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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1959
Page
4
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an examination for Firefighter General GS 4 with a starting salary of 3755 a year. No written test. applicants rated on experience. Obtain full details from Joe Haines at the Post Office.
Studies on household consumption show families allocate more of their grocery budgets to meat and meat substitutes than to any other major food group, indicating shifting dietary patterns and price sensitivity.
Science Service reports shifts in marriage and birth patterns over two decades. In March 1958 there were 41.5 million married women, up 3.75 million since 1950. Younger women aged 18–19 married at one in three, while 20–24-year-olds are two thirds married. Birth rates rose from 125.9 to 158.8 per 1000 in 15–44. third and fourth children births more than doubled 1949–1956. Seven of ten babies are born to under 30. About 13 million married women were in the labor force in March 1958. Nearly two of five wives aged 45–54 worked outside the home.
Miss Odette Achain in Baltimore reveals a year of love letters from a Tunisian man. A secretary drafted the French messages, while the sender misunderstood the language. The latest reply arrives in the sender's own Arabic handwriting confirming the miscommunication.
Airman Donald L. Spence and Airman Lary F. Figgins have completed initial basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. Spence is set to attend a craft and missile maintenance technical school at Chanute AFB Illinois and Morse intercept operators at Keesler AFB Mississippi. Godfrey Miller USN was rated Petty Officer Third Class after completing service schools in San Diego and has studied German in Bremerhaven Germany. Walter H. Payton on leave from Germany has re-enlisted for four years after training at Sampson AFB and Keesler AFB. Ronny R. Clowser Pvt. and James E. Berryman Jr. Pvt. and Raymond J. Whitacre Pvt. are at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Jackson for basic combat and training.
In Greensburg Indiana attorney recounting a client's accident injuries when juror Arthur McClintic collapsed in Decatur Circuit Court. He was revived and allowed to leave after explaining he could not bear hearing about injuries. Also notes on early cave people housekeeping methods.
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