Winchester Star 1961 June 19 News Briefs
Local page features standard newspaper notices and editorials from Winchester Virginia. Verse from Romans appears as a devotional insert page alongside Associated Press content and notices from the newsroom and business office.
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Winchester Evening Star
Mohawk
H. F. Byrd, JR
H. D. Koontz
Rufus Josey
Eugene Miller
Winchester
Gallagher-DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Associated Press
Viet Nam Mercy Mission trains hope in Southeast Asia voyage
SS Hope sails to Saigon on a four month medical mission as part of a year long mercy work in Southeast Asia. Staff treated thousands, held classes, and performed major surgeries while private funds cover operating costs.
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Hope
Saigon
Viet Nam
Free World
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Project Hope
Africa
South America
Senate
U.S
Hope Project
Sumbawa
Oil as a Cold War weapon reshapes world markets
The article argues oil underpins modern economies and that the Soviet Union uses oil policy as a strategic tool. It notes Moscow expands refineries and pipelines, selling via diverse markets from Japan to Brazil, with aims beyond profit to curb Western influence.
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Japan
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Iceland
Britain
Italy
India
Greence
Egypt
Brazil
Ghana
Guinea
Tunisia
Afghanistan
Cuba
Moscow
Kremlin
Societ
Poland
New Stop Light Installed at Amherst and Washington
Chief Thomas Boyd announced a new traffic signal at the Amherst and Washington streets corner. Frederick Sprenkle, son of Mr and Mrs Philip Sprenkle of Hanover, was spending the summer in York Pennsylvania.
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Amherst
Washington Streets
Thomas Boyd
Frederick Sprenkle
Philip Sprenkle
Hanover
York, Pa
Daily Meditation on parental fears and pathways to success
The passage reflects on why a parent might want their child to avoid prior hardships. It contrasts cruelty and hardship with the drive to achieve success, noting how past struggles and near misses shaped ambitions and outcomes. It urges reflection on life’s mix of success and failure.
Let Your Child Face Life’s Hard Things
Earl L. Douglas urges that effort and struggle define success and character. People may end with little yet gain from lessons, while others may be rich or powerful yet inwardly fail. Exhortation to let children endure hardships to grow, warning against overprotection sapping their independence.
25 Years Ago 1936 Guests Visit as L Arnold Hosts
Mr and Mrs Lester Arnold hosted Mrs Beula Thompson Hastings of Knox ville Tenn as a guest. Lightning struck the Martinsburg hospital operating room during an emergency operation tearing open the tile floor but causing no injuries.
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Lester Arnold
Beula Thompson "Astings
Knoxville
Tenn
Martinsburg Hospital
Local Notes Reflect Guests Circuses and Clergy
Fifty years ago in 1911 West Cork street hosts Mr and Mrs James O Ritter entertain Harry Hillburn of Norfolk. Washington street hosts Mr and Mrs James B Russell with daughter Mrs Gardner W Brown of New York visiting. Masterson's big ring circus opened on the Glaize lot east Piccadilly Street. Rev Oscar deWolf Randolph, formerly assistant rector at Christ Church Winchester, among deacons ordained as ministers at the Episcopal Theological Seminary.
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James B. Russell
Washington Street
Gardner W. Brown
New York
Masterson
Glaize Lot
East Piccadilly St
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Oscar deWolf Randolph
Christ Church, Winchester
Week's Economic Barometer Signals Upturn Across Sectors
The AP reports production rose three percent in May across mines factories and utilities with gains in autos iron and steel and consumer goods. Employment also increased with durable goods adding 150000 jobs and hours worked rising, while consumer spending and housing activity show strength and auto and steel output recovers.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Labor Department
General Electric Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Gary
Ind
Republic Steel Corp
Gadsden
Ala
Kennedy Faces Six Hard Months as Cold War Tensions Rise
Washington dispatch notes President Kennedy’s early honeymoon ends as Republicans attack his foreign policy, nuclear tests and disarmament talks falter. Khrushchev sets six month Berlin deadline while both sides trade blame over peace aims and troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
Congress
Macmillan
Korea
Europe
de Gaulle
France
Khrushchev
Russia
Eeere Khrushchev
Geneva
United States
White House
Berlin
West Berlin
Ming
Granddaughter of Revolutionary War Soldier Granted Pension
Augusta Maine AP confirms the 100th Maine awarded an 88 year old widow a $60 monthly pension as the sole living granddaughter of a Revolutionary War Soldier. The pension doubles her prior $25 support. She lives alone on 120 acres and recalls a frugal past with a nine room farmhouse.
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Augusta
Maine
Katie Libby
Charleston
Libby
Ireland
Switzerland
la Rinconado Racetrack
Venezuela
South America
Enthusi
Nearsighted Judy Learns to See with Glasses
A health column explains myopic eyes caused by an elongated eyeball and how glasses can correct focus. It notes that near work and poor posture worsen eyes, outlines how lenses bend light to reach the retina, and provides a short memory-quiz scoring section with a page 2 answer key.
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Judy
Birth Tree customs and odd facts in global notes
HAL BOYLE surveys birth tree traditions in Europe and Asia, notes Swiss customs linking trees to new children, and collects quirky facts from dentistry costs to coinage on a humorous global roundup. It includes anecdotes on horse welfare, war caps, and historical quotes.
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Czechoslovakia
Red River
Earl L. Douglas
James O. Ritter
West Cork Street
Harry Hillburn
Norfolk
Jack Lefler
AP Business News
Commerce Department
Federal Housing Administration
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Senate Appropriations
Edwin L. Covey
U. S. Courts
By James Marlow
Burton H. Fern, M.D
I. Q
Reno
Nevada
Saudi Arabia
Mediterranea Sea
Arabian Sea
Red Sea
James
Hal Boyle
America
Eries
Veterans Administration
Thomas B. Lowell
John Brooks
Massachusetts
S Ferry
Lowell
Asm
Arnold Debee
ST Ataiens
Humane Societies
Yap
Oscar Wilde
Sudan
Ed Howe
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