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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1956
Page
4
Rates for mailing and motor routes are listed with options for one year six months and one month in advance. An outside Virginia and West Virginia surcharge applies. Carrier prices are shown for one year six months and one month. Weekly and single copy pricing are included.
Wayne W. Parrish of American Aviation Magazine rebuts alarmist claims about Russia's aircraft progress. He argues Western makers still hold industrial lead and that overstated statements about Russia surpassing the West are juvenile and dangerous despite Russia's gains in nuclear and military aviation.
Scientists suggest earth is in an interglacial period and a new ice age may follow. Drs Maurice Ewing and William L Dunn argue Arctic warming raises sea levels and shifts moisture, triggering extensive snowfall and cooling patterns.
Mississippi legislature urged to issue a declaration affirming a positive approach to racial crisis, opposing brutality and endorsing equal educational aims. It argues for continued dual schools and justice under law, maintaining segregation as a path to progress and economic equity while respecting individual dignity.
The text argues that building up ice masses farther south could shut rivers and lower sea level, creating an Arctic ice cap. Scientists say such a shift is unlikely to occur soon and that conditions for another ice age would take centuries or thousands of years to develop.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch cartoonist Fred O Seibel marks 30 years in the post. The Washington Evening Star duo Jim Berryman and Gibb Crockett are noted as the nation’s top cartoonists. The piece salutes Seibel and his paper for the milestone and offers congratulations.
Washington analysis says Harriman partnered with Kefauver and Williams cannot reach a majority for the Democratic nomination. Harriman's maximum on the first ballot is about 209 delegates from New York and the West, needing nearly 500 more with Dixie states leaning to Stevenson. Kefauver trails with weak delegate support and is unlikely to surge after a California setback, possibly dropping out after the first ballot.
M S A Hadley Massachusetts records the first commercial broomcorn crop producing 30 brooms in 1797. Benjamin Franklin is credited with an earlier broomcorn crop after a friend showed him a whisk broom with seeds he planted in his garden. One seed grew into a tall plant.
The phrase Gone haywire traces to hay bale wire used by farmers for makeshift repairs. In hard times the wire broke down, repairs failed, and the phrase entered common speech reflecting those mishaps.
Report shows past 24 hour rainfall to 8 30 a m totalled 1.96 inches and June rainfall to date at 15 72 inches. Average annual rainfall for 43 years stands at 3 95 inches with monthly means listed for 1912 1955.
A 2-1 Winchester win over Lura led a roundup of year ago notes. School graduations include Hilda Lineweaver from Indiana University and Morna Lou Pugh with a home economics BS from West Virginia. Local social events feature kitchen showers and visits, while city plans include paving Water Street at a cost of 7 000 dollars.
Advice for older adults with angina including triggers and self care. Physicians prescribe nitroglycerin at the first sign of an attack and limit self treatment. Practical steps cover rest, tepid baths, small meals, and possible smoking reduction to reduce future episodes.
A legend tells how a medieval noble stretched wires between castle turrets hoping for music in the wind. A storm finally produced a powerful melody, suggesting that harsh times reveal important truths and inspiring lessons. The piece cites Robert Ingersoll on hope and meaning in death.
A magazine style quiz page offers a 10 day scoring plan with daily results framing levels Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good and includes trivia items from history science and language. The page asks ten questions about Bodley Ethan Allen the Monroe Doctrine and other topics.
The document lists a speed record claim for a jet plane by a British Fairey Delta 2 at 1132 mph with FIA certification in progress, followed by an American F1100C at 822.135 mph. It also notes about three dozen motels in Europe, dentures maintenance reasons, and RCMP eligibility restricted to British subjects in Canada aged 21 to 30 who are single and meet education medical standards.
Channel 4 6:00 Footlight Theater through 11:30 Tonight Steve Allen. Channel 5 includes cartoons B westerns News features and boxing 1:90 Sign Off. Channel 6 presents Cisco Kid Spotlight Arthur Godfrey 20th Century Fox Hour and Late Show with The Secret People. This is a snapshot of prime time fare.
A packed daytime to late evening lineup includes daytime soaps Guiding Light and Love of Life, comedies like The Ruggles and House Party, dramas such as The Secret Storm, plus feature films and cartoons. Notable guests include Edmund O’Brien, Johnny Carson, and Gale Storm. channels include Channel 9 with variety from Mickey Mouse to Foreign Incident.
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