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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces subscription rates and ordering options for daily and weekly copies with contact details for the business office and news room. Information covers one year six months three months and monthly rates.
The New York Times notes the suspension of two American reporters in Korea has been resolved. General MacArthur has tempered his public information officer Col Marion P.1, easing the furor over censorship and press access.
The article discusses reporters Tom Lambert and Peter Kalischer returning to war coverage and critiques of their disclosures. It argues for disciplined censorship of troop movements, cites defense and wartime policies, and defends press responsibility while resisting sanitizing war reporting. It emphasizes soldiers’ realities and the aim to prevent war spread.
Shipments of life events include the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Franklin, news of Sgt William B Shenk killed in France, and a painting contractor burned by a turpentine blast. Also reported are local residents Brad ford moving in from Penn State and wild beast tracks on the Opequon with three claws per paw.
A clipped Q and A style item listing 10 daily questions on IQ testing and general knowledge. Questions cover governors conference West Virginia languages at the UN Crippen and wireless history Brazil language nursery rhyme character week Labor Day, Lauritz Melchior, and a bird name.
A Haligonian is a native of Halifax Nova Scotia, a major Atlantic port and capital of the province. The phrase links regional identity to the city name.
A set of brief Q and A items covers presidential impeachment for murder treason bribery and other high crimes. It notes impeachment by the House and trial in the Senate. It also gives a 74 000 communist party membership with New York City concentration and compares octopus and giant squid noting the squid has ten arms and the octopus eight.
A short reflective piece discusses a boy learning to walk and the tendency of adults to revert to childish habits. It uses the metaphor of creeping versus walking to illustrate infantilisms and resistance to maturity in human behavior.
The passage argues that both adults and babies find creeping more satisfying, but true satisfaction comes only with walking and emotional maturity gained through persistent effort.
Burma’s aging princes and princesses face high living costs and seek increased royal pensions. Descendants of King Mindon have joined the Burmese Royal Family Association and asked the government for sympathy as they cannot earn livelihoods. Potatoes dug early spoil quickly.
A visitor questioned if the office was for the U.S. Marines or the Reserves. Sgt. Tom Aspen confirmed it was the United States Marines, noting the mixup and the caller’s confusion.
Guards halted traffic on the road near Khor Ong bridge in Upper Nile Province as a wild elephant gave birth on the roadway where the bridge ends, blocking the route. Authorities limited access to the area while the event proceeded.
Rainfall in 24 hours ending 7 am today is .01 inch. July rainfall to date is 4.22 inches and year to date 23.88 inches. Average rainfall over 37 years is 36.56 inches. Monthly averages for 1912–1949 show Jan 2.50, Feb 1.92, Mar 2.86, Apr 3.09, May 3.77, Jun 3.78, Jul 3.81, Aug 3.93, Sep 2.58, Oct 3.34, Nov 2.47, Dec 2.42 inches. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Five years past Mr and Mrs J Few Brown hosted the Dance Club at their home on National Ave Crooked Run at Ninevah overflowed its banks destroying the wheat crop of Joe Miller
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