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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1969
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription prices and mailing options for Virginia and nearby areas as of July 14 1969. The notice includes city carrier and by mail rates for one week six months and one year with separate inland and outside Virginia rates. The paper identifies its staff and general manager and notes advertising and business lines.
As Apollo II prepares to blast off, scientists weigh the chance of dormant lunar microbes returning to Earth and triggering diseases. Experts anticipate lunar soil samples from 21/2 hours on the Moon to test Darwinian ideas of the Moon’s origin while watching for meteoric or volcanic crater sources and unique radial features captured by Apollo missions.
The piece notes that long before Apollo II, science fiction writers imagined lunar travel. It highlights Daniel Defoe and Jules Verne, especially Verne’s 19th century voyage to the moon using a giant cannon from Florida, showing prescience ahead of actual space tech.
The article ponders the 24th anniversary of Japan's surrender ending World War II and notes the drift from public commemoration. It contrasts memories of 1945 with current U.S. involvement abroad, weighing optimism and pessimism about the future and the enduring consequences of the war.
The Star files note Miss Anne Elizabeth Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Jones was appointed instructor in home economics at Juaniata College Hartingdon Pa The piece also mentions the Rev Morris Cather’s installation as president of the Frederick County Ministerial Association and a Winchester BPW meeting led by Mrs Nancy Jones. A diamond bracelet found by Norman Cain appraised at $200 by a local jeweler. The report includes rain ending a drought in Virginia and District of Columbia and a summer school at Sac r ed Heart Church enrolling about 55 children led by Sister Gertrude from Baltimore.
A Fritz Kreisler tale shows a wealthy owner clinging to a violin until he witnesses the artist's gift. The violin belongs to those who can use it, not merely own it. The piece notes inequity in wealth and recalls the adage that to him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away.
Henry J. Taylor notes a Gallup poll placing the United States at the top of favorite nations, with Canada second and Russia fourth, while Europeans show mixed affection and rivalry among themselves, from Britain to the Continent, as he argues about mutual perceptions.
HAL BOYLE notes pedestrians face ten times higher risk crossing wet streets. Auto theft climbs as a leading property crime with over half a million cars stolen yearly. He muses on travel writing fueled by the Orient Express and reflects on health age myths, dental light treatment, and cross European attitudes toward Americans and national stereotypes.
The piece argues that neither the Nixon administration nor Congress is truly idle. It credits the executive with careful, deliberate action and urges Congress to engage directly with public opinion. It calls for broad, informed study groups to guide legislation on crime, education, and poverty amid urban growth challenges.
Dr. Wayne G Brandstadt explains histoplasmosis is not new but uncommon. It results from inhaling soil fungus spores and may recur after heavy exposure, with potential lung scars that do not handicap recovery. Additional Q and A cover joint cracking, infant hemangiomas, newborn vascular moles, snoring and child hearing, plus a quiz section with a breakfast of general knowledge questions.
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