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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1956
Page
4
Local staff directory excerpt lists editor Byrd Jr and desk lines Gallagher DeLisse with city and contact details for the New York and Mohawk offices. The fragment notes 1st and 44th Street addresses and business and news room lines.
A biblical saying asserts that faith the size of a mustard seed can command mountains to move. It promises that nothing will be impossible for believers who trust.
The American Heritage Foundation released a study citing 17 million of 102,743,000 voting age civilians unable to cast ballots. Major causes included moving residence, business travel, illiteracy, aliens, DC residents, prisoners, and Utah reservation residents. The report urges reviewing voting laws and notes laws on time off for voting and civilian absentee ballots vary by state.
The United States plans to admit 8000 Hungarian refugees under the 1955 Refugee Act, with 5009 already allotted, to settle in Germany and Austria. Waivers ease two year history checks for security, while Congress will determine final status. Private groups mobilize to place beneficiaries in homes and support resettlement.
Mr Samuel Johnston was named director of the 1952 Apple Blossom parade. The American Medical Association presented Senators Robert Taft and Harry Byrd on a nationwide radio broadcast Free- Gor versus Socialization. Mrs J Pred Larrick announced the birth of a son. Mrs Larrick was formerly Miss Helen K Cline. Paul Bunting, president of O Sullivan Rubber Co, elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers at a New York City meeting. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Cather, widow of Edward W Cather, died at her West Boscawen Street home. J J Newberry Co opened a new store on N Loudoun Street. Burr Powell McReem elected director of the Union Bank of Winchester. Little Miss Julia Bean Richards, formerly of The Elms, Valley Avenue, reported much improved. Mr and Mrs Allen Jackson and children returned to Philadelphia after visiting Mr A H Jackson. Robbers blew open the safe of James E Water store at Linden, Va, taking a large sum with dynamite. A mare belonging to R M Henrys Livery Stable died after a 286 mile drive in three hours. A cow was caught in a cattle stop at Cork Street crossing. a northbound freight train stopped to remove it.
Washington letters critique a Senate Subcommittee report on political money. The Gore panel allegedly overstated corporate and GOP contributions, listing 14 groups with $302 300 to Republicans and 3 500 to Democrats while downplaying individual gifts.
Advertisement describes pattern 4616 for misses sizes 12 to 18 with a princess silhouette and simple lines suited to multiple fabrics and occasions. Includes fabric length 89 inches, easy illustrated instructions, and price details. Submit thirty five cents plus five cents per pattern for first class mail to Anne Adams at The Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY. Include name address zone size and style number.
Fairfax Va. John Kasper prominent in anti integration battles was arrested early today and charged with reckless driving after police paced him at more than 75 miles an hour on Lee Highway Kasper identified himself as executive secretary of the Seaboard Citizens Council.
A scrambled quiz asks true false questions on science history and geography. In Clinton Tennessee, Kasper, arrested for sedition related to Clinton High School riots, was held on $39.25 bail awaiting a January trial after an acquittal on November 20.
The article argues that every honest work can serve God and that fulltime church work is noble but not exclusive. It emphasizes wholehearted service in any vocation, whether clergy, farmer, worker, housewife, or professional, and urges serving God wherever one is placed.
Mrs Lee Haskin Steele of the Toledo Blade told the Junior Women's Club in Oak Harbor that women resemble newspapers with varying makeup and faces. She advised that men should have their own and not borrow from neighbors, emphasizing individuality.
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