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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1962
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star lists daily except Sunday editions with subscription rates and contact details. The page shows editor names and pricing options including one year six months and one month prepaid, single copy pricing, and delivery via carrier or motor route.
A public hearing in Petersburg on the Army Engineers Potomac Shenandoah dam plan reveals West Virginia officials oppose large dams and favor a network of smaller reservoirs. Leaders including Byrd Robertson Harrison Staggers back small dams to ensure reliable flow, save land, reduce displacements, and lower costs for future water needs.
Winchester Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars announces local poppy sales reached 932 dollars. Richard K. Eddy of Winchester is elected junior vice commander of the 7th District, Virginia Department VFW. Sgt. Dean Baughman, son of Mrs. Virgil Baughman of Sunnyside, stationed at McDill Air Force Base, Tampa Florida, was also noted.
In 1937 the King and Queen attended the Derby at Epsom Downs where Midday Sun won. Mrs. G B Miller became the first woman owner to win England’s famous flat race as the colt started at 100 to 7. Ford Frick suspended Dizzy Dean of the St Louis Cardinals indefinitely for conduct of the best interests of baseball.
A Virginia government note marks June 1 as the first use of the original seal on official documents since restoration. In New York, the National News Service reports four buildings dynamited amid a gambling feud, with gang leader Zack Zelig shot and a series of bomb explosions on Lower 4th Avenue.
The meditation compares navigation by stars to religious faith. It contrasts those without faith who follow expediency with believers who steer life toward a distant harbor through trust in Christ. Storms and darkness are expected, but faithful living yields adventure and assurance, looking up for guidance toward eternal life.
Associated Press analysis notes Secretary of State Dean Rusk pursues a steady, technocratic course as navigator of foreign policy, not its loud advocate. He shows rare irritation at critics like Barry Goldwater while maintaining a calm, cautious approach amid crises from Cuba to Vietnam.
HAL BOYLE notes personnel executives say graduates seek top jobs and fringe benefits, not bottom-rung roles. Surveys show 1962 grads expect starting salaries up to 1 000 per month for advanced degrees, reflecting a kinder postwar job market but stirring nostalgia for the harsher 1932 landscape.
The speaker reflects on post graduation realities from 62 a month to 100 a month, noting the long road from campus to earnings and the shift from scarcity to a welcoming job market. They compare the 1962 class to 1932, arguing the newer graduates enter a more prosperous and exciting world.
A mother learns overprotective care can worsen a child’s asthma. Doctors advise confident, loving parenting and relaxed rules to reduce fear, support self confidence, and manage symptoms with modern treatments.
The Washington Star editorial critiques the Medicare debate sparked by the Kennedy administration and the AMA response. It questions whether the King Anderson bill moves the U S toward socialized medicine and compares U S plans with Britain’s national program, noting differing timelines and implications.
Dr McDaniel recalls a prewar speech by Congressman Stephen Pace at a riverbank barbecue. The tale of wild hogs near Horseshoe Bend illustrates a one-gallused farmer who tames hogs by steady dependence on him, paralleling government aid and the idea of penning animals for handouts.
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