Winchester Evening Star 1960 Front Page Note
The Winchester Evening Star edition from July 18 1960 lists staff and advertising contacts, city office details, and national representation. It includes a religious verse from I John 2 15 and a short moral message as part of the page header.
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Winchester Evening Star
Mohawk
F. Byrd, JR
J. D.koontz
RUFUS
Pia
Eugene Miller
Er National
Gallagher-DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Associated Press
International Crisis and U.N. Congo Involvement
The United Nations Security Council approves sending troops to the Congo to restore order, with Dag Hammarskjold selecting forces from small African nations. Russia and Congolese factions push propaganda, Belgium agrees to withdraw as UN forces take control, and concerns about self rule highlight national readiness. The piece also notes past municipal finance strains, census impacts on aid, and long running Veterans Agency pensions with unlikely ages.
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United Nations Security Council
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
United States
United Nations
Royal Crown team leads city softball standings
Ten years ago in 1950 The Royal Crown team moved into first place. Handley school sent delegates Miss Sue Sowers Miss Mary Martha Risenberg and Ronald S Wilson Jr and Charles Robertson to Girls and Boys State at VPI. Mr and Mrs Armistead Mann of Randalls town Maryland were guests of Mrs George Taylor on Fairmont Avenue.
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Royal Crown
Sue Sowers
Mary Martha Risenberg
Ronald S. Wilson, Jr
Charles Robertson
VPI
Handley School
Armistead Mann
Randallstown
George Taylor
Fairmont Avenue
Laughing Horse Outwits Farm Buyer at Auction
A farmer narrator braves a seller’s jibe and buys a Percheron at a Nokesville auction. A stubborn horse pins his toe during a leg test, leaving him limping as the crowd lingers and the animal seems to mock his farming claim.
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Nokesville Way
U. S. Mint
Old Dominion
Miriam
Billy
Municipal local government finances rise in FY end June 30
The Wall Street Journal reports local governments spent about $31.8 billion in the year ending last June 30, up 10 percent from the prior year, while revenues totaling $30 billion rose 8 percent. Officials note debt levels remained high as they review the fiscal outlook.
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Wall Street Journal
Daily Meditation on Purpose Through Pain and Keats
A meditation argues there is purpose behind all events including mistakes and sorrow. It cites Keats who died young and endured physical suffering, noting his literary contribution arose from his hardship and that the world’s course remains under divine care.
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Keats
Vale of Tears and Soulmaking
Earl L. Douglass argues that suffering and hardship form the core of schooling for the soul. He contends that life’s pains shape diverse souls crafted from God’s essence and that earthly riches or happiness are not the purpose of life.
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God
Debt peaks at 29 billion as 1935 closes
The federal debt rose past 29 billion dollars in 1935. Mrs C W Schimbbe and Mrs spent the day with friends at Indian Lodge near Hayfield. Miss Dorothy Ewing returned from New York after attending the International Dance Congress.
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C. W. Schimbbe
Indian Lodge
Hayfield
Dorothy Ewing
New York
Sheriff Appointment and Local Social Notes 1910
Fifty years ago John Silver was appointed by Frederick County Court to succeed the late C H Purcell as sheriff. Miss Ella Cockayne hosted Miss Lida G Taylor of Pittsburg Pa at Willow Mere near town. Ridings Chapel YPCA elected delegates for the Harrisonburg convention with Howard Grim and Misses Vada Cougill and Emma Kline.
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John Silver
Frederick County
C. H. Purcell
Ella Cockayne
Willow Mere
Lida G. Taylor
Pittsburg
Ridings Chapel
YPCA
Harrisonburg
Howard Grim
Vada Cougill
Emma Kline
1960 Campaign will be roughest in years on Nixon
The 1960 presidential race opens with sharp clashes as Kennedy targets Nixon in his first campaign speech. Johnson backs Kennedy and signals hard lines, while Nixon counters by hitting Democratic voting records and past tactics.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
The Doctor Speaks on Keeping Ulcers Under Control
Dr Herman N Bundesen explains ulcer management through rest and diet. He recommends small meals, bland foods, milk between attacks, orange juice with hot water, and avoiding triggers like stress, coffee, alcohol, spices, and talking about food to reduce acid.
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Herman N. Bundesen
M.D
How's Your I Q 100 Questions Quiz
A quiz feature lists daily scores and IQ bands from 9 or 10 correct as Memory Genius to 1 for answers. It then presents ten trivia questions including military medals, baptism, grafted roses, city meaning brotherly love, Harriet Lane, an Irish province and overcoat, a crowded east coast city on three islands, burglar as verb, blueprint line color, and Bible meaning.
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Saul
Harriet Lane
White House
Ireland
Figures Prove Fathers Are Busiest Men on Earth
The piece humorously accounts for a father's day by totaling hours in a year. After sleep work family duties travel and shopping are subtracted from 8760 hours, leaving about five hours of free time. The narrator notes the final hours are consumed by taxes and daily chores in the modern busy life.
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New York
Daddy-O
Father
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By Earl L. Douglass
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