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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1956
Page
4
A 1956 note reports a man named Jamison in Delaware Ohio undergoing a dramatic life transformation after a vivid encounter, likened to Paul’s vision of Christ. The piece claims he became a radiant, spotless saint in the college town, drawing attention from locals.
The article surveys ongoing arguments about centralized federal power versus states’ rights, questioning the Supreme Court’s role and executive authority, and noting a drift toward a strong Washington bureaucracy while founding principles favored checks among branches. It traces echoes from Webster to Hamilton and Jefferson to Calhoun.
The piece reflects on the two year anniversary of the Supreme Court segregation decision. It notes mixed school integration results, with Virginia and the Deep South largely non mixed, and describes the South as scorned yet slowly gaining cautious public sentiment and resolve to defend the Constitution amid controversy.
The passage argues that bureaucratic drive to create welfare-state functions shifts tax burdens from local to federal levels and may lead Congress to lose power. It warns of rising taxation and predicts a forthcoming major national debate as realization sinks in.
The piece notes cancer remains a major threat but urges fighting despair. It cites the American Cancer Society figures that 400000 have been cured and 800000 more could be saved in ten years with early detection and optimal treatment. It stresses early treatment as the strongest guidance against fear and fatalism.
A digest of editorial selections from multiple newspapers arriving at the office daily. This compiled feature highlights varying opinions on current events, governance, policy, and public affairs across regional outlets.
Office secretary records a brief message about an executive being away for lunch with note that no one took him. The line implies a temporary absence and a returned call.
Eisenhower vetoed the postal pay bill. A bank robbery in Jacksonville, Alabama netted 85000 after abducting the bank vice president. Sandra Sloss, 13, of Granite City, Illinois won the national spelling bee. A Kansas flood drowned three people and left others missing. Captain James Jabara received the Distinguished Service Cross. Berryville Lions Club elected Co. R Funk president with Jack L. Russell as vice president.
Miss June A. Cline daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Cline was to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree at Roanoke College in Salem Virginia. Ower C Lowe of Sunnyside stationed in Okinawa had been promoted to Technician Fourth Grade.
Burglars dynamited the Romney West Virginia post office safe and escaped with about $600 in stamps. Mrs. Sarah Barnett tried to start a fire with kerosene at her Clifton street home but quick help prevented major damage. Mr. W. H. Crawford, president of the Virginia Woolen Mills, is building four new houses on South Church Street in Martinsburg.
The piece surveys racial tensions beyond the South, noting discrimination in housing, employment, and schools in New York Detroit Chicago and Baltimore. It cites increases in Northern Negro migration from farms, Civil service integration, and mixed schools while detailing overcrowded urban neighborhoods and evolving legal anti discrimination efforts.
Rainfall data through 8:30 a m today records 0 03 inches in the past 48 hours and 61 inches for the current year to date. The 1956 year totals reach 12 77 inches with a 43 year average of 36 95 inches and monthly averages from 1912 to 1955 list January 2 45 inches February 1 95 March 2 98 April 3 10 May 3 90 June 3 90 July 3 69 August 3 99 September 2 65 October 3 22 November 3 57 December 2 46
Negro leaders say real estate interests still avoid selling to Black buyers despite the Supreme Court ruling. Post decision pressure to leave slums drove outward migration into vacated white homes, with clashes where races meet, notably in Cicero and the Trumbull Park project in Chicago.
An old quiz guide outlines scoring from 100 questions across ten days. Daily results classify you as Memory Genius, Very Superior, Excellent, or Good based on number of correct answers. Turn to Page 2 for the scoring key.
A set of ten trivia questions covering topics from calendar terms and Monte Carlo's in which principality to biblical tributes, railroad terms, bulk weights of water versus air, pool materials, light year distance, vanadium, Shakespeare ghost line meaning un housed, and whether a proverb warns against familiarity or greed.
Orrie Dona hoo of Sebree Kentucky digs and sells sassafras roots and negotiates with a mill to grind the roots for market as powdered tea. He plans to name the product instant sassafras.
The expression high end means someone left without help. It traces to the sea when a ship runs aground and is too high on the shore to float.
Channel listings detail programs from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM across channels 5 and 9 including I Married Joan Howdy Doody Footlight Theater Death Valley McRae News Caravan Caesar's Hour Medic Mr District Attorney Tonight Steve Allen The Tonight Show and various films sports and debates with notable figures such as John Warwick Glenn Ford and Alan Ladd.
Channel 4 airs a full day schedule from noon to five with multiple midday programs including Tennessee Ernie Ford Show Feather Your Nest and Queen for a Day. Evening features Pete's Place Afternoon Movie Host W Walker Ladies Be Seated and several soap operas along with game shows and family programs.
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