National effort urged to conquer cancer with funds and a national authority
The editorial argues for a bold, coordinated national campaign to conquer cancer. It supports a multibillion dollar program under a presidentially accountable national authority, doubling cancer research funding to 400 million next year and rising to 1 billion by 1976, while warning against bureaucratic overreach. It also notes rapid growth in new words reflecting a changing language.
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Congress
National Committee of
Con
Sultants
Hong Kong Shuns Rice Menus as Western foods rise
Hong Kong with 4 million inhabitants shifts from traditional rice based meals to Western foods and frozen meats, fish, sausage and cheese as super markets expand. The trend mirrors changes elsewhere where traditional dishes yield to globally abundant varieties.
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Hong Kong
Best Methodist Church Starts $16500 Building Program
The Best Methodist Church on Rt 11 near the West Virginia line begins a $16 500 building program. Guy Stanley will head the Mile of Dimes March of Dimes drive in Winchester, appointment announced by P L Bob Bartley, director.
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Best Methodist Church
Rt. 11
West Virginia Line
Guy Stanley
Winchester
P.L
Bob’’ Bartley
Daily Meditation on the National Trash Problem
The essay argues about handling trash in modern society and warns against trashy reading music and politics. It cites a policeman finding a baby in a trash can, noting the child’s humanity and hunger, and urges personal responsibility in addressing waste and moral trash.
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God
Letters to the Star show kindness praise and debate
A Winchester reader thanks a passerby for returning a lost white purse and credits the Winchester and Norfolk police and Navy Shore Patrol. In the same issue, letters defend Handley James Wood football game intensity, question two point plays, praise Christmas decorations, and criticize courthouse yard displays with historical notes on the tree tradition.
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Winchester Police Department
Norfolk, Va
Winchester Police
Navy Shore Patrol
Handley
James Wood
William Fleming
Buckeye Potts
Walter Barr
Roanoke
Richmond
Arlington
Winchester
Frederick County
Piccadilly Street
Loudoun
Germany
England
Martin Luther
Courthouse Square
City Hall
Earth bombarded by 2000 tons of meteorites yearly
HAL BOYLE notes Earth receives about 2000 tons of meteorites annually mostly sand sized. It would take 5000 years for this stardust to add one inch to Earth’s girth. Also recalls Oregon’s 1919 first motor fuel tax, smoking cancer stats in Japan, earthquake activity, and sea wasp danger off Australia.
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New York
Oregon
Japan
Pacific Ocean
National Geographic Society
Australia
Meredith Nicholson
Pearl Harbor memory from Lisbon and Europe's first Pearl Harbor view
Henry J. Taylor recalls how Lisbon heard the first Pearl Harbor news via Vichy and Tokyo, voiced through a shy barber and Minister Bert Fish. The Portugal broadcast shaped Europe's reaction, noting Arizona sinking and Pacific attack, as Hitler’s 1941 response unfolded.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Lisbon
Berlin
Portugal
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Europe
Saigon
French Indochina
Far East
Tokyo
Palacio Hotel
Honolulu
Fish
Antonio Dé Oliveira Salazar
Madrid
Switzerland
Salazar
Fishy
Hitler
Hitler Yackety
Strep Throat and Rheumatic Heart Disease Explained
Dr Lamb explains how streptococcal throat infections can trigger rheumatic heart disease and heart murmurs years later. He notes that scarring can deform valves and that proper antibiotic treatment prevents long-term heart damage. Some patients improve after tonsil removal, others see little benefit beyond surgery cost.
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Dr. Lamb
Newspaper Masthead and Pricing Details
Advertising and Business 667 3200 lists Jack F Davis as general manager and executive editor Eugene P Miller as news editor Douglas B OConnell as managing editor Subscription rates show by carrier 16 dollars yearly and 1.40 monthly while by mail 13 dollars yearly 7 dollars for six months and 1.30 per month
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Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
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Winchester Evening Star
National Cancer Fight
Lora Bowman
Evelyn Bowman
Madison College
Ray Garrabrandt
Salvation Army
Laurens Jones
Ed Molden
Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester and
Earl L. Douglas
The
Star
Thos. Ratchford
Great Lakes
Virginia Beach
the Star
Ted Austin
Sheridan Ave
Wanda H. Armbrust
Springcrest St
Court House
Retail Merchants Association
Mary Matousek
Hal Boyle
Earth
Henry J. Taylor
U.S
Bert Fish
William J. Donoven
Secret Services
Bill
Washington
West
Hickman Field
United
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D
I.Q
Mexico
Louis
United States
Sam
Russia
Solomon Grundy
Kent St
Advertising and Business
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