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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1961
Page
4
Fallout questions frame a public debate on radioactive risks from Soviet and U S bomb tests. Experts warn strontium 90 and iodine 131 levels may exceed safety in Britain and elsewhere, while officials discuss thresholds and long term bone cancer and leukemia risks.
The piece argues a study shows over 40 percent of murdered women are killed by husbands or relatives, while half of male victims are killed by strangers. It contrasts British domestic murders with American patterns, then shifts to East Germany’s purge under communist rule and a critique of neutral nations failing to grasp the threat.
Daily Meditation recalls an Irishman who orders successive soups in a restaurant and finally laments missing a life changing meal. It contrasts wasted time with great books and heavenly music that could solace the heart.
Earl L. Douglas urges readers to seize culture amid personal distractions. He argues people are overwhelmed by distractions and noise and fail to appreciate quality art or culture. He calls for engagement with life’s opportunities while avoiding apathy.
The Star Files recalls 1951 when Winchester and Northern Virginia endured a record dry season until Halloween. Petty Officer James J. Brown, on a 20 day leave from Pensacola, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Lowden hosted their son S/Sgt. Jay Lowden from Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
Twenty five years ago in 1936 Mrs R E Byrd motored to Washington to join her granddaughter Miss Margaret Byrd a Gunston Hall student. Mrs Ruth Talbert Yost hosted the Sunshine Club of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Miss Gynne Harrison hosted a dinner at Longbranch Clarke county in honor of Mr and Mrs Henry Post Mitchell.
Fifty years ago in 1911 A. G. Swanson traveled to Washington for a major White House auction to buy a carload of furniture for his opening and to offer visitors a chance at souvenirs. Claude Grove of Kernstown underwent surgery at Memorial Hospital with improved condition. Mrs. J. W. Fuller departed for Baltimore to spend the winter.
U S and Western allies showed resolve by American tanks facing Soviet forces at the East West Berlin border. Moscow withdrew, signaling possible end to the Berlin stalemate. The episode undermines Soviet aims for a separate peace with East Germany and reinforces Western rights of access. The event echoes General Clay's 1948 49 stand and may push Moscow toward realism in future negotiations.
Khrushchev's 22nd Congress in Moscow ended with him reelected and a purge of rivals. He signaled stronger economic goals and a tougher stance on Albania and China, while the West weighed concessions on Berlin. The long calm may not last as East West tensions resume.
A Middletown reader questions the new state Blue Law and its impact on local business, praising Sunday worship and family time while criticizing open stores. The letter urges education for better leaders and more home mission work to combat youth delinquency.
A medical advice column discusses whether meat tenderizer is safe and why papaya is used. It also answers readers on preventing bloating with garlic tablets and explains influenza versus equine encephalitis and flu shots.
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