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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1956
Page
4
The Farmville Herald analyzes the NAACP booklet Target for 1963 noting aims if school integration succeeds. Plans include workplace and housing integration, voting rights, public accommodations, health services, repeal of Senate Rule 22, and merging voluntary associations, churches, and clubs.
Ricardo A Mestres, Princeton treasurer, suggests a Study Now Pay Later system. Colleges would sell tuition notes to a General Education Acceptance Corporation which would collect monthly payments from alumni after graduation, broadening how tuition costs are funded.
The article mentions Mestres proposing discounts for students entering poorly paid but socially useful professions such as teachers ministers and social workers. It notes housewives poets and artists might claim such benefits, and recalls that installment buying once sounded fantastical about 30 years ago.
A debate on immediate court desegregation highlights a violent Lake Erie excursion riot. The piece argues rioting harms integration and urges cautious, sympathetic progress through law and understanding, led by intelligent leaders across races.
Former U. S. ambassador to Brazil and auto insurance executive James Kemper argues that 88 percent of traffic deaths could be prevented if every driver obeyed the law. He notes 33,700 of 38,000 annual fatalities stem from violations and urges strict, impartial enforcement as essential to public safety. He also questions the psychology behind widespread rule breaking on streets.
News notes from 1955 include the end of a five week dock strike that disrupted shipping in Britain's six largest ports. Other items report local social visits, sports, and notable movements such as Lt. George R. Byrd graduating from West Point and Amelia Earhart's reprimand by the Commerce Department.
House Judiciary Chair Celler and Rep Keating back a bill to allow the Vice President to convene Congress and assume powers when a president is unable to serve. The measure would let either the acting president or president end the incapacity. Critics warn it misreads history and requires a constitutional amendment, predicting Congress will ignore it.
A 200 year old invention story credits John Laferty with naming the tool a thumb bell in England, later evolving to the word thimble. The account links the term to its shape and usage in sewing.
Reporting period shows 24 hour rainfall ending 8:30 am today with no rainfall in June and year to date totals. Historical 43 year data list monthly averages from 1912 to 1955 with January 2.45 inches through December 2.46 inches and varying values for each month.
A doctor explains premenstrual tension can disrupt home and work life and reviews treatments. Therapies include diuretics, antispasmodics, caffeine to lift mood, B vitamins, and low salt high protein diets. Doctors tailor regimens to ease symptoms.
A brief note attributes a baseball description to R J Scott, noting the ball travels in a nearly straight line through the air not far from the ground. The snippet presents a concise image of the ball's flight path.
A reader asks about a 10 day IQ based quiz with daily memory and score ranges from memory genius to excellent. It includes true falseBible science and other general knowledge prompts and asks about early English books and Hans Brjetman party references.
At least 70 different kinds of semi-precious stones exist, with some localized and some widely distributed. Diamonds and emeralds are occasionally found, and agate and jasper can be found across the United States. The Bureau of Mines notes minimal commercial gem exploration, with most gem production from amateur rock hunters finds.
Channel 4 offers Footlight Theater at six, Guy Lombardo at seven, News Caravan eight, and Tonight with Steve Allen at eleven. Channel 5 features Looney Tunes, The Eve movie Bel Ami, Baseball highlights, and Featurama late night. Channel 7 lists Sky King, Disneyland, The Millionaire, U 8 Steel Hour moments of Courage, and The Late Show Paid to Kill.
A dense listing shows daytime and evening programs across channels with times from 12:00 to 5:30. Entries include dramas, talk shows, soap operas, game shows, and film features featuring actors such as George Brent Inga Inoki John Mills and Gale Storm with multiple stations and blocks.
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