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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1962
Page
4
Telegraphing the publication details shows a 1962 Winchester Virginia paper with editor and staff names, postal information, and subscription rates for carrier, motor route, and mail options. The fragment includes date Friday July 13 1962 and distribution notes.
A Senate subcommittee report warns of a Soviet oil attack aimed at dominating world petroleum outlets. Russia floods markets below cost to undermine Western economies, with expansion in 1950–1960 production and exports cited as evidence of the threat.
The article recalls Major Donald K. Slayton among the first seven astronauts chosen in 1959. A heart flutter leads NASA to permanently ground him despite medical assurances of a healthy life. Fellow astronauts express sympathy, but support the prudent decision.
From The Star Files ten years ago a party hosted by Miss Audrey Stultz Miss Eleanor Sum mel and Mrs F W Perry honored Mrs Charles Pine Jr. Allied raids had smashed Pongyang with 1400 tons of bombs. An AP dispatch from London said Western papers welcomed Eisenhower securing the Republican nomination. The Communists dissented.
Twenty five years ago in 1937 Senator Joseph T. Robinson Democratic leader since 1922 and Roosevelt’s chief Senate adviser died suddenly of a heart attack at his Washington home. Betty June Gearing returned home from Atlantic City and Washington where she visited her aunt Mrs R G Spiker. The Kernstown Methodist Church class Onward and Upward met at Mrs Jessie Cammer’s home with Mrs Harry Steele as assistant hostess.
In London at the Surrey commercial docks more than 1,300 people clashed as strikers tried to storm the docks and seize strike breakers. Scores were injured on both sides amid the unrest. Also noted, John Larrick arrived home in Chambersville after a six month stay in Cunic Florida, and Secretary of State Knox told the British Embassy the U S would not delay Senate action on the Panama Canal bill despite British objections to free use by American vessels.
Daily Meditation by Earl L. Douglas reflects on unavoidable troubles in life as part of destiny. The piece argues these trials come under God's command or permission, while God remains loving and watches over us, shaping character for eternal fellowship with Him.
U.S. analysis and Soviet signals warn of growing Chinese famine and unrest as 700 million people suffer daily calories shortfall. Officials note army mobilization, family relief measures, and potential shifts toward or against communist leadership amid looming internal collapse.
In a humor piece HAL Boyle imagines choosing to be reborn as a cat, praising a cat life as carefree and unlaboring. He contrasts feline independence with human duties and shares envy of his wife’s cat, Lady Dottie, who rules the household with a nap and appetite for beef kidney. He jokes about a future life as a cat and learning to enjoy chopped beef kidney.
Dr Burton H. Fern explains chronic cervicitis as a lingering infection of the womb neck that can block fertility and cause pelvic pain. Treatments include identifying the germ, potential hormone use, scar trimming, warm baths, and careful medical management to restore regularity.
A humorous tale of two expatriates navigating strict American real estate rules in Washington DC. They flub etiquette, provoke higher prices, and defy norms by wooing sellers and even escaping a closing with a midnight note. Their agent admonishes them to buy by the book, yet they persist in pursuit of a home.
The United States announced its 27th nuclear test and second in two days, dropping a device from a plane near Christmas Island in the low megaton range, equating to one to several million tons of TNT.
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