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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1951
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for Major Mete routes and newsstand options, with annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly plans for in-state and out-of-state readers. It also provides office phone numbers for business and news room, and identifies the paper as an Associated Press member.
The Richmond News Leader argues for stricter penalties on repeat drunken driving offenders. A Winchester case shows six convictions with revocation periods allowing return after financial responsibility is shown, prompting calls for lifetime or strict limits to curb dangerous highway behavior.
The ordinance or statute appears to fall short of its makers design, producing outcomes not anticipated by lawmakers. Officials assess compliance and potential revisions to restore intended policy aims and enforceability.
Britain pursues a Shakespeare National Memorial Theater as Queen Elizabeth lays the foundation stone amid unsure funding. The piece argues Shakespearean vitality endures in English life with performances at the Old Vic and Stratford Memorial Theater and cites American admiration for London audiences at Danny Kaye shows.
H. Kirk Dick, 72, a Cedar Grove merchant for 18 years, died en route to Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Elva Lewis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Lewis, Northwestern Grade, underwent an appendectomy in Memorial Hospital and is improving slowly. R. E. Ayler announced that H. Dennis Hoover will head Stephens City School to succeed Paul Beable as principal of the new James Wood school.
Mrs. James L Willey hosted her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs George Maih of Salem. Bobbie Gray son of Mr and Mrs Allen B Gray sustained arm injuries in a local garage. Mr and Mrs David M Kater and Mrs Robert Forney of this city departed on an extended trip through the southern states.
Everett D. Kline received the Post Office Department medal for a year of driving a postal truck without any mishap. Melvin D. Brown Ralph Summers Carl Friski and John R. Rhodes completed Civilian Pilots training at Valley Airway Municipal Field and earned private pilot licenses. Dan Leatherman named to the National Red Cross speakers bureau by Dale Carnegie.
The first apples to be shipped from Winchester for export to England left here. George E. Hardy, custodian of the Handley Library, caught a two and a half pound pickeral while fishing. Mrs. C. W. Hardesty of Stephenson hosted Mrs. Louise Crossy of Baltimore as a visitor.
C F Venable fell from his wagon in Stephens City injuring him while plans were announced to erect a shaft for Florida Confederates buried in Stonewall Cemetery alongside other fallen comrades.
Hollywood hosts a vast press corps with 500 writers including 263 domestic newspaper and magazine writers and 93 foreign correspondents. The MPAA tracks credentials, pay issues, and entry thresholds while noting many writers work across multiple outlets to earn a living.
A Truman Chapman public power push faces labor and industry opposition as lawmakers and local leaders argue federal control threatens jobs and bargaining power. Rep Christopher McGrath led a margin beating Chapman's budget cuts while TVA and Northwest officials push back amid power shortages and favored customers.
A reader asks about the Skyrocket speed record landing method deadstick landing after propellant exhaustion aboard a mother ship. The Japan surrender document had 12 signatories with nine from allied nations and 3 from the US and UK. Edwin Stanton refused to resign as Secretary of War citing Tenure of Office Act protections.
Advice on maintaining a balanced diet for the elderly highlights emotional, economic, and social stresses that affect appetite and nutrition. It emphasizes adaptiveness to life changes, easier to chew foods, vitamin and mineral intake, and moderation, with care to avoid boredom and ensure meals are palatable and nutritious.
Past 48 hours show no recent rainfall and total rainfall to date stands at 1.19 inches with 24.70 inches overall. The 38 year average is 36.73 inches, with monthly values listed for 1912 to 1956 including January 2.48 and December 3.46 inches.
The text discusses large numbers of men and women gaining employment and purchasing power, noting both employees and employers fear losses under the Truman Chapman program. It questions whether the new Court of Military Appeals is civilian or military and asks to correct a sentence: They planned on staying a week.
A quiz feature outlines a 10 day program with daily averages mapping 9–10 correct as Memory Genius and 7–8 as Very Superior. It lists sample questions and references a 1946 1948 contempt trial judge who died last month, then asks geography and literature prompts.
A speaker recalls a friend whose family entrusted funds for education but a bank failure cut off support. Yet the man, now near seventy, built a lasting education through college and graduate studies and persevered beyond early financial ruin. Opportunities persist unless we concede defeat.
A motivational message asserts resilience through faith in God humanity and self. It urges perseverance despite failures, bank troubles, death of loved ones, illness, or losing a job, stressing that defeat comes only when one says I am through.
The State Department said it received the full trial record of Associated Press correspondent William N. Oatis from Ambassador Ellis Briggs in Prague. Officials said the record showed no evidence of espionage by any government outside the Iron Curtain. Oatis, arrested April 23, was sentenced July 4 to 10 years in prison on spying charges.
The passage notes men who served as president without being elected to that office. It lists John Tyler Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson and Chester A Arthur as examples who succeeded as vice presidents to become president.
Tonto Riley rides into Avrillo New Mexico to investigate Rick Staples murder and meets Lois King, Roy King’s daughter, at the Rafter K ranch. Tonto and Tex consider the Slash S feud while Lois eyes the visitor with wary curiosity. To be continued.
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