Retracing Jackson’s Valley Campaign in Virginia Tribute
Tomorrow a joint rally of reactivated Federal and Confederate units and National Guard will retrace Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley campaign route from Elkton to Martinsburg over seven weekends. Prizes totaling $1,000 are offered by Winchester Evening Star and the Staunton News Record. The piece argues the event honors Civil War sacrifices and Virginia’s wartime history, not sectional animosity, noting Virginia bore heavy fighting and disruption.
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National Guard
Elkton
Brad
Mill
Stonewall Jack
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Evening Star
Thenburg Daily News Record
Star
Virginia
Yukon revival lures tourists to Dawson boomtown
Dawson, Yukon area reopens to visitors with tents on wooden floors and the Keno steamer offering museum style casinos. Honorary sourdough certificates will be issued as tourists seek canvas nights and a Yukon pan for gold, though real gold is scarce and Americans cannot own gold bars.
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Yukon
Red Feather
Bonanza
Lou
Dawson
Jack London
Klondike
Stone
Winchester Commerce elects Jack Ireland president
The Star Files recalls 1952 events as Jack Ireland becomes president of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce while Emperor Hirohito and General Ridgway meet in formal courtesy calls as Japan moves toward sovereignty. Novick Transfer Company buys Virginia motor vehicle license tags, paying $48,463.20 for 282 vehicles.
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Jack Ireland
Winchester of Commerce
Hirohito
Matthew B. Ridgway
Japan
Virginia
Novick Transfer Company
Flood recedes as 28 foot crest hits Shenandoah River
25 Years Ago 1937 reports the Shenandoah River dropping from flood stage after a crest of 28 feet. Castleman's Ferry bridge in Clarke county closes due to flooding. Also notes Bilbao Spain retreating under insurgent advance and Mrs Fred A Crisman returning from East Orange New Jersey visit with Mr and Mrs John G Clark.
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Shenandoah River
Castleman's Ferry
Clarke County
Bilboa
Spain
Fred A. Crisman
East Orange
N. J
John G. Clark
Taft fat joke and social visiting in 1912 Star item
The Star reprints a Popular Magazine quip about President Taft's weight. It notes visitors Russell Carpenter and Carl Wigginton staying with Mrs. Howard Lineburg on the Middle Road. Miss Ruth Henry hosted Miss Mary C. Duke of Chambersburg as her guest.
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The
Star
Taft
Russell Carpenter
Carl Wigginton
Howard Lineburg
Ruth Henry
Mary C. Duke
Chambersburg
One Thing I Do Pressing Toward the Mark in Life
A devotional reflects on focusing on a single objective inspired by Philippians and Edison, Lincoln, Carnegie and Ford. It urges becoming a specialist, forgetting past encumbrances, and pursuing a clear future aim to gain success and recognition.
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St Paul
The
Philippians
God
Christ Jesus
Thomas A. Edison
Lincoln
Lee
Carnegie
Ford
Emerson
Kennedy’s Brass Knuckles and the Death of Confidence
Henry J. Taylor argues President Kennedy's use of political force harms business confidence and risks a prolonged economic downturn. He contends monetary policy and wage growth fuel inflation, warns of higher costs at Chicago's Merchandise Mart, and likens policy to Fascism. He warns of job losses, reduced investment, and national security risks if partisan battles continue.
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Kennedy
White House
Nedy
U.S. Steel
Wallace O. Ollman
Mart
F.B.I
Justice Department
Chicago
Treasury
Soviet Union
America
Cuba
Noisy Khrushchev Quieting or Weathering Time
James Marlow surveys Khrushchev's waning flamboyance as age and domestic strains bite. A Cowles interview signals shifts in his readiness for summit brinkmanship and negotiations, with Western nerves unsettled by uncertainty over his stamina and future leadership.
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Khrushchev
Mononucleosis risks and care from a doctor’s view
Dr Burton H. Fern explains infectious mononucleosis in teens and young adults. The article describes symptoms such as swollen glands and splenic rupture, plus guidance on rest, fluids, nutrition, and cautious activity during recovery.
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Jim
Future Geneva talks spoof ends with sneezes
Art Buchwald imagines a 1994 Geneva disarmament plenary where Ambassadors Stone and Groynayko debate a sneeze and the word gesundheit. The humorous exchange toys with trust, timing, and signaling as both sides ponder their next move.
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Zorin
Soviet Union
Groanyko
Dean
Ambassador Stone
Geneva
Stone
House Fired to Cover Murders, Officials Say
Nashville officials report five members of the York family were shot to death and a four room house set ablaze to hide the killings. Victims include Dewey B York and his wife their two sons Benny and Don and Dewey's mother Lette to Plake. Police search for motive and suspect details.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Dewey B. York
York
Howard Boyd
Nashville Fire Department
Boyd
Mrs. York
Benny
Don
Mrs. Lette
Plake
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Castro
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United States
By James Marlow
Washington
Cowles
Walter Lippmann
Russia
New York
Clarence C Stoughton
Wittenberg University
Springfield
Ohio
DR. Burton H. Fern
Aia Taipean
Ton Satoek
Palermo
Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington
Art Buchwald
Paris
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
West
Moscow
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