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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists contact numbers for News and Advertising and identifies the publisher management team. It notes postal details and national representation, followed by subscription rate categories for motor carrier and city carrier delivery.
The article highlights Helen Keller's life from infancy to old age, stressing her achievements in overcoming blindness and deafness with Annie Sullivan. It notes their enduring inspiration and contrasts her triumph with broader questions about disability, education, and human resilience. It also discusses rising automobile insurance costs and a national study on auto insurance.
Obesity theories shift from simple excess eating to stress driven causes. Early ideas focus on caloric intake while later views link overeating to emotional and mental stress. Further study may reveal how deficiencies in understanding obesity relate to broader human imperfection.
Thousands gathered in Winchester for Confederate Memorial Day as Rev. F. M. Richardson delivered a masterly oration at Braddock Street Methodist Church. For the first time since memorial day began the American flag was placed on the monument to the unknown dead in the center of the cemetery. Osmar Swanson's Lighting Express continues weekend golf transportation business.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on the expectation that Christians embody radiant peace and joy. He argues that disobeying the command to rejoice weakens light and law and that true saints should live cheerfully and be good company. The piece cites a verse by Thomas Curtis Clarke to reinforce joyful Christian living.
The piece argues De Gaulle defined France for a decade, with a vision of immortal grandeur, while privately deriding Frenchmen as cowards. It questions what France and Western Europe will lose when he leaves, noting his impact on stability and global policy. He was there, always when France needed him.
In a column from Washington the author argues Nelson Rockefeller could become Secretary of State if Nixon sweeps the convention. Rockefeller, a remaining liberal, would help unite the GOP for a November victory and align on foreign policy despite past clashes with Nixon. The piece notes Harriman’s diplomacy and hints Rockefeller’s possible future role after the convention.
NEW YORK AP. Jack Vickers Jr. leads Vickers Petroleum Co., a Wichita based family firm now earning about 30 million dollars yearly. The company refines petrochemicals and runs 800 service stations across six Midwest and Southwest states as it marks its golden anniversary. The founder Jack Vickers Sr. began with a 5000 dollar oil lease in 1918 and built a family empire with eight children and expanding holdings.
The Vickers firm grew to over 11 million annually by 1940 and passed to family trusts. Jack Jr. joined as an oil scout after college, rising to chief executive by 1952 as the family expands to seven directors.24 Vickers, including Jack’s seven children, drive its ongoing success led by Helen Vickers Springer.
A short poem dated June 6 1968 reflects on war outcomes and the cost of victory. It contrasts lost causes and victor’s cheers, questioning who truly wins in battle. The author questions fairness and frames judgment on final truth.
Dr Wayne Brandstadt discusses rising carbon monoxide levels during peak traffic. He notes 60 to 85 parts per million near intersections can affect hemoglobin and driver performance, especially for long commutes.
A list presents ten quiz questions with answers to page two. Topics include fruits, authors, wines, phobias, Hawaiian food, capitals, trial roles, union contracts, racehorse naming limits, and Shay’s Rebellion in 1786 87.
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