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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
7
A Mother's Day plea panel recounts large families, aging parents, and lack of appreciation. Letters express loneliness, duty, and desire for recognition, including a widow with 28 children and a mother-in-law feeling overlooked.
The article notes about 1,000 right side groups exist with 5 percent extremist core. It cites sociologist Lipset linking recruitment to fear of communism and domestic stresses like taxes and big capital. Leaders often come from middle sized company management and there is broader mobilization amid Kennedy era politics.
The piece surveys conservative militants, business leaders, and religious groups in a Midwest setting arguing that communism threatens personal liberty and national traditions. It contrasts anti-Communist zeal with calls for laissez faire government and a constitutional republic, naming figures like Welch and McIntire and noting church-linked efforts to expose alleged communist influence.
Miss Betty Jo Gilliam and Harold Albert Kurstedt Jr wed at Sunnyside Presbyterian Church with Rev. G. R. Womeldorf officiating. The ceremony featured white gladioli and pearls, with maid of honor Miss Shirley Ann Gilliam and best man Edgar L. Hershman. A reception followed in the church social hall.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company held an open house for employees and friends celebrating its 75th anniversary with 64 000 attendees joining the event.
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