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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1962
Page
4
Newspaper masthead shows rates and staff contacts for Winchester Evening Star dated listings. It lists J D Koontz business manager and Jack F Davis Eugene Mille as editors with subscription prices and mailing routes.
The piece denounces Castro as a tyrant linked to broader communist leaders and cites Congress rejecting a large crash civil defense shelter program. It warns about the ethics of tyrants, while noting only a fraction of the requested shelter funds was approved and fear of draining nuclear arsenals. It commentary on public attitudes toward security and personal conduct.
A 109 degree Texas heat wave is noted as Ryland Eugene Carper is named outstanding boy camper to attend the Virginia State Elks boys camp. Other local attendees include Delmar Landacre James Oates William Kerns Jerry Headley and Richard Allen Streit. Mr and Mrs Robert Bradfield host guests Mr and Mrs Ernest Harter of Long Island City New York.
E C Helvestine and worker Charles Barrett were stunned as lightning struck the Clarke county barn causing a $10,000 fire loss. Reports from Baghdad claim assassinations of Maj Berk Sidki Pasha and Col Mohamed Ali Jawad. An alligator hunt was underway as boys and men searched Town Run for a pet alligator escaped from Washington Street.
Fifty years earlier in 1912 Lieutenant Scott of the U S Army won the bomb throwing from an aeroplane contest in Paris receiving a $5000 prize. From Sea Girt New Jersey Woodrow Wilson announced a frugal Democratic campaign to avoid tainted funds. In Paint Creek Valley West Virginia coal mines were battlegrounds during a major strike with over two thousand workers on strike and many killed.
A bereaved friend shares reflections on suffering and faith. The meditation emphasizes life as a precious gift from God and the belief that true fulfillment lies in eternal love gathered within God’s perfect peace.
The essay argues for strong government policing of drug testing to protect the public while continuing essential research. It highlights the FDA’s history since 1906, current draft regulations, and the need for full disclosure, rigorous testing, and safeguards to prevent premature distribution and unsafe medicines. It warns against eroding public trust through sensational drug failures.
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle lampoons snobbery with observations on dining trends and social habits. He argues filet mignon symbolizes excess yet often disappoints, and notes rituals around meals, fashion, dating, and public behavior reveal underlying pretensions.
A nutrition Q and A covers herb healers and how medicines rise from prevention. It explains calories in an eight ounce ice milk serving and clarifies calcium, iron rich foods, and the Basic Four diet for vitamins, minerals, and digestive health.
A short quiz feature lists daily IQ scoring across 10 days with bands from Memory Genius to good. It asks ten questions on osteology Barton West Point mascot right angle degrees brilliance Bryan stereoscope sound speed and political standoffs.
James Marlow reviews how danger and foreign policy shape bipartisanship. He traces episodic unity and fractures in 1962 and earlier years, noting Dirksen Rockefeller comments, State Department pushback, and historical shifts from 1950 to 1954 including Eisenhower’s rise and Stevenson’s critiques.
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