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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1962
Page
4
The newspaper notes a circulation of more than 50 000 telephones for the Winchester Evening Star with staff credits listing H. D. Koontz as business manager Jack F. Davis as executive editor and Eugene Miller as managing editor.
Historic notice lists postal registration and national representatives for a Winchester Virginia publication. Subscription rates shown include one year seven dollars, six months four dollars, and one month one dollar, with outside Virginia and West Virginia add $1 per year.
The article argues Sukarno seeks immediate end to UN trusteeship over West New Guinea and cancel plebiscite promised for independence as the United States faces a test of how to ensure self determination for about 750,000 West New Guineans amid Indonesia rule and international pressure.
Speculation grows as Geneva resumes on a nuclear test ban with theories about Khrushchev's stance and on site inspection. Russian scientists propose unmanned black box seismographs to detect explosions, but delays and on site questions hinder feasibility.
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin pressed the CIO to negotiate a quick merger with the AFL to present the incoming Republican administration a solid union front. Pvt. Junior L. Unger, husband of Mrs. Nannie O. Unger of Route 3, was among three Virginians wounded in Korea. A three inch snowfall brought the first winter taste to the area.
Twenty five years ago in 1937 Chicago economists tracking farm income trends voiced optimism about near term agricultural prospects. Mrs Hunter M Stine returned home after visiting relatives and friends in Baltimore. Mrs Edith Clark and her son Henry Lee of Richmond were guests of Mrs Mary J York at her Martinsburg Pike home.
In Gainesboro 50 years ago 1912 Dr. and Mrs. N R Smith hosted a gathering for their 28th wedding anniversary. Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross secretary, received the Fifth Order of the Crown from the Japanese Emperor for distinguished service. C E Cowgill J W White William White Grover Brim and families spent the day with S T White at Tulip.
The piece speaks to readers with troubled souls, urging trust in the Lord. It frames prayer as a path out of spiritual prison and emphasizes that faith offers security, righteousness, and hope beyond worldly pleasures. It notes the Bible’s assurance of divine past beneficence and future support.
By David Lawrence on Anastas Mikoyan as Soviet emissary to the United States. The piece recalls Hungary 1956 and Cuba 1962 deceptions, arguing Mikoyan is a tool of Khrushchev with unreliability in pledges and statements. It notes US skepticism about on site Cuba inspections and Mikoyan’s reception at the White House.
A column notes Americans give the most charity with private donations totaling 8.7 billion dollars, including 4.43 billion to churches, based on mail observations. It also cites varied quotes and facts on public life and religion from doctors, hospitals, and historians.
Art Buchwald humor piece recounts an exotic lunch at a Washington restaurant run by Gordon Leach, featuring Royal Indian Zebu and aoudad, followed by a comical Thanksgiving chaos. The narrative mentions a taxi delay, a missing secretary, a dinner-ticket scare, and a family crisis blamed on a supposed curse.
Dr Burton H. Fern warns overweight adults over 40 to avoid snow shoveling due to heart attack risk. He explains cold causes blood vessel tightening increasing blood pressure and heart workload, recommending hired help or a motor snow plow to stay safe.
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