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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1963
Page
4
Local newspaper masthead lists staff roles and contact numbers with distribution details. Subscription prices shown include annual and half-year rates, plus monthly and regional adds for outside Virginia and West Virginia.
The article reflects on the year of the Constitution’s adoption and the sacrifices behind liberty. It contrasts this with a note on Russian red ants in forest bio control, warns of unintended pests from foreign species, and reports on Cuba under Castro with refugees hopeful for change despite obstacles.
The Star Files notes a vigorous rally in the stock market after a severe fall the day before. John J. Massey, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Massey, left for Richmond to begin his sophomore year at the Medical College of Virginia.
Twenty five years ago in 1938 Mesdames A C Oates and Ethel Forney returned home from a trip to Pennsylvania and Ohio visiting friends and relatives. Miss C J Rust from New York City was a house guest of Mrs Martha Tucker on North Washington Street. Mr and Mrs William T Sullivan hosted a birthday gathering for their niece Miss Sullivan.
50 Years Ago 1913 Hon William Jennings Bryan passed through Winchester on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. A large crowd gathered at the station where he received an ovation and spoke briefly from the smoking car platform. Cary Kremer earned a Roanoke College scholarship and will attend its law school. Capt Harry Wall, surgeon for the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, was named by Governor Mann to represent Virginia at the U S Association of Military Surgeons meeting in Denver.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will visit New York for two weeks of private talks with top foreign dignitaries during the General Assembly. Unlike Dulles, he won't lead the American delegation or give the opening address, leaving that to Adlai Stevenson or President Kennedy. The aim is to prevent donnybrooks by handling troublesome issues privately.
Author producer Irwin Shaw, 50, recalls the 1930s with fondness as he becomes a self produced filmmaker. He wrote and produced In the French Style to keep control, and reflects on city life, ferment, and risk accepting adventure as life’s meaning.
Letter to the editor urges Virginia residents to donate one dollar to Community of Hope Inc. Keezietown Va to fund a home for physically handicapped but mentally alert children. The author notes two such children placed in Lynchburg Colony and cites President Truman era Blair House history.
Space inspired methods at the University of Rochester enable near motionless heart monitoring on a floating bed. Dr. Arthur J. Moss records minute heart and circulatory data to understand aging and vessel issues. Dr. John R. Derrick's X ray techniques and a new vessel reattachment approach improve brain blood flow and stroke recovery in American hospitals.
A reader guide presents a 10 day I Q scoring plan with daily results from 9 10 correct answers to 4 6 labeled as Memory Genius Super ior Excellent and Good. It then asks page 2 for correct answers listing questions about geography history and literature including Central American country largest by area Hawthorne Colonel Pyncheon and other prompts.
Reporter David Miller notes an American worker bitter over lack of credit for a $40 million plastics plant in Zagreb funded mainly by U.S. aid. Tito's visit follows Khrushchev tour as U.S. engineers supervised and Yugoslav officials show flags and secrecy. Kennedy seeks more aid while critics warn of foreign policy goals.
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