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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1956
Page
3
The Winchester Evening Star notes historic roots dating to 1896. It lists old style contact lines and phone prefixes, reflecting archival newspaper formatting and local paper identity.
Worldwide reactions to Hungary crisis show rifts in communist movements. U S Communist Party losses, Sartre and Picasso denounce Moscow backed action, and labor groups in Italy Austria England and Switzerland report defections. The piece argues communist idealism collapsed to brute force and oppression.
Coal, a vital American industry and key Virginia economic item, shows signs of revival after years of trouble. The sector has solved many problems and foresees a rosier outlook with ongoing reform and demand.
Industry spokesman F F Estes executive secretary of the Coal Exporters Association of the United States says 1956 will likely top 60 million tons in export sales. He notes a third straight rise over the prior year as Western Europe’s rising industry drives demand despite oil competition. Modern mining methods boost output and earnings, reflecting American industry flexibility.
The piece argues for a longer school term and use of existing buildings to handle growth. Dr. Richard T. Arnold suggests extending high school and upper elementary by six weeks to close European lead in hard subjects. Parental cost concerns and resistance to new buildings complicate potential change.
The Attorney General urges rapid action to implement the Supreme Court ruling ending bus segregation. He summons U S district attorneys to Washington for a conference on enforcing the decree, while critics warn of political motives and renewed federal overreach in the South.
Five years ago in The Star 1951 Dr and Mrs John Hortenstine announced the arrival of a son. Mrs Hortenstine was formerly Georgie Stringfellow. Also noted were Eustace Jackson’s record blood donations, and a large apple storage report for Frederick and Clarke counties.
A religious meditation argues that life persists beyond this world. The universe is living, God is living, and Jesus Christ remains in heaven in a continuing life. The speaker cites biblical assurance of living beings nearby and reasons that personality endures with ongoing growth and glorification through all ages.
The GOP conflicts over representation in the House Rules Committee pit Far West and California against Eastern stalwarts after Oregon Republican Harris Ellsworth loses his seat. Pennsylvania’s Hugh Scott competes with California’s Hiestand and Utt for the chair as Westward gains and Civil Rights tensions shape the split.
The passage notes that before modern pens people used feathers and carried a pen knife to sharpen the feather tip for easier writing, explaining a practical reason for carrying a small blade in earlier times.
The East's candidates are Senator George D Aileen of Vermont and Senator H Alexander Smith of New Jersey regarded as Eisenhower progressives. Opposing them are Senators Homer E Capehart of Indiana Everett Dirksen of Illinois and John W Bricker of Ohio. The trio clings to Ike's coattails but is ultraconservative.
A list of ten trivia prompts includes choosing correct options for goniometer and Julius Caesar, identifying the opening of Paul and Timotheus, comparing Aryan and Indo European, locating the University of Michigan, Eleanor Roosevelt’s education, the Bluegrass State, counting fives to 100, Jack as a nickname, and Hamlet’s speaker. It notes Japan’s birth rate decline per UN reports.
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