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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1966

Page

4

Winchester Evening Star Local Press Advertised Rates

The Winchester Evening Star publishes rates and contact details for subscriptions and offices. It lists the staff attributions including Jack F. Davis and Douglas B. O Connell. The notice references national representation Gallagher Delisser Inc and a New York address.

Eugene P. Miller Winchester Nat'l Rep Gallagher-Delisser, Inc East 44Th St New York City

Upgrading the Market Basket Drives True Inflation

The piece argues that rising living costs reflect not only higher prices but changes in the market basket. It notes shifts in consumer goods from 1950 to 1965, with cars, appliances, and services becoming larger and more advanced, influencing the cost of living index.

U.S. Department of Labor

McNamara flags longer Viet Nam conflict and funding needs

In a call for 12.7 billion more spending authority Defense Secretary McNamara warned combat operations may extend into 1967. The piece argues the war will last years, not 18 months, urging Americans to prepare for a long, costly, protracted struggle in Southeast Asia.

Congress Defense Robert McNamara McNamara Viet Nam Southeast Asia U.S Johnson Madison Avenue

Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival elects new officers

T RUSSELL CATHER was elected president of the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival Inc Co P McVicar was elected president of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce for a third term W Alan Peery vice president Andrew Bell secretary for the 20th term and Paul Halderman treasurer Over 300 people attended the President's Ball in the George Washington Hotel ballroom of the hotel city gcc

T. Russell Cather The Shenandoah Valley George Washington Hotel

House passes Flood free schoolbook bill by vote of 46 to 28

The 1916 House of Delegates approves Delegate Flood’s bill providing free schoolbooks by a 46 to 28 vote. An educational lecture at Handley Library by Mark Mellor of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. discussed the complex telephone system. A squadron of 20 Zeppelins with new silent motors haunts Belgium in preparation for an air drive on London.

House of Delegates Flood Handley Library Mark Mellor Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Belgium London

We live on a planet with vast vacant regions

The speaker notes extensive uncultivated areas on Earth and warns that population fears coexist with scientific advances. They urge overcoming ignorance, abandoning long held customs, and expanding use of unused lands to feed all, declaring the current path treason against country, race, and God.

Dear Dr. Chafetz, Please spare schools from drinking lessons

A letter critiques Dr. Morris Chafetz’s proposal to teach alcohol use in schools. It argues the classroom approach is inappropriate, urges focus on core skills, and warns about legal and moral concerns. It cites opposition from PTA president Junnelle Moorhead, Gov. Harold E. Hughes, and psychiatrist Abraham Perlstein.

Morris Chafetz Harvard University Chafetz New York Abraham Perlstein Dr. Chafetz

Golden Market Headlines Not the Blue-Chip Stocks

A stock market feature notes that the ten blue chip stocks AT&T General Motors Standard Oil IBM DuPont Texaco Sears Gulf Eastman Kodak hold a large share of value yet recent losses hit major owners. It highlights the disparity between overall indexes and the small group driving most gains and questions market balance.

NEW York Stock Exchange At&t General Motors Standard Oil General Electric IBM DuPont Texaco Sears Roebuck Gulf Oil Eastman Kodak Fairchild Camera Admiral KLM Airlines Allied Products Lehigh Valley Industries SC ™. Corp Sangamo Electric, Ling Temco-Vought Gulf & Western Industries Burndy Corp Harvard University

Letters raise questions on Hylton Co apartment plan and sewer near homes

Readers press city and county officials over the C D Hylton Co application to build apartments and a sewage plant within 200 feet of Sunnyside homes. A Water Control Board memo questions distances and contamination risk while residents urge action and signatures on a petition. The exchange notes a 1966 Richmond hearing and broader county reapportionment concerns.

C. D. Hylton Co Sunnyside Hylton Co Fay Spring Corps of Engineers Opequon Dam Winchester Red Bud Run Water Control Board Citizens Committee For the Preservation of Richmond

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