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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription rates and delivery options. Rates shown include annual and six month plans with carrier routes and motor route delivery, plus outside Virginia and West Virginia surcharges.
Dr John Seale, in a London Express piece, rebukes President Kennedy for saying the American Medical Association imported him to oppose Medicare. He cites his lecture in the U S and argues Britain’s National Health Service is failing, losing doctors and nurses, with costs not controlled and care deteriorating. He urges sober reflection before adopting a plan similar to England’s.
A soldier in a Civil War camp ran a small watch repair business and prospered until orders to break camp arrived. He protested that defense duties outweighed personal gain, forgotten that soldiering was his main occupation.
Ten years ago The Star Files reports the Dionne quintuplets have completed high school. The piece covers national events such as Pinay facing a Communist strike, a major steel stoppage affecting 725,000 workers, and the Windsor wedding with Wallis Warfield Simpson amid post coronation life.
Fifty years ago in 1912 Ambassador Wilson was summoned from Mexico to Washington to confer with President Taft and Secretary Knox about the grave situation in Mexico. Miss Lillian McDonald began an extended trip to New York and Philadelphia to visit friends and relatives. Mrs. T Clayton Williams and her brother Robert Baker visited in Hagerstown and Belair Maryland.
Earl L. Douglas asks what culture entails beyond accent, noting its roots in cultivation and its expansion into the achievements of nations. He cites North America’s wealth, science, and aspirations, wonders what future culture the region will forge, and prompts readers to reflect on its standing beside Greece Rome and the Renaissance.
Henry J. Taylor argues President Kennedy relies on immature advisers like Dr. W. W. Heller and prices the nation’s future in a critique that questions the administration’s economic outlook. He warns of widespread trouble in railroads steel petroleum airlines and other sectors unless a shift toward self reliance and market-led growth occurs.
HAL BOYLE surveys odd health notes and trivia from the era. Airsickness is higher among women. Stewardesses grew taller and heavier as jets expanded. Blood type dog tags misreadings rise. Foot problems shift to heels. Geese weed California crops. Insects outrun rattlesnakes in deaths. Alcoholics and drinking accidents rise. Women favor sewing over reading and TV. Zoo folk show arteriosclerosis risk. Notable careers began in newspapers.
A short reflective note by Luther Markin expresses mixed feelings about financial security and inner insecurity, noting contentment with outward stability while admitting internal uncertainty.
Sufferer guidance on diet to ease gall bladder issues. Reduce weight if overweight and avoid fatty and fried foods. Eat regular meals with balanced fats and proteins, drink water to thin bile, and limit spicy seasonings. Beware bloating from cabbage onions cauliflower or beans.
President Kennedy urges a broad aged medical care bill the Anderson King proposal, arguing Kerr Mills is too limited. He aims to cover more people with minimal income tests, funded by a small Social Security tax increase, while Mills blocks the measure.
Fletcher Knebel writes about President Kennedy turning 45 amid a stock market collapse era. The Pecos Texas town of Billie Sol Estes witnesses shifting social customs and the rumor that shaking hands with a cee brings a federal subpoena or back taxes.
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