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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1962
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options with carrier, motor route, and mail rates for one year six months and one month. It includes editor and staff names, office contact numbers, and the newspaper’s postal information in Winchester Virginia. It also notes outside Virginia and West Virginia rate supplements.
The piece questions the effectiveness of a Huntington West Virginia job retraining pilot amid 8000 unemployed, noting only 640 applied and about a third were trainable, yielding under three percent on new jobs. It contrasts with a Soviet private lipstick venture deemed competition to government control, then covers an American desalination advance dropping costs from 5 to 1.75 dollars per thousand gallons and projecting further savings, stressing future water scarcity concerns.
The 1952 note states government controls on lead antimony calcium and bismuth will be relaxed starting July 1, easing restrictions on construction of amusement and recreation facilities. Navy confirms submarine Nautilus keel laying planned for June at Electric Boat Division General Dynamics. Miss Jo Anne O Neal of Middletown elected Madison College Business Club reporter.
Miss Mary Lee Dover was named assistant home demonstration agent to aid Miss Elizabeth Farrar. Federal agents led a nationwide drive against vice rings to locate Baltimore in the white slave traffic. J Edgar Hoover and 35 agents raided several establishments, arresting about 50. Miss Ellen Boyd and Virginia Boyd traveled to York Pennsylvania to visit Mrs Fred Small.
Fifty years ago in Ironwood Michigan fifteen Norris Mining Company miners were buried alive after an explosion. An The Star editorial by Walt Mason criticized penny pinching husbands who drive wives and mothers into suffrage tents and sparked despair among ten thousand wives.
Earl L. Douglas discusses aging from both physical and psychological angles. He notes deterioration with age but argues a positive life stance can extend vitality by upholding activity, interest in others, and kindness, ending with a humorous tale about a father who lived nearly a century before dying from a fall from an apple tree.
Sen. Byrd warns deficits threaten dollar value and inflation and calls for a growth oriented program to raise tax receipts. He argues the treasury is a 52 percent partner in profits and urges prudent spending and a pro business stance to restore confidence and prevent bankruptcy.
HAL BOYLE notes how sleep exercise and lighter social worry reduce stress. He jokes that fewer keys on a ring symbolize less need to lock up while offering light quips on work life dating and daily routines.
A fragment reflecting on fashion, tolerance, freedom, and common sense attributed to Luther Markin.
A fragment of social humor contrasts rainy day pigeons with views on women and independence. It jokes about girls, independence, dating purchases, and a woman's aging sign as she sits with a flopping gesture.
Dr Burton H Fern explains hiccup physiology and home remedies. He notes hiccups stem from diaphragm flutter, triggered by irritated organs or injuries, and offers simple self care like nostril irritation, back rest, warm water sips, and breathing tricks as safe first steps.
President Kennedy grows frustrated with allied delays over NATO force commitments and Berlin options. Defense chief McNamara criticizes European partners at a NATO gathering in Athens while pledging five Polaris submarines to NATO. In Vietnam, Diem’s regime faces Communist pressure as reform efforts remain limited and cautious.
In New York parishioners walk out to protest a minister’s ouster as Fletcher Knebel uses the incident to mock political zeal. The piece references Caroline Kennedy and Republican leaders amid a satirical critique of press and power dynamics. Pierre Salinger is noted for lunching with Khrushchev, lampooning media rhetoric.
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