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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1962
Page
4
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The article notes rapid growth of university operated AEC financed national laboratories from 1956 to 1961. It cites Los Alamos, Lawrence Radiation, Argonne, and Brookhaven budgets rising to 29, 52, 43, and 25 million respectively. As private industry takes on refinement, justification for continued government funding may wane.
The article notes civilian federal payrolls exceed 2.4 million, up 77,000 from a year prior, with growth from Eisenhower and Kennedy eras. Oct measures trimmed some jobs, but many had been restored or reallocated. NASA seeks 2,000 scientists and engineers offering up to 21,000 a year.
The Star Files recalls Douglas A. Cather appointed Director of Public Entertainment for the 1952 Apple Blossom Festival. The state reports a rabies outbreak with 48 cases in Virginia versus 3 last year, hitting Warren Fauquier and Loudoun counties the hardest. Winslow Porter becomes president of the local Kiwanis club.
Dowell J. Howard announced W Nelson Page as director of the 1937 relief campaign. The drive seeks ten thousand dollars. Dr Sydney B Hall and educators from Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky visited the White House for a social visit. Jessie Smith of Scotland stayed with Mr and Mrs Jack Smith on Braddock Street.
The Star marks the 100th anniversary of Charles Dickens birth in 1912. Robert W. Smith, son of Deputy County Treasurer Smith, suffers facial injury after a pony kicks him. Woodmen of the World at the Friendship Fire Company bazaar are praised for generous spending.
The seventy third psalm speaks to the prosperity of the wicked and the trials of the righteous. The author seeks understanding, finds it by entering the sanctuary of God, and learns that faith and contemplation begin to shed light on life’s mysteries even as some truths remain beyond reach.
An 1876 plot led by Big Jim Kinealy to kidnap Abraham Lincoln's body failed. Ben Boyd the engraver was jailed for a year in Joliet for conspiring to steal the casket valued at $75. Secret Service agents uncovered the plan and captured the gang in Springfield. Lincoln's memory dominated headlines as the trial unfolded.
In letters to The Star readers advocate naming the junior high after Frederick County and discuss school growth. The writer cites Mrs. Worsley and praises past superintendents Leslie De Kline and Ayler, noting the 5,000 plus enrollment and the shift from six to nine month terms.
The speaker praises Mr. R. E. Aylor as a community and church leader and urges Frederick County to name the new school after him. He emphasizes Aylor’s reputation, service as a Sunday School superintendent, volunteer Bible class teacher, and community standing as justification for the honor.
A meditation on moral health traced to the sustenance believers take from God. The passage suggests spiritual nourishment from divine repasts is available to everyone and shapes character.
Kennedy calls for six billion dollars in federal aid to education to raise a generation able to locate funding sources. Fletcher Knebel notes the aim is to produce self reliant young adults. The piece humorously mentions Bob Kennedy and George Romney as the political scene shifts.
Dear reader, medical guidance explains that hair spray inhalation does not cause tuberculosis though fumes may irritate. Germs cause TB. avoid sanitizing fears and use sprays cautiously if sensitive, with sensible hygiene and medical advice.
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A columnist argues against excessive federal funding of college research. Citing Harvard's large government-reliant income and a 1.9 billion dollar five year total, the piece questions whether deficits justify financing broad studies such as monkey behavior. It suggests some projects belong in private hands to curb Kennedy's red budget.
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