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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1963
Page
4
Local newspaper listing shows staff names General Manager J Dr Roontz and Managing Editor Eugene Miller. Subscription prices are given for advance two, six and twelve month terms with out-of-state surcharges. The page includes postal details and circulation notes for Winchester Virginia.
The article surveys growing American property losses in Argentina including oil contracts and other assets valued around 500 million dollars. It notes Washington’s weak protection of U S property rights, raises questions about compensation and progress for the Alliance for Progress, and discusses Republican presidential candidates imposing a 30 day campaign moratorium while keeping operation and speculation alive.
December is described as a time of natural mood, beauty, and contrast with April and May. Snow and cold prepare the earth for spring, while Christmas brings charity. The piece notes frosty nights, colorful skies, holly berries, and the year’s end as a period of reflection and holiday gatherings.
The Star Files notes William Lomax Parker was elected mayor to fill the vacancy caused by Wilmot E. Gardner's death. Mary Virginia Steck, wintering in New York City, will work in a large department store and head the novelty section during Christmas. Mrs. Ray Robinson hosted her bridge club at Liberty Hall tea room on the Gainesboro pike with guests Mamie Robinson D W Lupton Lyda Irish Grover Schlack Philip Gold Mable Cather and C A Robinson Jr.
In 1913 Edward Cather paid $575 per acre for a 14 acre York Imperial apple orchard near the Pughtown Pike, bought from N A Cooper and son Grover C Cooper. The Coopers had paid about $500 per acre. Omar Turkish blend cigarettes offered 20 for 16 cents with a free German silver holder and Navajo blanket.
The piece argues that virtue alone cannot suffice without reason and balanced moral character. It cites Francis Bacon and historical figures to illustrate how courage or talent without judgment leads to failure, and notes many useful tasks are done by steady, mediocre effort.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover outlines a Soviet led campaign to infiltrate civil rights and Negro leadership. He warns that communism exploits unrest to weaken America and urges vigilance against inside subversion and hate campaigns.
HAL BOYLE reports on holiday spending with the average U S family likely spending 147 dollars or more on gifts and about 125 billion in postage stamps. The piece reflects on gift exchange customs, the rise of credit cards, and social observations from 1965.
A reflection cites I Kings 20 7 where the king questions an envoy seeking his wives children and wealth. The author Kaiser's line frames trouble as opportunity in work.
The article explains insulin as the hormone enabling glucose to fuel muscles, warns of high blood sugar causing acidosis and coma, notes obesity as a risk, and outlines dietary and drug treatment options including tolbutamide, with calorie balance and potential complications in the retina heart and arteries. It also includes a quiz about general knowledge.
President Johnson confronts a wartime scale problem of jobs for a growing labor force. He aims to raise total employment toward 75 million, amid 70 million employed and 3.5 million unemployed. The briefing recalls past goals and current unemployment trends through 1960s figures.
Athenagoras I proposed a summit of the heads of the major Christian religions to be held in Jerusalem during Pope Paul VI's visit. He urged Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant leaders to attend, calling it a sacred pilgrimage and a potential new path for Christianity. The 77 year old American born patriarch said it would be a great event.
Instructions describe using enough strainer to remove seeds when preparing a peach melba from frozen sweetened fruit, suggesting a thorough straining step.
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