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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1956

Page

4

Fragmentary Psalm Verse Fragments

A brief, fragmented line portrays devotion to God and the living God. The text references seeking God after water brooks and expressing soul longing for God.

U.S. Ships Idle as Congress Balances Subsidies and Tonnage

The article notes a world shipping boom with Congress debating a $200 million yearly subsidy to U.S. shipowners to compete with lower-wage rivals. Much tonnage rusts idle while Canadian wheat and Russian trade boost demand. Shipping groups oppose releasing idle merchant ships despite potential gains.

Congress U.S United States High Seas Con

U.S. Faces Highway War Warns National Safety Council

Chicago public information director Paul Jones of the National Safety Council warns the nation is losing the highway war. He cites rising traffic deaths and forecasts 120 million cars by 1975 while urging motorists to join safety movements and demand safer roads.

U.S Paul Jones Chicago National Safety Council Mr. Jones Jones America

Tito’s Tightrope Amid West Ties and Moscow Alignment

The article portrays Marshal Tito balancing his government and party between East and West. It notes his closer Moscow alignment, insistence on independence, and push for Westward relations while sharing Soviet views on Germany, disarmament, and a united front with workers’ movements to advance socialism.

Marshal Tito Moscow West Tito Bonn Pankow Communist Party

Attitude Shift Urged to Cut Tragic Highway Toll

Traffic officers urge the public to shed enthusiastic apathy and heed safety appeals before any dent is made in the rising highway death toll.

Enemies Within Threaten the South, Says Richmond Editorial

The Richmond News Leader condemns the Ku Klux Klan gathering in Lakeland Florida as a small but harmful force. It urges Florida and Virginia to enforce laws uphold peace and the Constitution and warns that such acts dent public opinion and aid opponents of the South.

South Emmanuel Cellars Paul Douglases Congress Life and Look Fund For the Republic The CIO NAACP Lakeland Fla Ku Klux Klan Kleagles Klaverns Virginia Florida General Assembly

Ultimate Revenge at Dinner as Hat Sparks Feud

Mr. Peabody and his wife discuss a neighbor who bought a hat like hers. The wife says they will not speak after learning the neighbor gave her hat to the cook, ending the evening with lingering rancor.

Adams Family Wins Master Farm Family Award

From Gainesboro Mr and Mrs Ernest W Adams Jr receive the Master Farm Family Award from the VPI Agriculture Extension Service and Progressive Partner magazine. Local notes include Eisenhower approving planning for a unmanned artificial earth satellite and several community updates.

Ernest W. Adams, Jr Gainesboro VPI Agriculture Extension Service Progressive Partner Magazine Eisenhower William Baxter Effie Gertrude Baxter Gilbert Caylor Ashbury

Mrs Lawrence Smith Guests of Mr and Mrs Gordon Armel

Years ago in 1946 Mrs Lawrence Smith of Norris Town Pennsylvania visited Mr and Mrs Gordon Armel at Clearbrook.

Lawrence Smith Norristown, Pa Gordon Armel Clearbrook

Democrats Scramble for Campaign Funds and Speakers

Washington strategists back Stevenson campaign plans with early organizing but face a severe money gap and lack of top tier speakers. Republicans project a minimum five million dollar effort and expect strong donor support ahead of the road show.

Washington Adlai E. Stevenson Harry S. Truman Stevenson Eisenhower Truman Thomas E. Dewey

How's Your I Q Memory Quiz From 1930s Paper

A 10 item quiz promises scoring by daily recall rates from 9 10 correct to 4 correct. Questions cover oddities WWII command Bible lace physics brain vision Oslo Holland tunnel etymology and a 1930 quote by a famed physicist.

Well Water Remains In Illiff, Colorado Town Pump

In Illiff Colorado the town pump provides cool well water. An elderly resident recalls using the pump since 1905, while other longtime residents are unsure when the pump first began.

Illiffp Colo Tuiff Colorado O. O. Hillman

Rainfall Totals and Averages for Past Years

Rainfall over 48 hours ending 8:30 today was .01 inches. July rainfall to date is 7.82 inches, 1956 rainfall to date 23.54 inches. Average annual rainfall for 43 years is 36.95 inches. Monthly averages (1912 1955) show Jan 2.45, Feb 1.95, Mar 2.98, Apr 3.10, May 3.90, Jun 8.90, Jul 3.69, Aug 3.99, Sep 2.65, Oct 3.22, Nov 2.57, Dec 2.46.

Glasses for home tasks and safety advice for do it yourself

The piece urges checking glasses before lengthy home chores and notes 638000 amateur injuries yearly. It discusses how reading lenses in the wrong position can cause loss of balance and recommends higher reading segments, bifocals, trifocals, or single-vision lenses as needed. Safety glasses are advised for grease, solvents, and splinters.

Buddy Capitol Hill

Phillips Brooks Early Struggles Then Boston Preacher

The life of Phillips Brooks, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston, began with a disastrous aim to teach in a boys school. After failing at teaching, he entered seminary and rose to become one of the nineteenth century's premier preachers in Philadelphia and later Boston, captivating a whole city and shaping its weekday life.

Phillips Brooks Trinity Episcopal Church of Boston Brooks Philadelphia East Trinity

Saintly Boston Preacher Honored After Death

The city mourns a revered preacher as a statue in front of his church depicts him preaching with Christ’s hand on his shoulder. The living God’s Sons walked Boston streets, and the city honors him posthumously.

Boston Brooks Christ

Tyler Consolidates School District With Tyler

Tyler, Texas voters approved the consolidation of Dixie Independent School District into the Tyler district. The measure unites the two districts under one governance and carries implications for local schooling.

Tyler, Tex Tyler Dixie Tex Suh

Exhausted convict escapes via rope and drain

At 3 a.m. Jack Swain a 34 year old Indiana State Prison inmate undergoing treatment at Indiana University Hospital climbed from a fourth story window using a rope of clothing and slid down a drain pipe. He was later found at the drain bottom asleep with a bruised leg.

Indianapolis Indiana University Hospital Jack Swain Indiana State Prison

Television Tonight Listings With Multiple Stations

TV guide style summary lists prime time programs across channels 7 and 9 including dramas comedies news sports films and stage shows. Notable items include The Great Gildersleeve The Range Rider Adventures of Robin Hood Burns and Allen and The Ballad of Yerma Red among others with late night reports and sign offs.

D. Edwards Robin Hood Arthur Godfrey Charlie Farrell Vic “Amone Yerma Red Judy Canova Joe E. Brown Anne Jeffreys Jerome Cowan

TV Schedule Snapshot for Channels 4 5 and 1

A dense listing of daytime and early evening program blocks across three channels. It includes game shows, dramas, soap operas, variety segments, and color telecasts with hosts and presenters such as Susie Ann Sothern Art Lamb Barbara Hale Ruth Warrick Gale Storm and James Daly.

Channel 9 Guiding Light Barbara Hale Ruth Warrick Donna Douglas J. Carson Art Linkletter Bob Crosby Temple Beach James Daly

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