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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1951
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star prints a reflective editorial note on attire and decorum tied to wedding ceremonies. It cites a Biblical question about lacking a wedding garment and uses it to comment on reverence versus casual behavior at ceremonies.
The State Board of Health endorsed fluoridation of Virginia public water supplies unanimously after Dr. W. H. Rumbel highlighted its decay reducing benefits. The Star urges Winchester to adopt fluoridation, noting long term health gains and reasonable costs for today’s children and unborn generations.
A New York Academy of General Practice meeting reports a rise in general practitioners who treat many ailments. More than 1,500 family physicians attended to learn the latest advances in diagnosis and therapy, signaling a renaissance of the GP.
Current Opinion argues that government promises pensions bonuses and benefits are paid by taxes on the people and that hidden taxes raise the cost of goods. It asserts that both federal and local governments spend only what they collect and urges greater economy and less benefit chases.
Dr Wingate M Johnson of Wake Forest College cites evidence that general practice is returning in favor. He notes more medical students choosing family practice and broader hospital internships. A 1929 to 1949 income gap shows specialists earning 70 percent more than general practitioners, down from 250 percent.
Petersburg Progress Index notes fifty or more IRS personnel discharged while three year Virginia operations show no fraud cases. Writers suggest federal officials in Virginia are largely Virginian and—despite venal rumors—official integrity remains evident locally.
Mr and Mrs Roy Boyce hosted a gathering for Mr and Mrs John L Warner before their trip to San Diego for Christmas. Mrs John Scott Smoot Jr returned home from Carlsbad after visiting HM 3c Smoot USN. G Carter Baker and Emerson Rush joined visitors from Newport News and Oklahoma City, while Harry Strader and Thomas Woolfolk plan time with families in Winchester.
Mrs Richard Whiting visits Nortok as Mr and Mrs Robert Hughts host guests. Mr Charles J Enders Jr of Ber e announces birth of son Charles Enders. John P Lamb Jr of Lancaster Pa stays several days with his parents here.
Ten years ago Lester Forney, a former driver of the unnamed vehicle, was noted in the clipping. Details remain sparse about his later activities or the context of the reference.
Miss Mary Hyde, a student from Old Fields School in Baltimore, returned to Winchester for the holidays to spend time with her mother Mrs. Lewis Hyde. Friends surprised Mr Esten Rudolph of Clearbrook with a birthday party. Mr and Mrs Frank Lovett welcomed a daughter.
Sleet and freezing rain saturated the region, keeping many residents indoors and causing merchants to lose a large portion of Saturday business across the county.
Washington report on John W. Snyder, Treasury Secretary, amid King Subcommittee probe into five to eight year tax scandal at Internal Revenue Bureau. Focus on who covered up abuses and why no action was taken despite detected corruption and embezzlement.
Night rates go into effect at 6 p.m. in the local standard time of the city. Collect calls are charged from the origin. Night rates remain in effect until 4:30 a.m. the following day across the United States.
Rainfall over last 48 hours ends at 7 am shows none. December rainfall to date 2.1 inches, year to date 34.96 inches. Forty year average monthly totals list January 2.48, February 1.95, March 2.86, April 2.99, May 3.83, June 3.91, July 3.84, August 3.90, September 2.65, October 3.33, November 2.63, December 2.46.
The article explains that hernias can occur in young children especially in the abdomen and groin. It notes navel hernias often dissolve by age two, sometimes requiring surgery, and describes safe procedures to repair or close openings.
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Letters urge church resilience during dark times citing biblical nights and martyrdom as background to rise. A separate piece argues communism threatens freedom and praises GOP unity against socialism and corruption in government amid 1951 politics. A quiz asks how many pilots or engineers work crop dusting: over 6,400.
Mollie investigates a murder linked case as Peter Shephard is arrested and Dr. Cowan connects aconite poisoning to Ragsdale. Nicholas hints at danger, while Mollie races to keep her patient alive and uncover who is involved. The hospital staff weigh risk and truth as tension rises.
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