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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1962
Page
4
The notice lists subscription and postal rates for the Winchester Evening Star including year and six month terms, regional add ons, and office contact details. It names executives H D, J Eontz, Davis, Miller and notes the publication is entered at Winchester Virginia as second class matter.
Swedish sociologist Dr. Gunnar Myrdal criticizes the United States economy as stagnant and calls for wartime mobilization of government business and labor. He urges socialized medicine tax cuts and deficit tolerance while warning of risks to racial progress and cites Sweden's inflation and slow investment as a cautionary example.
While Wall Street cites a drop in stock prices and a lower wholesale price index, the living cost index rose to a June record. Food costs and dining out led the advance, with housing apparel and medical care also higher, though officials call the rise seasonal and typical for June.
A French dredger scraping the harbor bottom of Bologne Sur Me recovered a World War II torpedo that exploded sinking the vessel. Eleven seamen were dead or missing and six were injured. Police ended a 24 hour sitdown strike at the International Harvester twine mill with 97 men and 44 women arrested. no violence occurred. Winchester public schools to open Monday September 8 for fall term.
Lt. Roy M. Morse arrived from Eugene Oregon to serve as Commandant at the Shenandoah Valley Academy. Japanese planes bomb Peiping China. Dr. and Mrs Randolph T Shields of this city longtime Presbyterian Medical Missionary workers in China were believed to be in Peiping. Miss Zelma Carper resumed duties at the Western Union office after summer flu confinement.
50 Years Ago 1912 notes Mrs A B Clevenger back from Chesapeake Beach Md. Berryville Horse Show slated August 13 14 15 with admission 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Thomas Chamblin visiting daughter Mrs Joseph Funkhouser at Macedonia.
Earl L. Douglas muses on sleep as the unconscious state covering about 40 percent of life. He reflects on rest, creation, human frailty, and the Bible’s claim that creation was good, while humans often turn it to evil. He questions modeling creation and notes sleep as a mystery beyond human fathoming.
A conservative analysis argues a broad tax cut would not solve the slump. It says fear and weak business conditions, not taxes, depress investment and spending. The piece urges restoring confidence, fixing policy, and preserving free enterprise through conservative leadership.
HAL BOYLE argues that office workers suffer fatigue from lack of rest and that the remedy is in-office naps. He suggests equipping locker rooms with couches and allowing a full hour of quiet sleep after lunch to restore energy and productivity, framing it as a patriotic duty for white collar workers.
Dr Burton H. F. Fern answers readers on teething in toddlers, TB recovery, syphilis treatment limits, and ear infections. The page also includes a brain teaser score guide with ten trivia questions and answers listed on page 2.
In 18 months Kennedy battled Cuba, Berlin, disarmament, and Latin America upheavals. He backed a failed Cuba invasion, held firm on Berlin, expanded Alliance for Progress, and sent troops to South Vietnam while avoiding Laos war. Global crises and meetings with Khrushchev shaped his early record.
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