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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
4
A reader notice outlines subscription prices for outside Virginia and West Virginia, with annual, six month, and monthly rates. The item lists staff roles including News Editor Eugene P Miller and other executives.
The U S Navy and Weather Bureau aim to seed hurricanes with silver iodide to disrupt their energy. In 1961 and 1963 trials were inconclusive and 1964 yielded no suitable storms. Project Stormfury plans an eight hour attack using 160 researchers and 17 aircraft with a possible second mission if conditions allow.
The Alliance for Progress shows midcourse gains but fails to dent basic needs like schools roads hospitals and power. High birth rates political instability and lingering ancient patterns hinder results amid military juntas in Brazil and Argentina and fragile coalitions in Bolivia Colombia and Venezuela faces Castroite threats.
The text debates a federally funded dam in the Grand Canyon, arguing it could rival Noah’s flood in scale and be the greatest engineering feat, compare to a Mississippi River bridge in length, and warn that the site would shift from natural awe to perceived despoilation.
The Star files recounts Adolf Hitler’s high command report claiming the capture of Dnieperopetrovsk with 83 596 Soviet prisoners and a new thrust in the Leningrad drive. Other items note wheat price pressures and railway labor tensions.
The meditation compares the conscience to a ship’s bell that rings when off course. It argues that ignoring the bell leads to despair and eventual ruin, warning that neglecting moral guidance results in personal shipwreck.
Washington columnist notes Gus Hall claims many WEB Du Bois clubs members join the Communist Party and that clubs have become influential youth groups. He cites Justice Department actions and criticizes liberals for opposing anti-subversion measures. He argues for more congressional disclosure of subversive activity.
A light hearted HAL Boyle piece surveys husbands on what mystifies them about their wives. The questions cover habits at parties, reading, meals, spending and newspaper rights, ending with the punchline that wives chose husbands as a mystery worth marrying.
Henry J. Taylor recalls the August 26 1944 Paris surrender as German forces retreat through the city while Leclerc's French Army enters. He notes Resistance losses 105000, executions, starvations, and captures. The piece details Nazi looting, the Louvre as a target, and Communist tensions within the Resistance.
Medical Q and A on infectious mononucleosis causes spread by close contact and typical symptoms fever sore throat and swollen lymph nodes. It notes contagious period before fever and patient recovery may take weeks with possible relapses. Also includes menopause guidance and a memory quiz scoring section.
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