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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1965
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star daily edition note lists staff and contact details with pricing and subscription info. Publication operates from Winchester Virginia with national representatives Gallagher-Delisser Inc and local managers Jack F. Davis and Douglas B. O Connell.
The Hanoi regime declares American airmen shot down over North Viet Nam as military criminals and vows trials. The piece argues the conflict moves to a harsher stage, notes U.S. limitations, Communist propaganda, and a global push by the Soviets and allies to counter U.S. actions while warning Americans may face increased barbarisms before the struggle ends.
The article argues that many new nations struggle with illiteracy and notes 700 million people worldwide cannot read or write. It highlights South Korea’s policy punishing illiteracy with jail or conscription until literacy is achieved, raising questions about true freedom without basic literacy.
Veterans of the Confederate States of America gathered in Washington for their 50th reunion led by General Julius F. Howell of Bristol Virginia as commander in chief. Separately MR AND MRS Ray Boyce hosted guests at Acorn Heights honoring Mr and Mrs Boyd Unger Jr. Attendees from this city included MR and MRS Reginald Duvall and MR and MRS Russell Kaplan who attended the Frederick Fair in Frederick Maryland. Reports from Paris said Roumanian troops mobilized and expected to pressure Germany while Austro German forces failed to advance except near Belgrade where Serbs crossed the Danube, seizing some howitzers and machine guns.
Daily meditation explains that God is present in creation and in the heart. It asserts God as judge yet loving and helpful, knocking at the door of every life. It urges readers to accept God’s daily provision and not miss His offer of Himself.
The column surveys Mills Godwin Jr. and Linwood Holton on education. Holton pledges to raise Virginia teacher salaries to national levels, start $5,000 first-year salaries, and match or exceed U.S. averages, while stressing broad reforms from special education to vocational training. Public education progress hinges on dramatic political change and firm candor in honoring promises.
Henry J. Taylor argues the public misreads inflation due to manipulated statistics and news. He cites the 1939 baseline shift, rising living costs, Social Security tax growth, and the Great Society as driving a hidden price bill.
Peruvian reports warn of fake head shrines and plastic or monkey head imitations sold to capitalize on Jivaro customs. The Jivaro, in Amazonian Peru near the Ecuador border, hunt for survival, while oil workers and traders expand into the jungle with new markets for blowguns darts and hunting gear.
The phrase God reigns and the government at Washington still lives was used by James A. Garfield during a speech to reassure listeners after President Lincoln's death.
A reflective note cites Acts 23 11 where the Lord encourages Paul to endure and testify in Rome. It adds a quip about keeping fears private while sharing courage with others attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dr K P Murphy of Reading England urges early recognition of hearing loss in newborns and describes methods to stimulate speech. He notes infants can hear vowel sounds and learn to imitate consonants, with hearing aids fitted around five months and frequent ear plug updates. His prenatal testing uses an electronic vibrator on the mother's abdomen to gauge fetal hearing by heart rate responses.
A quiz summary presents ten questions with answers on page two. It lists IQ-based scoring levels from Memory Genius to Good and asks common trivia items. The questions cover Kentucky capital, a famous office building, battleship naming, four dams, May birthstone, acres per square rod, Jack Sprat tale, Coast Guard Academy location, portrait on the two dollar bill, and lieutenant colonel insignia.
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