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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
4
A 1980s era editorial warns polio remains a threat three years after the Salk vaccine announcement. It argues ignorance and apathy keep many under 40 from vaccination and urges readers to inoculate themselves and their children as warm weather raises polio risk.
The piece decries attacks on free speech within labor movements amid congressional probes of Hoffa and union corruption. It cites California IAM expulsions for conduct unbecoming members and questions Union leaders like Albert J. Hayes over restricting dissent. It argues strong unions must tolerate opposing viewpoints to avoid eroding a free society.
A meditation on scriptural teaching that all authority rests with Christ and may flow into believers who unite their lives with His. It stresses power behind humble living, the need for faith in God’s revelation, and the transformative potential of a life merged with Christ.
The $55,000 project to widen Route 11 for one mile through Stephens City began March 7 and nearly finished. Frederick and Clarke County coaches named the year’s All-Star team. players include Tommy DeHaven, Warren Thompson, Kenneth Wisecarver, Preston Pitta, Richard Nesselrodt, Buddy Locke, Glenn Smallwood, Philip Grim, and Charles Keckley with coaches led by Rockwell, Miley, Boyce, Whitacre, Hoover, Singhass, Harper, and Braithwaite.
Minor C Miller announced the Virginia State Sunday School Convention in this city on June 18 would likely draw over 1 000 delegates. An AP report from Connellsville Pa described a robbery at Reading Company agents as three masked men in laborer dress stole two mail sacks. one sack held 17 000 dollars in cash.
Fifty years ago 1909 Philip L. Burwell descendant of King Carter and staffer of Gen Jubal A Early died at his Haymarket home. Also news that J Mack Clagett a Clarke County farmer and timberman married New York widow Lillian Timberlake amid secrecy. A deed recorded shows Fred L Glaize and wife selling a National avenue lot to George R Theis for 1700.
James Marlow assesses Vice President Nixon’s growing prominence from extensive travel are and the planned Moscow trip with hopes for a Khrushchev summit. Nixon adds staffer Herbert Klein to aid press relations and raise his profile for a possible 1960 presidential bid while facing risks from international scrutiny.
The piece notes the 1920s as a paradoxical era of perceived security and abundant nonsense. It contrasts glamorous culture and booming dreams with the eventual stock market crash and the abrupt shift to Depression, war, and upheaval in later decades.
Clinton Tennessee AP six dynamite explosions ripped Paul B. Ross inde pendently operated strip coal mine Sunday night. Ross and his family faced five prior attacks including shootings ambushes and fires. No injuries were reported though air damage at his Double Camp mine in the Rosedale area 45 miles northwest of Clinton followed a United Mine Workers Union organizing drive in east Tennessee.
New York AP reports Dr. Morton Charles Kahn 63 explorer bacteriologist and health specialist died Saturday. He led as chief bacteriologist at St. Vincent's Hospital for four years and spent 25 years with Cornell University Medical College.
A Dr George W Crane column advises against twin bedrooms for snorers and offers practical remedies. Suggestions include a rubber chin strap made from inner tube, a pajama back pocket with a whistle, a prickly knot in the night shirt, ear plugs, and a bedtime routine with cereal or milk toast.
Dr Bundesen explains rising penicillin allergy rates across age groups with reactions ranging from mild rashes to anaphylactic shock. He notes injections cause more immediate reactions, while oral penicillin has a lower 0.2 percent rate and slower onset allows treatment.
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