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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1962
Page
4
A fragmented Winchester Evening Star page shows postal details and advertising lines. It lists Gallageher DeLissers inc at 11 East 14th Street New York City and a 45 000 figure along with a Winchester VA post office designation.
The article argues Kennedy’s proposal would allow a new president, 11 days after taking office, to appoint the Fed chairman, potentially concentrating power over credit and interest rates and risking inflationary pressure seen during wartime. It contrasts independence with political control. It also notes Marin County commuters using ferries to bypass freeway congestion, and Bakersfield teenage ride-along policing programs showing reduced vandalism and delinquency.
The Star Files recalls Winchester and nearby areas receiving five inches of rain in 1952 raising concerns the apple crop was damaged. General Ridgeway was named to succeed Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe while General Clark was to take command of U N forces in the Korean War. Mr and Mrs Patrick Green and Mr and Mrs Robert Mowery hosted a party honoring Mr and Mrs Carl Strosnider.
Virginia focuses on relief for the homeless, riverfront rehabilitation, and highway and bridge reconditioning as spring floods crest. Union Bank reelects H. B. McCormac as president with J. Fred Thwaite as vice president and George B. Bushnell as cashier. Virginia Tayloe Boyd and Mary Warden Boyd attend a Clarke County luncheon hosted by Miss Virginia Jacobs.
Fifty years ago in 1912 Mrs John A Barbour and her daughters Bertye and Ella of Kernstown were entertained by Mr and Mrs D H Millinger on South Braddock Street. Ada Thatcher left for Hagerstown to stay with friends. Mrs H E Richardson and Mrs Jacob Streit, returning from a United Brethren Church missionary meeting in Dayton, are back home.
Daily Meditation by Earl L. Douglas reflects on Revelation visions of New Jerusalem and God dwelling with humanity. He urges readers to look beyond nuclear threats toward ultimate heavenly joinings, stressing hope as a core Christian stance.
In May 1864 the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House near Spotsylvania Virginia saw Grant fight Lee in a six day struggle. Ulysses S Grant pressed the Confederate center at the Mule Shoe salient, broke through, and caused heavy casualties on both sides. The clash ended with Lee's line holding and marked a turning point toward the war's end.
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