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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1964
Page
3
The Department of Commerce reports higher before tax income for the average family in 1963 versus 1947, though many dispute the labeling of “average.” Midpoint and modal figures vary, regional living costs skew the picture, and real purchasing power rose about 36.5 percent since 1947 after inflation.
John Goodyear, 51, a career diplomat with 27 years in postings worldwide, died Tuesday after a brief illness in New Haven. Also remembered are Dr. Lyman Leroy Standley, 79, famed audiovisual teaching expert from Melo Park, and Dr. Ross C. MacCardle, 62, cytologist at the National Cancer Institute, both passing Tuesday. In Louisville, Bruce Dudley, 72, former president of the American Association Baseball League and leader of the Louisville Colonels (1940–1949), died Wednesday.
Hulett C. Smith won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with 186 833 votes constituting 53.7 percent. Bonn Brown of Elkins finished second with 82 527 votes, Julius Singleton Jr of Morgantown had 47 848, and Harold Cutright of Ivanhoe 39 119 in official results.
A collage of Dear Abby letters and snippets from 1964 includes marital stress with a secretary, relationship doubts, table etiquette, and family gift tensions. The page carries Abby’s guidance and brief cultural notes on topics from etiquette to alcohol blackouts.
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