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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1962

Page

4

Winchester Evening Star Ad Rates and Contact Info

The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription rates by carrier or mail, with one year seven dollars in advance and six months at four dollars in advance. It provides business and editorial contacts D Koontz and Jack F. Davis along with the managing editor Eugene Miller.

D. Koontz Jack F. Davis Eugene Miller Winchester Gallageher-Delissers, Inc East 14Th St New York City W.va

Campaign to boost highway safety gains local support

A week long drive by the city, the Fraternal Order of Police, the Hoppers Auto Club and the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad promotes road safety with free safety belts donated by merchants and belt installations by club members. A September 5 rally seeks action to reduce Virginia highway deaths, with 17 deaths in the county in 1962 and one on Winchester streets since 1960.

Fraternal Order of Police The Hoppers Auto Club Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad Hoppers Club Septemer 5 Winchester Frederick County

Gaffe at the United Nations Courting Misplaced Envelopes

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, Sri Lanka’s permanent representative to the UN, prepared two documents a candidacy announcement for president of the General Assembly and an anti western summary of debates. He mailed the wrong envelopes. He may not have been elected anyway.

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera Ceylon United Nations The General Assembly Canada Assembly

Local Notes From The Star Files 1952

New York led the American League while Brooklyn led the National League ten years ago. Edwin B. Clevenger and wife returned home after visiting Keith Ritter at Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Anne Johnson returned to Front Royal after visiting Helen Garner Edmonds here.

New York Brooklyn Edwin B. Clevenger Keith Ritter Rehoboth Beach Delaware Anne Johnson Front Royal Helen Garner Edmonds

Social notes mark gatherings and visits in 1937

Mrs Charles Small hosts in honor of Mrs Henry Davis formerly Eleanor Carpenter of Berryville. Mr and Mrs George Miller Jr and Mr and Mrs M C Hart return home after a Cumberland visit. Mrs Robert Glass hosts luncheon for Mrs Thomas Taliaferro of Washington.

Charles Small Henry Davis Eleanor Carpenter Berryville George Miller, Jr M. C. Hart Cumberland Robert Glass Thomas Taliaferro Washington

Taft orders Marines to Nicaragua with strict rebel clash aim

Fifty years prior Taft ordered the Tenth Infantry under Col Henry A Greene to move from Panama City to Nicaragua to crush rebels who attacked U S citizens and forces. Elizabeth Lovell a 107 year old gipsy queen died in Parkersburg W Va after six decades leading a large gypsy tribe. Mr and Mrs H B Chapman host a party at Laurel Hill summer mansion on the Shenandoah River.

Taft Tenth Infantry Henry A. Greene Panama City Nicaragua United States Elizabeth Lovell Parkersburg W. Va Mrs. H. B. Chapman Laurel Hill” On the Shenandoah River

Doctrine of Communism and Threats to Freedom

A historical meditation argues communism as a criminal conspiracy driven by tyrants. It warns of Khrushchev’s threats and urges vigilance to prevent Soviet dominance, urging strong national resolve to confront and defeat communist evil.

Khrushchev

Kennedy urges bold U.S. campaign to sell truth abroad

Attorney General Robert F Kennedy argues in his new book that the United States needs a top level, vigorous external propaganda policy to counter Soviet influence overseas. He contends the problem lies in lacking clear policy, not funds, and urges use of world press and radio to promote American values and capitalism.

Washington Robert F. Kennedy United States America Sovet Union Congress State Department White House Kennedy Soviet Union

Letter to the Editor commends anti UN and warns against free aid

A reader endorses Rev. James A. Burner and criticizes U S foreign policy. They blame Kennedy advisers for poor economic facts and accuse the United Nations of forcing Communist dominance. The letter cites Trygve Lie and Alger Hiss, cites Korea losses, and claims UN military leadership favored by communists.

James A. Burner The Star Byrd Kennedy United States United Trygvie Lie United Nations Alger Hiss Russia Molotov Hiss Korea USA Red Sukarno Filis America Doris L. Yingst VFW

Short Fasts and Pesticide Debate Spark Reader Tips

Dr Burton H. F. urges safe fasting for weight loss claiming 2 pounds daily and warns to consult a doctor. The piece also covers pesticide praise versus alarm, baby safety tips, water research, and a quick mental quiz with page 2 answers. It references H R 12452 on lending recorded books to the disabled.

Congress

Intimate Confessions Of A Non Alcoholic

A humor piece by Art Buchwald about the social pressures of being a non drinker at cocktail parties. The narrator faces questions about drinking and dieting and recalls awkward moments with hosts and a wife, highlighting societal stigma and the joke of choosing abstinence.

Paris

Wall collapses on teens in abandoned school killing one

A 15-year-old boy, Eugene Guzzo, died when a two story brick wall collapsed onto teenagers playing near an abandoned school being torn down in Easton Pennsylvania. Five others were injured as rescuers cleared brick and debris from a 10 foot deep basement hole.

Easton Eugene Guzzo

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