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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1966

Page

4

Winchester Evening Star publication details and staff

The Winchester Evening Star lists staff roles including Eugene P. Miller News Editor Jack F. Davis General Manager and Executive Editor and Douglas B. OConnell Managing Editor It notes circulation figures and mailing rates as part of its masthead content with subscription and contact details.

Jack F. Davis Douglas B. Oyconnell

Strikes Hit New York Newspapers and Reform Ideas Rise

The piece notes three of six surviving New York papers merged and strikebound, risking further closures amid long running labor disputes. It discusses union intransigence, rising costs, and potential gains from new printing methods while proposing Instant Slum Rehabilitation and broader social changes.

New York New York City

Discrimination Picketing Over Women’s Chess Prize Money

A New York City hotel hosting the Women’s National Chess Championship faced picketing as prize money offered was 600 dollars versus 6000 in the National Chess Tournament. Three New York newspapers urged public attention to the discrimination, with other papers joining the pickets.

New York City New York

Big Gun Duel as Germans Shell Dover and Coast

German shells hit Dover in a major cross-channel bombardment while RAF bombers target Nazi emplacements on the French coast. Luftwaffe night raids hit Plymouth as British forces strike Brest docks, amid wider Verdun offensives and Meuse front attacks.

Dover French Plymouth Brest

Beyond Life After Death A Daily Meditation

Earl L. Douglas argues that life on earth prepares us for life beyond. He questions nihilism about afterlife and cites biblical lines and common sense, noting earthly life is incomplete yet has upward potential as souls seek higher truths. He references Jesus saying he goes to prepare a place.

Earth Jesus

Congress Should Ponder McNamara Attacks Costs

Washington and Capitol Hill clash over Secretary Robert S. McNamara with House and Senate panels denouncing his bomber cutback and antimisile stance. The piece argues Congress must decide if it can or should dictate Pentagon choices and questions the lasting cost of political attacks on leadership.

William S. White Congress McNamara Pentagon

Questioning Civilian Control in Defense Leadership

Walter C. Parkes argues that civilian authority is essential for the Defense Department and questions how the boss rose to power while noting repeated congressional challenges to secretary rulings. He warns against the cost of ongoing Pentagon clashes, citing past casualties like McElroy and Forrestal as cautionary examples.

Unified Defense Department Congress McNamara Pentagon Neil McElroy James Forrestal

Back in 1906 Americans Didn’t Worry About Their Hearts Rusting

HAL BOYLE notes that doctors blame heart attacks on excuses for laziness and cites a 1906 lifestyle when daily chores provided exercise. The piece contrasts past self-reliance with modern comforts, debating whether people should return to harder living to stay healthier.

Good News From Moscow To Washington On Peace And Youth

Soviet foreign minister Gromyko met Pope Paul VI in Rome signaling a peace oriented diplomacy a Vatican linkage to European talks. In the U S a new Washington event Sing Out 66 draws 160 young Americans to speak for freedom while campuses and bases echo a Moral Re Armament message spreading nationwide.

Washington Moscow Sovet Union Rome Russia Gromyko Paul VI Vatican Latin America United States Washinton Constitutione ‘Hall America Congress of the United States Diplomatic Corps Mackinac Island Mich

Cancer Qs and A on detection treatment and myths

This health column covers cancer basics from causes and prognosis to early detection and therapy. It debunks myths about blackheads becoming cancer, explains metasta­sis, and outlines Pap test guidance and post tumor surgery care. It includes a quiz and memory-boosting questions.

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Winchester Evening Star Eugene P. Miller Winchester Gallagher-Delisser, Inc East 44Th St W.va City Carrier Publc Governor Price Dublin Verdun Meuse Earl L. Douglas Robert S. McNamara Aleady House Armed Services Subcommittee Senate Armed Services Committee Foremer Ford Motor Company Secretary of Defense Kennedy Walter C. Parkes Hal Boyle Junior By David Lawrence Italy France Vietnam U.S. Military Academy West Point U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis Germany Erhard Bonn By Wayne Brandstadt, M.D I.Q Paul Revere Moon Joel Chandeler Harris Kentucky Harold Ickes Henry Clay Daniel Webster Herbert Hoover President
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