
GOP circles anticipate Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania will soon announce his bid for the 1964 Republican nomination. The talk centers on his potential to carry key states like New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and California, with others weighing Nixon or Rockefeller.
William S. White analyzes a nascent Soviet diplomacy on foreign trade seen at the United Nations conference and in Washington. Moscow may seek a trade thaw with the West in exchange for limited concessions, while maintaining pressure on Cuba and allied states.
Winchester resident Stewart Bell voices displeasure at the pruning and removal of street trees. He recalls a sycamore and laments losses during harvest season as trees disappear for progress. Bell urges preserving mature greenery, noting it takes decades to grow replacement trees.
Dr. Wayne Brandstadt discusses mood altering drugs and the social context of LSD. He notes political tensions, shifts in Soviet policy, and the rise of a dangerous black market while detailing what LSD does to users and why it attracts experimentation despite risks.
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