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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1960
Page
4
The speaker praises ant activity and urges taking opportunity by any means. It emphasizes learning from ants and departing wiser, highlighting diligence and practical wisdom drawn from nature.
A $36 million Virginia surplus undermines Governor Almonds sales tax push and budget fears. The Legislature questioned his figures while Senator Byrd claimed a $30 million surplus, later contradicted by official results. The Times-Dispatch calls the tax plan unwise and burdensome to citizens. A second item debates a polar icecap city for nuclear war storage with many unresolved logistic questions.
A plea emphasizes rapid provision of family and community shelters to house people affected by severe radiation. Authorities urge coordinated action to establish safe lodging as hardship rises.
Plutarch notes that thinking alone yields no bricks without effort. Daily meditation cautions against overemphasizing thought and urges work. The piece extols hard work as a magic key that opens doors and warns that lack of effort spoils many promising enterprises.
Ten years ago in 1950 over 3,000 people attended Senator Byrd’s annual orchard picnic at Rosemont Orchards in Berryville. Berryville couple Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Fletcher announce engagement of Rae Linden to Ralph Walso Harpe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marion of New Albany Indiana. Mrs. Hubert Stickley hosts at home in honor of her daughter Thelma Louise Stickley.
Mr and Mrs Warren Eddy returned from a vacation in Atlanta Georgia where they stayed at the Green Gables. Miss Marguerite Copenhaver of Coatesville Pennsylvania visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jacob Copenhaver on Whitlock Avenue. Mrs H B McCormac entertained several friends at supper and cards.
In Staunton 1910 ground caving feared as 40 foot wide chasms open near Lewis street. Mrs Mary Glenn’s house collapsed and cracks snake through roads. Residents suspect artesian well pumping as cause while geologist and engineer investigate.
By Ear L Douglass argues that laziness breeds failure more than ignorance and that material success is not the true measure of work. He cites self respect satisfaction and discipline from vigorous effort in a good cause and recalls a teacher’s maxim that genius is ten per cent inspiration and ninety per cent perspiration. Inspiration sparks achievement but work handles the job given us.
The piece argues Khrushchev could appear at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a move seen as propaganda with potential benefit for the free world. It criticizes his Paris summit conduct and U 2 incident, urging that if he comes during the U S presidential campaign he should stay home.
Des Moines report outlines Nixon's plan to emphasize his individual image over the Republican banner, aiming to attract independents and soft voters by contrasting himself with Kennedy. It notes doubts about voters who only react to personality and urgency of TV debates to settle the race.
Doctor explains pollen count is variable and weather factors alter its impact on asthma and hay fever. He notes ragweed pollen is measured with a vaseline-coated slide and urges checking forecasts alongside counts. Wind direction and rain affect daily readings and future symptoms.
A short quiz guide outlines a 10 day program with daily scoring categories from Memory Genius to Good. It lists sample questions on Mercury and Omega, Emerson, Indian Affairs, parts of speech, erate, a palindrome legal document, Roosevelt dime release years, Ascension Day timing, and the relation of first cousins’ sons.
Hal Boyle argues money’s pleasures trump self denial and earned toil, noting inherited wealth fuels joy and bragging while earned money often costs toil and sleeplessness. He contrasts the mindset of a self made millionaire with a rich man who spends freely. In Ann Arbor, Brother Antoninus cites the human limit to knowing God as ourselves and links artistic inquiry to religious quest.
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