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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1966
Page
4
The Winchester Star lists Jack F. Davis as General Manager and Executive Editor and Douglas B. O Connell as Managing Editor. It notes daily publication with notable staff and contact numbers for business and editorial inquiries.
The 1971 decimalization will keep the pound as the basic unit but divide it into 100, prompting a costly withdrawal of seven billion coins and widespread device updates. A London reader, Gerald Brooke, appeals from Łubianka Prison to swap for two British spies, Peter and Helen Kroger, amid broader Cold War tensions.
The 113 year old Case of Nails Jones and Laughlin Steel Co will stop manufacturing nails at its Aliquippa Pennsylvania facility by month end due to fierce foreign competition mainly from Japan. The move follows price cuts and the withdrawal from other lines. Workers face job loss as costs drive products out of the market.
The Star Files notes that parking meters are favored by a downtown business group and that a council meeting will discuss a new plan. Reports from Bristol indicate heavy RAF activity with many casualties and damage amid poor weather limiting major sorties. A Studebaker crash injures several people including Miss Annabel Grove and others. Senator Byrd was named to a state road planning commission.
Earl L. Douglas offers a cheerful message urging readers to check rest and choices when irritable. He cites Jesus as radiant amid controversy and urges Christian faith as a source of lasting happiness with quotes about joy and cheer.
The United States has maintained eleven years of continuous diplomatic contact with the Peiping government through 128 meetings since 1955. Conversations, begun in Geneva and moved to Warsaw in 1958, are secret but ongoing, focusing on prisoners, students, Vietnam, India Pakistan, travel limits, and核 tests, with Formosa and UN admission looming as contentious issues.
True age is measured by spirit not calendar. The piece lists signs of youth in heart such as liking new experiences, keeping humor, staying curious, forming friendships across ages, and planning for the future despite aging.
Williams argues Democratic losses loom in the 1966 elections while GOP strategy centers on Viet Nam policy. He notes potential intra party splits, especially among defense supporters like Sen. Richard Russell, and predicts centrists in both parties may shift as campaigns unfold.
Dr. Brandstadt explains cobalt cancer therapy cannot trigger breast cancer. He defines fibrocystic mastitis as non malignant but watchful for possible progression, and clarifies metastasis means cancer spread. He also answers about male breast enlargement and phenothiazines, advising cautious drug changes and noting no cataract risk shown with this drug group.
Quiz style sheet asks ten day scoring with daily results from Memory Genius to Excellent. Questions cover Bible kinship boxing punches ductile metals caloric foods shipwrecks senators nyctophobia moths movie stars and fiction titles. The item lists ten queries including Cain relation and Robinson Crusoe author.
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