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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
4
Local newspaper brief announces postal rates and delivery options for Winchester area readers. Provides editor contact and office numbers with Associated Press rights and national representation details.
A comparison highlights similarities between Ted Dalton’s alleged unsound 1951 road bond plan for Virginia and a contemporaneous Washington GOP scheme. Both proposed heavy road bonds, challenged legality, and faced strong bipartisan opposition. Virginia voters rejected the Dalton plan in 1953 and the Senate vetoed the Clay highway bond proposal in Washington.
The piece condemns proposals that would cede highway spending to the Federal government, abolish state matching formulas, and bind future tax revenues. It cites the Dalton and Clay plans, detailing large borrowed sums, interest costs, and long-term debt, arguing roads need steady funding rather than short-term boosts.
A compact digest surveys editorials culled from forty newspapers arriving at the office daily. It notes recurring themes and standout opinions shaping public discourse.
The Christian Science Monitor notes a plan by Dr. Luther Gulick for municipalities to impose local income taxes as a third tax authority. With state and federal taxes already in place, a triple levy could exceed 100 percent of earnings unless constitutional limits are clarified or amending the Sixteenth Amendment is considered.
Homer E Alberti announced Winchester Memorial Hospital grossed 1 100 000 for 1953. Warm weekend weather and few local accidents marked Memorial Day observances. Various local events include school appointments and births, graduations, and anniversaries.
Guam dispatches indicate Okinawa resistance nearing end as Lt. Robert Brown Ritter writes home from London about VE Day celebrations. Ritter is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl R Ritter.
Eloquent addresses were given by Rev E E Northern T K Cromer C T Weede and George S Bowers while Morgan Anderson a bugler from General Turner Ashby Camp fired taps at National Memorial Day ceremonies. Admiral Rojestvensky perished with his flagship in a naval battle in the Straits of Korea alongside Togo. Mrs Jacob E Baker Jr hosted a luncheon and card party for Miss Mary E Russell and Mr Gardner W Brown.
Washington editors note Republicans are split over whether Eisenhower is wise or foolish and whether he aims to serve a single term. They discuss his policies from wages to foreign affairs, and the potential for a 1956 run and political realignment.
A reflective piece compares life to a boxing ring where near contact is needed to withstand life’s blows. The author urges embracing hardship as a proving ground and argues fighting life’s realities, under grace, shapes victory and character through struggle.
Present and past rainfall figures show no rainfall in the last 24 hours to 7 am today and no June rainfall to date. The 1955 rainfall to date stands at 12.54 inches, while the 42 year average is 36.94 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1954 list values for each month with June at 3.89 inches and May at 3.92 inches.
Home bedtime tips for babies emphasize quieting before sleep to avoid restlessness, using soft singing or music, and soothing routines. If needed, a sponge bath or secure quiet environment helps. maintain regular bedtime and avoid tiptoeing noises to acclimate the child to household sounds.
A scanned page headlined with a 10 day quiz scoring guide lists questions about opera terms, city mayors, nicknames, and government departments. It notes a page 2 for correct answers and provides figures on Civil War widow pension recipients as of March 31, 1955, including breakdowns of service-connected and non-service-connected death pensions and Special Acts beneficiaries.
In an October afternoon, Landon faces Scott over Maggie’s health and Landon’s departure, while Eric’s world at Encounters is weighed against future obligations. Maggie’s thoracoplasty looms as debts grow, and Landon agrees to return with Scott to support family and friends, with plans forming amid tense homecoming preparations.
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