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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1964
Page
4
Classified page fragment shows publication details and rates for six months and one month in advance. Contains names like JACK F. DAVIS and EUGENE MILLER with address lines and telephony references but lacks full article content or cohesive event.
A Washington column argues that looming US economic depression within 18 months may be unpalatable but needed. It warns wage price pressures, union leverage, and auto steel settlements threaten demand, production, and jobs, urging restraint and realism to avert a broader downturn.
Wayne Brandstadt notes winter brings slips and fractures. The piece explains closed and open fractures, signs of breakage, and first aid precautions such as immobilization and safe handling. It emphasizes using improvised splints and seeking proper medical care.
The Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care leader Edgar J. Fisher Jr warned Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver that the United States faces a physician shortage, with 119 family medicine and 128 specialty opportunities in Virginia, urging focus on domestic needs before exporting doctors overseas.
The U S Internal Revenue Service unveils a simplified income tax form aimed at easing filings next April. The main beneficiaries are computers, which will dominate IRS operations by 1966, and the form will print the taxpayer name address and social security number.
The French high command said German patrols renewed attacks on the northern flank of the western front near the Moselle river. Heavy fighting was reported around the northeastern sector of the front.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on the New Testament term dynamis meaning power and contrasts physical prowess with spiritual achievement. He notes rapid transport advances and aviation progress while urging education for intellect, science for material growth, and avoidance of world war to ensure spirit and society remain in control.
HAL BOYLE notes that the sexes grow more alike due to equal rights and conformity. He lists lighthearted criteria from readers distinguishing men and women, then jokes about apparel and behavior to tease the evolving gender roles. The piece closes with a Roosevelt quote about tying a knot when at the end of one's rope.
A reader letter to The Star debunks a recurring legend about General Lee. It cites family letters, court records, and historical details showing the Arlington mansion, burial grounds, and 1809 events misdated. notes Robert E. Lee’s birth on January 19, 1807 and the error in the 1915 and 1964 Star printings.
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