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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1955
Page
4
Defense Advances Nike Missile Shield Against High Speed Aircraft
Secretary Brucker asserts Nike guided missiles can contact and destroy any aircraft regardless of altitude or speed. The weapon now anchors the nation's defense posture though not universally endorsed. Critics warn misses occur in tests and submarines with atomic missiles remain a threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucker
Army
Insurance code panel considers ads for health plans
The Health Insurance Code National Association of Insurance Commissioners proposes a code to stop misleading language in accident and health insurance advertisements. It aligns with FTC actions that charged 31 insurers for misrepresenting policy benefits, urging state level regulation to curb false advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Federal Trade Commission
National Association
Public trust in health insurance ads urged by business leaders
Business leaders warn against misleading health and accident insurance advertising. They say claims by a few firms should not erode public confidence in insurance in general. Consumers deserve clear, reliable advertising to match the certainty of older coverage.
Editorial Digest Highlights From Forty Dailies
A digest recaps the most notable editorials culled from forty newspapers arriving daily. The selections reflect prevailing opinions on national issues, economy, governance, and social topics shaping public discourse.
Byrd Heads South Again On Antarctic Expedition
Admiral Richard E Byrd, 67, takes overall responsibility for a new Antarctic expedition his fifth venture. Aimed at scientific data for the International Geophysical Year, the voyage follows his decades of polar exploration and may extend U.S. interest in the frozen continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Ulysses
Robert Falcon Scott
Pole
Tennyson
Byrd
A Foot Ball Academy Turns Athletic Focus on Army Rivalry
The Air Academy schools tout a football led mission with 138 players from under 300 students and a final squad of 78. A former pro coach serves as super-head with eight assistants, yielding roughly one teacher per nine students. The piece questions salary and staffing contrasts with academics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Academy
Army
Navy
Air Football Academy
James Wood Touchdown Banquet Highlights 1954
The James Wood Touchdown club hosted its first banquet at the school cafeteria with Ned McDonald of Virginia as guest speaker. Other items note McCarthy censured by peers 67 to 22 in the Senate, and various local and national updates including wage price controls discussion and a new police recruit in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood Touchdown Club
Ned McDonald
University of Virginia
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
George W. Anderson
White Hall
Winchester Police Department
Local Notes on Returned Soldier and Community Snippets
Captain Philip B. Glaize returned to inactive duty status after two years overseas and is back at his city home. Mr and Mrs W E Henson marked a 60 year milestone since 1905. Miss Margaret Deese and Miss Marion Pitts visited Miss Elizabeth Kern on Amherst street. Strasburg shipped 7000 barrels of apples valued at about 12000 dollars this season. Friends mourned the illness of Miss Kate McVicar who suffered pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lovett
Jack Wilkins
Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
New York
J. A. Richard
Chalmer Strain
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Philip B. Glaize
U. S. Army
Mra. W. E. Henson
Margaret Deese
Marion Pitts
Elizabeth Kern
Amherst Street
Strasburg
Kate McVicar
Florida Proposed as Ike Vacation Spot on Gold Coast
Florida recommended as Eisenhower’s new vacation retreat as Nixon scouts Delray Beach for milder winters and GOP support. The town features Gulfstream Golf Club and luxury clubs, airfields near Palm Beach, deep sea fishing, polo, and a solid economy beyond tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Delray Beach
Fla
Eisenhower
Nixon
Gold Coast
Earl Wallace
Miami
V. P
Augusta
Ike
Denver
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Georgia
Palm Beach County
Fisenhower
Ske
Miami Highway
Coca Raton Club
David Schine
McCarthy Adams
Cabanas
Boynton Inlet
South Florida
Palm Beach
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Manhattan
Lily Pons
Metropolitan
Duchess of Marlborough
Bull leads herd from stockyard into Pueblo residential area
Police and cowboys used a time tester lure to attract a bull that escaped from Western Packing Co. They released five of the yard's cows to trap it. The ruse failed as the bull drew the herd into a residential district, then reinforcements corralled them back to the yards for slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Western Packing Co
Rainfall Totals and Averages for the Year
Report shows 24 hour rainfall of 0.08 inches ending 8:30 a m Today. Year to date rainfall 0.03 inches. 1955 total 36.96 inches, near the 42 year average of 36.94. Monthly averages listed from January to December with specific inches.
Does Your Health Permit Air Travel
Readers planning holiday travel should note that most people can fly safely in modern pressurized airliners but certain conditions require caution or avoidance. The guidance reports medical opinions from the New York Journal of Medicine on heart disease, active infections, recent surgeries, pregnancy, ulcers, and lung disease among others, with emphasis on oxygen needs and physician assessment before air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal of Medicine
K. L. Strattons
Strength For The Day by Earl L Dosgiss D D
The essay reflects on transforming tools of war into instruments of worship. It argues that use defines value: power, wealth, and strength become good or evil through application. In a God governed world, the highest purpose is serving the divine rather than pursuing selfish ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devel
How's Your I Q Based on 100 Questions 10 Days
A reader test scores daily with 9 10 correct earning 45 Memory Genius 7 8 Very Superior 5 6 Excellent 4 Good. Page 2 reveals correct answers and prompts questions on oddities Lincoln Mother Jones Canada Palestine and more.
Bear hunts hunter in Colorado mountains
In Wallsburg Colorado a bear bit John L. Palmer of Trinidad on the head while he camped in the mountains. Palmer suffered deep cuts but frightened the bear away and returned to the hills to resume his hunt, after treatment at a nearby hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallenburg
Colo
Colorado
John L. Palmer
Trinidad
Palmer
Nere
Ypres myths about diapers debunked
The article explains a popular belief that Ypres in Flanders invented the diaper. It states this is incorrect and traces the word to Middle English diapre meaning figured cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Flanders
Junior
Quicksilver Pool chapter reveals tense Staten Island home
Newlywed Lora joins Wade Tyler at his family house on Staten Island. Wade’s autocratic mother Amanda pressures Lora over status and wardrobe while Wade hides a painful past and cautions Lora away from the uphill woods. Tension grows as Jemmy, Wade’s son, and the household watch in silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binofsis
Lora
Wade Tyler
Staten Island
Wade
Amanda Tyler
Jemmy
Virginia
Ellie
Mrs. Tyler
Jereimy
Phylis A. Whitney
New York
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