Winchester Evening Star Billing and rates page data
A ledger style newspaper page lists staff names and roles including JACK F. DAVIS as General Manager and Executive Editor H. D. KOONTZ as Business Manager EUGENE MILLER as Managing Editor. It also shows subscription prices for carriers motor routes by year six months and one month with regional add ons and postage details.
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Jack F. Davis
H. D. Koontz
Eugene Miller
W.va
Uslatete B
Sheriff races dominate Virginia Democratic primaries
Across 42 counties 29 had sheriff contests while only 13 saw contests for commissioner of the revenue or commonwealth attorney. In Frederick County the sheriff race pitted incumbent Robert L. DeHaven against David A. Fahnestock. nearby Warren saw the incumbent Francis W. Slaughter defeated and Loudoun County hosted a five way sheriff bid.
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Virginia
Commissioner of the Revenue
Commonwealth Atorney
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
David A. Fahnestock
Warren
Francis W. Slaughter
Loudoun County
Winchester Frederick County drive chairman named
The Star Files recalls 1953 events with Congressman Burr P Harrison chosen to chair the 1958 Winchester Frederick County Community Chest drive as a reflection on wartime and regional needs.
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Burr P. Harrison
Winchester- Frederick County
Public Health Service marks long span amid major program
In 1938 the U S Public Health Service neared 140 years yet kept the milestone quiet while pursuing its largest program for disease study and control. German agency notes Czech troop mobilizations across a 65 mile front from Troppau to Trautenau. Local social day trip to Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs described with several residents named.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Waldenburg
Silesia
Troppau
Trautenau
Blood poisoning from rooster spur in Virginia man
Fifty years ago in 1913 William Vess of below Basie City on Winchester Road suffered blood poisoning after a rooster spur pierced his forearm. The item is from the Valley Virginian via The Star. Mrs. William Grove and her son left Winchester for Pocomoke City to stay weeks. News notes also mention Secretary Bryan's $12,000 salary, remarking that he must lecture to live decently, shocking Washington.
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William Vess
Basie City
Winchester Road
Vess
Valley
Virginian
Star
William Grove
Winchester
Pocomoke City
Maryland
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Mr. Bryan
Daily Meditation on Quarreling and Peace
Earl L. Douglas reflects that domestic squabbles and petty disputes cause more daily misery than war. He urges counting to ten before speaking and finding personal restraint to reduce conflict at home and in life.
Administration and Cambridge crisis weight on Federal troops
In a reflective column, the author questions why federal troops were sent to Oxford, Mississippi, to preserve order during James Meredith’s integration, yet not to Cambridge Maryland where racial clashes and shootings have persisted. The piece critiques executive action, states’ rights, and the handling of nonviolent demonstrations amid rising violence.
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Washington
Mississippi
United States
Cambridge
Oxford
Miss
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
University
Department of Justice
Maryland
New York City
Eee
Kennedy
New York Times
Medger Evers
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Alabama
Mail Piles Up With Age Says Hal Boyle
The aging speaker notes mail volume grows with years and bank notices while worthwhile letters dwindle. Young workers get loan asks and vacation fantasies, middle age receives investment schemes, tax refunds become rare, and after 65 mail largely dries up as regular payroll ends.
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New York
Daily Mail
Peace Corps
Judgment Begins At God's House, The Truth And Its Life
A sermon-like note draws on I Peter 4 17 urging readers to live the truth they know or face strict judgment. It emphasizes accountability for believers who fail to live up to their best knowledge.
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Lathrop
New York
House of God
Peter
Invention on Traffic Jams by Luther Markin
A terse verse notes the irony of hurry and worry as traffic in front moves while the speaker remains stuck in his own lane. The quatrain ends with a wry reflection on stalled progress.
Art Thieves Face Unemployment Crisis in Underworld
In Washington a convicted art thief describes a collapse in the art crime market. He says many colleagues have left the business for jewels and furs, with some turning to stick‑up work as unemployment rises. He claims a new Cultural Foundation to Encourage Thefts could boost museum publicity and artist careers.
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Tosti Ty
California
Monte Carlo
Cultural Foundation
Fom
Measles and Polio Vaccines Highlight Medical Progress
Dr. Lester L. Coleman explains measles as a serious disease despite its childhood image and lauds Dr. Enders for a measles vaccine. He notes polio vaccines by Salk and Sabin as pivotal, urges balanced evaluation, and praises both scientists for immunization goals.
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John Enders
Jonas Salk
Albert Sabin
Dr. Salk
Dr. Sevn
United States Public Health Service
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East 44Th St
New Crusade
Public Service Commission
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PSC
Lathrop Telephone Company
Cross
Mr. Cross
Alexander Graham Bell
Cross T. Cross
Cross Company
Booth Tarkington
Daniel Defoe
Tennyson
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
East Central
William Schneider
H. B. Williams
H. M. Carbaugh
Nettie Carbaugh
Shrine Mont
Orkney Springs
Earl L. Douglas
Ates
By David Lawrence
U.S
Maryland National Guard
National
Hal Boyle
Keen
Sahara Desert
Middle East
Markin Time
Luther Markin
Art Buchwald
Jay Mea Vywaren
Liam Miller
Miller
Ple
Prado
Lester L. Coleman
Grandma
U. S
I.Q
Paneer
Enrico
Christopher Columbus
Pershing
Grant
Lee
Sherman
Madeira
Sigma Chi
Shanghai
China
Hawaii
Philippines
Ecue
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