Winchester Evening Star page with rates and staff for 1966
The Winchester Evening Star announces subscription rates and staff details for January 17 1966. It lists editors News Editor Eugene P Miller and executives Jack F Davis Douglas B O Connell and provides rate cards for Virginia, West Virginia and out of state readers.
Making Autos Safer
The piece notes growing interest in auto safety driven by government aims and industry action. It reports that safety features will spread faster, yet driver behavior and model design complicate gains, with penalties for excessive horsepower and uneven adoption of safer devices.
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United States
General Services Administration
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Automobile Organization
Recognizing Inflation and the Rising Price Index
The piece argues the Bureau of Labor Statistics downplays inflation as the Consumer Price Index climbs monthly. It notes October’s rise to a record level, while consumers see a real price increase from $10 to $11.04 since 1957-59, underscoring the perceived inflation.
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U.S. Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Loudoun Street sleet removal by city workers and trucks
About 20 city employees and four trucks cleared sleet and ice from Loudoun Street business section and busy intersections. Widespread closures and hazardous traffic followed drizzling rain turning to freezing for a second day. Power and communications systems were damaged as conditions worsened.
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Loudoun Street
S. C. Brooks
Old
Fredericktown
Comfort in Honest Speech and Life’s Climbs
A reminiscence from a reunion shares a blessing on speaking freely with trusted friends and a view of life’s later years as a steady ascent through toil, joy, and friendship. The piece urges kindness in words and the virtue of enduring companionship.
Discipline on Buses Safeguards Student Transportation
The Frederick County School Board highlights bus safety as the priority of student transport. Misconduct triggers warnings and possible suspensions, with serious acts risking longer bans. Parents may face transport adjustments, but disciplined behavior ensures safe daily rides.
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Une
Not Helpless Before Chinese Nuclear Threat
Defense Secretary McNamara defines Peking A-bomb status and outlines Mao's expanding delivery potential within two to ten years. The piece argues the Viet Nam conflict intersects with this threat and weighs nuclear options against Mao while noting past Eisenhower actions and Cold War dynamics.
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Defense
Robert
McNamara
Peking
United States
Mao
America
Kipling
United States of America
John Fowles Turns Corner of Literary Success
British author John Fowles, former London girls school teacher, rises to prominence with The Collector film adaptation and a Literary Guild January pick. He sold paperback rights for 125000 dollars and is scripting the film. He defends solitary work and links freedom to humanity, critiquing the city as dehumanizing and praising rural life.
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New York
John Fowles
Fowles
London
Man Playing God
The
Literary Guild
Knock-Knees Common In Overweight Children
Wayne Brandstadt explains knock-knees in young children, often from weight, flat feet, or weak inner knee muscles, with natural improvement as they walk. Treatment targets cause, using exercises for flat feet, possible braces after age five, or surgery as a last resort.
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions
A 10 day quiz reports daily scoring bands from Memory Genius to Good. It lists ten sample items with questions about teeth in turtles Mona Lisa grape color fleas and more and invites page two for answers.
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U.S
U.S. Navy
Missouri
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