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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1960
Page
4
An editorial page snippet emphasizes the Ecclesiastes verse with a note that it remains comforting to those who fear God. The message aligns with the paper's religious emphasis and features standard masthead details.
Taxpayers who drive cars fund more government revenue than any other group. Excise and sales taxes on cars, gasoline, oil, and parts plus tolls and license fees raise billions. New York City adds a 3 percent gasoline tax. national gas taxes average over six cents per gallon. The interstate tax is set to expire mid 1961, yet Congress may keep $600 million.
Ten years ago The Star Files reports that South Koreans were within 50 miles of Madhuria while remnants of the Red army fled. The record also notes dinner guests in Lancaster and birth announcements from Strasburg, including Mrs. Watts formerly Nancy Sherman.
The 25 years ago 1935 note says the China Clipper, then the largest American flying boat, would depart Baltimore for a final shake-down flight to Miami before trans-Pacific service if weather allowed. City Manager Arthur M. Field attended the International City Managers' Association session in Knoxville Tennessee. William Brown caught a three pound bass in the Shenandoah River near Cedarville.
The 1910 London trial of Dr. H. C. Crippen, an American dentist, ends with a guilty verdict for the murder of his actress wife Better Ellmore. The Star notes other fears of arson against Miss Bertha Von Hillern and Emma Wright, and comments on Lucchetti’s death by suicide after years of solitary confinement.
The final act of the TV drama Payo la unfolds as a courtroom scene. Twenty individuals face perjury charges for denying to a grand jury that they were fed answers to television questions.
At a Seattle meeting of the World Forestry Congress with 2,000 delegates from 71 nations, officials warned growing population and use are eroding forests. Temperate zones may exhaust forests, forcing reliance on tropical jungles whose supplies are limited by vines and small trees. Dr. R. E. McArdle said land diversions could wipe out a third of U. S. commercial timber in 40 years. Trees aid climate and rainfall. American landowners should plant a profitable long term crop.
In July 1863 New York faced the first nationwide draft amid Copperhead opposition and Irish immigrant anger. By Monday the 13th a mob burned the provost marshal’s office and attacked police, while volunteers and militia restored order after days of urban chaos.
Casey Stengel, asked if his wife wanted him to quit baseball, quips that Mrs. Stengel is his wife and would naturally want him to make money somewhere.
The article lists passages to memorize including Exodus 20:1-17 the Ten Commandments Matthew 5:1-12 Psalms 1 8 14 19 23 24 27 42 46 90 91 100 125 150 John 4 5 and 15 I Corinthians 13 It argues memorization supports belief and faith despite claims of rote learning.
The author argues for balanced memorization in schools adding poetry and inspiring prose, while Scripture passages should be memorized at home and in Sunday School. He believes storing the mind with precious material benefits future years and calls it a blessing of real value.
The UAW and president Walter Reuther face criticism for a Solidarity pamphlet circulated in September urging Senator Kennedy’s election. Critics say the cartoon equating liberty with a hooded Klansman crossed a line, implying a choice between freedom and bigotry. Reuther apologizes but questions remain about intent and impact. A score section follows this notice.
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