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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star notes its establishment in 1896 and a daily circulation of about 40,000 readers excluding Sundays. It lists editor J. F. Byrd Jr and staff, with office contact details in New York and Virginia, and provides subscription rates for various periods, including outside Virginia and West Virginia. The text reflects standard newspaper masthead information and rates.
A religious quotation from Leviticus 19 11 appears as a Friday May 31 1957 notice. The verse admonishes against stealing dealing falsely or lying to one another.
The Washington Post is criticized for its strong support of desegregation in Washington and its negative stance toward Virginia leaders. The piece argues Virginians know conditions there better and notes the Post editorial criticizing Virginia over three years of inaction on school integration.
The Virginia Legislature and Governor rail against a federal court ruling they call illegal as they claim nine judges seek to dismantle the state's public school system. They argue ongoing segregation remains intact and schools remain open, crediting Virginia leadership and the Post for blocking DC district declines.
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A humorous column notes that wives often mother husbands, with examples of daily nagging and affectations. It contrasts a wife’s enduring role with a husband’s imagined need for more care, joking about mutual domestic critique and the impractical idea of husbands critiquing wives.
Hal Boyle collects quirky facts from reader mail touching on management myths dental folklore fashion and safety. The notes include claims about executive creativity 15 percent productivity shifts in morale 300 year old coffee cures and odds of car accidents with various historical quips and aphorisms.
A young executive overworks to please his wife by recounting a tale from a Middle East refinery. He describes workers nearly missing the gate as donkeys rush home at quitting time. She retorts the joke proves even a jackass knows when to go home.
A humorous exchange unfolds as one spouse coyly notes the thimble wearing order. The other replies that the thimble belongs on the other finger, turning a mundane task into a lighthearted domestic quip.
From the Files of the Star 5 YEARS AGO 1952 summaries include a Gay Nine tlet Club floor show at Bicentennial square dance to be held at the Ammory on June, theft of jewel crowns from a Regina Place Votive Shrine, R. J. Funkhouser selling Claymont Court and buying Maryland estate, plus 10 YEARS AGO 1947 fire at Muhlenberg College, India Viceroy Mountbatten meetings, Memorial Day services at National Cemetery, local social notes including Virginia student visiting family, swimming incident near Front Royal, and residents visiting or hosting events in town locations.
A brief item notes Col B M Rowl gave a reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as part of a 25 years ago feature. The report highlights civic interest and the event in a local context.
Director Harrys F. Carper Jr notes the July 1 1957 deadline nears for widows of service members to apply for increased indemnity payments under postwar laws. Eligible widows must file with the VA by that date to backdate benefits to January 1 1957.
The piece argues both parents and youth share responsibility for today’s moral decline. It warns that dating customs threaten purity and that lost values may be irretrievable, urging self reflection and accountability among young people.
In a monthly medicine review, the doctor notes hospitals adopt disposable hypodermic needles to prevent cross infection. A new suppository form of Nupercarial treats hemorrhoids, and Ket onil helps phenylketonuria by allowing protein intake without phenylalanine. A reader asks about breastfeeding twins.
A reader quiz lists daily scoring categories from memory genius to good and includes a set of questions about history language and slang. It describes cartage charges for shipping fruits and vegetables, detailing loading times costs and variables from spur to market.
Dr George W Crane discusses a case in which a stenographer faced a nervous breakdown after an anonymous deodorant ad. The article weighs the impact of anonymous notes on office workers and suggests manager led conversations or quick personal hygiene tips as remedies.
Britain announced a partial easing of its trade ban with Red China by allowing sales of nonstrategic goods such as tractors locomotives and small electric generators. The move comes amid US British pressure to adjust restrictions while maintaining the ban on strategic materials. Talks with allies continue in Paris with emphasis on curbing shipments to Russia.
Warren patrolmen stopped a car on Ohio 5 west of town and found eight year old Terry Evans behind the wheel. Terry's stepfather John R. Jones of Newton Falls was cited for permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle after claiming he did not know the law.
The Film Daily Yearbook of 1957 notes Massachusetts Sunday film censoring began in 1908 but was ruled unconstitutional and void by the state Supreme Judicial Court on July 6, 1955. It adds that Kansas Maryland New York and Virginia still have censorship boards while Ohio and Pennsylvania rulings void their statutes.
A French botanist Pierre Magnol (1682 3–1715) inspired the name Magnolia for the Southern flower Magnolia. Today 34 magnolia species exist, with most varieties growing in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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