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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1961
Page
4
Local newspaper page lists subscription rates and contact details for Winchester Evening Star in Virginia. It includes editor names and billing office info with pricing for carrier, motor route, and mail subscriptions, plus national representation and postage notes.
The Virginia Employment Commission projects a strong decade ahead if population and job growth stay steady. By 1970 one in ten workers could be unemployed unless education, training, and industry attraction expand, with younger workers and women bolstering the labor force while farming declines.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on Henry Ford as a visionary who redefined capitalism by paying high wages and selling affordable cars, challenging the old model of industrial servitude. The piece asserts Ford’s influence extended beyond the auto industry and warns Khrushchev against overconfidence in communism.
The Star Files notes winter has displaced Indian Summer with a low of 15 degrees predicted locally. Miss Miriam See of Clarksburg West Virginia visited Mr. and Mrs. French Lee at their Courtfield Avenue home. Mrs. J P Essex returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J P Essex Jr. in Winston-Salem North Carolina.
25 Years Ago 1936 Miss Fenton McGuire Nelson and two others spent the day in Washington while Frederick county treasurer Robert S. Smith remained in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs William E Kidwell announced the engagement of Willie Marjorietta to Walter Collins Drakeman of Berry. 50 Years Ago 1911 officials H F Byrd E D Newman Shirley Carter George Harrison L R Dettra and Charles R McCann traveled to Charlotte to inspect roads with liquid asphalt binder Courtney Weems headed to Baltimore with his winter hosts E V Weems. Miss Nancy Lee Coble and Mrs Davis left for Washington and Baltimore to visit friends.
President Kennedy plans to seek broader authority to cut tariffs on imports to spur reciprocal reductions abroad. He warned it could hurt some American-made goods but argued lower tariffs would widen overseas markets. He addressed the NAM and AFL CIO urging price stability through productivity and warned unions not to push higher wages.
A playful hospital tale assembles blood type rules as parents pass A or B orders to a baby, leading to type O in the given scenario. A quiz of 10 questions follows, asking about Enrico, a queen, Klondike, Madeira, shipmates, and other historical curiosities.
The Lord tells us not to fear when faced with a multitude for the fight belongs to God. Life’s drama shows right and wrong in perpetual conflict with right set on the scaffold and wrong on the throne. Trust the divine to win.
Alain Bernardin built the Crazy Horse Saloon into a major Paris cabaret by turning strip teases into intellectual theatre. He studies each dancer’s persona to craft numbers, enforces strict rules, and notes differences among national audiences, with two sons involved in the business.
A historian notes Virginia regional names reflect popular usage rather than scientific boundaries. The Shenandoah Valley and surrounding regions show shifting definitions, with Blue Ridge as a distinct province and Western Eastern splits shaping local identity and rivalries within the state.
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