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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1961
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star reports local news and community notes with a church prayer verse. The page includes editor and staff credits and a Bible verse from Thessalonians 1 2. It evokes a traditional small town newspaper tone and public notices.
Washington vote grants Kennedy a blank check to spend 8.8 billion dollars on foreign aid over five years. Uruguayan delegates at Punta Del Este press abroad battles among Latin nations for shares while the U S sits as benevolent neutral. The piece criticizes foreign aid costs and notes debate on education and gifted children as signs of broader policy excess.
A reader recalls a young man who has studied the French horn for twelve years and practices over an hour daily. The narrator muses that if every church member spent one hour daily in earnest Christian practice, the world might change, noting the small share of a day.
Earl L. Douglas suggests a simple daily effort to be completely Christian for a short time. He notes that practice builds skill like a French horn player improves, predicting many will improve and that success could inspire lasting commitment.
A Columbia graduate student uses a computer to probe whether Homer's Iliad is a single work or a collection of ballads. The piece warns that automation may pressure scholars to settle authorship disputes, reshaping seminars and academic debate.
A line attributed to Arthur Wing Pinero states that those who love deeply never grow old and may die of old age but die young at heart. The quote reflects enduring vitality of love beyond aging.
The Star Files recalls the 1951 wedding of Miss Nancy Lee Cather daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Owen Grove to Emil Dale Albright son of Mr and Mrs J C Albright. Mrs J M Steck Jr and daughter Mary Marshall vacationed in Virginia Beach at the Sea Horse while Sue Porterfield from Newport News returned home after a week with her sister on Shenandoah Ave.
Twenty five years ago in 1936 Miss Ruth Hausenfluck and Freda Haver, with Messrs Leo Price and Carroll Hummer, motor to the Endless and Virginia caverns for a day. Mrs Peyton Crosby Johnson of Lynchburg visited Mr and Mrs E Bruce Slonaker. The Rev George Earle Owen and Dr L Flickinger attended sessions at the Massanetta conference near Harrisonburg.
A Baltimore and Ohio wreck was narrowly prevented when heat expanded rails buckled east of Hancock. Freight train 97 led by Engineer Edward Fortney spotted danger, shut off steam, and jumped to avoid a derailment. Governor John K Tender of Pennsylvania announced a regional effort to celebrate Gettysburg’s 50th anniversary in 1913. Virginian Railway traffic halted by a cave-in in a New River tunnel near Glen Lyn.
The AP reports that Soviet and East German blocks curb East Berlin refugees by crossing to West Berlin. Dean Rusk and Kennedy denounce the move as a breach of a 1949 accord, while signaling propaganda as the belligerent tool. A wider blockade could trigger fighting.
A European trip yields mixed American judgments on Khrushchev. Observers note his contradictory statements and claim he uses communism as a political tool, while highlighting his humor, family image, and appeal to children. Some see him as a potential world leader or danger to peace.
Dr. Burton H. Fern discusses biorhythm theory with cycles of 23 28 and 33 days and warns of critical transition days. He notes possible financial bets, advises caution, and invites reader questions while offering general guidance on calculating cycles.
The writer cites Mr. Miller of Paw Paw West Virginia for humor and truth about not completing the mile connecting Route 522 to highway 45. The letter defends state solvency and cites Khrushchev and Cold War themes, urging recall of Kipling and noting historic routes near Braddock and the old roads.
A scrambled page tests IQ with questions on geography and general knowledge. It asks to name the capital of Bermuda, identify Maine’s notable crop, and others while clarifying score categories from Memory Genius to Good.
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