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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
4
The June 1961 Winchester Evening Star features a Bible verse from Galatians 5 6 about faith working through love guiding the life of believers toward concern for others. The note reflects the era's religious framing and weekly devotional tone.
The piece argues drivers overestimate themselves as responsible and cites surveys showing nine in ten adults consider themselves better than average in skill and law obedience. It warns that ego undermines safety campaigns and calls for stronger citizen remedies against bureaucratic overreach and a British ombudsman model.
The Department of Agriculture announced record cigarette output of 410 billion for the year ending June 3. Per person consumption rose 270 percent from 1925 to 1950. Miss Ann Price of Berryville graduated from National Cathedral School in Washington. The Rotarys Red Cross Bloodmobile at Presbyterian church drew 138 donors.
The piece reflects on space limits and the promise of the space age. It contrasts easy travel within our solar system with the impossibility of reaching distant planetary systems, framing space as vast beyond human reach yet full of immense problems and potential.
Earl L. Dougles contemplates modern science discoveries and the possibility that other planets may be inhabited or reaching toward Earth. He notes we live in uncertain, fermenting times and wonders if contact could come by century's end or later.
After eight weeks of drought a heavy rainfall hit the locality with hail causing damage. Peyton Marshall’s orchard suffered seventy five trees uprooted. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Clark visited Henderson North Carolina with Mrs. Clark’s mother Mrs. J J White. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Butler returned from New York after attending a luncheon on the Queen Mary.
Mrs Richard E Byrd visits Annapolis for June week as son R E Byrd Jr midshipman, while the Academy’s 189 member graduating class marks a record. Commander Louis McCoy Nulton to command the battleship Indiana on summer cruise and Dr David Cather to serve on the Delaware bound for the coronation pageant in England.
President Kennedy remains strong in domestic policy as Congress treats his proposals. The upcoming months will test him in foreign affairs, with Kennedy meeting De Gaulle and Khrushchev, signaling cautious progress but no final settlements on Berlin or Laos.
U S economy shows mixed signals as April factory orders rise 3 percent to 30.7 million and factory backlogs climb, while unemployment remains high. Secretary Hodges cites improvement, and May construction gains 11 percent above April. Auto production slows due to holidays. UAW talks loom. The Kennedy admin proposes job training funds and tax extensions face congressional action.
A humorous health piece features Dr. Burton H. Fern discussing poison ivy myths and treatments while a patient frets about itching and showers. It also includes a memory quiz with ten questions about history, geography, and culture, presented in a light, nostalgic tone.
A letter to the Star praises Winchester Memorial Hospital staff. The writer commends nurses for kindness and patience toward Mrs Stickel, doctors for attentiveness, Mr Napps for assistance, and ministers for comforting visits during illness, urging recognition of the hospital’s noble work.
Hollywood report notes Kim Novak telegraphed Rafael Trujillo Jr conveying prayers and support during his country's crisis while recalling their past Orange County visits. In Illinois Florence Bland files for her third divorce from Harold Bland, detailing prior marriages and separations. In Naugatuck three officers crack an old flood submerged safe. contents include a 1955 parking ticket.
Four Atlantans riding in an air conditioned car were killed when a passenger train struck the vehicle at a railroad crossing near Suwanee Georgia. The victims were Barron A. Wiggins 42 Irene Wiggins 40 Cooper Cecil Welch 52 and wife Wanslie Welch. The air conditioned car windows were up to block the heat and the whistle of the train was silenced by them. The impact threw the car about 60 feet down the track.
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