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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1964
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options: one year in advance eight dollars fifty cents, six months four dollars seventy five cents, one month one dollar. An outside Virginia and West Virginia surcharge of one dollar per year applies.
Washington analysis by Alfred Avins argues that a pending civil rights bill could raise Thirteenth Amendment questions over personal services. He contends forcing workers in barber shops and beauty parlors to serve all customers may amount to involuntary servitude, with potential court challenges and a broader interpretation of the right to work. A related note from Columbus reports T28 aircraft gaining a reconnaissance role.
The article traces daylight saving time from Benjamin Franklin's candle fable to William Willett in 1907 and its adoption by America via Robert Garland. It notes Willett's pamphlet The Waste of Daylight and his persistence in promoting the idea despite opposition.
A retrospective overview traces daylight saving time from its wartime origins in Britain and the United States to its postwar spread. It notes tax shifts and social attitudes toward alcohol and tobacco, and recalls clock changes in 1916 1918 and 1942 along with public resistance and legislative outcomes.
The first unit of the American Viscose Corporation plant at Front Royal, built for 22 million dollars, would not be ready for production until sometime in the late fall.
A meditation notes that real tragedy exists in everyday life and calls for action not tears. It cites General Booth on the value of practical charity and quotes a saying of Jesus about doing these things. The piece urges helping the poor rather than merely empathizing.
By HAL BOYLE. In New York about 12 of the 3,000 window cleaners die each year from falls. John Goggin, 87, a veteran of 341/2 years, cites carelessness and ladder hazards as primary dangers, noting belts fail and cleanliness, not height, governs risk. Goggin has cleaned about 690,000 windows and plans to work beyond 65 while health allows.
A writer muses on year round organization of desk, shelves, and archives. She recalls finding rare items, including Willa Cather, a Gutenberg facsimile, and a Poe first edition replica, and notes a British library's larger holdings and operations.
A medical Q A column explains false pregnancy causes and resolution, tipped womb issues and Cesarean considerations, paternal age effects, and anemia in pregnancy with guidance on normal outcomes and when to seek care.
A brief, reflective note on weather and harvest where rain is hoped to nourish seeds planted. The tone is quiet and admonitory, suggesting patience and preparation for forthcoming growth.
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