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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1960
Page
4
A devotional quotation from June 20 1960 urges readers to reflect on righteousness and true perception of God. The brief piece cites the Bible John 11 and invites readers to align actions with faith, warning that wrongdoing obscures spiritual vision.
The article argues Moscow uses Cuba as a strategic base with rapid arrivals of industrial, military and cultural advisers amid a faltering Cuban economy. It notes aid pacts with Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Bulgaria, declines in tourism, and looming economic chaos. It also discusses English language emphasis in higher education and a rising critique of gloomy arts portrayals.
A narrator saddles Lightning to count cattle on a 100 acre Rappahannock border farm. He notes blue green hay fields, a pebbled brook, and grazing cows, reflecting on wild beauty versus modern fears of fallout and jet age life. The piece ends with a sigh as the rider returns toward civilization.
Trends toward scientific emphasis in education have infiltrated Oxford enabling science study to substitute for Latin and Greek in entrance requirements. Two modern languages will replace ancient tongues, signaling shift in English higher education.
A well known minister recalls a men's Bible class where a member mispronounced Dan ish All my life I heard that and I ve never known Beersheba were husband and wife. The class members admit widespread ignorance about places such as Sodom and the various towns.
Earl L Douglass questions readers about knowledge of the Bible and its practical help for life. He compares ignorance to dying of thirst and urges engagement with scripture to quench spiritual dryness.
Five years ago in 1955 Winchester defeated Luray 9 to 8 in ten innings to open the Junior Legion season. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs D E Leatherman returned home after attending the Rotary International convention in Chicago.
In Union South Carolina 1935 two men were killed as 800 Monarch Mills Company workers strike at the Monarch plant. The article notes a violent labor clash during the dispute and references broader unrest with convict mutiny in Kansas and social events in Britain.
Fifty years ago 1910 Lewis Grim was fatally injured while painting a telephone box at Washington and Water streets when a live wire burned a hole in his shoe. The Star notes Virginia’s new anti cussing law taking effect and records the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Austin Kern, formerly Miss Mabel Willis.
In Washington the 1960 campaign centers on Ike's leadership amid Far Eastern crises. Kennedy labeled for new leadership after Tokyo rioting and Okinawa protests, while Dulles absence is blamed for past missteps. Democrats push for accountable foreign policy as Japan remains pivotal.
Luther Markin urges readers to brighten days by choosing laughter and sunshine when life feels dark or dull. The short verse champions a simple mental shift to lift mood.
Medical overview explains normal saliva output of two to three pints a day and how it can surge to ten quarts. Causes include drugs tobacco mushrooms and poisons irritation from jagged teeth or dentures and systemic issues like pyorrhea stomatitis scurvy purpura or smallpox. Nervous system disturbances hysteria migraines and motion sickness may also trigger it.
A 10 day IQ style quiz with daily score bands. Questions include tobacco snuff, Passover bread plural, cyclone wind, McKinley assassination state, King John event, bullion coinage, pressure and boiling point, proton charge, Sooner origin, and author of Idylls of the King.
HAL BOYLE notes that about 13.5 percent of U.S. families now own two or more cars. The quirky roundup blends trivia and humor about famous figures and odd laws while highlighting a rise in car ownership amid broader prosperity.
Iowa City report notes 368 colleges and universities joined the ACT program in its first year. More than 125000 high school seniors took the test as ACT moves toward independence as a nonprofit agency. Jean Paul Mather, formerly UMASS president, calls participation rapid confirmation of program needs.
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