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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1962
Page
2
An OCR fragment shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead with editors and managers listed and pricing details for mail subscriptions. It notes the paper is circulated daily except Sunday and includes national representation addresses. The text also provides annual, six month, and monthly rates and location information.
A California professor advocates using rehabilitated former criminals as prison counselors to reach inmates. He notes ex-convicts’ insight and trust-building ability, citing Synanon and Federal Terminal Island Prison as success cases and contrasting this with traditional penology.
Recent figures show that 2,100 persons were employed seasonably in Frederick and Clarke counties. The Chinese Red death by own action troops failed to break UN lines on White Horse Mountain in Korea. A fire caused about 350 dollars damage at the American Legion Home from a cigarette.
In Buckingham Palace one of the state drawing rooms hosted 150 American Legionnaires and their wives. Across Asia a tense moment arose when British diplomatic cars bearing the Union Jack were sprayed with bullets near Shanghai. Harrisonburg student body elected Kathryn Shull as sergeant at arms for the junior class.
Fifty years ago in 1912 Harry Gruver son of Mrs. C. H. Gruver lay ill with typhoid fever at his Reliance home. Lena Branner from Painter Hill visited her sister Mrs. Fred Ridings for several days. T. W. Marple of Nain displayed at The Star Office a Ben Davis apple nearly matching a hog’s head in likeness.
Daily meditation argues that atheistic communist leaders seek to banish God to seize minds and souls. It claims Khrushchev remains atheist and warns that political tyranny follows atheism, urging readers to resist the fusion of faith and despotism.
President Kennedy urges defeating Republicans who backed his measures while seeking a larger Democratic majority. He cites Michigan and Minnesota vote splits on housing urban affairs and education bills, while Eisenhower warns of one party rule. The strategy risks bipartisan support as he targets GOP allies who aided his programs.
London actor Peter Cook visits Washington and observes the White House press dynamics. He notes the American habit of rumor around the president, Kennedy's suave but long sentences, and contrasts U.S. openness with Britain where rumors about Harold Macmillan are rarer. He comments on American culture and media interaction.
Dr Burton H Fern warns that brain injury can occur from a fall and may show hours later. Watch for unconsciousness, irritability, vomiting, and feverish symptoms. Seek emergency care. do not delay, and wake a child after head trauma to monitor for coma.
A short quiz layout lists 10 daily scoring brackets from Memory Genius to Good. It asks ten trivia items about fortune telling Charlemagne era, Plantagenet lands, Rialto location, uranium atom size, a Revolutionary War hero general, Edgar Allan Poe, Moslem hair tuft reason, sound speed in water versus air, antonym of cliax, and Joan of Arc birth village in 1412.
In a lengthy Star letter, Ruth Tomlinson and others argue for equal pay and anti discrimination across sectors. They condemn limits on women’s roles in finance and church leadership while urging action to counter Cold War fears and defend freedom. The writer cites wage gaps, employment hurdles, and U.S. Cuba policy amid global tensions. Walter Carter, Winchester, VA.
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