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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1962
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star notes readership expansion with Sunday edition reaching over 45 000 readers via telephones and press contacts while listing executive editor and offices. Post office and national representation details accompany rate card information for subscriptions.
The Wall Street Journal notes home computers are being drafted to act as a central headquarters for vital records. A home machine could handle tax, medical history, banking, bills, and family matters, but the computer’s usefulness depends on the owner's input and judgment.
The Population Reference Bureau predicts a rise in young grandmothers if current trends continue with early marriage and child birth. Dr. Robert Cook notes many brides are under 20 and first children in the teens, shaping social and economic impacts.
A Pole and an Australian race ends in disqualification for interference. The Pole protests with Russians backing the move, while the Polish team withdraws. A Russian aide claims the Australian was the poor sport, suggesting concession would make us heroes.
The D558-2 Skyrocket, hailed as the hottest plane in the free world, reportedly hit 1 238 miles per hour per U S Navy Secretary Dan A Kimball. Iranian Premier Mossadegh resigns amid a clash with Shah Reza Pahlavi as Parliament prepares to select a successor. The Robinson Slonaker and De Haven couples traveled by car to Hershey Pennsylvania for a day trip.
25 Years Ago report lists Harry F. Dieck man J. Walden Resseguie B. F. Davis Jr J. S. Goode and George L. Brashears honored for the session. Henry T. Goode Charles Shewbridge and J. Kenneth Rush depart for Chicago to represent the club at Lions International convention. Miss Cathleen Thompson of Clarke County visits Miss Dora Grim in the city.
Fifty years ago in 1912 Maynard McCauley a city employee was badly hurt after a tree being cut down toppled on him. Charles L. Bowly sent invitations for a stag party at Willow Lawn the home of his mother in law Mrs Annie R Hack. Frederick County farmers reported good crops after harvest.
The essay argues intelligence varies by birth and effort, noting some born with lower or higher IQ. It praises steady study and lifelong work, recounting a once-defective youth who, through discipline, became a licensed professional and lived usefully. Mediocrity can yield greatness with persistent effort.
Henry J. Taylor reports Dr. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in a Los Angeles dialogue with Henry Mayers on Cold War policy. The exchange challenges the idea of an operational science of political warfare and questions how to counter Communist political activity abroad.
A reader in New Jersey sends a poem titled Memories of an Old Woman about an aunt in Timber Ridge near Gore, recalling family roots. A second letter counters a July 12 editorial by listing historic Virginia politicians and questions party change, signed by D Wampler Barman, Harrisonburg, Va.
A terse aphorism set critiques how opposition always deems actions wrong and how victory remains out of reach despite efforts. The lines imply the futility of arguing and the difficulty of achieving lasting resolution.
Frank Turner won reelection as a Tulsa justice of the peace. He faced no opposition in the Democratic primary and had no Republican challenger.
Dear readers ask about radium dial dangers and whether tritium is a hazard. Dr. Burton H. F. explains most tritium stays locked in watches and sunny exposure can clean germs. Additional inquiries cover bee sting allergy, fever sweating causes, and migraine symptoms with treatment tips.
A fragment describing a 100 question IQ test with a 10 day plan. It outlines scoring bands from memory genius to good and hints at turning to page 2 for answers. It lists ten sample questions about rivers in North America bark of a South American tree Eisenhower Khayyam eagle dollar seals and notable names.
Art Buchwald argues for abolishing income taxes and taxing the government instead. He suggests real estate taxes on federal buildings, a turnover tax on foreign aid, and various levies on government operations to fund public needs without taxing individuals.
In Barberton Ohio a 19 year old Dean Blaser tried to ride out a car with a stuck accelerator as brakes failed and the vehicle crashed into a tree. Police noted the simple remedy was to turn off the ignition to stop the danger.
Roger L. Stevens, a leading Broadway producer, is named general administrator in a reorganization of the Actors Studio. He joins Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford in supervision of the new project to stage plays on Broadway with the first production Marathon 33 by June Havoc scheduled.
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