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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
4
Public notice style item listing subscription rates for the Winchester Evening Star dated December 14 1964. Includes publication details and staff roles with general manager executive editor Jack FP Davis and Eugene Miller managing editor. Also shows national representation address and pricing for various delivery options.
The piece explains that four years of drought cut precipitation in the Great Lakes basin, especially Lake Superior, where rainfall and snowfall decline by about four inches, and eight to twelve inches elsewhere. It notes effects on water sports, tourism, and shipping, and discusses options like artificial diversions or locks and dams to control levels, with costs cited for Michigan and Huron. It also mentions 1950s computer forecasts and their potential impact on society.
The Star Files records a unanimous counsels vote expelling Soviety Russia for its invasion of Finland while Finland, China, Greece and Yugoslavia abstained. The Big North liner Columbus attempted to run the Allied naval blockade near Vera Cruz and could become a war prize if captured or sunk. French forces reported gains on the Alsace and Woevre fronts with trench possession and repelled counterattacks. A snow storm blanketed the region with six to eight inches in many spots. Mrs. Melvin Green Sr. relocated from country home to an apartment at Hotel Jack for the winter.
The meditation argues weather shapes where people live and prosper, noting Gulf Stream and Pacific currents affect population and opportunity. It states weather is a divine agent influencing individuals and nations, shaping fate more than human action.
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 expanded federal support for science math and modern languages in states and schools. It funds equipment, materials, consultative services, and teacher training while extending loans for college study and aids for reading and social studies. It aims to raise instructional quality without shifting local control.
HAL BOYLE reports on quirky beliefs including Dutch settlers prize on Yule logs to keep the devil away and other miscellany about coins profits, famous shoes, tornado reach, animals, plankton, and folk remedies.
Mrs. Elliott Button challenges a Star legend about Robert E. Lee’s mother and cites Dr Roy Bird Cook’s earlier expose. She argues the incident could not have occurred and urges respect for Lee as a son husband and father.
Henry J. Taylor argues the United States faces a growing anti U S bloc at the United Nations as the 19th General Assembly opens. He cites rising U N membership and underdeveloped nations shaping budgets and voting power while warning of costly Democratic era echoes and U S liability.
Wayne Brandstadt discusses life with hemophilia noting improved survival rates and safer care. He outlines inheritance factors, testing before circumcision, protective measures, dental issues, treatment options including Factor VIII, and a reference to contacting the National Hemophilia Foundation for guidance.
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