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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1963
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists daily except Sunday publication details with general manager executives, mail and carrier subscription rates, and national representation. Rates shown include one year 8.50 in advance, six months 4.75, outside Va and W.Va add 1 year postage.
European leaders doubt U.S. defense assurances while seeking greater Europe only defense projects. Kennedy pledges aid as France and Britain push joint efforts like the Eu rope tank and Concorde. Washington worries about costs and seeks to shift security toward European forces while maintaining NATO. The clothing industry predicts a fall push toward better dress as a social goal.
A Virginia doctor argues that doctors overemphasize overweight as a defect and that not all heavy people are dangerous. He warns that stop and start dieting can do more harm than the weight itself and urges leaving potatoes on the plate.
From The Star Files ten years ago in 1953 Carl L. Campbell of this city was elected State Vice Commander at the American Legion convention in Roanoke. Lightning killed six cattle and burned a barn in Page County. Robert T. Barton Jr of Richmond visited his mother on Washington Street.
In 1938 Arabs used a land mine to strike a military car between Nablus and Jenin, killing two British soldiers and wounding two others. The attack echoes Lawrence of Arabia tactics. Separately, social notes mention Miss Margaret Byrd hosting Miss Rosalie Montaigue in Amherst Street and families renting a cottage at Bubbling Springs, West Virginia.
Charles J Barr of Philadelphia, on his first return to his native home in 30 years, stayed with his sister Mrs J H Maphis on North Loudoun Street. Dispatches from Paris say Emmeline Pankhurst has joined her fugitive daughter Christabel in the French capital. Mr and Mrs Henry Baker hosted a dance at Winchester Inn for Miss Dunbar Avirett of Cumberland Md and Miss Margaret Dalton of Winston Salem NC.
The piece argues Christianity is a life, not a movement or mere organization. It emphasizes personal transformation through Jesus Christ, resisting evil, and shaping virtue, freedom, and noble sacrifice in society.
Debate on the nuclear test treaty centers on Joint Chiefs of Staff views and Dr. Teller opposition. McNamara cites potential to test Soviet sincerity while scientists warn a missile defense risk. Fallout concerns are downplayed as weeks of Senate debate loom.
Henry J. Taylor argues the New Frontier's basic world peace policy hinges on containment versus appeasement. He warns Soviet aggression persists and cautions against easing tensions. The piece critiques Khrushchev’s diplomacy, cites Yalta lessons, and urges NATO unity under U.S. leadership.
In Washington testimony before Senate committees, top U S leaders assert American nuclear superiority while Russia remains silent. Rusk McNamara and Taylor stress overwhelming U S power as Soviet response to the test ban treaty looms.
A collage of medical notes discusses how drugs differ by administration, with injections speeding action and pills providing sustained effects. It also covers newborn identification by ear features, antibiotics’ impact on strep and related diseases, and the role of tics in behavior, noting parental pressure as a contributing factor.
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