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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1962
Page
4
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The Senate Finance Committee weighs Kennedy's tax program with three provisions. Withholding on dividends is deemed unwise and unworkable, the seven percent investment credit is seen as a selective subsidy, and taxing overseas earnings is favored for closing tax havens while preserving growth. The paper endorses overseas taxation but opposes the other two measures.
Earl L. Douglas describes alarming U S crime rates with quotes from J Edgar Hoover noting violent crime and auto theft. He warns youth criminal activity is a major factor but urges alarm without discouragement and calls for united action to solve the problem within fifty years.
Henry J. Taylor examines famed wartime propagandists from Tokyo Rose to Lord Haw Haw, tracing their seductive voices and secret knowledge that fed enemy aims. He notes Rose's postwar studios in Japan, Berlin’s Jane Anderson, and the chilling reach of Moscow Molly and Joyce, the Brooklyn-born Lord Haw Haw, hanged in 1946.
A reflective piece on father son dynamics and discipline through a board of education metaphor, contrasting work and play, duty and guidance, in a nostalgic voice.
Senator Harry F. Byrd defeated Col. Francis Pickens Miller for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. The Navy reported the destroyer Southerland was hit four times in a duel with enemy shore batteries off Korea's east coast, leaving eight enlisted crewmen with minor injuries. Mrs. Robert Harrison entertained in honor of her husband on his birthday.
Twenty five years ago Wendell Goode was elected commander of the Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion succeeding E. C. Parker who served two terms. The Pennsylvania Railroad passenger station at Boscawen and Stewart Streets was torn down after about 47 years. W Nelson Page of Winchester began his second term as president of the Virginia chapter National Association of Postmasters.
John O. Marsh of Strasburg won the Democratic primary in Virginia’s 7th District to succeed retiring Rep. Burr P. Harrison. Marsh, praised as capable and intelligent, argues for smaller national government and greater state and local control amid concerns about international communism. He backed a statewide security program in Richmond and funded early steps to launch the plan.
In 1912 The Star praised Winchester firemen for devotion to duty as their historic and prosperous present thrilled residents. Also noted is Senator Lorimer’s 56 to 28 expulsion from the Senate for corrupt election. Syracuse runner Reidpath won the Stockholm Olympic 400 meters in 48.1 seconds.
Dr Burton H. Fern promotes belly and sit-up routines to prevent back injuries. Learn to lift with knees and hips, tighten the abdomen, and begin with one or two reps gradually reaching 10 to 20 as daily practice. Also includes a motivation to stay fit and notes a 10 day memory quiz.
HAL BOYLE reflects on modern life with wry witticisms about monogamy, aging, and everyday quirks. He parallels routines to cows returning home and muses on happiness, risk, and memory in concise aphorisms.
In Tokyo Hayato Ikeda secured a broad mandate to steer Japan with conservative pro American policy. He won re election as Liberal Democratic party president by 391 of 428 votes at the party convention ensuring he remains prime minister with limited internal opposition. Eisaku Sato and Aiichiro Fujiyama withdrew after facing certain defeat.
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