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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1960
Page
4
The 1960 June 7 issue of Winchester Evening Star presents Romans 15 13 as its theme scripture for the day with a hopeful message. Rufus Eugene Miller serves as editor in a brief religious reflection column.
The Seventh District Republicans decide not to field a candidate against Democratic Rep. Burr P. Harrison as he seeks a ninth term. The piece notes Harrison’s seniority on the Ways and Means Committee and his record of representing the district, while also touching on graduation trends and employment prospects for 1960 graduates, including engineering demand and likely starting salaries.
Five years ago the Star Files notes Handley High School seniors totaling 84 were to receive diplomas at tonight’s exercises. Richard Hart, son of Mr and Mrs Howard O Hart, had earned a BS in business administration at Shepherd College.
A woman rushing for a New York train slipped and her leg wedged between car and platform. A sensible middle aged man acted calmly to organize cooperation and keep the train from starting while others assisted.
By Earl L. Douglass, a group of 50 to 100 strangers form a unified crowd to shove a car away from a platform. They free a woman with a fraction of an inch movement. A plain, observant person performs a decisive rescue, illustrating everyday heroism and quiet greatness among common people.
Dr Lewis Douglas former budget director spoke in Stroudsburg PA claiming Roosevelt’s New Deal parallels Soviet Russia in forcing communism. Chinese officials announced evacuation of Tientsin with Peiping chosen as new seat of Hopeh province government.
Fifty years ago the midshipmen under Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr left Annapolis aboard the battleship Massachusetts for a cruise abroad. The voyage continues a long tradition of foreign waters travels since 1898.
National debate questions whether denouncing President Eisenhower helps or harms the country during wartime. The piece argues that harsh criticism from some writers and press figures aids Moscow and undermines unity, urging nonpartisan support for leadership and national safety.
Khrushchev broadens his insult spree targeting Western leaders and figures including Eisenhower. The Soviet premier derides allies and former allies alike, with earlier episodes citing visits to Britain, attacks on Bulganin Tito Dulles Humphrey and other officials in a pattern of public rebukes.
A physician promotes milk as a natural aid for peptic ulcers alongside standard treatment. Milk and dairy fats may reduce stomach acidity, while stress reduction and light meals are advised. The article also includes a quiz section with multiple questions and answers.
HAL BOYLE surveys social trends and public attitudes across the United States and abroad. Khrushchev’s past criticism of the United States and his remarks about Eisenhower and Adenauer frame a wider portrait of Cold War tensions. The piece notes changing heights among Americans, rising allowances for teenagers, and shifts in work hours and tax burdens.
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