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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1957
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star serves daily news to more than 40,000 readers with Byrd Jr. as editor. The masthead reflects the paper’s historical reach and its Monday through Saturday publication cadence.
Kansas wheat harvests an estimated 1060 million bushels amid drought and acreage cuts. Prospective yield about half the 10 year average with state income well below 1951 levels despite marketing quota extensions. Wheat grandeur of Kansas described as suspended animation.
Reporters note discussions on the GI William Girard case and Okinawa rights as Nobusuke Kishi visits Washington. The agenda includes withdrawal of U.S. troops, peacetime trade with Asia, and a potential Japan-U.S. joint rebuild plan with Japan supplying goods and tech while the U.S. funds it.
The plan would let Japan lead a peaceful co prosperity system in Asia with Tokyo in control, offering advantages over war time attempts. It could create a strong U S competitor for Asian markets financed by American funds. Washington may hesitate but strategic benefits to the free world against Communist China and Russia could push involvement.
A digest highlights the most interesting editorials from forty papers received daily. It curates perspectives on politics society and culture, offering a snapshot of editorial voices from multiple regions.
Colonia residents adapt surplus ranch houses into temporary schools to address crowded classrooms. The plan mirrors early American two room schools replaced by larger buildings, with locals praising ingenuity and commitment to educating children.
Left handed men and women make up about 6 percent of Americans yet few realize the challenges of a right handed world. From car design to pencil sharpeners, tools favor right handers though desks and golf clubs now target lefties. Notable left handers across fields include Babe Ruth and Leonardo da Vinci.
From the Files of the Star: in 1952 four physicians Warren and Carter Joseph McD. Damion Pierson Deming and Richard L. Hughes Jr were elected to hospital staff. Weather records note scorching heat and a storm bringing slight relief as Hopewell faced a tornado aftermath and $200000 in damage.
A brief feature notes contents of Scotts Scrap Book by R. J. Scott including a miscellany of anecdotes and items from the author.
The article traces perfume from ancient trade routes and frankincense origins in Hadhramaut to its spread across the Mediterranean. It highlights temple offerings, Egyptian embalmings, Phoenician and Greek adoption, Roman excesses, and rose water in Arab culture, then notes France’s Grasse region and Moroccan rose suppliers for modern perfumery.
Modern man seeks to rid hell but not heaven, creating a balancing dilemma. A just God must reward righteousness and punish unrighteousness, so heaven and hell coexist as necessary opposites. Both or nothing, says Earl Douglass as he argues punishment underpins moral reality.
A quiz summary lists daily result bands from nine to ten correct as Memory Genius down to four correct as Good. It also asks ten sample questions including dates of a Russian port voyage in 1783, opposite globe region, Catholic Bible books, life form of shrimp, flag color meaning, mulberries, eel hearts, geologic periods, word usage of antagonized, and a proverb from Beaumont and Fletcher.
The expression expresses unease from waiting for type and styles in early print shops. When a typesetter ran short of a style, he waited as used type from other jobs was reused, leading to a natural loss of patience.
Dr. George W Crane discusses why Christianity is distinct from other religions, arguing God reversed the coercive pattern of worship, offering love rather than fear. He contrasts ancient tyrant gods with Calvary’s sacrifice and urges a voluntary, fatherly relationship with God.
In Hungary the execution of Gizella Tsona Toth and two male co defendants was announced by Radio Budapest. The three were convicted in the revolt’s first big show trial for the November 18 murder of Istvan Kollar of the Communist secret police after Russian tanks crushed the uprising.
James L. Williams, a UVA graduate student, his wife, and seven month old son moved into a Copeley Hill trailer. Williams, an aeronautical research engineer for NACA at Langley, is in his second summer session pursuing a master’s in aeronautical engineering. He is the first Black resident at Copeley Hill since its 1946 opening.
A report highlights Kynex, the sulfa drug sulfa methozypyridazine, with lower daily doses and broad effectiveness. Dorbantyl laxative combines diodylsodium sulfosuccinate and 1-8 dihydroxy anthraquinone for easier bowel movements and safety. Celentin, N methyl a n methylphenylsuccinimide, treats petit mal seizures after years of development. A Q and A confirms vegetable fats are as digestible as animal fats.
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