No Title Yet Page Note from Winchester 1961
June 1 1961 issue of the Winchester Evening Star includes a daily notice column with editorial by H F Byrd Jr and Rufus Josey and a biblical verse from Romans 3 10. The page announces local news republication rights and contact details for the paper.
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Winchester Evening Star
Mohawk
H. F. Byrd, JR
H. D. Koontz
Rufus Josey
Eugene Miller
Jenc Ee
Post Aire
Winchester
National Atives Gallanher-DeLisser, Inc
Associated ED
Hollywood in decline and a shift to foreign filming
Hollywood loses glamour as stars pass on and TV competes. Many 1960s productions move abroad for cost and tax reasons while some studios rebound locally. Despite fewer films, quality rises with fewer mediocrities and stronger, more ambitious projects emerge.
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Gary Cooper
Clark Gable
Humphrey Bogart
Wallace Beery
Tyrone Power
Errol Flynn
United States
Film Capital
West
20Th Century Fox
Hollywood
Egypt
Italy
Fox
Tahiti
Kennedy
Motto Refines Work Ethic at Rugby School
The diary notes Rugby School’s Latin motto Grando laborando meaning praying while working. It discusses two implications for workers: work should be done in a proper spirit and suitable tasks fit the vocation, urging a disciplined approach to daily duties.
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England
Rugby School
Prayerful dedication in work as a form of worship
A speaker urges doing worthwhile work with dedication, treating effort as a prayer. The message emphasizes giving one’s best to a good cause as both a promise to God and thanks for the opportunity to dedicate oneself. It frames labor and devotion as interconnected acts of faith.
Senator Carter Glass shapes platform for Norfolk convention
1936 report notes Senator Carter Glass drafting the Democratic platform for presentation at the state convention in Norfolk. Kenneth Robinson left for Camp Washington Md to spend six weeks at the ROTC camp. Mrs Helen Hardy Wright earned a Bachelor of Science from the Richmond branch of the College of William and Mary.
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Carter Glass
Norfolk
Kenneth Robinson
Camp Washington
Helen Hardy Wright
Richmond
College of William and Mary
Lightning kills 16 year old plowman John Fries and horse
In 1911 a severe storm near Berryville struck with hail and high winds. John Boyd Fries aged sixteen was struck by lightning and killed while plowing. his horse also died. Miss Rosalie McCormick received a luncheon in Berryville ahead of her marriage to Horace Smithy of Washington. the storm caused extensive crop and structure damage with chimneys ripped off and livestock losses.
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John Boyd Fries
Rosalie McCormick
Berryville
John B. Neill
Miss McCormick
Horace Smithy
Washington
Kennedy Seen As Oldtimer If He Serves Two Terms
A 1969 look ahead shows President Kennedy at 54 beside Khrushchev and Macmillan near 75 and Mao at 75 if they remain in power. The piece notes aging leaders including Adenauer 93, Nehru 79, de Gaulle 78, Tito 76, Franco 76, and Salazar at risk from colonial upheaval in Angola.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Russia
Khrushchev
Britain
Macmillan
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
West Germany
Adenauer
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Antonio Salazar
Portugal
India
Nehru
France
de Gaulle
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Francisco Franco
Spain
United States
Chiang
Asia
Salazar
Angola
Algeria
Tito
Franco
Berlin
Virginia Voters Face Left Right Split in Gubernatorial Race
Virginia politics split into organization versus anti-organization camps as Mills E Godwin Jr stresses governance philosophy over personalities. The Stephens Boothe Boyd ticket leans left with AFL-CIO backing, while Byrd era conservatism appeals to voters seeking steady government and no new taxes.
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Mills E. Godwin, Jr
Norfolk
Virginia
Stephens-Boothe-Boyd
Democratic Party
Byrd Organization
Stephens - Booth - Boyd
Poe Apy Gray Mclain
Messrs. Stephens
Boothe
Boyd
Philoophy
Stephens
Harrison
Organization
Star of the North
Armistead Boothe
Afl-Cio
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Teenagers claim they started slaying spree after thought they killed man
Two teens James Douglas Latham and George Ronald York say they intended to kill a man they believed was dead and continued a murder spree. They told reporters they prefer the electric chair while noting states use other methods like hanging in Kansas and gas chamber in Colorado. The Army harassment claim was raised at a Salt Lake City news conference.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
James Douglas Latham
Riceville
Tex
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas
Colorado
Salt Lake
John A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Tenn
York
Latham
Edward J. Guidroz
Baton Rouge
Health care column on pelvic organ support and exercises
Dr Burton H Fern explains how postpartum pelvic muscles form a funnel supporting the bladder intestine and womb. He describes cystocele rectocele and dropped uterus and advocates kneeling and forward bending or surgery to restore support. He invites readers to send questions to his mailbox.
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Burton H. Fern
M.D
Dr. Fern
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz From 1930s
A short quiz lists 10 questions on general knowledge with score tiers based on daily answers. It asks about Flickertail State and Wyoming versus Idaho, the Kennedy era cabinet agency, the Full Dinner Pail slogan, royal husbands, Danube geography, the first Negro to pitch in a World Series, fugue composers, Seward's Folly, the house divided proverb, and the fall flower nicknamed mum.
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Wyoming
North Dakota
Idaho
Kennedy
Seward
Hal Holbrook to Pause Mark Twain Role for a Time
After portraying Mark Twain in 1 850 appearances across 13 years Hal Holbrook plans a break from the famous impersonation. He will tour as Twain again later, and plans new projects including Lincoln material and a Huckleberry Finn musical adaptation.
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New York
Mark Twain
Hal Holbrook
Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Abraham Lincoln
Holbrook
Karl Wittlinger
Europe
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