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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1964
Page
4
A compact display of staff roles with Jack F. Davis as General Manager and Executive Editor Eugene Miller as Managing Editor. The page shows subscription rates for 1 year 8.50 6 months 4.75 and outside VA add 1 for postage plus a single issue price, dated Tuesday August 11 1964.
A discussion on highway speed shows higher speeds worsen accidents with Ontario data noting 43.8 percent of drivers were likely obeying rules when crashes occurred. The piece also covers Britain Russian trade talks over a $300 million plant credit, liability clauses, embargo risk, and a British Russian compromise on delivery and repayment.
The Friendship Fire Company reel team won the Virginia State Firemen's Association state championship at Cape Charles with a 32 second time. Team members include Lester Forney Raymond Campbell Bernard Hodgson Harold Anderson John Jones Bobby Boyd Harry Lewis Wilbur Silbert Miller Fletcher Lawrence Patton Alton Hoover Howard Haymaker Rosser Campbell William Cain and Harry Waterman.
The French War Ministry said German fortifications in Luxembourg were completed and troops were seen unloading. The German Embassy asked the U S State Department to allow use of the Tuckerton wireless station linking to Hanover. Secretary Bryan weighed the matter but neutrality likely forbids permission. Brill and Ritter left for eastern cities on firm business.
Parents are the greatest teachers children ever have. What you say to them goes deeper than sermons or Sunday school. Start early to teach them the things of the spirit and learn what you believe to pass on strong convictions. Parenthood is a spiritual responsibility and privilege.
The obituary recalls Vicki Baum who died in 1960 in her seventies. It notes her zest for life and intellect, her novel Grand Hotel and adaptations as a hit play and film, and a career spanning musician to Hollywood writer. It highlights twenty one books and a final memoir It Was All Quite Different.
Henry J. Taylor reports that rising Black voter registrations in the South, led by the Southern Regional Council and allied groups, threaten to alter the Democratic hold. The piece notes gains in Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida, and frames the region as pivotal in the 1960 presidential race amid growing split-ticket dynamics.
A reflective aphorism by Luther Markin on balancing reason and passion. The piece suggests passion should guide but obey reason, noting life moves by descent rather than ascent. It frames passion as a force that can win arguments when aligned with restraint.
Hal Boyle notes the trials of DIY home painting for everyday owners. He jokes that color choices provoke spousal debate and that shade names vary by brand, while ladders and splashes test even careful plans. The piece reflects the lighthearted side of home ownership woes.
Thurmond accuses McNamara and Gromyko? of issuing orders that bar participation in non integrated events. He warns federal funding and presence could muzzle lawmakers as well, urging Congress to overrule the executive order to preserve freedom and prerogatives.
Reader asks about using fluoride safely for children and the nurse replies that fluoride is a poison like dicumarol but used in small quantities with instructions. The column also covers nephritis diet guidance a niacin deficiency signs and foods containing niacin concluding with a quick memory quiz and scoring.
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