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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1955
Page
4
The notice lists a newspaper editorial header with focus on Frederick and Clarke counties read daily by over 30,000 persons. Editor H. FP. Byrd Jr. signs the piece, with a price of $6.50 noted.
A devotional note stresses the virtue of resisting temptations and warns that yielding to base impulses dehumanizes a person. The text frames self restraint as a moral imperative for August 1, 1955.
Deans and presidents gathered on Mackinac Island exchange heated views over college admission standards. Northwestern's Dean Leland attacks state schools for overestimating needs while supporters defend current practices. He argues higher standards would curb future enrollment growth.
The article notes a shift from large dairy surpluses to shrinking stockpiles as promotional efforts raise milk consumption. Milk intake is up four percent from last year while government purchases and subsidies target school meals and military programs.
The piece credits President Eisenhower with easing East West tensions through his open conduct at top level talks. British French and French press view him as a leader who laid cards on the table and sought genuine dialogue. Analysts note cold war issues won’t vanish in a week but atmospheres are shifting.
The report notes cut-rate sales and giveaways reducing cheese holdings by half and dried milk stocks dropping by 470 million pounds in a year. If other crops faced similar surplus reductions, the challenge of disposing carryovers would be less severe.
The New York state labor department ruled a Van Dyke beard is not repulsive and an ex hotel pool attendant can receive unemployment benefits after his firing for the beard. The unemployment insurance referee noted many famous people wear such facial hair, defusing a narrow argument to deny aid.
In Mattoon Illinois the Gazette notes Americans spend millions on education to end illiteracy yet reformers and self appointed censors may still be appalled by what people read. The piece mocks hypocrisy in educational reform discourse and censorship debates.
A roundup of 1954 items notes AFL pilots striking against American Airlines affecting 91 cities. Lt Col Ralph E Manuel and Lt William M Dolan completed training and pilots honored. Chiang Kai shek and MacArthur discuss Taiwan defense. social notes include Miss Kitty Elaine Johnson wedding to Baxter O Hott. Boy Scouts leader arrival and local golf club match plans amid drought appeals in Virginia.
Sewell Augustine Barbee died at his North Loudoun Street home after a brief illness attributed to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The notice mentions Herbert J. Wilkins as a related executive figure.
Fifty years ago in 1905 Clinton Boxwell was very ill at his Main Street home with typhoid fever. Mr and Mrs John F Thompson of Berryville hosted Mr H Thompson and family of Roanoke as guests. Miss Roberta Spangled left for Washington DC to visit her sister Mrs Jay J Oberlin.
Washington reports Representative John W. McCormack questions the certainty of Adlai E. Stevenson's renomination. He says the Democratic convention is not closed and a rival candidate could emerge, noting the bloc of New England and other states could swing votes.
The piece argues that ingratitude saddens you but dwelling on it worsens mood. Gratitude must be cultivated through home life religion and supportive friends. It notes you may lack gratitude and the unappreciated may wonder about you. Greatness comes from ordinary people doing ordinary things well.
Rainfall in the past 48 hours ending 7 a.m. today shows none. August rainfall to date none. 1955 rainfall to date 19.65 inches. Average annual rainfall over 42 years is 36.94 inches. Monthly averages for 1912-1954: Jan 2.50, Feb 1.94, Mar 2.95, Apr 3.11, May 3.92, Jun 3.89, Jul 3.73, Aug 3.82, Sep 2.66, Oct 3.24, Nov 2.59, Dec 2.51 inches.
Three medical advances presented include Cristin Maleate a new antihistaminic with minimal side effects effective for allergic rhinitis urticaria and other allergies. Digest digitoxin safely given to pregnant women without harming unborns per University of Chicago studies. Pitressin Tannate in Oil shown to curb gastrointestinal bleeding in trials and discussed along with persistent treatment guidance for trichomonas vaginalis infection.
This item lists a 10 day IQ style quiz with daily scores and a page 2 answer key. It includes questions on Chicago rail hubs, Christians origin, peaceful dispute resolution, impossible physics, a zauschneria, a nickname for a ruleset, a 445 day year claim, Pekingese sacred ties, U S Military Academy location, and Shakespearean diction warnings with a Jefferson desk note.
In a ten cent store on Fifth Avenue Sara Dacre buys a ruby called the Fire of India. Gerry Hone, her neighbor, vanishes after leaving with Dacre. Police consider forced disappearance and a knife threat in a crowded cityscape, as investigators piece together Gerry’s routine and references to a mysterious backstory.
Sara Dacre recalls Gerry Howe in a tense interview at the Automat after an accident. Judith and Miss Dacre discuss a possible distraction technique as a Hindu or Arab stranger notes a tattoo and leaves abruptly. The scene ends with a foreshadowed continuation.
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