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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
4
Classified line shows postal details and pricing for subscriptions and delivery. Includes contact numbers H D Koontz and F Davis, publishers, and distribution notes. Indicates periodical distribution and mailing arrangements for Winchester area.
The article argues for standardized traffic signs and contrasts federal overreach with state led guidelines. It notes 47 states adopting the Bureau of Public Roads standards, 44 replacing nonuniform signs, and cites Sweden’s plan to drive on the right with a $66 million cost and gradual speed limits. It highlights benefits for motorists and tourism, while acknowledging necessary infrastructure changes.
From The Star Files ten years ago 1953 Miss Rebecca Ann Ashby of Berryville was to represent Virginia in the 21st National Howard Stotler was guest of honor at a
President Roosevelt urged Congress for millions to build defense as world peace threatened. Winchester Mayor Dr. Charles R. Anderson hospitalized with pneumonia. Racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer, noted Vanderbilt Cup winner, killed in a Frankfurt race on the Main Darmstadt road.
In 1913 a Turkish Army commander leads a new uprising with Mahmond Shexket Pasha at the helm. M. G. O'Brien of Berryville reports bad luck when his horse drops dead while harnessed to his buggy. Mr and Mrs 8 A Shiner host their grandson Jack Widmyer of Martinsburg visiting.
The piece extols originality, citing examples like a professor turning down a high salary to remain at a Negro college and the Wright brothers whose innovation was ignored by their hometown papers. It urges readers to prize and nurture originality in themselves and others and to support original thinkers even at personal cost.
Washington analysis questions a three year tax cut for 42 million taxpayers earning 5000 to 10000 dollars yearly. A married couple with two children could save about 81 dollars per year, roughly 1.56 per week, but new social security tax and rising state local levies shrink the benefit. The piece argues deficits and inflation risks could erase gains, urging policy focus on boosting business income and legitimate growth rather than small tax cuts.
HAL BOYLE notes simple pleasures come from tiny experiences. The columnist recalls finding a note from an old fiancé in a neighbor's drawer a dentist's reassurance about new teeth and summer fireflies. He highlights mornings before dawn, a loved one's greeting, a successful spelling test, and first seasonal treats as moments of human glory.
Fragmented garbled text cites James Marlow on Cuba missiles and Khrushchev era tensions. Mentions Adenauer, Russia, and Germany with references to Italy and France as part of a broader postwar power context.
Dr Harry J Johnson discusses the role of faith in well being and limits of medical intervention. He argues doctors ease pain but cannot cure all, urging readers to adopt faith as a core part of life to sustain hope and resilience beyond medicine.
A list of public quiz prompts asks about fate of John, literacy rates, Isle location, US Siam diplomacy, top English language, racial questions, parts of speech, radio commentators, and the Sultan of Swat, reflecting era tone and curious trivia.
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