Winchester Star Front Page Briefs April 26 1963
Local edition dated Friday April 26 1963 highlights regional briefs. Notable items reference Winchester community events and notices, with executives listed as staff and managers.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1963
Page
4
Local edition dated Friday April 26 1963 highlights regional briefs. Notable items reference Winchester community events and notices, with executives listed as staff and managers.
A photo of a beer can near U S 50 highlights litter along streets as Apple Blossom Festival looms. City and county officials urge residents to keep grounds clean to present a tidy first impression to visitors.
Dr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Johnson hosted Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marinee and two sons from Schenectady New York. Robert W. Hall a student at Washington and Lee University was initiated to the Psi Chi honor society. Ronald T. Rinner a junior at VPI was initiated into the Arnold Air Society.
Twenty five years ago Miss Gladys Harris arrived in Anna polis Nova Scotia as guest of the Winchester festivities during the Apple Blossom celebration. Five steamships faced trouble off the New York coast with one beached after three accidents in dense fog. General Francisco moved his war fleet to aid stalled land forces and bombarded Spanish positions near Alcala de Chivert.
Fifty years ago in 1913 Ensign Richard E. Byrd had leg surgery at the Naval Academy after fracturing his leg vaulting in the academy gym. A dispatch from Constantinople reports a preliminary protocol toward a treaty between Turkey and the Balkan allies would be signed. Miss Mary Capper hosts Miss Peters of Kentucky at her Main Street home.
Earl L Douglas asks if a golden age is coming citing Isaiah 40 31 as a divine promise He notes God grants strength to the faint and renews the weary urging readers to trust in the Creator In this meditation he assures readers of God's sustaining power across ages and stresses confidence in providence
A Winchester Virginia reader urges direct Cuba policy and supports aid to the Cuban government in exile while praising local civic spirit. A second letter condemns Supreme Court rulings on religion and school prayer, urging restoration of Bible and God in schools. A third notes a highway project through Clarke County and cites Washington’s Valley Forge prayers.
AP analysis notes both leaders contradicted themselves on intervention in Cuba. Nixon touted invasion while denying it publicly and later claimed support, Kennedy shifted from nonintervention to action, with both tied to the 1961 invasion and CIA briefings and debates over treaty compliance.
The article surveys historic unscientific vein infection remedies, notes a potato derived compound showing quick improvement in thrombophlebitis, and highlights ongoing research. It discusses the American Medical Association program to identify unknown drug capsule contents for poisoning cases, and praises medical advances and polio prevention groups. It also references Eisenhower's recovery and the use of anticoagulants after heart attack, noting global studies and accessible treatments.
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