Winchester Star August 22 1960 front page details
Oldest Winchester Evening Star issue page line reads like a front matter list with staff names, editor, managing editor, and contact numbers. It notes publication date Monday August 22 1960 and distribution details for carriers and mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Iort
Mohawk
H. F. Byrd, JR
H. D. Koontz
Rufus Josey
Eugene Miller
Winchester
Gallagher-DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Associated Press
Ted Press
Exclus- the Associat Ito
W. Va
V F W Convention in Detroit Promises Political Showdown
Vice President Nixon to address the V F W encampment in Detroit while Kennedy and MacArthur spar over attendance. Dulles to speak, Khrushchev themes loom as veterans push for liberalized benefits and pensions for World War I veterans amid a 1950s political drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
John F
Brs
V.F.W
Kennedy
Motor City
Nixon
The
American Legion
Selfless Eye Gift Touches New York Harbor Scene
A shipyard incident in New York harbor left a man injured and hospitalized at the Marine Hospital. A young boxer nearby had lost sight in one eye and planned retirement. The injured man offered to donate his healthy cornea, a choice accepted. letters and hospital notes poured in praising the sacrifice.
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New York Harbor
The
Marine Hospital
Gift of an Eye and the Spirit of Sacrifice
Earl L. Douglass comments on a friend regaining sight and celebrates the selfless act of giving an eye. The piece links spiritual resourcefulness of ordinary people to parental sacrifices and universal moral values across heaven and earth.
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Heaven
Khrushchev’s bluster ties to Cold War gains and doubts
The piece argues Khrushchev uses threats and smiles to pressure the West while highlighting tangible benefits from Western sales of strategic goods, footholds in the Middle East, and covert encroachments in Africa and Latin America. It notes Western leaders may underplay his aims as Moscow seeks to confuse and conquer. A Finland report questions an Atlantis discovery, suggesting the claim lacks merit and echoes skepticism toward sensational finds.
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U. S
Nikita
Geneva
Middle East
Formosa
Soviet Union
Europe
Iraq
Egypt
Africa
Cuba
U. 8
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Athens
Crete
Thira
Atlantis
Sunday Supplement
Finland
Aegean
Sodom
Dead Sea
Galanopolous
Haymaking misadventures at Hidden Valley Farm
A city visitor recalls attempting haymaking and cultivating corn at Hidden Valley Farm. Balers, rakes, and a misadventure on steep hills end with pride bruised but lessons learned about weather and farming challenges. The narrator muses that a market for Virginia weeds would suit the farm.
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Hidden Valley
Virginia
Hidden Valley Farm
Baltimore visit and social shower noted in Star Files
Bobby Seal of Reno City visited Lanky Lemley in Baltimore Maryland. Mrs. Loring Wright Jr entertained at a shower honoring Miss Marianne Walters.
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Bobby Seal
Reno City
Lemley
Baltimore, Md
Loring Wright, Jr
Marianne Walters
Eight Georgia families linked to extortion plot unearthed
A 1935 Buford Georgia report reveals a wholesale extortion scheme targeting eight wealthy northern Georgia families. Fifteen individuals faced death threats as authorities investigated the case. Meanwhile Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd traveled from Hollywood to New York to help edit the South Pole film Little America. Mr and Mrs John S Sloat returned to Winchester after a ten day stay at Capon Lake Lodge.
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Buford
Georgia
Richard E. Byrd
New York
Hollywood
South Pole
John S. Sloat
Winchester
Capon Lake
Nixon Aims to Sell Self Not Government Brand
In a Dallas broadcast Nixon contrasts with Kennedy while avoiding direct criticism of Eisenhower. He pledges to push civil rights and a stronger defense, while signaling shifts from the current farm program and foreign policy approach, aiming to project leadership without attacking the administration. A separate Lake Dallas tornado report notes two injuries and over $25,000 in damage.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisen
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Nevers and Ballet Tour Mark Life and Arts
A collection of personal nevers reflects self image and life trajectory. The American Ballet Theatre plans a historic Soviet Union tour from Sept 14 to Oct 24 under State Department sponsorship. Monaco is noted for its extreme population density.
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New York
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Company
Soviet Union
Lucia Chase
Europe
U.S. State Department
Local Notes From Luray 50 Years Ago
1910 report recalls C. B. Dyche who on his mail route through Page County killed 24 snakes in his career. George A. Heller of Westinghouse Electric Co. in Charlotte, N C visited his parents on N Braddock Street. Miss Ida Wyndham returned from trips to Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
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C. B. Dyche
Luray
Page County
George A. Heller
Westinghouse Electric Co
Charlotte
N.C
Charles A. Heller
N. Braddock Street
Ida Wyndham
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Highly Specialized Field Optometry Outlined By Doctor
Dr. Herman N Bumdesen defends optometrists as highly trained vision specialists. He notes their five year education includes body disease study aiding early detection. He clarifies optometry is not medicine but essential for prevention and vision care, apologized to critics, and cites optometry’s 1898 establishment and leadership in the field.
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Politics
Douglas MacArthur
Miammi
Truman
Thomas
Gates, Jr
Central Intelligence Agency
Allen. Dulles
Paris
By Earl L. Douglass
Mankind
Helsinki
Angelos Galanopoulos
Galanopoulos
Aegean Sea
B. C
By Ed Harris
Billy Smoot
Billy
By James Marlow
Hower
Texas
Dallas, Tex
Lake Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Here
Luther Markin
Hal Boyle
Nevers
Nicholas Murray Butler
Bernard Baruch
Winston Churchill
Queen Marie of Romania
Eric Johnson
Carl Sandburg
Jayne Mansfield
Harold Stassen
Ballet
Soviet
Springfield
Ohio
Monaco
Earth
Dave
Herman N. Bumdesen
M.D
R.S
I.Q
Alaska
Minnesota
Japan
Maine
Lewiston
Augusta
Portland
Bangor
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