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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
4
The notice discusses a proposed social security tax increase totaling eight tenths of a percent split between employers and employees on wages up to 4,800, with commentary on inflation and benefits. A fashion note humorously explains a new scented necktie and jokes about senses and common sense.
At the American Medical Association convention in New York doctors condemned delays between discovery and clinical use. They stressed prompt access to new cures and treatments for patients while maintaining opposition to socialized medicine and government controls.
The government may accept contributions toward the federal debt under a new law as the total nears 300 billion dollars. Slogans for a drive appear, including The debt you pay may be your own, though questions arise about whether such gifts would return funds to taxpayers.
Congress approves legislation increasing Social Security payments to 4.4 million people. Employers and employees will fund the rise, adding $7 to the minimum monthly benefit and boosting widow checks to 82.5 percent of the insured worker’s benefit. The bill allows retirement at 62 with lower benefits and eases eligibility to cover about 160,000 more workers.
A meditation on God�s schedule guiding events from Israel�s exodus to Moses and the prophets, the sending of St Paul, and the timely rise of leaders like Columbus, highlighting a divine plan unfolding when the moment arrives.
Text appears as an uncertain religious meditation by Earl L. Douglas. It references God's timing and Jesus Christ, with unclear context and incomplete phrases.
Senator Dirksen of Illinois warns against fiscal overreach as he predicts a five billion dollar federal deficit for the next fiscal year. He quips he hopes lunar dynamics will not become dynamic lunacy and says the budget is nearly in orbit.
The Star files recall 1951 reports of William N. Oatis on trial in Communist Czechoslovakia accused of leading a spy network. Also noted is Virginia Senator Byrd Jr in Frankfurt after a Berlin drive and a Stephens City hen laying an oversized egg weighing four and three quarters ounces.
Twenty five years ago in 1936 Governor Peery announced the reappointment of J Frank Wysner of Pulaski and Wade H Massie of Rappahannock county to four year terms on the State Highway commission. A tornado hit Archibald Louisiana killing one and injuring five. Winchester stores planned full closing Friday July 3 and open until 10 PM Saturday July 4.
John J. Kiger cashier of the Farmers Bank The Plains traveled to the city to visit his mother Mrs. Belle Kiger on West Cecil Street. Eight people died in a building collapse in Buffalo New York. Mrs L G Bowers of Lima Ohio sang a solo at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday morning. Rev C D Taylor was pastor there.
In wartime 1776 Philadelphia boy John Trottman and companion West join the Continental Navy on the Andrea Doria. They serve while the ship delivers supplies to St Eustatius and carries the Declaration to the Dutch governor amid tensions with the British and Dutch authorities.
Dr. Burton H. Fern explains how alcohol alters brain and spinal control, noting that injury illness or drugs slow executive brain cells, reducing coordination and boosting risk. He warns drinks on an empty or city stomach worsen effects and that cocktails cannot replace anesthesia.
A fragmented quiz item lists ten questions on intelligence and general knowledge. It includes true false items about hunting rifle carriage, Hispaniola’s name origin, completing a proverb, Senate presidency when the VP is absent, a body of water near Baja California, David’s weapon against Goliath, Potsdam’s German suburb status, the European Civil War with Communists, Liberia’s coast location, and the origin coin for Spaniel dogs.
A simple guide for serving a restaurant style relish tray with small compartments filled with cream, cottage cheese, spiced fruit, salted nuts, and a mix of green and ripe olives for lunch or supper guests.
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