Minyan Spotted as Sabbath Observance Noted
In Winchester, August 18 edition notes a custom of attending synagogue on the Sabbath day. The brief item highlights religious practice among local residents observed in the community.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1956
Page
4
Senator Kennedy And The Virginia Delegation
The Virginia delegation applauds Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts as vice presidential candidate. Kennedy, 39, is described as an able, courageous and experienced legislator with strong character and integrity. He is praised for a strong nomination bid, once within 20 votes of the nomination, seen as superior to Estes Kefauver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senator Kennedy
Kennedy
Downtown traffic and rail fare trends reshape city growth
Traffic experts forecast downtown decline as stores expand suburbs and new transit systems cut car need. Rail fare hikes raise questions of air travel competition while lightweight high speed trains expand, leveraging rail rights of way to ease congestion. All aboard for evolving transport.
End of Pullman Era Foreclosures and Airline Competition
Railroad executives view the Pullman car era as already foreclosed on profitable long hauls. Airline competition undermines any remaining profit since air travel offers first class service at fares similar to Pullmans and often lower costs, challenging rail passenger service.
No Dol Drums In A Summer Of Global Crises
A Lynchburg Advance column notes the summer news drought is broken by politics and international crises. Highlights include the Belgian mine disaster with 260 trapped miners, the Stockholm Andrea Doria sea collision, the Suez Canal seizure, steel strikes, Virginia segregation rulings, and looming coal contract talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Andrea Doria
Belgium
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Suez Canal
No More Smoke Filled Rooms at Convention
Hal Boyle samples quirks from mail order columnists and public life, noting air conditioned conventions, celebrity wardrobes, and odd facts about dieting, milk in politics, Savings bonds, and fashion. The piece blends humor with social trivia and curious anecdotes.
Herter Shown as Factful Yet Poor Public Speaker
Q A reader asks about Governor Christian Herter potential as Eisenhower running mate. The reply notes Herter stands about six four, very thin, a Bostonian scholar who wrote The Independent and helped pave the Marshall Plan. It states he is diffident and weak in oratory, but strong on facts with health fit for political duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herter
Europe
Capitol Hill
House
Senator Vandenberg
Senate
Dulles
Eisenhower
Bay State
Strength For The Day So Ear
A biographical sketch traces the career of a M I House member born in Paris who rose from Massachusetts politics to Speaker, then Congress in 1942. It notes his isolationist opponents, Taft Hartley vote, friendship with Israel, and views on segregation. It contrasts with a church essay on cleansing the temple and the church's need to remain vibrant and true to gospel life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Washington
Archibald MacLeish
Office of War Information
Congress
Organized Labor
Israel
Adlai
Stevenson
Rainfall totals and monthly averages for 43 years
Report shows past 24 hour rainfall ending 8 30 am today none for August rainfall to date 2 76 inches in 1956 rainfall to date 26 30 inches Average annual rainfall over 43 years 36 95 inches and monthly averages for 1912 1955 period list each month with values from January 2 45 to August 3 99 inches.
Thermometers and Temperature Taking Basics
A health feature explains why thermometers are vital at home and guides on how to take a temperature. It warns against eating or smoking before measuring and details cleaning and shaking methods plus a new no shake model. It ends with a brief Q and A on brain cell deterioration from circulation loss and age.
Hurricane season opens in 1931 and local injuries reported
Mrs. A F Rowe fell in the back yard on South Cameron Street fracturing her right leg just below the hip. The hurricane season for 1931 had opened with a report of one moving across the Gulf of Mexico but unlikely to reach the United States. Miss Grace Bosserman invited guests for a bridge party honoring Miss Margaret Worthington of Washington. Miss Ruth Rudolph of near Winchester returned home after visiting the Misses Annie and Emilie Smith at Macedonia. Miss Madaline Wine returned home after a visit in Harrisonburg. Mrs J F Sowers of White Post was visiting relatives in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Rowe
South Cameron Street
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Grace Bosserman
Margaret Worthington
Washington
Ruth Rudolph
Winchester
Annie and
Emilie Smith
Macedonia
Madaline Wine
Harrisonburg
J. F. Sowers
White Post
Baltimore
What do possums eat
A. They eat a wide variety of foods including meat crustaceans mushrooms vegetables and berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.A.S A
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz Promises Daily Challenge
A vintage quiz feature offers a 10 day test with 100 questions. Scoring tiers label 9–10 correct as Memory Genius, 7–8 Very Superior, 5–6 Excellent, 4 Good. Page 2 provides correct answers. Sample queries cover newspapers, dungaree, Abraham's descendants, frost ripening persimmons, Pentagon, Uranium 238, Pike's Peak, libel or slander, and a quotation about friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
Arlington, Va
Pike’s Peak
Who Wrote the Earlier Proverb About Friends?
The quote “A friend in need is a friend indeed” is commonly attributed to British playwright William Shakespeare, though no direct, verifiable source from his works confirms the exact wording. Some scholars trace a similar sentiment to medieval and early modern sources, but the exact author remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Need
Heywood
Graves
True blue: peasants kept a blue bachelor’s button for loyalty
European peasants carried a small blue bachelor’s button in their pockets for 24 hours and believed that if the flower remained true blue when removed, the fiancé would be loyal in marriage. The phrase true blue endures as a symbol of loyalty.
Television Schedule Highlights from Channel 4 5 9
Prime time listings cover News and entertainment across Channels 4 5 and 9. Notable items include 6:30 4 Corners News 7:30 Down You Go 9:00 People Are Funny 10:30 Safeway Theater Guest Wife and late-night films. Channel 5 features Opry shows and wrestling while Channel 9 offers Gunsmoke and The Honeymooners among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel 4
4 Corners
Tony Bennett
Festival of Stars
Encore Theater
Safeway Theater
Sunday Television Schedule Listings
Daytime to late night programs show a broad lineup across channels with varied talk shows dramas sports cartoons and films. Notable entries include The Daily schedule spans News Roundup Meet the Press Roy Rogers Steve Allen Alfred Hitchcock Ed Sullivan and The 64 000 Question among others.
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Estes Kefauver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
New York Central
New York-Chicago
Pullman
P. R. R. Man
Lynchburg
Hal Boyle
New York
Betty Furness
Carl King
Elaine Malbin
America
Missouri State Penitentiary
U. S
Ann Necchi
Gertrude Berg
Molly Goldberg
By Ray Tucker
Ray Tucker
Hillcrest Place
Chevy Chase
Christian A. Herter
Mr. Nixon
H. T
Dallas
Tex
Harold Stassen
T. G
Brideport
Conn
Nasser
Egypt
Douglas, D
Church
Scott
Calhoun
U.S
King Features Syndicate, Inc
World 1
Dow Long
R. J. Scott
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
Mercury
T. H
King
I. Q
Winchester Laundromat
W. Hart St
Channel 5
Capital Caravan
Bob McEwen
Stars of the Grand Ole Opry
Alastair Sim
Hollywood
Channel
Jimmy Dean
Sports Mirror
J. Drees
J. Gleason
Dorsey Brothers
Sam Levenson
Russ Morgan
James Arnesg
Dennis James
Lady At Midnight
Richard Denning
Frances Rafferty
Lora Lee Michel
Georgetown U. Forum
Herbert Marshall
Mark Saber
Senators
Featurama
UGF
Christophers
Drew Pearson
China Smith
Dearing Beverage CO
Miller High Life
Iron City Beer
Polly
Pocahontas
Esso
Fuel Oil
A. G. Slonaker & Son
Amherst St
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