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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
4
The notice lists subscription pricing for Winchester Evening Star readers. Rates include one year in advance at $8.50 within Virginia and nearby areas, six months at $4.75, and one month at $1.00. Outside Virginia and West Virginia add postage. The ad notes editorial leadership and contact numbers.
Reader-adjacent OCR snippet shows a newspaper page with editor labels and date. details are unclear but indicates a stale in-page note or masthead fragment from Monday June 29 1964.
The piece notes the tentative arrival of the summer tourist season with no official proclamation yet. It contrasts seasonal expectations with headlines and warns that highway fatalities rise on holidays. It cites public responsibility, radio advertising phrases, and political rhetoric as part of the broader seasonal and civic theme.
The Star Files recalls Winchester issuing $325 150 in building permits during the first six months. Joe Louis defeated Tony Galento by technical knockout in two minutes 29 seconds of the fourth round in the world boxing championship. William Grove Mitchell Boyd James Cline and others traveled to Washington to attend Senators Tigers games at Griffith Stadium. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt ill with malaria and enlarged spleen cancels campaign trip to California. U S Department of Agriculture mails a Hessian fly injury questionnaire and warns of fall crop trouble. Edna Kercheval and Viola Enders visit Mrs Glen Burch in Millwood.
Earl L. Douglas critiques national waste and inequality. He points to oversized garbage pails and high living standards while noting food waste, farm subsidies, and crop destruction. The meditation links waste to social and racial disparities and warns of potential global judgment and communist critiques.
The Fifth Annual Instructional Leadership conference highlights team teaching as a method to diversify instruction. Educators from fourteen states and Canada report benefits include higher student interest, better planning, and shared evaluation, with cautions about planning, resources, and resistant administrations.
William Lawrence warns parents about Fourth of July firework accidents and the need for supervision. He notes laws reduced incidents but emphasizes careful teaching and prevention over punishment after injuries. He also answers reader questions on pinworms and enteritis, stressing professional medical care.
A reader test outlines IQ based on 100 questions with a 10 day schedule and daily accuracy bands from memory genius to good. It asks trivia across states, literature, geography, fruit calories, birds, and postal rules. Answers are on page two.
Jim Kendrick describes how to smoke venison pheasants ducks and fish using an old refrigerator repurposed with a stovepipe and sawdust fire. He claims the smoking temps around 125 degrees for two to four days depending on the meat and notes hickory or maple yet warns neighbors may object to smoke.
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