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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star details subscription rates and office contacts. It lists management and editing staff and notes mailing details including city, state, and post office classifications.
Defense Department will decide on movie cooperation based on public interest, shifting from branch level to a centralized policy. Critics say it curbs perks for Hollywood while defending taxpayers from wasteful spending. An unrelated memo notes retirees dislike the term senior citizen and urges plain speech. Electric power output hits a new high as consumption trends rise.
Defense Secretary McNamara described a transistorized radio bought for 2278 dollars two years ago under a noncompetitive contract and later bid competitively at 843 dollars. Twenty seven firms submitted quotes. the contract went to the same supplier but prices fell for subsequent lots. He warned against withholding bids as a single supplier gains no incentive to cut costs in initial production.
The Star Files recalls in 1953 how Pacepermies Mr and Mrs W F Kirk and daughters, severely strained by drought, came back from a western trip. They visited the Black Hills and other spots. Also noted is Mr and Mrs Lawrence Orndorff of Clear Brook hosting Mrs Paul McKee and children Joan and Gary.
Twenty five years ago 1938 reports list Maurice M Lynch R Gray Williams J Sloan Kuykendall H K Benham Burr P Harrison and T Russell Cather attending the Virginia State Bar Association sessions at Hot Springs Virginia Chief C W Hollis notes arrests for tractors blocking streets with damage from tractors during the summer Pearl White longtime silent film star dies in Paris hospital at age 49 after weeks of illness due to a liver ailment
Fifty years ago in 1913 the Blue Mountain House atop New Mar Park near Hagerstown burned to the ground while two hundred guests escaped in night clothes. At Wilmington DuPont Powder Company rolling mills exploded but caused no injuries. Handley Fund trustees voted to open Handley Library to the public on Thursday August 21 with C Vernon Eddy noted as librarian.
Promote memorization of poems and great speeches as a life enriching practice. The text argues recalling scripture and classic lines can calm insomnia and inspire listeners, urging readers to adopt a memorization program between adolescence and later life for lasting benefit.
Analysis questions whether the partial test ban opens a door to East Germany becoming a party to the pact and to de facto recognition. It argues West Germany and Western allies would face signed agreements with a nonrecognized state, unsettling Potsdam and NATO alignments.
In Paris Henry J. Taylor portrays Ben Bella tightening control in newly independent Algeria and courting U.S. aid amid economic collapse. He notes French depopulation, military pullback, land seizures, and the risk of wider African influence while criticizing U.S. and New Frontiersmen reactions. He mentions Evian accords, compensation issues, and internal political critique of Kennedy administration ties to Ben Bella.
A broadcast recounts the first time two Negro students enrolled at the University of Alabama last month. The program shows inside scenes of the White House with the President as a supporting character and includes 27 hours of conference footage shot with Attorney General cooperation.
Dr Lester L Coleman outlines ten plus additional safety rules for household and garden insecticides. Emphasizes reading labels, storing and labeling containers, keeping away from children, using minimal necessary chemicals, protective gear, ventilation, avoiding spraying windward, washing exposed skin, emergency guidance, proper enclosure of food and water, and checking sprayers for leaks.
A vintage IQ style quiz offers 10 daily questions with scoring ranges from Memory Genius to Good. It asks on Page 2 to supply correct answers about WWII surrender ship, the Father of Waters, N state names, herpetophobia, erudite meaning, hoop snakes, a Bible quote, September birthstone, early U.S. diplomat, and the author of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
A terse verse by Luther Markin pondering how strong will and conscience shape actions when others doubt, suggesting that doubt and uncertainty can be overcome by inner resolve. The piece emphasizes personal duty over external judgment and invites reflection on moral certainty.
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