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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
4
Advertised rates show mailing price for one year seven dollars and six months four dollars and one month, with outside Virginia and West Virginia postage added. Editorial and business staff names listed include Harry F Byrd Jr editor and Eugene Miller managing editor.
The piece links Laos upheaval to a broader communist strategy against South Vietnam, noting Russian blockades of investigations and Cuban guerrilla actions against Castro. It compares shifting government costs, quoting rising federal and local expenses per person from 1929 to the present, and questions CIA involvement in covert actions.
United Nations forces on the Korean central front blasted 48 Red bunkers as tanks smashed Communist positions. In Middletown Mrs. Charles F, Alger and Miss Emily Alger entertained in honor of Miss Betty Jane Alger who would wed Earl Reese Davis on June 7.
In 1937 Amelia Earhart leaves Florida coast behind on a round the world flight described as for fun. The New York club leads the American League while Pittsburgh tops the National League. Miss Wilhelma Sipe of Boyce had an appendectomy at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
The 1912 front page notes the Fort Loudoun female students depart for home, using flowery language to mark their return. A. M. Baker and J. E. Correll are reported as having come back from Pittsburgh after attending the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar meeting.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on John Glenn's space achievements and humility. He argues limiting God to Earth space is foolish and asserts God is everywhere from heart to heaven, urging faith under cosmic scope. The piece blends science, faith, and wonder about life beyond Earth.
The piece portrays Ben Khedda of the Algerian government as a Marxist ally linked to Mao Zedong. It accuses Mao of directing operations across Algeria Morocco Tunisia Chad Sudan and Senegal via agents in Peiping and secret funds in Switzerland. It frames Ben Khedda as a controlled figure aiding Sino Soviet imperial aims with prominent references to Hadj Hussein and other subversive actors.
James Marlow surveys a world of economic woes and political shakeups. Moscow mocks New York stock turmoil while China staggers under Communist strain. Kennedy faces pressure over the market and aid to Vietnam. Khrushchev jokes of beer as refugees flood from China to Hong Kong. France grants life terms to Salan while Jouaoud faces death.
A short column notes that some people react curtly to others and relish telling many people off while imagining trivial careers like driving a bus.
A cautionary piece examines aspirin as fever reducer and pain reliever with many claimed uses from rheumatic fever to heart protection, signaling risks like poisoning in high daily doses and effects on blood clotting and cholesterol. It warns about dangers to children and advocates safer treatments and a medicine chest lock.
The Billie Sol Estes case highlights ongoing challenges in enforcing gifts to government officials. Historical scandals show gifts and influence, with laws brimming yet hard to prove linking money or gifts to specific actions. The Kennedy administration seeks broader rules, new laws, and tighter executive oversight to curb impropriety.
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