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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star edition dated May 2 1968. The issue announces circulation and contact details, staff roles, and advertisement mailing information. It lists subscription rates and service options for Virginia and West Virginia, with a brief masthead and printing details.
Former Public Defender Hubert Humphrey announces his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, skipping primaries and targeting state caucuses to shape the uncommitted delegation. He seeks unity for party and country, aided by Johnson administration strengths and labor support, while McCarthy and Kennedy may split anti administration votes.
In less than a month of combat testing the United States has lost three of its new six million dollar F-111 fighter bombers and presumed four of six crew members. Officials traced one crash to a mechanic’s error leaving sealant loose that jammed controls. With three losses in quick succession doubts grow about possible design flaws in the aircraft and whether North Vietnam shot down the missing bombers. The U S command suggests the need to pull the planes from Southeast Asia for full U S inspection.
Africa sees rapid bloc formation with the Union of Central African States created on April 2 by three nations and the Organization of Senegal River States formed a week earlier by four nations. Talks aim to link French and English speaking countries in a larger common market, while internal political entanglements threaten development.
Further damage to the apple crop reported as temperatures fell to 31 degrees. Dr. Walter Hough of the Research Laboratory notes petals on trees reaching Mt. Jackson turned brown by the cold. Ensign Harry F Stimpson U S N R promoted to lieutenant junior grade, stationed in Washington, married to Margaret Byrd.
Fifty years ago in 1918 Miss Clara Ruth Goode of Sulphur Springs contracted with the Fourth United Brethren Church director in Pittsburgh. Winchester and Frederick County youngsters will each aim to buy two dollars in thrift stamps this week. James B. Russell was unanimously reelected president of the Union Bank of Winchester, with John Thwaite reelected vice president.
The piece explores why people feel unhappy and offers practical steps to overcome it. It cites unwise eating, guilt from harming others, troubled conscience, and a negative outlook as causes. It urges self-empowerment and cites Lincoln on happiness as a mindset choice.
A column notes Humphrey Rockefeller Nixon speeches offer generalities with no concrete policy plans. It highlights rising social unrest, congressional timidity, and federal intervention questions as voters seek clear positions from candidates on insurrection, crime, and a looming fiscal crisis.
A reader criticizes riots under non-violence pretenses, accusing the administration of tolerance for lawlessness, questioning LBJ's war handling, and condemning taxation and court bias. The letter laments legacy of debt, Great Society programs, and political deceit, urging citizen caution about future leadership and spending.
In Karawa and Kinshasa, missionaries adapt from frontier preaching to organized service. Grace Nelson bikes around Karawa Mission Station while Sam Vinton runs a school and dispensary complex near Bukavu. About 1,450 Protestant and 5,800 Catholic missionaries in the Congo fund education and medical care, with calls for more trained short-term workers.
Wayne Brandstadt M D explains why rural fatalities exceed urban ones. He cites slower emergency response, occupation hazards, late discovery of injuries, and pesticide risks. Emphasizes need for well equipped ambulances and trained attendants to save lives in sparsely populated areas.
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