Winchester Evening Star masthead snippet with staff notes
The Winchester Evening Star fragment lists Jack F. Davis as General Manager and Executive Editor and Douglas B. OyConnell as Managing Editor. It notes second class postage in Winchester Virginia and mentions National Representatives Gallagher Delisser, Inc. in New York City and subscription rates for motor carrier services.
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Jack F. Davis
Douglas B. Oyconnell
Winchester
Gallagher-Delisser, Inc
East 44Th &T
New York City
Moon flights by 1980 spark space age chatter
Arthur C. Clarke told Kansas University's centennial audience that private moon charters may exist by 1980. He argued lunar proximity cuts energy needs for interplanetary travel, opening the solar system and even hints at life forms on other planets.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Kansas University
Clarke
Moon
Air mail ages and bold claims on Columbus rivals
The piece notes air mail service began in 1918 and evolved to coast-to-coast speed as jets emerge. It surveys plans to unify mail classification as priority mail and hints at debates on historical contacts before Columbus. It cites Hwui Shan voyage, Leif Erikson, and Ecuador pottery suggesting pre-Columbian links.
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New York City
Post Office Department
East
West Coasts
Christopher Columbus
Leif Ericson
Chris
Viking
America
Hwai Shan
Fusang
Hwui Shan
Robert Larson
New World
Ericson
Columbus
Larson
North Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Ameri
Mexico
Scientific American
Ecuador
Japan
B.C
Axis forces believed to occupy part of Greenland
The Star Files notes Axis forces are believed to be in part of Greenland. There will be little or no bloom for the two day Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2. Mrs. Dudley Field elected president of the Century Club with officers including Mrs. W A Baker and others.
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Greenland
Dudley Field
Century Club
W. A. Baker
Louis Baker
Sophie Baker
Gred Glaize
Lewis Hyde
German Squadron Bypasses Patrol Near English Coast
Fifty years ago in 1916 a German squadron guided by aircraft evaded British patrols and fought near the English coast. Separately, reports announced that capitalists secured an option on Capon Springs with plans to reopen the resort and build an automobile route via Winchester, restoring the famed summer destination once famed for its historic hotel ruined by fire.
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Capon
Winchester
Daily Meditation by Earl L. Douglas
The piece discusses global and urban violence, noting undeclared wars and rampant crime on city streets. It urges cheerfulness yet heightened alertness to identify and correct root causes, urging persistence and cooperation with lawmen and authorities.
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Earl L. Douglas
How to Read a Book
A guide to reading a book with a practical method. It emphasizes examining physical make up, jacket blurbs, author bios, copyright date, and table of contents. It advises rapid first reading for main ideas then slow second reading with notes for study or pleasure.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Best Way to Remain Normal Is to Marry Normal
HAL BOYLE writes that a study of 38 well adjusted husbands found they all had mentally healthy wives, suggesting normal marriages aid mental balance. The column blends socioeconomics and trivia notes on pollution debt inflation and daily life with aphorisms and historical asides.
Early Childhood Speech and Medical Advice Columns
A reader asks about improving a 31 year old son’s speech and confirms early medical centers aid the sooner treatment. Answers cover causes of speech faults, microcephaly, enuresis drugs safeness, jet injectors for injections, childhood diarrhea with parasites, and a sample quiz scoring memory ability.
Inflation Fight Through Budget Reform and Tax Policy
Henry J. Taylor argues President Johnson’s inflation strategy fails. He criticizes wage price guidelines and calls for cutting non defense spending to align with tax receipts. He warns higher taxes and deficit spending fuel cost of living and the economic rat race.
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Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Blindman
New Jersey
Chicago
Dallas Carpenters
New York City
United States
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