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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1958
Page
4
The piece argues for tough laws to protect motorists from vandals and assigns responsibility to law enforcement for charging them with more than a misdemeanor. It mentions involuntary manslaughter as a possible charge and cites Colorado highway officials placing bullseye targets beside road signs as a drastic measure.
Across the nation vandals destroy highway signs risking lives. In Minnesota two children aged 12 and 13 died after a sign was blasted down and caused a crash. Louisiana Oregon and Texas report deaths and injuries from altered signs. States spend hundreds of thousands yearly replacing signs with rising toll. Legislation is urged to curb this crime.
A congressional committee sent two men to Canada to study new wheat marketing ideas. They urged exploring a joint U S Canadian wheat marketing corporation with proportional representation. They warn that unilateral tariffs harm both nations and call for renewed reciprocity and cooperation.
A University of Chicago expert warned the American Society of Planning Officials that a U S population of 300 million by 2000 rests on trends likely to slow. Delayed marriages and births during a deepening recession could overturn these forecasts and any city specific gains.
The Rev Francis B Rhein rector of Christ Church Millwood will give the principal address at Sixth of June ceremonies in Stonewall Cemetery Cor Philip L Cunningham son of Mrs Croce Cunningham of Boyce visits his mother after a year with the US Marines in Korea and Pfc Robert E Conner son of Mr and Mrs Stobert Conner stationed in Korea is promoted to corporal 25 Years Ago 1933 Mrs W A McKown hosts Gen Turner Ashby Chapter meeting Lula Rush Gertrude Clevenger Scott Atkinson and Kenneth Rush return to Winchester from several days in New York Minnie C Baker entertains Mrs B Mason Ambler Mrs Harold Crawford and Miss Nancy Ambler Crawford of Parkersburg as guests
Ten years ago Katherine Louise Arnold graduated from Baylor University in Waco. Mrs T Russell Cather announced the engagement of Jane Russell to James Randolph Larrick, son of Frederick J Larrick. Miss Marshal Stryker returned home from Memorial Hospital on Loudoun Street.
Fifty years ago in 1908 Miss Mabel Mary E Lanham married George W Jenkins, both residents of the city. Townsend Burwell of Carter Hall Millwood was injured when a runaway horse struck his cart and knocked him unconscious, frightening Mrs Charles Mullikin and Miss Mary Carter Randolph in Mullikin’s car. Mrs C B Hurvey and her son from New York visited Mrs Lean Gore on Washington Blrent.
The hospital opened March 17 1903 on the original site with the old building featuring 12 private rooms at ten dollars weekly 24 ward beds at five dollars weekly and one operating room. The first staff included a supervisor a student nurse an orderly and a cook. The lone patient Mrs Frank B Whiting gave birth to Margaretta Whiting. An ambulance drawn by two horses stood on Clif ford Street.
A doctor argues that boys naturally form groups and that wholesome local clubs or self organized sports can channel this urge. Parents should provide safe meeting spaces like basements or backyards with open oversight, avoiding intrusive spying while staying available to resolve disputes. He promotes camping trips and cites a kidney stone treatment note with surgery still common.
James Marlow examines Khrushchev's 1956 claim that communism could develop independently of Moscow and the ripple effects. The piece notes Tito's Yugoslavia, Polish riots, and Hungarian revolt, and explains Khrushchev's later rejection of separate paths as he repairs the Kremlin’s damaged credibility with non Soviet Communist parties.
The piece argues that open mindedness is valuable only when guided by common sense experience and knowledge. A truly wise mind balances receptivity with discernment, avoiding both gullibility and closed rigidity. It cautions that open mindedness without wisdom can enable harmful systems, while a truly open mind requires moral soundness and judgment.
A reader quiz outlines daily scoring across 10 days with bands from Memory Genius to Good. It asks trivia items on FDR location, taxes, a Tennis Cabinet, Polar Bear warmth, tailless cats, water boiling point Celsius, John L. Lewis, Cannery Row author, Farouk, and Labor Day date.
Two off duty policemen found Edward Miles Sargent 47 dead in a Potomac backwater below Great Falls. Medical examiner rules accidental drowning. car found in a parking lot. Sargent had been missing since Saturday after driving away from home. Third drowning near Great Falls in a month, following two Georgetown University freshmen deaths.
Dr George W Crane warns elderly readers that choosing a wheelchair over an aluminum walker shortens life by reducing leg exercise. He cites Eli Miller, 95, living in Indiana, who prefers the chair. readers are urged to walk daily and stay active to avoid bedfast dependence and loss of mobility.
HAL BOYLE reports Dr Harlow Shapley, former Harvard Observatory director, estimates the known universe could contain about 100 quintillion stars and possibly 100 million planetary systems with life, vastly expanding humanity’s view of life beyond Earth.
Begin by brushing off surface mildew outdoors to prevent spore spread. Clean washable fabrics with soap and water, then treat stubborn stains with a mild bleach such as sodium perborate diluted in lukewarm water. Test colorfastness first. dry cleaning is advised for nonwashable garments.
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