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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1965
Page
4
The snippet shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead with editor names and telephone numbers. It lists subscription rates and regional postage details for Virginia and West Virginia readers, plus a national representation address in New York City.
A 1965 discussion probes whether large inexpensive life policies at airports attract mentally ill individuals seeking self destruction and airline sabotage. Regulators and airlines fear policies could entice fatal acts as investigators note past bombings and potential connections between huge life policies and suicide on planes.
Insurance spokesmen note a person seeking a large estate could buy multiple policies through normal channels to exploit suicide clauses. Experts say psychiatrists are better equipped to judge a self harm inclination than insurers or airline managers. The potential remote connection warrants exhaustive investigation.
Burglars target celebrated coin collections as numismatists grow, making burglaries lucrative. Coin clubs warn collectors to store wealth securely. loot often runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Police struggle to trace stolen coins as they are quickly sold and hard to identify. Victims rarely leave similar cash around homes, complicating theft patterns.
Six coins were discontinued at U S mints at various times including the trade dollar half cent two cent piece three cent nickel three cent silver and 20 cent piece. The silver dollar has not been minted since 1935 and a silver five cent piece was coined before 1874.
The Star Files notes King George has sent warm congratulations to General John J. Pershing on his impending 80th birthday. Reports from Berlin describe a 92 minute RAF raid on central Berlin including the Tiergarten, plus attacks on Hamburg and Bremen. Also mentions social events, Winchester Fair motorcycle races, a New York wealth conference, and a quip from the Indianapolis Star via The Star.
Earl L. Douglas muses on the immense scale of the universe from the moon to distant stars. He argues creation implies a creator, and that human insignificance is tempered by God’s ongoing involvement in life.
Judge F M Scarlett of the U S District Court in Georgia rules that discrimination against white students or white teachers in public schools is unconstitutional. The decision rejects racial balancing schemes and upholds assignment by age and merit, not race, while barring race based pay scales.
HAL BOYLE notes increasing similarities in looks, dress, conduct, and speech between the sexes in mid 20th century America. He jokes that Congress might require gender identifiers and offers playful guidelines to guess gender from habits, money, and behavior, ending with a quip about shared domestic duties.
Washington reports four major factors opposing the administrations bid to strike down right to work laws. Key opponents include LBJ, Hubert H. Humphrey, a desire to adjourn, and a coalition led by southern Republicans. The outlook favors states' authority over compulsory unionism, with hope that labor leaders have matured.
A witty column on family finances and social behavior notes the parallels with government checks and balances. It ponders why some people act contrary to popular sentiment and jokes about cigarette branding and a henpecked husband’s Independence Day.
Dental case of A. G. who cracks and grinds bones with extraordinary bite force causing widespread tooth fracture. Root canal if nerve intact. otherwise tooth extraction. X rays missed the tiny crown split in the upper right second molar, a hairline fracture difficult to detect but glad to be found.
A 10 question memory quiz with daily scoring. Questions cover history geography literature and science. Topics include a 1940 act by Roman Mercader prison time a patent term cousin relations and Shakespearean trivia.
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