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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1962
Page
4
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The Dow fell 38 points last week and 35 points on Monday as markets sank nearly six percent of industrial stock values. Rails and utilities fell sharply, with the volume of trading heavy and the tape late, signaling broad investor unease about the economy and business confidence.
Ten years ago The Star Files reports a deadly Madrid accident where an overcrowded streetcar fell 85 feet from the historic Toledo Bridge into the riverbank, killing at least 30 and injuring about 50. In lighter items, Rebecca Kitchen wins a blue ribbon and Gayle Smith a red ribbon at a Virginia Avenue school art show, and Koula Kaknis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kaknis, is named circulation manager of The Grapurchat at Radford College.
In 1937 Italy pulled out of the European nonintervention committee until it received full satisfaction after a Spanish government attack on one of Italy s naval vessels. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain named Leslie Hore-Belisha as British Secretary for War succeeding A Duff Cooper. Winchester residents attend Blue Ridge Hunt Club Horse Show at Carter Hall Millwood and Mrs Ernest Webber hosts a party for Miss Lillian Gill who will marry Donald Albert.
Fifty years ago in 1912 Mrs. William H. Pleasants returned to New York after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wright at their home here. The U S Marines moved into strategic positions in Santiago province to safeguard Americans from Cuban rebel threats. Dr Walter H Jaquith chief medical inspector of Prudential Insurance spent several days in Winchester.
The Bible portrays the earth as full of the Lord’s goodness and glory. God is the Creator and a continual presence in the heart. Though humans cannot fully grasp the relationship, life unfolds in His reality and providence. Through the Bible and the Church we learn more of Him and His living word among us.
The piece accuses Maoist China of funding Algerian rebels with Swiss bank money to arm them for an offshore campaign. It claims substantial Chinese transfers, arms, and technicians reaching Algeria, Morocco, and beyond, while Chinese refugees starve and seek aid in Hong Kong.
HAL BOYLE notes that waiting room time can become productive. Patients may start a poker game, study geography from old National Geographic issues, or work, turning the delay into a chance to gain knowledge and sanity before the doctor finally sees them.
An author reflects on how fear magnifies danger, noting that collective agitation can be born from irrational fear and self-inflicted worry, shaping perception and behavior in uncertain times.
In Bisbee Arizona a thief who stole 120 shoes from a salesman’s car wasted the time when the man told police all the shoes were for the right foot. The incident highlights a humorous motive for the theft that yielded no usable footwear.
Reader questions cover cholesterol from liver versus lean meat, goiter risks from kale and thyroid substances in milk, cravings and iron anemia, and a 10 day score quiz with sample questions. The column offers medical guidance and trivia style prompts.
The author recounts Greek taxi haggling during a Greece tour including a pair of days in Athens. After a cheating taxi incident a traveler schemes a counterprice to a driver and shares how the tables turn when the driver overplays. the piece ends with the traveler vowing to pay higher fares to even the score.
Washington area faces possible milk shortage as Milk Drivers and Dairy Employes Union Local 246 votes to reject dairy company terms. About 2,000 members of the Teamsters affiliate threaten a strike when a midnight June 6 contract expires. Affected dairies include Chestnut Farms Thompsons Embassy Alexandria Lucerne and Harvey. High's would remain unaffected. Negotiations had been ongoing for a week with another session set for 1 pm today. Robert College in Turkey enrolls 2,000 students annually from 15 nationalities alongside its sister school American College for Girls.
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