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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
4
A brief religious note extols faith as the source of victory quoting Corinthians 15:57 and urges gratitude to God for the winning life. The message frames faith as divine aid in battles and everyday triumphs.
A German chancellor candidate tale and publicity musings as Dr. Ludwig Erhard visits America for honorary doctorates and talks with U. S. trade chiefs. The piece contrasts Erhard with Adenauer and hints at policy forks over NATO, the EEC, and Franco-German ties. It ends with a satirical riff on publicity and public silliness worldwide.
A compact digest highlights editorials culled daily from participating papers. Readers gain distilled opinions on current issues, political debates, and governance themes across regional outlets.
Editorial salutes Ethel Merman for choosing her daughter Ethel's high school graduation in Denver over two Gypsy performances in New York. The star will fly home to share the moment, declaring graduation more vital than any show.
The text likens disappointment to blight on fields and forests and argues that denial can yield greater hope. It urges acceptance and faith that life ends in love, light, and achievement rather than defeat, and stresses the positive purpose behind setbacks.
The Frederick County PTA Council elected Oscar Zigler as president James Sawyer as vice president and Mrs. E F Smith as secretary in The Star Files 10 Years Ago 1949. A strike of 2000 Oak Ridge plant workers threatened to halt production of uranium 235 used in atomic bombs. James Albert Robinson was Gainesboro High School's lone senior graduate.
In 1934 a prolonged warm spell in Antarctica perplexed Byrd Expedition meteorologists. The wave reached day 12 with temperatures about 25 degrees above zero and no relief forecast. County Agent I Fred Stine noted Midwest wheat reports and no drought worry for Frederick County while Paul Rosenberger earned a Bachelor of Science at Hampden-Sydney College.
At the U S custom house in New York two thousand women forced past guards to access the fifth floor where U S Marshal Henkel offered for sale 52000 dollars worth of smuggled laces gowns and Parisian finery seized for non payment of duty. Secret Service Acting Chief Morgan noted a counterfeit five dollar silver certificate in circulation and warned it is hard to distinguish from a real bill. Mrs Emaline Wright and her daughter Virginia of Baltimore visited Mrs John Hamilton and presented a large picture of the death of Ashby to Gen Turner Ashby Camp.
The Star features memories of Winchester floods from the 1880s to 1906 prompted by 2.01 inch rainfall. Mrs. Barr of Greensboro and Mrs. Haines of Montreal recall Water Street, Main Street, and Bell’s Corner as waters rose, carrying boxes and lumber past businesses and homes along the route.
Leslie M. Bell M D of Winchester Va questions public posts on tumor diagnosis times. He notes pathologists can often provide a definite diagnosis within minutes if a specimen is available and urges accurate reporting during surgical decisions.
Coronna Aldrich of the Pontiac Press forwards about 300 reader letters monthly to Dr George W Crane. He notes most are treated as privileged and unopened, with readers mailing from a paper circulation of 60 000. He contrasts this with other columnists who outsource mail.
Oxford University votes 301 to 282 to retain Latin as a compulsory subject for admission overturning a prior move to make it optional. Dons packed Sheldonian Theater for the debate while Helen Gardner of St Hilda’s College urged Latin support noting its role in English. A committee will study entrance rules and report next year.
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