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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1969
Page
4
The page lists contact numbers for news and advertising in Winchester, Virginia, with staff roles including General Manager and Executive Editor Jack F. Davis, News Editor Eugene P. Miller, and Managing Editor Douglas B. O Connell. Subscription prices appear for city and mail delivery, with annual rates and regional variants.
The article notes a bicycle revival with sales rising from 3.6 million in 1960 to an expected 8.4 million this year, driven by exercise and youth adoption amid urban congestion. It also reports Peru Chile and Ecuador planning July talks in Buenos Aires with the United States over Pacific fishing rights, 12 mile limit disputes, and U.S. military sales bans shifting recently to ease tensions.
Biologists in Canada and the United States revive the endangered whooping crane population. A new chick hatched at the San Antonio zoo joins seven eggs from Wood Buffalo National Park. Captive birds total 25, wild population about 50, with a stocking plan to boost freedom in coming years.
Henry S. Burley of Poor House Road is Frederick County Dog Warden, to check licenses, handle livestock and fowl claims, and pick up stray dogs. The Opequon Saddle Club hosts a western horse show at Frontier Park with free admission, while a public hearing on Interstate 81 corridor location between Stephens City and Woodstock is set in Strasburg by the State Highway Dept on Aug. 19.
In Sunnyside Elmer H Lauck is stationed in Italy after enlisting in February 1943 following work at Winchester Woolen Mill. Air Medal awarded to 1st Lt Bentley Kern for meritorious achievement on bombardment missions. O Sullivan Rubber Co elected James N Mason as vice president and manager of manufacturing and J I Rose as vice president and assistant general manager.
A woman trapped between a subway car and platform is freed by a practical middle aged man who organized bystanders to hold the door and shift weight to move the car. Fifty to a hundred strangers acted together in a crisis to save a life with calm efficient action.
J Edgar Hoover reports a strong New Left movement of young people aiming to overturn the government. FBI notes campus seizures destruction of property and armed violence disrupted 225 colleges in 1968 1969 with over 3 million dollars in damage and more than 4000 arrests linked to Students for a Democratic Society.
Patty Duke, at 22 and 15 years in show business, seeks adult parts after a long child star career. She discusses size, film work in Me Natalie, plans to move to Manhattan, family background, Oscar win at 16, and her views on parenting and balance between ambition and personal life.
A Chronicle essay reflects on the moon through poetry and science, urging NASA and the public to resolve long standing moon myths. The piece blends quotes from Shakespeare Byron and Noyes and ends noting the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts borrowed 2,100 works last year for exhibitions.
Reader questions cover fading freckles with hydroquinone and avoiding sun, keratosis versus age spots, elbow brace for bursitis not aiding shoulder, encephalitis clarification, and ESTINYL use for menopausal symptoms. Dr Brandstadt notes limitations on individual responses and invites general-interest questions.
A historical quiz listing ten questions on world geography and general knowledge with multiple choice prompts. Items cover Haiti’s gourde country, Port au Prince, largest continent, coffee imports, race horse directions, Georgia capitals, hematology, Italy surrender year, Jai Alai, and lighter materials.
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