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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1962

Page

5

Domesticity Needs Prestige Says Esther Peterson

Esther Peterson argues for higher prestige and wages for domestic work to support working mothers and mature women seeking home help or retraining. She urges tax deductions for domestic expenses and more opportunities in industry, linking better home support to broader labor shortages and the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

Esther Peterson Washington Congress Peterson Uncle Sam President's Commission On the Status of Women Mrs. Petersen Viser State Department Lars Iver Eric Daugher Karen

Needlecraft catalog offer and pattern sale notice

Ace Brook presents glamor apron pattern 7275 with transfer and pieces. Bargain 35 cents pattern plus 10 cents postage to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept New York. Catalog promises 200 designs, free patterns with 25 cent request, and full fashion section including bedspreads and quilts.

Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept P. O Old Chelsea Station New York N. Y

Population growth shifts focus to jobs and youth hiring

AP notes that in the 1960s the youth surge 15 to 30 will push labor force growth 18 percent, intensifying job competition. Union leaders press for a 35 hour week while economists warn about education readiness to fill new posts and management talent shortages.

AP Business News NEW York U.S U.S. Bureau of Census Chase Manhattan Bank Census Bureau

Brando Cuts Foot Chopping Wood

Hollywood AP Marlon Brando cut his foot while chopping wood with a hatchet reporting to the director. He sought private medical care. the gash about an inch and a half near the big toe joint required several stitches.

Hollywood (Ap Marlon Brando Brando George Englund Englund

Bridgewater College Holds 82nd Commencement Exercise

Bridgewater College awarded 95 degrees at its 82nd commencement Sunday with main speaker Lawrence Derthick of the National Education Association. A full day of events preceded by alumni activities drew about 300 attendees on Saturday.

Bridgewater Bridgewater College Lawrence Derthick National Education Assn Massanutten Woodstock Massanutten Military Academy Roger Deas American Can Co New York Robert Benchoff Deas Ted M. Lytton Edinburg Paul R. Neal Strasburg

Augusta County Farm Bureau invites candidates for Seventh District

The Augusta County Farm Bureau Federation board asks the five Democratic contenders for the Seventh District congressional nomination to appear before federation members. At least six directors from each federation in the district will be required to attend the June 15 meeting.

Staunton Augusta County Farm Bureau Federation

Virginia Health Chief Reports Limited Lab Interest in Implied Consent Law

Richmond Mack I Shanholtz, state health commissioner, said independent laboratories remain cool to the implied consent blood test law. The law presumes consent for drunk drivers on state highways, but only one of 70 private labs expressed interest in performing the tests.

Richmond Mack I. Shanholtz General Assembly Shanholtz

Longtime Mary Baldwin faculty announce retirements

Miss Fannie Barth Strauss associate professor of German and comparative literature since 1918 will retire from teaching. Dr Herbert S Thompson professor of religion and philosophy since 1939 remains as college chaplain while Miss Strauss shifts to updating the college history.

Youth Struck by Car. Driver Hurt in Collision

A youth was struck by a car and admitted with a fractured skull and possible internal injuries. The driver Lester G. Cubbage of Harrisonburg Rt. 3 sustained scalp cuts. The car was damaged about $1,200, state police reported.

Strassburg youth admits burglary linked to multiple break-ins

An 18 year old resident confessed to breaking into a local home last week and is being questioned about two additional burglaries. Police say two larcenies involved money and believe multiple people committed the crimes.

Strasburg

Deputy's Tip Leads to Liquor Still Project

Valdosta Ga deputy sheriff Jee Teongray followed a telephone tip about an illegal liquor still. He traced a truck loaded with pipe and other equipment for a still and found a farmer installing irrigation machinery nearby.

Valdosta Jee Teongray Sirmans

Boy Driver Hurt In Tractor Accident At New Market

A 12 year old New Market boy Larry F. Hensley was injured Saturday when a tractor he operated overturned or collided. He received medical attention and authorities investigated the incident for details and responsibility.

New Market Larry F. Hensley

Four road deaths in Virginia raise annual toll

Four weekend fatalities on Virginia highways push the year’s road toll to 319, compared with 295 at the same point last year. Roanoke County resident James Morton Allred, 23, died after his car left U S 220 and hit a rock. Ten year old Calvin Harris of the Danville area was killed along U S 1 east of Danville when a car overturned after skidding on a curve. Richmond man William A Clark, 62, died from injuries after being struck by a school bus in Richmond. George Washington Phillips, 58, of Boykins was killed on Virginia 195 west of Boykins in Southampton County.

Virginia James Morton Allred Roanoke U.S. 220 Roanoke County Allred Danville Area Calvin Harris U.S. 1 Danville Richmond William A. Clark George Washington Phillips Boykins Virginia 195 Boykings Southampton County

Ozone Gives Air Its Fresh Smell After Storms

The distinctive fresh scent after a thunderstorm comes from ozone, a reactive gas formed when lightning splits oxygen molecules and enables new chemical reactions in the atmosphere.

New Hair Growth Treatment Offered by Texas Lab Consultants

An advertisement from Houston argues a Texas firm Loesch Laboratory Consultants has developed a no risk 32 day treatment to stop hair loss and grow hair. Readiness to analyze reader details and respond promptly is emphasized.

Houston Texas Laboratory Consultants Loesch Laboratory Loesch Laboratory Consultants

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