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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1960

Page

4

Winchester Evening Star Ad Page Reflects Daily Local Reach

The Winchester Evening Star issue notes its daily publication schedule and staff including H F Byrd Jr and D Koontz with editor Rufus Josey and managing editor Eugene Miller. It references post office mailing as second class matter and Associated Press rights for republication. A Bible verse proverb reflection closes the page.

Winchester Evening Star Mohawk H. F. Byrd, JR D. Koontz Rufus Josey Eugene Miller Winchester Gallagher-DeLisser, Inc East 44Th Street New York City Associated Press

The Powers Trial in Moscow Show Trial Or Propaganda

The Powers trial in Moscow appears to echo the earlier Stalin era show trials with public confessions and coercive tactics. Critics warn a possible brainwashing confession could expose U S intelligence operations while noting Powers is held incommunicado with limited legal access.

Francis Gary Powers Moscow Grigory Zinoviev Lev Kemenev Trotsky Stalin Lazar M. Kanganovitch Andrei Y. Vyshinsky Powers U. S U. S. State Department U.S William Oatis UW. S Washington Grimny

Hypocrisy debated by John Newton and Sir John Bowering

A Daily Meditation reflects on two figures, John Newton and Sir John Bowering, noting Newton wrote a hymn while trading opium and slave ships, highlighting a split between religious faith and business. The piece questions whether they were hypocrites, suggesting they kept religion in one mind and business in another.

John Bowering Erering China John Newton Jesus

Food-for-Peace politics and population center shifts

The piece notes campaign focus on the food-for-peace bill with remarks by Nixon Humphrey and others tracing origins to Henry Wallace. It then discusses population center shifts, placing Meridian township Illinois near Louisville and the national center east of Butte County South Carolina, with Alaska and Hawaii affecting the calculation.

Eisenhower Nixon North Dakota United Nations Khrushchev Lodge Hubert Humphrey Henry Wallace Meridian Township Clinton County Ill Census Bureau United States Louisville Ill Alaska Hawaii Butte County S.C Smith County Kans

Thresher Oddities Capture Farm Life and Labor

A farmer recalls a Rube Goldberg style threshing machine used to thresh orchard grass in Virginia. The complex contraption, with belts and claws, slow but steady yields seed in sacks as Billy Smoot keeps it running. The narrator notes orchard grass as a valuable cash crop and reflects on the machine’s beauty amid yearly price shifts.

Billy Smoot Billy Virginia Walter Sleak America Stork Club Cafe Egypt Logan Pearsall Smith

Tropical hurricane advances in Atlantic 95 mph winds

The season's first tropical hurricane churned northwestward in the Atlantic with winds around 95 miles per hour. At 800 miles southeast of Miami the storm posed early Atlantic activity. Mr. and Mrs. James Rehill hosted guests Mr. and Mrs. Willard Vickroy of Philadelphia.

Atlantic Miami James Rehill Willard Vickroy Philadelphia

When the General Welfare Clause Opened Federal Aid

A historical view of how the general welfare clause shaped federal responsibility for individuals. From Madison and Beard debates to Pierce and Cleveland, the shift culminates with Roosevelt signing the 1935 Social Security Act and the 1933 relief law expanding state aid.

Washington United States of America James Madison Congress Charles Beard Herbert Spencer America Franklin Pierce Pierce Grover Cleveland Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt

War fears trigger business suspensions in Addis Ababa in 1935

Twenty five years ago in Addis Ababa several Ethiopian firms halted operations amid beliefs that war was imminent. In Germany Grover Cleveland Bergell offered a surrender proposal to the United States government. Mrs Henry McVicar of Indian Hollow hosted visits from Messrs Eugene and Adrian Dabney of Staunton.

Addis Ababa Grover Cleveland Bergell Weinsburg Germany United States Henry McVicar Indian Hollow Eugene and Adrian Dabney Staunton

Rioters Removed From Train at Colored Camp Meeting

Fifty years after 1910, a so called inciting riot case at a Grottoes colored camp meeting triggered removal of rioters from a Winchester train. Staunton ended caving fears as residents breathed relief while a geologist warned springs beneath the city had long undermined the ground.

Winchester Staunton

By Ear L Douglass on hypocrites and imperial crimes

The speaker condemns a sea captain and Bowering for slave trading and forcing opium on China, arguing their actions were ordered wrongdoing. He notes the moral tension between proclaimed Christian faith and brutal acts, and asserts that people will judge such figures despite any divine sanction.

Africa Bowering China Christ

Boy Ponders Future Career After Request to Police

Middletown New Jersey 12 year old Patrick Mann wrote to the police asking for information about becoming a cop and how to catch crooks. He also contemplates a career as a carpenter and is exploring grownup options.

Middletown N. J Patrick Mann Patrick

Markin Time on Grace and True Politeness

Luther Markin reflects that while words can convey graciousness a gracious heart must guide speech. The note distinguishes refined speech from genuine grace and urges inner virtue as the source of true courtesy.

Doctor Explains Crossed Eyes In Infants And Treatments

Dr. Herman N Boonome outlines when parental concern is warranted for infant strabismus. If eyes remain misaligned by six months, see an eye specialist. early treatment including patches or potential surgery can protect vision. Glasses may help around 18 months. Also notes wart removal approaches in Q and A.

Herman N. Boonome M.D

How's Your IQ How to Score by Daily Questions

A quiz style text outlines a 10 day score system for IQ based on daily correct answers. It lists ten sample questions spanning history science biology law and sports with a page reference for answers.

Coolidge The Audubon Society

Over 600000 Americans Bite By Dogs Each Year

HAL BOYLE notes absurd trivia and curious stats in this column including that dogs bite more than 600000 Americans annually while Americans spend more on gambling smoking and drinking than on education. He riffs on hobbies diets and oddities with light humor and quotable lines.

NEW Yorfy America New York City United States U.S

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