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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1966
Page
4
The snippet lists the Winchester Evening Star masthead with establishment details and staff roles. It includes contact numbers for News and Business, mentions editors Jack F. Davis and Douglas B. O Connell, and notes a subscription rate table and mailing information.
The article notes President Johnson's vague outline on federal budget cuts and deferrals, with no specifics on where reductions occur. It cites a projected deficit around 11 billion and discusses cross border cooperation with Mexico on water projects such as the Amistad Dam and shared Nia gara Falls power facilities.
A witty critique notes over 250 colognes 150 aftershaves 100 soaps and many grooming products for men. It mocks retro manliness while praising contemporary scent trends and ironic air pollution optimism. The piece riffs on Daniel Boone and elevator scent labels.
Frederick County School System under Robert E. Aylor reports 6,342 pupils in 16 schools with 251 teachers and principals. Enrollment up 42 percent in ten years. pupil teacher ratios 23.9 high school, 28 elementary, overall 26.6. Transportation costs and fleet details, salaries, lunches, and projected new schools and a vocational college are outlined with budgets and funding sources.
U S Army bombers sink the Japanese battleship Haruna in the Philippines and four Wake Island attacks are repulsed. Philippine authorities claim recapture around Aparri on Luzon as Japanese forces are driven toward the seacoast. The Roumanian front reports renewed fighting with Russian reinforcements. A new timetable curbs the Shenandoah Division with a morning passenger mail train from Harpers Ferry to Winchester.
A short meditation on acid revealing brass beauty as a metaphor for tough tests. Earl L. Douglas uses Phillips Brooks to illustrate that hard experiences expose latent value and improve learning, urging patience through difficult trials and hope.
Wry observations on gender behavior and modern gadgets. Jumping to conclusions about women in December and February, men with flashy lighters, socks, architecture, and roadside churches. Notes on John O’Hara, children and icicles, a wife’s crumbs, and the electric typewriter's impact on work.
Henry J. Taylor argues that the Vietnam and out-country wars have been mismanaged by Johnson and McNamara. He claims bombing campaigns failed to reduce enemy supplies, triple infiltration despite targets, and inflated costs with little end in sight, citing air power missteps and strategic misjudgments.
Wayne Brandstadt offers practical advice for parents on celebrating Christmas with children under two to six years old. Guidance covers avoiding crowds, pacing visits to Santa, and shifting focus from wants to giving. Also includes newborn jaundice questions and a short scoring quiz section.
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