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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1965
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star provides staff credits and pricing details for subscriptions and mailing options across Virginia and neighboring regions. The page lists News Editor Eugene Miller, General Manager Jacy Davis, Executive Editor Douglas O Connell, and advertising contact, with rates for in state and out of state mail delivery.
The piece contrasts wire guided missiles with bows and arrows used by Viet Cong supporters and nomad tribes. It notes archer warfare as life and tool, questions disarmament scope, and cites Nisqually and Puyallup fishing treaty tensions and renewed conflicts over nets and traditional rights from Medicine Creek to today.
The Selective Service plans to call 45 224 men in December the highest since May 1953 53 000 drafted. With over 130 000 already in service more draftees are sent to South Viet Nam and Washington is building up all services to avoid weakening elsewhere. No easing of draft calls is expected while fighting continues. Future calls are likely to grow.
Preliminary October auto sales figures support claims of lasting prosperity with a record daily total. The American public shifted to heavier auto buying over three years, and for 1966 model year there is no sign of recession. Ford and GM dealers previously hedged for a downturn after strong years, but a sustained demand appears to continue through much of the next year.
The Star Files notes two air raids on Berlin and further strikes in Germany, with RAF claims of gathered strength. Nazis denounce the Berlin attack as terror while alleging no military aim and targeting only housing. Reports from Russia and Eckau indicate heavy German losses and trench destruction, as well as a Martinsburg dispatch citing apple barrel shortages crippling harvest efforts.
Earl L. Douglas offers a meditation on exploration and belief. He contrasts seafaring risk with biblical and scientific perspectives, arguing that God remains personal and present beyond any voyage and that life’s greatest adventure lies beyond earthly horizons.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warns Americans are not fully informed about Soviet efforts to foster friction and public discontent in the United States. He says the Communist Party of the United States acts to aid the Soviet Union, infiltrate civil rights groups, and exploit antiwar protests to weaken US policy in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. He notes extensive campus activity and calls for continued congressional scrutiny.
The text offers a quip on lending from Walter C. Parkes and a New Orleans doctor asserting daily baths are unnecessary. It presents two unrelated item snippets, one humorous caution about borrowing and one health-advice claim.
A Winchester letter writer challenges an ordinance taxing electric gas and telephone users, questions fairness for oil and coal users, and condemns partisan editorializing. He urges repeal petitions and warns local theaters for violent and sexual content seen by youths, urging action to preserve community standards.
Prevent backache with leg lifting not back lifting. Avoid sudden twists and long sedentary periods, use a firm mattress, elevate or floor lay if sagging, and switch to hard chairs. Maintain healthy weight, avoid haft, and perform back strengthening exercises. For pain, rest heat, corsets or braces, and discuss traction or surgery only as last resorts.
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