Winchester Evening Star 1957 Dec 18 newspaper notice
The page shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead dated Wednesday December 18 1957 with editor I F Byrd and Associated Press affiliation. Subscription rates list One Year Six Months One Month and outside Virginia options. Psalm 31 5 appears as a devotional line.
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I. F. Byrd
Mohawk
Post
Winchester
Associated Press
Focal
Gallagher - DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
W Va
Surviving Holiday Travel: Practical Driving Hints
An editorial summarizes six holiday road safety tips from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. Advice covers rest before driving, fresh air, coffee breaks, social interaction in vehicles, avoiding alcohol with gasoline, and cautious pedestrian behavior to prevent fatalities during Christmas and New Year travel.
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American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Constanly
The Hills Are Steeper, Too
A Richmond columnist riffs on Vice-President Nixon wearing glasses full time after a recent rise in public visibility. The piece humorously notes shrinking wardrobes, steeper hills, larger lawns, and longer-lasting clocks while poking fun at aging and changes in daily life.
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Richmond News Leader
Nixon
Pat
Capitol Hill
Tito asks U S to halt Yugoslav aid shipments
Marshal Tito urges the United States to stop military aid to Yugoslavia ending a seven year program. He told Ambassador James Riddleberger he was irritated by State Department reviews and cited Yugoslavia's recognition of East Germany and rapprochement with the Soviet Union as grounds for reappraisal.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Stalin
U.S
James Riddleberger
State Department
Editorial Digest From Forty Newspapers
A daily editorial digest curates the most interesting viewpoints from forty newspapers arriving at the office. Highlights reflect diverse opinions on national affairs, policy debates, and public interests, offering a concise snapshot of editorial sentiment across multiple publications.
Ship Launching Panic as Boy Dies Not
HAL BOYLE recalls launching the SS Brasil at Pascagoula Mississippi. The large Moore McCormack liner slid free after a tense lever pull. The writer describes fear, a champagne christening, and the emotional awe of a ship becoming alive.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Brasil
Deep South
Moore-McCormack Lines
United States
New York
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Double Mystery The Prom Capper's Weekly Cartoon Anecdote
A library clerk notes a woman who reads mysteries intensely. The coworker asks how she reads so deeply. The clerk says she starts in the middle and wonders both how it ends and how the tale began.
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Prom Capper's Weekly
Mrs Earl Renner Hosts Birthday Dinner Honor
Five years ago The Star notes Mrs Earl Renner hosting a family dinner for her husband’s birthday. The item also mentions William E Morgan an airman with USN stationed at San Diego and a weather forecast of a White Christmas with four inches of snow recorded. Willam Dawson turns 17 with a party at home and Mr and Mrs Ray Grim welcome a daughter, with Mrs Grim identified as Edna Elliot prior to marriage.
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Earl Renner
William E. Morgan
USN
Arnold L. Morgan
Route 2
Beech
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Cali
Willam Dawson
C. B. Dawson
Ray Grim
Valley Ave
First products produced at American Brakeblok plant on Paper MUl Road
Ten years ago in 1947 the plant, manned by about 15 employees, began experimental runs. Miss Marilyn Miller and Miss Helen Absher, Shenandoah College and Conservatory alumni, sang in Handel's Messiah in Dayton. Miss Barbara Sprinkle visited from Lindenwood College, Mo., spending holidays with her parents.
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American Brakeblok
Marilyn Miller
Helen Abshire
Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Dayton
Barbara Sprinkle
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Mig P
Id. Sprinkle
Reed and Ridgeway Tie The Knot In Stephens City
Fifty years ago in 1907 Frederick T Reed and Maggie F Ridgeway, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ridgeway, married at Grace Lutheran Church Winchester. William G Dorsey, a noted printer formerly of Winchester, suffered a brain congestion at his Washington home but was improving and expected to recover. Dorsey had married Ella Boxwell, formerly of Winchester.
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Frederick T. Reed
Maggie F. Ridgeway
Robert Ridgeway
Stephens City
Grace Lutheran Church
Winchester
William G. Dorsey
Washington
Dorsey
Ella Boxwell
Fleece Wool Versus Other Wool Types
Fleece wool comes from living sheep while wool from dead or slaughtered sheep is called pulled wool. Pulled wool is generally regarded as inferior to fleece wool and is used in felts flannels and some blankets.
The Doctor Speaks on Baby Shoes and Footwear
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen argues for soft soles and barefoot freedom in infant footwear. He cites pediatricians and an AMA article noting unrestrictive shoes support natural foot development. Leather shoes with roomy toes, flat soles, snug heels, and no tight laces or corset-like bindings are recommended.
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Mildred C. Martin
American Medical Association
Tate
Strength For The Day By FARL L DOUGLASS
The piece discusses historical shifts from negativism to a positive outlook in religious thought and science. It notes Einstein and Newton as pivotal figures influencing belief and urges constructive thinking, asserting life’s satisfactions come from belief rather than doubt.
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Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
God
Man
How's Your I.0. How To Score Based On 100 Questions
A trivia quiz guide lists daily scores from 9–10 correct as Memory Genius to 4 as Good. It asks from page 2 the correct answers and includes items on accent, Bible canons, Puerto Rico translation, 20th anniversary gifts, nutrient value fruit, lead hardness, jade vs diamond, Jewish holiday timing, Leif Erikson, and soccer origins.
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Puerto Rico
Leif Erikson
Dainty and dignity share Latin roots in gendered views
The text notes that the feminine word dainty and the word dignity descend from the same Latin root. It claims the French coined dainty because they equated daintiness with masculine dignity.
Worry Clinic Critiques Inadvertent Retail Shortcomings
Dr George W Crane profiles Mrs Crane from Indiana who buys frozen chickens stuffed with gizzards and necks to pad weight, prompting a shopper complaint. The piece discusses advertising value and emphasizes honest, cordial service plus quality merchandise as key to business success.
Bulganin Letter Toward Disarmament Sparks NATO Debate
Premier Bulganin’s letter to Eisenhower is hailed as shrewd and timely prompting allied concern at the NATO Paris meeting. Allies urge possible disarmament talks while the U.S. offers only cautious arms proposals, weighing whether the missive is propaganda or a genuine nudge to reduce the arms race.
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Washington
Bulganin
Esenhower
Eisenhower
Paris
Russia
State Department
Europe
United States
NATO
Nikita Khrushchev
Alrest
Questions and Answers on Grange and Ship Migrations
Questions and Answers cover the start of the National Grange on December 4, 1867 with Oliver Kelley as master and the meaning of grange. It also notes shad introduction to the Pacific coast in 1871 and Billy Graham's first sermon in a small church in Boca Raton Florida before expanding audiences.
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Farmers Grange
United States
Washington, D. C
National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
Hea
Oliver Hudson Kelley
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kelley
Billy Graham
T. A A
Bostwick
Fla
Europe
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