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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1961
Page
4
Local Winchester Evening Star edition notes circulation of over 40 000 readers and includes editor roles and contact lines. It mentions Associated Press rights and standard subscription rates while quoting a Bible verse about inner religious life for reflection.
With Prime Minister Ikeda in Washington for three days the talks will probe U S and Japanese views on Red China trade ties and aid, Okinawa influence and Laos and South Vietnam aims. The interview stresses shared free world stance and cautious steps toward China.
Washington lawmakers debate a summer adjournment as heat and workload push many to seek vacations. Article notes the 22nd Amendment and Reorganization Act dates, predicts tax extensions and possible rate cuts if June nuisance taxes lapse on July 1.
A reflection on gifts and effort: praise for gifts left unopened mirrors a life not used. The speaker notes that real courtesy is unwrapping a present and thanking the giver. With God’s gifts, the call is to unwrap, thank, and apply them to a good end. Many fail because they never unwrap.
Earl L. Douglas suggests gifts are wasted by the lazy and selfish. He cites Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr as examples who misused fine talents. The message urges recipients to recognize and develop their inherited abilities.
The Star Files recalls 1951 events with James Hottle of James Wood school chosen president of the Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America at the state convention held at Virginia Tech. Margaret Truman visited Paris and lunched with General Dwight D. Eisenhower at his headquarters. A B Happy Chandler resigned as baseball commissioner, a post he had held since 1945.
The B&O railroad announced plans to air condition five additional passenger cars bringing the total equipped fleet to 530 cars. In one week over a thousand children used the new facilities at Rouss Park. Mr and Mrs Robert J McNally Jr of 506 West Cork Street were sailing to Boston aboard the Fairfax from Baltimore.
Fifty years ago in 1911 work began on a new large barrel factory, the Jefferson Cooperage Co., in Charles Town West Virginia. Electricity was to be used to cut operating costs. Judge E Boyd Faulkner sold 180 acres of Boydville land near the Winchester pike to Hill Crest Land Co. for 165 dollars per acre. Nina Gold Walter daughter of Frank and Mrs Walter of 36 South Market Street wed J Earl Carter of Baltimore Maryland.
A retrospective on postwar Germany maps Berlin into four zones with West access routes. Khrushchev threatens to turn control to East Germans, risking war if the West cannot rely on its airlift and military presence to keep Berlin open before 1961.
An AP report notes US aims to draw foreign visitors with 500 000 overseas, 400 000 from Latin America and five million Canadians, despite costs, distance and language. Intourist official suggests visa reform and cheaper fares. packages from 40 to 613. Expanded interpreters at ports are offered.
The 1961 tentative assessment of Virginia public service corporations totals $747,349,589, up more than $37 million from 1960. Local taxes are projected at $22,420,487, about $1.12 million higher, with a state tax bill of $21,515,738 up $852,793. The SCC notes six of nine categories rose, while railroad assessments fell by $1,418,552 to $161,050,340 amid a shift from small freight lines.
Carl Foreman, once a sideshow Barker, is reputedly the highest paid screenwriter in moviedom after a 22 year career producing fewer than 50 scripts. He wrote films such as High Noon, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Mouse That Roared, and Guns of Navarone while rising from poverty row to top status and a yearly range of $175,000 to $200,000 plus a percentage.
A reader explains numb white fingers from Raynaud’s disease and is advised to seek medical treatment. The column covers penicillin allergy milk safety and cautions about bleaching moles, eye conditions, and sleep fatigue tied to worry, ending with a quiz section on general knowledge.
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