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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes reference advance periods and a weekly schedule. No clear events, names, or locations are readable to identify a concrete notice or outcome.
The governor creates an advisory committee and an advisory committee to study reducing interest charges on school construction bonds amid rising rates. The piece notes that tight money is a national issue, affects Virginia and New York, and mentions integrated schools as a context. It ends with a cautionary weekend safety checklist about mixing alcohol and driving.
The article notes statisticians prepare final figures for 1956 covering births incomes employment and manufacturing including cars and appliances. It emphasizes statistics as big business, with year end comparisons to prior periods and averages as a key feature of the nationwide economic portrait.
The piece ponders the turn of time from midnight as a milestone for future hopes and fears. It contrasts youth and old age, notes humanity's capacity for good amid threats, and cites Thoreau on time and eternity as a guiding thought for celebrating the new year responsibly.
The piece muses that applying a 65 year retirement universally would have pushed Eisenhower Stengel Rayburn from service, leaving the nation without its most valuable leaders. It argues the proposal would replace seasoned public servants with inexperienced amateurs and condemns the plan as unworthy of the general welfare.
From the Files of the Star Miss Marjory Duncan is named the first woman Deputy city sergeant here at age 21. Other notes include social events at Angerona Terrace and the George Washington Hotel, wartime power changes, and local arrivals and visits.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd calls for an airtight federal law to define how far the Supreme Court may oust states from local matters. He cites Clinton Tenn and Steve Nelson cases as proof of federal overreach and warns Congress must act to preserve states rights and reduce federal jurisdiction. Virginia lawmakers A Willis Robertson and four others join in questioning Judge Taylor’s Clinton school rulings and potential broad implications amid school integration tensions.
Senator Robertson and Representatives Poff, Harrison, Abbitt, and Watkins Abbitt denounce a Tennessee federal judge for expedited trials without juries and civil rights actions. They warn of judicial tyranny, argue it threatens states rights and free speech, citing Supreme Court decisions and certiorari petitions in labor and anti-sedition cases. Erin Byrd cites federal preemption and warns of a pattern eroding local self government.
Past 48 hours show no rainfall. December total 2.53 inches. 1956 to date 38.83 inches. Average annual rainfall over 43 years is 36.95 inches, with monthly averages listed from January through December. The piece warns the Supreme Court may curb states’ rights to curb crime, cites narcotics and kidnapping laws as examples, and questions potential invalidation of state protections.
The article reviews factors affecting twin and higher order births including age race and parity. It cites twins about once per 87 births and trips per 10 000, notes higher twin rates with age 35 to 39 and among blacks, and mentions multiple births clustering in some families with several examples. It also includes a Q A on alopecia areata and a note by OSS Kime Poetomas Sandiaste.
A daily 10 day quiz scoring system classifies performance from Memory Genius to Good. Questions cover geography, history, biology, language, and literature with multiple choice prompts. The fragment asks ten sample items including Bering discoveries, hippocampus, biblical provinces, AKC dog books, and Charles Curtis.
Silverstreet residents with about 150 population elect Henry M. Havird as weekend mayor. Havird serves only on Saturdays and Sundays from the old family home while remaining in Columbia for a post with the South Carolina Employment Security Commission.
Douglas Early urges readers to turn from past hurts and regrets and press forward into the new year. He cites biblical examples such as Lot's wife and Saint Paul, stressing facing forward with maturity and avoiding lingering grudges or bitterness.
Mrs. Arthur Miller reports a parakeet in Milwaukee that not only asks for beer but drinks it as well. The owner described the unusual pet behavior and its brewery friendly appetite.
A dense slate lists programs across channels from 6:00 pm to 11:15 pm including City Detective Footlight Theatre Death Valley Days News broadcasts and NBC Nightly News. Highlights feature Sir Lancelot Stanley Can Do R Montgomery Music for Your New Year’s Eve and Weather Sports updates. The lineup continues with classic shows such as The Great Gildersleeve I Spy Danny Thomas and Burns and Allen alongside boxing and telethons.
Channel line up lists programs from noon to sign off with Rose Parade coverage from Pasadena and major college bowls including Cotton Bowl Texas Christian vs Syracuse and Sugar Bowl Baylor vs Tennessee. Evening fare features Westerns comedies Broadway programs and sports updates with News Weather and sports wrap.
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