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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1959
Page
4
A moral exhortation emphasizes protecting children rights and ensuring their future. It frames every child as entitled to a chance and warns against depriving them of their protections and opportunities.
Colgate W. Darden Jr. will leave the University of Virginia next month after a 12 year presidency. He expanded facilities and changed admissions to favor Virginia high schools, aiming to make UVA a true state university. His public service includes several Virginia offices and roles.
D G Cooley principal of Berryville High School plans to retire June 30 after three decades in the post. C E Miley Jr. of Boyce School expected to succeed him. J H Rosenberger named president of Winchester Memorial Hospital to replace the late Dr Hunter Holmes McGuire. Minor C Wagner returns home from Akron Ohio after weeks away.
Daily Meditation notes that an empty mind and an empty life deteriorate faster than an empty house. It laments people who have not thought in years and chase trivial concerns while missing vast opportunities to engage with the world.
Fidel Castro spoke at the Inter-American Economic Conference in Buenos Aires urging the United States to spend 3 billion dollars a year for 10 years to upgrade Latin America. He argued the US invested to rebuild Europe after World War II and in Asia, so why not Latin America.
New York AP dispatch sketches a tired newspaperman who answers reader jibes about his one-a-day piece and life in the press with humorous responses. The column includes dialog about parking tickets, pay, identity theft of ideas, and joke prompts for a canary singing contest.
The Soviet Union and Andrei Gromyko derail the Big Four meeting in Geneva over Germany and satellite states delaying talks. Khrushchev favored a summit over ministerial talks, while the West seeks limited participation for East Germany and other satellites. The result is a tense opening with repeated procedural clashes.
Twenty five years ago in 1934 Mrs H K Russell and her daughter Virginia covered a day trip to Washington. J R Deahl consul general to Denmark in New York City was a distinguished guest registered at the George Washington Hotel. Harold B Adams of Valley Avenue underwent an emergency appendicitis operation and was reported resting well in Winchester Hospital.
50 years ago in 1909 dirt flew on a large extension to the Virginia Woolen Company mill. The new brick addition will rise three stories. Miss Helen Taylor Holliday, daughter of B T Holliday, graduated from Johns Hopkins Nursing School in Baltimore with a postgraduate scholarship. Joseph H Savage, Kerns town Distillery proprietor, ordered a Maxwell runabout from W E Barr and W E Huntsberry.
State Sen. Stuart B. Carter of Fincastle withdraws from the Democratic primary for the 20th District Senate race citing medical advice. Hale Collins of Covington, his opponent, says he was shocked by the withdrawal and Carter pledges support for Collins. The district includes Craig, Botetourt, Bedford, Rockbridge, Allegany counties and Covington, Clifton Forge, Buena Vista.
A humorous pulled excerpt outlines a 10 day 100 question I Q style test with scoring bands and directions to turn to page 2 for answers. It mentions a Hawaii LAUPAHOEHOE cow incident where Clement Malani 31 drives past a cow roped by a loose rope causing $100 car damage and no cow injury.
Yale football coach Jordan Olivar did not play football in high school and instead played soccer before later switching to tackle football at college level.
Dr Crane warns women against judging men by handwriting or grammar. He cites Jane B. who rejected a decent suitor over spelling and penmanship, noting many successful men write poorly yet excel in their fields. The piece urges learning a man’s true character through correspondence and dating to uncover real assets before engagement.
In answer to when a baby will be born the method uses 280 days from the last period or a simple rule adding seven days and back three months. The method is handy but not exact as nature can differ and occasional errors occur. The piece also notes a skin rash query and mentions Texas University outfielder George Myers planning pro baseball after graduation.
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