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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
4
The issue listing staff roles and contact numbers for Winchester Evening Star dated Friday December 20 1968. It includes management editors and departments and subscription rates for Virginia and West Virginia zones.
The piece questions how to judge public official salaries and weighs the push for big raises for top federal officials. It contrasts corporate profit incentives with government service aims, arguing against across the board increases for the judiciary, legislature, and executive branches without demonstrated need.
Alaska becomes the first state to require safety glasses or sunglasses on prescriptions and bans flammable frames. The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness calls it a major advance for eye protection, noting similar pending action in Massachusetts and ongoing concerns over breakable glass and flammable materials.
Jan Polak, president of the Safe Traffic Assn of Holland, cites statistics claiming miniskirts make girls less vulnerable at night because drivers notice more leg sooner. He argues that greater leg visibility reduces risk, a point drivers are unlikely to dispute.
Mrs Walter Bosserman of Tennyson Avenue entertained several wives whose husbands serve in the armed forces. Lt Thomas G Scully and Mrs Scully announce the birth of a son yesterday. Major George Smith, formerly confined to O'Reilly General Hospital, has returned home for a three week leave. Four Winchester High School seniors prepared an excellent Home Demonstration Club symposium read by Linda Kremer. They recounted the Community Christmas tree and noted last year’s tree was led by City Manager Arthur Fields with Boy Scouts help and lights from Northern Virginia Power Co.
The piece reflects on Christ's promise to be with believers until the world’s end and the presence of Christ in the heart. It notes Jesus as the greatest teacher and performs miracles, citing Livingston as example of steadfast faith. It describes Christ as light, peace, power, joy, hope, and expectation felt by millions today.
Washington columnist notes young intellectuals proclaim God is dead while seeking a mystic religion beyond social reform. The piece argues rebels attack theology not to deny God but to wrestle with paradox, idealism betrayed, and the enduring mystery of an infinite deity.
Dark glasses reduce snowblindness especially at high altitudes with side light blocked. Large goggles with polarized lenses best. vent holes aid fogging. Snowblindness can mimic conjunctivitis and fades in three to four days with cold compresses and rest. Hand tremor causes include anxiety, drugs, toxins, and diseases. seek medical evaluation. Nicotine or caffeine modestly affect tremors. consider calming measures and ruling out causes. Submit questions to Dr. Wayne Brandstadt for general-interest responses.
Quick daily IQ test guide outlines scoring categories from Memory Genius to Good. It asks ten sample questions spanning education, etiquette, history, geography, politics, and common knowledge with a prompt to turn to page 2 for answers. It includes questions on federal education department baptism, White House etiquette, Irish provinces, and blueprint coloring.
A heartfelt reminiscence of a father known as Fiddlin Jim who played the fiddle at square dances and hymns. The piece recounts his violin skills, stages of joy and loss, his mother’s passing, and his final quiet departure with memories echoing in the family.
A playful poem narrates Santa delivering the Moon from the rooftop. The speaker notes a humorous sight as Santa stuffs the Moon into his sack and rides away, claiming a new Christmas tune for people.
In a November 4, 1968 ruling Judge Muntzing granted James E. Miller and petitioners access to assessor records and appraisal cards held by the Hampshire County Assessor. William J. Oates Jr. argued the case for the Taxpayers Association, stressing use and warning against abuse. The decision enables aggrieved taxpayers to question assessed values by comparing comparable properties.
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