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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1963
Page
4
The page shows masthead and pricing details for the Winchester Evening Star with staff roles and publishing info. It lists subscription rates for in state and outside Va and W.Va, with carrier, motor route, and independent motor route options.
The nation faces a possible railroad strike over featherbedding as crucial weeks unfold. Presidential recommendations failed, unions resist, and the 600 million dollars in reform could bolster lines while avoiding a strike ahead of party conventions. Cities like Baltimore and Chicago vie for hosting events as consideration heats up.
Early party maneuvering sets groundwork for the 1964 election. Both parties organize, fundraise, and plan conventions to present candidates to voters. Bid for convention sites, state and national committees, and large war chests shapes the political landscape.
Margaret M. Ramey of the Hayfield 4H Club won Grand Champion single lamb at the first annual Winchester Area Commercial 4H Club Show. A Lake Michigan tide wave lashed Harbor Springs crushing 20 cabin cruisers at a boat works. Mrs. Charles E. Schutte Jr. and Miss Billie Smith attended a Mary Baldwin College class reunion.
R Gray Williams addressed Shenandoah Valley Academy seniors with ideals of Americanism as 14 candidates prepared to graduate. Western Pennsylvania bakeries faced a strike threat from 1,400 drivers, ads urging customers to ask drivers why they strike, risking bread deliveries to 15,000 merchants and hundreds of thousands of homes within 60 miles of Pittsburgh. Mr and Mrs Paul Portner of Washington visited Mrs Mary Riley in Berryville.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt wins legal action in Marquette Michigan proving against alcohol claims. He waives damages after a retraction and the jury awards six cents nominal damages. The Star notes a flower donation plea for the Sixth of June. Alfred Austin, English poet laureate, dies in London born 1835.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on Galatians teaching about bearing one's own burdens bearing others burdens and casting burdens upon the Lord. He argues this tripod forms divine truth sustaining life in quietness and power guiding believers to peace and fullness of life through faith.
Washington editors warn that Kennedy plans to seek broad power to close or regulate private businesses that refuse service or cater to disorderly customers. The piece argues such a law would grant federal control over commerce and threaten due process, with impact on campaigns and interstate activity.
A devotional excerpt urges readers to imitate Solomon by praying for an understanding heart to discern good from evil and to judge the people wisely. It emphasizes personal prayer for wisdom rather than broad sermonizing.
Questioning whether U.S. foreign aid covered part of a $3.1 million air conditioned yacht for the Ethiopian emperor, implying public income tax contributed to a private luxury asset. The claim mixes aid policy with the unrelated personal expenditure.
A violin found in an ash can was returned to Hans Erich, 10, who said he quit lessons to avoid a life of street corner busking for handouts. His father took him to a concert to show not all violinists beg for money.
James Marlow surveys global shifts over the past decade. He notes nationalism, money, science, and real estate drives, along with de Stalinization and space race pressures, fueling revolutions from the Soviet sphere to Africa and Latin America. The piece contrasts desegregation in the U S South with broader world changes, warning of mounting discontent among the masses in Latin America and Africa.
Dr. Lester L. Coleman notes that mastoiditis, once a feared childhood disease, is now controlled at its source with antibiotics. Reconstructive mastoid surgery offers cure for chronic ear infections and hearing restoration, aided by microscopic techniques and tympanoplasty. Hospitalization now represents better care and faster recovery.
An old quiz page outlines a 10 day program to estimate IQ with daily scores and a page 2 answer key. It lists questions on US postal abbreviations Oregon inches in miles sauerkraut gardening opiates California Elizabeth I English Roundheads Bimini Cuba Florida Olympia.
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