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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1960
Page
7
In Hong Kong the Chinese Communists begin molding children's minds shortly after birth. They state the aim is practical as well as ideological, shaping youth through early education and propaganda.
Final pre school registration for Winchester Public Schools for 1960 61 will be held August 16 and 17 at Handley Quarles Virginia Avenue John Kerr and Douglas Schools from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. New pupils must bring birth certificate vaccination proof and prior records. Transfer pupils must have an official transcript mailed to Handley or Douglas principals before August 16.
Li Ti Chuan says child care serves production and labor power, while a New China News Agency dispatch notes millions in nurseries and kindergartens. A joint ministry plan urges love for the Communist Party and Mao, and opposition to the United States, with 50 million children in rural nurseries noted.
The American Red Cross announces a long range $500000 relief plan to assist Chilean school children after last May and June’s disaster. A $30000 project funds $15 monthly payments for five months to 400 needy students at the University of Concepcion and Universidad de Austral Valdivia. Additional plans provide 150 school assistance chests with supplies and adaptable packing cases. The effort adds to $2,000,000 in cash and $700,000 in supplies already sent to Chile.
Four men and youths died in Virginia waters over the weekend including Calvin Henshaw Jr. 18 of Chester Roy Ford Jr. 21 of Richmond Max Venable 37 of Atlanta and John Sledge 14 of Norfolk. Henshaw drowned at Bugg's Island Lake while his family picnicked. Ford fell from a cable ride into Swift Creek at Lakeview Park. Venable disappeared while riding a Norfolk girl on his shoulders in Chesapeake Bay near a park. Sledge drowned in the Dis mal Swamp Canal near Deep Creek after rolling from a log during a Boy Scout camping trip.
Author Alan Paton of the Union of South Africa wins the 1960 Freedom Award. Paton, writer of Cry the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope, will receive a plaque inscribed Your words and deeds are mighty.
Hollywood reports James Mason sign for Humbert Humbert in a film adaptation of Lolita. Tuesday Weld is named as the likely Lolita with an older girl cast to portray the 12 year old. Mason predicts strong protests yet calls the project artistically important and morally valuable.
Dr. Harry J. Carman, chairman of the Freedom House board, said Sunday that Paton was the unanimous choice for the award in the struggle for the rights of man.
Bartender Valen tine Tatitch faced trouble when a car cracked the pavement near the lounge. The impact uncovered a 120 year old well on the parking lot and sent debris spilling into the area. Evidence indicates a mound of rock moved the old well to the water level.
A brief note explains the terms marshal and martial as often confused with meanings related to authority and warlike status. It distinguishes the officer sense from the adjective describing combat conditions.
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