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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1963
Page
4
Classified advertising rates for the Winchester Evening Star list daily publication except Sunday. Subscriptions include mail options with prices: one year eight dollars and fifty cents, six months four dollars seventy five cents, one month one dollar. outside Virginia and West Virginia add one dollar yearly postage.
The article questions universal observance of Columbus Day and notes calls to honor Columbus while discussing a PTA member's critique of busy but uninvolved groups. It also analyzes a looming silver market shift with production lagging demand and potential coin silver dilution as a response.
The Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports down estimates for peanuts apples and all tobacco with slight rises for corn hay and sweet potatoes. J. R. Brandon city engineer and C. M. Rosenberger county supervisors chair attended the Virginia Highway Conference at Lexington. Robert Harper son of Mrs. Lewis Harper departs for six months in Frankfort Germany with the State Department.
In 1938, new British troops arrived from England and tightened control of the Bethlehem Hebron area long dominated by a large Arab band. Misses Anne Brooke Kern and Virginia Cover Russell shared details of their overseas trip at a Junior Century Club meeting hosted by Miss Mary Virginia Steck.
Rescue passengers recall Captain Inch as a hero while Volturno survivors say the crew behaved cowardly. The exhausted captain led the last evacuees and drew a revolver to keep passengers safe as lifeboats filled. Miss Rose Shackelford married Clinton Newcome in a separate society note.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on parental authority and teen autonomy in a changing era. He argues for firm, consistent parenting while respecting teenagers' right to discuss behavior and present their case. The piece notes automobiles as a factor in modern life and urges parents to stand firm.
President Kennedy at a recent news conference argued that economic conditions and public achievements will shape the 1964 presidential race. He noted the need to judge progress in 1964 summer and fall, warned about race issues affecting votes, and suggested Goldwater could win but has a long road ahead.
HAL Boyle cites a British study noting certain individuals perform better after a sleepless night. The piece surveys misc. facts including dog ownership rising to 40 percent of homes, widows over 62 totaling about two million, and high school graduation rates among women. It ends with quips and a Wildeesque line.
A devotional line echoes I Timothy 6 12 urging believers to fight well for faith and seize eternal life as a free gift from God to those who prepare.
A first person reflection on witnessing a child struck by a car. The driver and mother react with shock, the narrator contemplates guilt and responsibility, and the incident prompts a pledge to drive more carefully to protect children. The piece ends with gratitude the child survived and a resolve to improve road safety awareness.
A US Senate roll call lists 19 realists who refused to back the Moscow Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear testing. Democrats Byrd Byrd Eastland Laushdie Long McClellan Robertson Russell Stennis Talmadge, Thurmond, and Republicans Bennett Curtis Goldwater Jordan Mecham Simpson Smith Tower stood firm against presidential pressure and world opinion.
A Wall Street Journal style line extols a brave woman standing by every great man. It asserts she reminds him of his proper place with firm honesty and resolve.
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