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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1963
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star issue details dated Saturday December 21 1963 lists staff and circulation rates. Names include Jack Davis executive editor and H D Koontz business manager with Eugene Miller managing editor. Subscriptions offered by carrier motor route mail and outside Virginia and West Virginia regions.
Obscure Patriot II George Mason of Gunston Hall helped inspire the Virginia Déclaration that influenced the federal Bill of Rights. The article notes Mason refused to sign the original Constitution lacking a bill of rights, prompting Madison to guarantee its inclusion. It recounts the first ten amendments, their protections, and Mason’s overlooked legacy amid current trade tensions with the European Common Market over steel tariffs.
The Star Files recalls 1938 events as President Roosevelt dedicated the proposed 3 million memorial site on the 147th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. State Senator E R Fuller of Richmond spoke at Aerie No 824 at 211 North Loudoun Street. Roy Ryden and Schuyler Serkin were elected officers at Winchester's Little Theatre.
Fifty years earlier Randolph T. McGuire was sworn in as mayor of Winchester. The report lists other 1913 items including four men fined $4,000 in New York for a 1909 cotton market corner, a bandit chase near New Orleans after a Sunset Express hold up, and a sewing hint on buttonholes using lawn under lace.
A columnist argues President Johnson should push the U N to uphold international law amid its South Africa embargo voting and Congo missteps. The piece criticizes U N bias toward Moscow aligned Afro Asian blocs and calls for renewed focus on sovereign rights and global hunger relief.
The Kennedy assassination upended Republicans plan to run on retire the Kennedys in 1964. A St Louis conference paused, banners removed, and GOP activities rescheduled for Mayflower hotel in January. Go Day rallies aim to raise funds, with 2 million hoped vs 4 million in 1960.
James Marlow notes a rapid shift from Kennedy to Johnson compares Roosevelt Truman transitions. Johnson must choose cabinet retention versus replacements, facing pressure to prove economy and push civil rights and tax cut while courting Congress and public opinion.
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