Winchester Evening Star News Snapshot
Read daily by more than 40 000 persons with H F Byrd Jr as editor and a local business office on Mohawk. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and prints local and national news with NY dispatches.
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Winchester Evening Star
H. F. Byrd, JR
Mohawk
Gallagher - Delisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Winchester
Associated ‘Press
Associated Press
Ami News
Government Divided On A Bomb Tests Policy Debate
A divided U S policy on nuclear test cessation emerges amid London talks. Within the Eisenhower administration disputes center on whether to halt tests, with scientists and AEC chief Strauss urging continued testing for a so called clean bomb. President Eisenhower signals a conditional cessation stance but remains swayed by arguments to maintain tests, creating a cautious national policy stalemate. A separate Georgia skeleton find hints at Button Gwinnett.
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United States
Eisenhower
London
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Eisenhower warns on erosion of state authority at Governors Conference
President Eisenhower urged balance between state rights and responsibilities during the Williamsburg governors meeting. He criticized a federal school building program and a costly budget while supporting a joint committee to study federal state relations to spotlight sovereignty concerns.
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Eisenhower
Williamsburg
Washington
Button Gwinnett Signer of Declaration Dead in Duel
The article notes Button Gwinnett's fame rests on his place in the Declaration's left-hand column and his brief record. He was killed in a duel 11 months after his signing, leaving a grave location unfound. A Georgia skeletal find could verify his bonefragment tale from the duel.
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Button Gwinnett
Gwinnett
Button
Georgia
Continental Congress
Hall of Fame
Editorial Digest Highlights From 40 Newspapers
A digest of editorials selected from forty newspapers arriving at the office. The column curates opinion pieces on public policy, economy, and social issues, presenting a snapshot of prevailing viewpoints across multiple regions.
Ridicule as a defense and its limits in history
The excerpt discusses ridicule as a response when ideas fail and as a problem solving tool. It cites Socrates Columbus Puritanism and the Wright brothers to show how ridicule can backfire when a serious endeavor proceeds despite derision. It ends with a speculative question about what comes next.
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Socrates
Columbus
Heaven and Earth
Modern Republicans Plus New Dealers
The Supreme Court's direction is shaped by four justices with New Deal roots and Eisenhower picks. Chief Justice and Brennan are from this administration, while Black and Douglas were appointed by F D Roosevelt. When joined by one other justice they form a majority, and with two abstentions these four steer key rulings.
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Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Brennan
Black
Douglas
F. D. Roosevelt
Massie Leads Fourth of July Celebration Plan
From the Files of the Star Joseph A. Massie Jr. to oversee the city's Fourth of July celebration. The report notes visitors and events including a wedding in town and various local achievements. Several named figures receive mentions such as Anne Elizabeth Butler, John Bassett Vaughan, Lena Wolfe, and Walker McC Bond.
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Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Thomas B. Stanley
US Congress
Anne Elizabeth Butler
John Bassett Vaughan
Lena Wolfe
Frederick County
Blacksburg
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz Questions
A 10 day quiz with 100 questions rates memory by daily scores. Sample items ask about oil origins in Pa N Y Texas, if a guinea pig is a rodent, Macedonian period enlistment, salt flavor over time, Pago Pago location, mandrill identification, a named educator, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, pronunciation of comely, and Burns dialect terms.
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Oxla
Texas
Alexander
Cyrus
Hall of Fame
Burns
Curfew Origins in Medieval France Trace Bell Signal
In medieval France authorities used a nightly bell signal to cover or extinguish fires. With fires out in cold weather little activity remained. The Old French term cuerrefu evolved into the English word curfew.
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France
Diary of Nazi Spy Chief Schellenberg Revealed in Memoir
The memoir The Labyrinth by Hans Schellenberg provides an inside look at the Nazi security and foreign intelligence apparatus. It portrays leaders like Himmler Heydrich and Ribbentrop, detailing power struggles, plots such as kidnapping the duke of Windsor, and schemes to influence U S elections and Soviet leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Harper
al Capone
Nazi Germany
Schellenberg
Third Reich
Nazi Party
Reinhard Heydrich
Party
Gestapo
Foreign Intelligence Service
Heinrich Himmler
Joachim Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Himmiler
Himmler
Kersten
Martini Himmler
West
Phalia
Heydrich
Poland
Europe
Bermuda
Portugal
Lisbon
U.S
Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Russia
United States
Stalin
Roosevelt
Fdr
America
Hermann Goering
Goering
Reichsmarshal
The Doctor Speaks on Toothpaste Abrasive Value
A Dr Herman N Bundesen article explains that the true value of dentifrices lies in their abrasive action aiding brushing. It notes the lack of proven decay prevention claims, cites ADA cautions, and mentions ingredients like baking soda chlorophyll derivatives urea and fluoride.
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G. WY. Black
Black
American Dental Association
Council On Dental Therapeutics
Council
American Medical Association
M. M
Worry Clinic: Left Handed Children and Stuttering Fears
Dr. George W. Crane dispels myths linking left handedness to stuttering. He explains toddlers’ stuttering is normal as language lags behind understanding, and persistent shouting at left handed children fosters habits that solidify stuttering. Placing favored toys on the right side can naturally bias hand use without harm.
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George W. Crane
Jerry K
Air Force stages double header rocket launches at Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral Florida a double header rocket launch was staged with two missiles fired within hours of each other. Reporters from the Miami Herald and Orlando Sentinel described a white plume and loud blast with one launch possibly from the regular firing range. Officials did not identify the missiles.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Nina Joslin
Orlando Sentinel News Bureau
John _Morton
The
Miami Herald
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