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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1962
Page
4
Public notices and subscription details listed with rates for local and out of state deliveries and mailing options. Names of editors and offices appear with contact lines and formatting reflecting the Winchester Virginia newspaper.
Assateague Island ponies, believed Spanish descent from a pre colonial wreck, are gathered for the yearly roundup on Chincoteague Island. After Ash Wednesday storm, a Navy flare sighted the herd. firemen stage a 300 pony roundup to be sold or grazed back until next year as Project Chincoteague volunteers mobilize locally.
The Peru military takeover signals deep political instability amid long running feud with the APRA party and stalled elections. Meanwhile a severe storm devastates Chincoteague causing over 30 million dollars in damage, with local aid totaling more than 3,000 dollars from Winchester-area donors.
A Star Files dispatch from Chicago reports Adlai Stevenson as the likely nominee amid north south tensions. Alben W Barkley receives the biggest ovation of any convention, with 30 minutes of cheers before and after his address to about 3,000 delegates and thousands of spectators.
25 Years Ago 1937 reports A L Omps George Bywaters and C E Omps leaving for Blacksburg Va to join Frederick county farmers attending Institute of Rural Affairs sessions. Miss Marian Wiley of Crozet visits Miss Rosalie Oakes on West Clifford Street. Mrs Birdie Hill Miss Jean Hill and Hill Felton of South Boston visit Mr and Mrs Robert Hockman and Mrs W F Bonnnett.
Fifty years ago in 1912 the Anti-Saloon League petitioned the court for a local option vote though Winchester had been saloon-free for four years. The note also links rising shoe prices to leather demand from the automobile industry and mentions Mrs. W. E. Huntsberry hosting her father J. W. Rhodes of Middletown as a guest.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on global wealth distribution noting the United States holds half the world's wealth and a small elite owns most of it. He contrasts prosperity with hunger in India and Asia and argues free systems and education matter less than solving the unfair distribution to avoid social upheaval.
Sharon Lee Hunter of Waynesboro recounts her 1962 Apple Blossom ambassador tour to Florida. She describes visits to civic clubs, radio and TV appearances, gifts of Virginia apples, meetings with Palm Beach and West Palm Beach mayors, and receiving city keys. She thanks Festival staff and inn management for a lavish Sea Breeze Holiday Inn stay and organized itinerary.
A medical Q and A column covers corneal transplants success rates and access, athlete's foot myths, gamma globulin infections and natural resistance, causes of late pregnancy bleeding and Cesarean intervention, recovery from mononucleosis, and general health guidance with named readers and locations.
The Defense Department orders discontinuation of work on the Sugar Grove Navy radio telescope in West Virginia, a project four years in development with over 41 million dollars spent. The halt threatens Pendleton County’s economy and the planned tourist center, though West Virginia plans to pursue a site without the telescope. Federal redevelopment funds and space program ambitions are re-evaluated as the nation seeks cheaper uses for the construction site.
A Virginia highway survey details progress on the interstate system in 1962. It covers Route 64 through Portsmouth to Covington, Route 66, Route 77, Route 81, Route 85, Route 95, and Route 495, with vehicle forecasts up to 1975 and completion timelines. The report underscores the budget, staffing, and calls for a balanced program alongside primary and secondary roads.
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