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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1962
Page
9
Roberta Lee answers common etiquette questions. She says newborn gifts are nice but not mandatory. a congrats card suffices if unaffordable or distant. She explains proper cup handling, brief polite acknowledgment after purchases, seating for a nontraditional wedding, and guests observing grace.
Lesson in English by W L Gordon defines common word usage and pronunciation errors. It contrasts credible with creditable and explains misspellings such as sheath versus sheathe. The piece urges daily vocabulary growth and highlights the word dearth meaning scarcity or lack.
Tonight on ABC and NBC telecasts a Rifleman episode about an old Army buddy and his mute daughter. NBC features Out of Order with a deranged robberies wave and Keller confession. Thrillers include The Storm on NBC and Henessey on CBS with a precocious girl testing Max Bronsky.
A dense broadcast slate lists shows from Kukla and Ollie at 5 PM through late-night films and news. Notable entries include The Search with Montgomery Clift, The Price Is Right, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke style dramas, and multiple weather and news blocks throughout the evening.
The article notes live TV woes on Sunday with ABC delaying Bing Crosby’s Pebble Beach golf finish due to weather. It details costs of daytime and evening game shows, the Focus adaptation by Arthur Miller, and compares budgets from $2,500 to $140,000 per program, recommending Danny Thomas Show on CBS 9:30.
Svetlana Beriosova became the Royal Ballets first ballerina to speak on stage using a mic and sewn radio during the London premiere of Stravinsky's work. A wiring issue during a vigorous lift left the radio disconnected, prompting her to project from the footlights until reconnected. Critics in London gave mixed reviews of the ballet.
A Manitowoc Wisconsin store clerk, late for work, told her boss she overslept and had trouble starting her car in subzero weather. She exclaimed, I’ve never been so cold, as she doffed her coat and revealed she forgot to wear her skirt.
A short prompt lists ten trivia questions from a vintage IQ style test. Topics include pitchblend radium production, number sequences, fish emitting black liquid, cattle teeth, lowest U S postage stamp, presidential salutes, the ugly duckling’s transformation, senate term length, author of The Last of the Mohicans, and Knute Rockne’s associated university.
Denzel Goodwin set weeds on his Howard Colorado ranch ablaze. The flames destroyed 4600 bales of hay, his entire winter forage. Friends later brought trucks loaded with hay, adding about 50 tons to barns and sheds.
A compact puzzle list presents across clues including Mexican house biblical name lukewarm and shooting marble with down entries such as girl name or heathen images. The full set blends generic terms with culture references in a standard newspaper crossword format.
A Dear Abby column fragment discusses a wife suspecting her husband of infidelity and changes in his behavior. Other letters touch on aging, looking young, and a scheduling dispute over Sunday dinner guests with advice on handling pushy relatives.
The Frederick County Home Demonstration Agent’s schedule for January 22 to 27 lists multiple HDC meetings with listed hosts at East Frederick Belleview Avenue Round Hills Friendly Grove and Stonewall areas, plus Rural Areas Development and business project sessions at War Memorial Building Farmers and Merchants Bank and local schools. All clubs will hold demonstrations on their own meals.
Diio L. Toffenetti, 72, who started as a bus boy and dishwasher and built a chain of six Chicago restaurants plus establishments in Times Square and St. Petersburg, Florida, died Tuesday apparently of a heart attack. Born in Italy, he came to the United States in 1910.
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