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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1969
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star daily paper notes January 15 1969 with staff listings and rates. Advertising numbers provided along with a general manager and editors. Subscription costs shown for Virginia and West Virginia delivery and outside state options.
A weekly gauge suggests about 40 million Americans have colds at peak season, with children most affected. Colds are not a single infection but many pathogens causing coughs and sniffles. Rest, avoiding fatigue, and limiting exposure to crowded indoor spaces can reduce risk, though contagion remains the primary cause.
Driving requires focused mental effort and adherence to traffic laws. Recklessness and distracted minds cause most accidents, so drivers must guard passengers and stay alert to protect everyone on the highway.
The report notes Americans smoked a billion fewer cigarettes in 1968 than 1967, the first drop since 1964. The decline is tiny, possibly influenced by higher state taxes, while total U.S. cigarette sales still rise by over 60 billion annually. It underscores that quitting is harder than never starting.
The piece notes that Englishmen pick their own cravats while North Americans rely on wives and relatives to buy most neckties. It cites British manufacturers who say Britons buy about three ties a year, versus Americans receiving 12 and Canadians ten annually, highlighting cross country fashion habits.
M. H. Rhodes was re elected president of the Middletown State Bank with E. M. Funk as vice president and secretary, E. L. Hume ston as vice president, and W. R. Campbell as cashier. Loryn Crabill elected captain of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. John Richardson of Fairfield bought 82 acres near Kernstown for $100 an acre. A 82 acre farm along the Valley Pike near the B and O Railroad at Kernstown sold to Ray Robinson for $165 an acre, part of the Stayman farm.
The piece argues that youth drug use threatens national life, urging parents to avoid compromise with any habit forming drugs. It cites ex addicts as proof of bondage and misery and warns experimentation leads to character disintegration and despair.
Writer argues America faces a politics flawed by gradualism and risk, urging swift action from a new administration. He cites Vietnam strategy, labor influence, and a rising crime wave, calling for courage by the attorney general to restore order and economic discipline.
Joyful events fill the year from Give Your Girl a Pearl Day to National Laugh Week and American Comedy Week. National Wildlife Week runs March 16–22, with many quirky observances including Frozen Potato Month and National Pickle Week. The piece blends light holiday trivia and a 1960s quiz on presidents and politics.
A letter argues that public colleges have deteriorated due to vested faculty interests and administration. It advocates making state institutions self supporting with students paying full costs, plus a revolving loan fund and liberal scholarships, while federal aid shifts to loans and scholarships and public money ends for institutions themselves.
A column of wry Aphorisms contrasts wise men who share prejudices with the reader. The piece offers playful lines about cautious crossing, windfall apples, and an optimist who eats unseen fruit in the dark.
Wayne Brandstadt M D discusses how colors influence mood, noting red hues excite while violet calm, with effects stronger in nervous individuals. Blue walls suggested for dining and sleeping rooms, and the piece also includes Q A on tapeworm symptoms and treatment and on side effects of trichlormethazide.
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