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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1963
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star shows staff roles for General Manager and executives, with city mailing address and national reps. Subscription rates are listed for Carter motor route, independent motor route dealers, and mail options by year six months and one month.
The Northrop X 21A tests reveal laminar flow control with tiny wing slits to reduce friction drag by up to 80 percent. Early trials show potential speed and range gains though cost estimates reach 20 150 billion dollars over decades. Officials see military needs and gradual metric shifts shaping future aviation.
The article notes advocates emphasize powers of ten in metric measures for easier commerce and industry. It discusses limited metric adoption in the United States and ongoing debates over standardization.
Maurice J. Tobin, former U S secretary of labor, ex Massachusetts governor and two time Boston mayor, died of a heart attack at his Scituate home at age 62. Thousands of Japanese were rescued as floodwaters caused a second major disaster in three weeks. A 1C Philip Grim Jr of Boyce named Outstanding Airman for June at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio.
25 Years Ago 1938 Mr and Mrs Oliver Iselin entertained at a dinner party at their home in honor of Mrs McGee Tyson. Mrs James Sawyer Miss Mary Bell Sawyer and Miss Betty Jean Cochran returned home after a week in Washington. Decca Gilmer of Charlottesville spent several days with Miss Mary Scully. Scully and Gilmer were roommates at Sweet Briar.
In 1913 the Winchester Baseball Club organized by Rev. W. D. Smith and coached by R. Y. Conrad defeated the Equity Company team of Martinsburg by a goose egg. William B. Wagner joined his father at a Wagner family reunion in Watsontown Pennsylvania while Miss Meta Grim and Miss Virginia Kurtz stayed in Strasburg with Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Chiles for several weeks.
The piece argues true success lies in mastering life itself not just one talent. It urges choosing right over wrong at personal cost, keeping calm amid turmoil, and continuing faith despite uncertainty. Individual success varies. be yourself and pursue personal integrity.
The Florida Supreme Court ruled two white or two Black adulterers face lighter penalties than mixed races, prompting debate on equal protection. The U S Supreme Court may hear the challenge, tracing to Pace v Alabama and broader civil rights questions.
A brief quoted reflection from Luther Markin suggests that arranging a plan could save time and labor, with each person able to help their neighbor in solving problems.
HAL Boyle lists imagined life goals that require luck or time to fulfill. Dreams include running a Timbuktu motel, serving in the Foreign Legion, finding an oilfield under the Empire State Building, becoming a U.S. senator, and other playful ambitions.
A reflective biblical verse on patience leads to a stream of personal daydreams. The narrator lists fanciful aims from courting love on an island to buying a golf course and selling brassieres, ending with questions about others’ dreams.
An AP report outlines four unsettled questions about the civil rights fight as of June. Will escalating demonstrations stay peaceful around Washington and nationwide. Can Congress pass a meaningful civil rights law. If not, how will Black Americans express discontent. President Kennedy cautions against violent tactics and urges peaceful, productive action.
Dr Lester L Coleman outlines MS basics including cause symptoms and age group. He notes MS is not contagious and discusses research, potential factors, and rehabilitative therapies under NIH guidance, highlighting patient resilience and ongoing scientific optimism.
An IQ style quiz offers ten days of questions with scoring brackets from Memory Genius to Good. It lists sample prompts such as recognition of common law marriage, the alligator pear, Damascus, WWII nicknames, completing proverbs, mineral foods, the Big Inch project, seven oceans, and Juliette Low’s organization.
Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to broaden exchange of television and radio programs and to interchange camera teams in a move aimed at expanding cultural broadcasts and news coverage between the two nations.
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