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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1962
Page
4
Local newspaper masthead lists contact numbers for News and Business desks and identifies editorial staff. It includes post office registration, ad rates, and subscription pricing with regional mailing details for outside Virginia and West Virginia.
Dispatch from Moscow notes Peiping asks the Soviet Union to close its consulates in China signaling a cooling, perhaps genuine, in relations amid earlier withdrawals of Soviet advisers. Also mentioned are heads of steam automobiles, juvenile delinquency linked to diet, and a mint boom producing over 2.5 billion coins with no silver dollars minted.
Claude Miller Grim, 58, Winchester resident and assistant cashier at Farmers and Merchants National Bank, died at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. J Thomas Kremer of the Old Fredericktown Garden Club won the most blue ribbons at the Winchester Garden Clubs Historical Tour and Flower Show. Frank Mazura elected Grand Knight at Knights of Columbus meeting at Sacred Heart Church hall.
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe of Callander Ontario announced the Dionne quintuplets would be on public display once daily for half an hour each morning beginning October 10. Bishop Arthur J Moore arrived in Winchester to lead the Baltimore Conference session. Handley Judges beat Harrisonburg 14 to 0 in their second game of the season.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported Daniel Willard is performing well as president. The second salary advance for rural letter carriers in four years took effect increasing pay by $1,000 annually. Agnes P. Smith daughter of Rev. W. D. Smith of Winchester was accepted at Bryn Mawr College.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on Matthew and Luke urging care for "little ones" and warns that it is a grave duty to place children first. He notes many juveniles come from broken or troubled homes and stresses collective responsibility from country church and friends to safeguard their lives and futures.
President Kennedy met with business editors and publishers in a questions session that avoided hard topics like Cuba and Mississippi. He acknowledged ongoing economic distress, said unemployment remained high, and urged more support for his tax revision, signaling a restrained, businesslike approach rather than a conciliatory overture.
New York AP column muses on modern go getters versus dawdlers. It contrasts restless ambition with thoughtful, creative pacing, cites Watt and a farewell verse for Franklin Hayward, and urges slowing down to consider the worth of actions.
Art Buchwald interviews acoustics expert Sam Reverberation during intermission at Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall. The piece blends jokes about acoustics and salon chatter, noting Reverberation’s fame from Yankee Stadium and Eighth Avenue Subway.
A short religious exhortation quotes Hebrews urging believers to provoke love and good works. It emphasizes gathering for worship on the Lord's Day to gain strength for daily service and acts of faith.
Glaucoma is caused by inner eye pressure. fluid flow stops and pressure rises, damaging cells and narrowing wide angle vision. The piece notes symptoms like blurred, foggy vision and sensitivity to light, mentions treatments such as eye drops and surgery, and urges regular checkups after age 40.
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