Winchester newspaper contact and subscription rates
The notice lists telephone lines for business and editorial staff including General Manager Jack F. Davis and News Editor Eugene P. Miller. It shows subscription prices for city carriers and mail in Virginia and West Virginia, with Douglas B. O Connell as Managing Editor and Gallagher Delisser as national representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester
Nat'l
Rep
Gallagher-Delisser, Inc
East 44Th St
New York City
Georgia and the Supreme Court Clash Over Deadlock in Governor Race
The Supreme Court notes Georgia follows a federal clause directing the House to choose a president if no candidate has a majority. It upholds this mechanism and asserts Georgia can match other states in resolving legislative deadlocks. The piece also discusses reapportionment validity through 1968 and hints at Lester Maddox potentially becoming governor. It touches on the UN voting parity for small nations like Barbados and comments on African democracies and international power dynamics.
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Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Lester G. Maddox
White House
Johnson
United Nations
General Assembly
Bardados
Bardadoes
Assembly
United States
Britain
Britain Moves to Decimal Coinage In 1971 Change
Britain will switch to decimal coinage in 1971 removing sixpence and shilling. The penny rises to 2.8 cents, the song of sixpence to 16.8 cents, and bronze twopence replaces the sixpence. The change aims to save 2 percent of teaching time in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
U.S
Secret Italian anti fascist committee aims to overthrow Mussolini
The Russian embassy reports a group of Italian anti fascists and Communists forming a secret committee of action to topple Mussolini and seek a separate Italian peace. Clifton Forge mayor Frank Wheeler, overseeing Virginia civil defense groups, visited Winchester amid slow local organization progress. The patrol notes patience is near breaking point as US leaders seek peace without insults from belligerents. The American schooner William Mason, sailing from Perth Amboy, is lost with all aboard in a gale, carrying coal. Charle Rouss Fire Co. reports urgent need for a deluge set to hold a pipe at full pressure.
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Committee of Action
Mussolini
Frank Wheeler
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Winchester
William Mason
Perth Amboy
III
Charle Rouss Fire Co
Daily Meditation On the Birth of Jesus by Earl L. Douglas
Earl L. Douglas reflects on God’s gift of Jesus two thousand years ago in a Bethlehem stable. He links the birth to world celebration, music, and the spread of faith while urging thanks and contemplation of the nativity’s significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Douglas
God
Bethlehem
Paris
France
Second-Largest U.S. Diamond Found at Petersburg in 1928
Henry J. Taylor notes 34 1/2 carat Punch Jones diamond found in Petersburg Virginia in 1928 as rival to the U.S. record 40 1/4 carats from Murfreesboro Arkansas. He surveys famous diamonds, Cullinan, Hope, Koh-i-Noor, Moguls, Orloff, and imperial gems framing gemology history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Petersburg
Africa
India
Australia
Brazil
Uncle Sam
Murfreesboro
Ark
Punch Jones
Pretoria
South Africa
Transvaal
Amsterdam
Cullinan I
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Napoleon
Waterloo
Pauline
Koh-i-Noor
Nadir Shah
Britain
East India Company
Golconda
Venice
Orloff
Catherine II
Kremlin
Remember When a Penny Jawbreaker Won Hearts of Kids
HAL BOYLE recalls midcentury childhood recalls the penny jawbreaker as a beloved candy while reflecting on memories of laundry days with old soap, marbles games, Deanna Durbin and Shirley Temple dreams, Dempsey Sullivan debates, and social norms on checks and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Durbin
Shirley Temple
Jack Dempsey
John L. Sullivan
Classic Household Quips From A Bygone Era
A humorous roundup contrasts midcentury habits with modern worries from free time to finances. It notes kids birthday joys, finances at banks, bedbugs for brides, first dances at 16, and the shift in gender roles reflected in everyday tasks like pumping gas.
Senators call for long term Vietnam policy and pacification of Haiphong
The article reports Senator John C. Stennis urging a clear long range policy to win in Vietnam and to inform the public and world. He argues for continued U S and allied involvement despite rising costs and casualties, and suggests closing North Vietnamese ports like Haiphong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
Stennis
United States
Vietnam
Haiphong
Prompt Recognition Needed In Checking Rise of VD
Wayne Brandstadt warns that venereal disease is resurging after years of apparent control. He urges rapid recognition and treatment, especially among ages 15 to 25, and compares if 20 000 smallpox cases had occurred with 4 000 deaths. He explains syphilis stages, transmission, and risks to unborn children. The piece ends with a quiz and call for awareness.
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Jack F. Davis
City Carrier
W. Va
Seeeeseses
Douglas B. O'Connell
Pipsqueaks
Her
Cross
Henry J. Taylor
J.T. Williamson
Tanzania
England
Elizabeth II
Isaac Newton
Imperial
Russia
Hal Boyle
New York
Walter C. Parkes
Prince of Peace
By David Lawrence
Soviet Union
Red China
John C. Stennis
Congress
Mississippi
United States Senate
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Chamber of Commerce
South Vietnam
Pixies
By Wohl
Foie
By Wayne Brandstadt, M.D
I.Q
U.S. Senate
Gulf of Mexico
Abraham Lincoln
Mexico
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