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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1961
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription rates and contact details with editor names and offices. A religious verse from II Thessalonians is included, emphasizing gratitude for growing faith and mutual charity.
Zen Buddhist practice spreads into Western culture influencing driver behavior. Japanese bus drivers increasingly exhibit calm, spaced conduct, a trend endorsed by U S officials but feared to provoke wider traffic disruption and clinician visits if adopted broadly in America.
The Federal Soil Conservation Service notes about one million acres of cropland exit production annually for urban growth. Rural to urban migration and suburban expansion shrink arable land as highways reservoirs and public works encroach. About 444 million acres are cultivated with similar area in pastures and woodland. two thirds need conservation and erosion threatens over half the land.
A dozen more airlines join American Airlines in a six month trial to charge half the first class fare for travelers aged 12 to 21. Civil Aeronautics Board approves the plan while some carriers like Eastern question its effect on no show rates.
In the seventeenth century William Penn, despite being the largest landowner in Britain and holding vast tracts now in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, was imprisoned for debt. His situation illustrates that owned land may be valuable yet not convertible to cash, a condition described as being land poor.
Earl L. Douglas notes that wealth and status can mask spiritual poverty. He warns against envying others, urging readers to list their privileges and blessings instead, as true fortune is only clear after death and not in appearances.
City firemen answered a call to Hack Wood on the Martinsburg Pike to control a field fire. No damage was reported. The Braddock Street Methodist Church women held a surprise birthday party for Miss Myrtle Miller. Miss Blanche C Danley departed for Los Angeles to join 199 others transferred by the Navy Department to Corona, California.
A 1936 item notes 2,256 pupils enrolled in Winchester public schools per Supt Garland R. Quarles. It also mentions Lloyd Martin returning to Richmond to study at the Medical College of Virginia after summer with his parents in Clarke.
Fifty years ago Prof. David Melamet and his son were held up and robbed on a secluded road near Pen Mar. John W. Hunter of the Washington Herald visited the city, staying with D. B. Conrad, and they returned to Washington with W. Davis Conrad of New York. A three reel showing of Dickens Tale of Two Cities, produced at a cost of $20,000, played at the Auditorium for five cents.
Western diplomats review Khrushchev statements on Berlin and find no shift in Moscow's position. Russia seeks a peace treaty with East Germany, ends Allied troop rights in West Berlin, and guarantees West Berlin's freedom with outside world access, while leaving travel and UN roles unresolved.
A nationwide poll of several hundred youths shows broad optimism about America's military buildup. Most favor a bigger buildup, with 38 percent naming the Air Force as preferred. Draft fairness and deferments are debated, and over 80 percent of responders would choose to be officers if drafted.
About 400 people attended two performances of the Beer-Barnes Circus at the old Berryville horse show grounds. The shows supported Clarke County Ruritan Club funds and community projects.
Guidance on verb choice contrasts take place with occur in wedding reporting. It explains that weddings are arranged events and prefer took place to describe the ceremony and avoid casual phrasing.
Health column recaps podiatry advice on corns and calluses. M.D. warns against shaving or home razors, notes salicylic acid in collodion, and recommends letting a podiatrist harvest corns safely. Emphasizes proper shoe rotation to keep feet dry and healthy.
A quiz feature outlines scoring based on 100 questions over 10 days with daily averages. It lists score bands from 9 10 correct answers as Memory Genius to 4 as Good and directs readers to Page 2 for answers. It then poses ten sample questions on arts history geography literature and science.
HAL BOYLE reports a humorous column noting that about three in ten college men marry before graduation while only one in eight women do. It also covers light topics from dancing calorie burn to brand name products in Communist China and other tidbits.
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