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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1956
Page
4
Public notices page lists business and news room contact numbers for the Winchester Evening Star at Mohawk addresses. It notes postal service details and second class matter status for the Winchester, Virginia publication.
Rates listed for one year six months and one month in advance. Fees vary by destination with separate postage for outside Virginia and West Virginia and annual prepaid options.
Statisticians report a long term shift to earlier marriages since 1900s with a postwar acceleration. Today about half of men marry before 23 and the median for women is 20, while married population rises from 60 to 81 million since 1940, driving solid demand for goods and services.
The Kansas primary produced a stunning defeat for Governor Hall who vetoed the right to work bill. His loss to a relatively unknown challenger signals that rank and file union members did not back organized labor leadership, with Wichita among the cities delivering a decisive rebuke.
Virginia Democrats express gloom over the Chicago convention decisions. They find the New Deal Fair Deal platform unconvincing on civil rights and governance while Adlai Stevenson is seen as the best among nominees but with flaws. The piece notes GOP prospects under Eisenhower and Nixon, hints at a possible third party, and urges measured, detached interest for now.
The public and many union members oppose forced union membership arguing it infringes individual choice. Leaders of organized labor resist as it weakens their power. The piece notes a weak initiative and referendum process, citing Kansas as an example of a decisive referendum.
A roundup of notable editorials distilled from forty newspapers arriving at this office. Key opinions address governance, economic policy, and social issues with a range of viewpoints.
A HAL BOYLE column lists surprising facts from glaucoma prevalence to long names in Manhattan directories and Confederate portrait trivia. It notes highway risks from undiagnosed blindness, the Exchange Buffet opening in 1885, and energy from sunlight equal to coal burning each hour.
Washington dispatch notes fear among many Democrats that nominating Estes Kefauver over John F. Kennedy may be a strategic misstep. Urban voters distrust Kefauver while farm conditions rise, potentially hurting the ticket in key industrial and agricultural states. Kennedy’s stance on farm subsidies and his book Profiles in Courage shape urban sentiment amid party internal tensions.
Speedy the green hunter owned by Capt Ewart Johnston of Boyce takes first prize in its class at the Warrenton Horse Show. Engagement announced for Miss Mable St Clair Parks and Lester Barrick of Winchester. Thomas Yates returns from wedding trip and will stay with Mrs Yates' mother Mrs W B Barnett. General Scott Shipp resigns from VMI after 15 years. Dr C T Cox, eczema cure discoverer, plans to publish his work. Mrs William Pleasants of New York visits the Wrights in Washington street.
The Winchester shopping scene is highlighted as a bustling hub with bargains and wide variety. Local merchants promise value in a busy retail district, inviting shoppers to explore sales and special offers.
A reader recalls illness and multiple operations and praises her employer for six months full salary followed by half pay. The letter contrasts harsh capitalism with communism, extols liberty, and preserves faith in God and national virtues.
A vintage quiz guide evaluates daily performance over ten days with 9 10 correct as Memory Genius 7 8 Very Superior 5 6 Excellent 4 Good. It lists ten sample questions covering balloon ascents Ploesti oil fields scriptures sound in words stereoscopes air conditioners house centipedes a western South American mountain range and idioms.
Thirteen year old Robert Peters woke before dawn to fish at 4 30 in the morning. He slid a rope out the window, tied it around his waist and slept until his fishing partner tugged the rope. The two boys then caught 20 fish.
Rural carrier Gaston F. Dixon credits his 1934 Model Ford with 350000 miles on Rural Route 1 in Decatur. He has driven it 22 of 35 years, endured seven motors and multiple tires, and prefers it for the 43 mile route for its light handling and mailbox reach. When off duty he switches to a newer car for better equipment.
Swallows hatch above the doorway of the San Diego zoo restaurant in a nest built there by the mother bird. The event is noted as a casual wildlife moment near the city center.
The piece explains the origin of the phrase pad as a hatter linking it to a snake misnamed as adder. It notes the expression Mad as an adder hatter arose from the belief in the crazed nature of the snake and its odd habits.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. registered .03 inches. Year to date totals stand at 3.71 inches for 1956, with the 43 year total at 27.25 inches. Average annual rainfall over the 43 year span is 36.95 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1955 show Jan 2.45, Feb 1.95, Mar 2.98, Apr 3.10, May 3.90, Jun 8.90, Jul 2.69, Aug 3.99, Sep 2.65, Oct 3.22, Nov 2.57, Dec 2.46.
Channel 4 broadcasts Footlight Theater Sprague Newsom then a 10:30 Big Town and 11:15 Weather Sports updates. Channel 5 carries cartoons westerns a Washington Chicago baseball game and late night wrestling and sign off. Channel 9 offers Cisco Kid Do You Trust Your Wife Name That Tune Phil Silvers Show Navy Log and The Late Show with Blanche Fury.
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Puzzle listing with numbered clues covering various topics including native, Christmas song, sea eagle, misfortune and more. Includes across and down hints such as Apportion, employed for wages, and journal. Ends with a query for a Tunis ruler and other entries.
A dense listing of daily radio and TV program times across channels. The schedule lists show titles such as Tic Tac Dough It Could Be You Feature Playhouse and many others with times from noon to evening including color matinees and hosted programs. Names like Fred MacMurray Claire Trevor Tennessee Ernie Ford Sh. and Art Lamb appear among the programs as part of the day’s lineup.
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