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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1961
Page
4
A clipped local paging notice notes subscription rates and delivery options for carriers and motor routes, with price figures for one year six months and one month in advance. The fragment also includes a Bible verse and a publisher line from Gallagher DeLisger Inc New York City.
The article notes President Kennedy's planned three day Paris visit starting May 31 with Mrs. Kennedy to press for closer Allied coordination on Southeast Asia the Congo Berlin testing and NATO. It argues De Gaulle resists and seeks greater French equality in atomic secrets and policy. The piece also mentions air pollution concerns and unclear health impacts.
The piece argues against eighteenth century deist and modern “scientific” creation theories. It cites the Bible as showing an intelligent design with a single blueprint and a master craftsman behind the universe. It contrasts divine work with notions of impersonal origins.
Earl L. Douglas muses on broken vases and empty jars as symbols for a universe created by a Power. He questions how an accidental beginning could sustain a rational cause and effect world and wrestles with faith in a creating and sustaining God.
A U S Public Health Service funded experiment exposes mice guinea pigs and rabbits to hydrocarbons oxidants carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides at varying distances from freeways to gauge health impacts. A control group remains in clean air to compare results and help set safety standards for pollution.
Lt. Gov. A. E. S. Stephens calls the conservative Democratic organization a ruthless machine leaving Virginia on dead center. He also warned that the demise of the Byrd organization would deal a staggering blow to honest, clean, efficient and economical government.
William Robert Sutton infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutton was baptized at Loudoun Street Presbyterian with Rev. Dr. Roland Wilson officiating. Bailey's store on Boscawen and Cameron streets closed after 47 years serving Frederick county. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Novick attended a Washington reception at the Shoreham Hotel hosted by Israel’s ambassador and Mrs. Eban for Israel’s 3rd anniversary.
1936 note confirms the birth of Benjamin Mitchell Knight to Dr. and Mrs. B M Knight at Memorial hospital. All Winchester dentists close offices at 1 PM Saturdays from now until September. Announcement Roosevelt will dedicate Shenandoah National Park on July 3 at Big Meadows.
Fifty years ago on May 14 1911 Winchester celebrated Mothers Day for the second time in its history. The observance reached many churches and Sunday schools though some refused the flower symbol due to sentimentalism. Mrs Mary Faulkner Campbell visited Baltimore with her son and daughter in law Pearce Campbell. The Congressional Directory noted Virginia colleges produced more current and former congressional members than any other state.
Gary Cooper represented the All American Man to millions. Born May 7, 1901 in Helena Montana he rose from ranch life to lasting screen fame as The Plainsman Cloak and Dagger and Sergeant York. He spoke little and acted with timing and wit earning praise from directors and fans alike. He died after a long career highlighted by But his personal life included marriage to Veronica Balfe and a daughter Maria later joining the Catholic Church. Survived by his mother Alice Cooper of Los Angeles.
Washington notes reflect shifting views on summitry and travel as Kennedy and Khrushchev torn between desire for talks and public bickering. Rusk shows caution about meetings, recalling Dulles as the most traveled secretary while debates continue.
A reader advocates creating the National Association to End Segregation in the North to fund and expose discrimination above the Mason Dixon line. The letter targets Chicago's Black Ghetto conditions, Northern liberal media, and Northward housing integration while predicting resistance from white Northerners. It cites Bobby Kennedy's Justice Department and cites broader Cold War context and Kennedy era summit remarks.
In Sylacauga Alabama a white couple the Whites say six white men dragged them from their home stripped and flogged them claiming they associated with Negroes. James Guthrie also reported being forced to undress and whipped for hiring a Negro maid. Sheriff Luke Brewer investigated but no suspects were named.
Dear Mrs. B. faces midlife anxiety and fatigue as she wrestles with perfectionism and sleepless nights. The piece notes anxiety is common, urges sympathetic listening, and says cure begins in the mind with professional guidance and self awareness.
A quiz prompts readers to rate daily IQ performance over ten days with scores mapping to memory and cognitive levels. It asks ten questions covering aviation history, biology, sports broadcasting, football legends, wartime neutrality, composers, gross units, Social Security eligibility, Pliny the Elder, and October birthstones.
The note discusses stalled growth amid recession pressures and persistent but reduced pumping activity. It contrasts high initial effort with diminished prime and ongoing attempts to keep the system active despite tighter conditions.
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