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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists staff roles and subscription prices. It shows News Editor Eugene P. Miller and others, plus domestic and out-of-state motor carrier rates and yearly options.
A Federal Bar Association meeting in Washington warns that spies already mine electronic computers. An example shows a firm employee programming its system to steal thousands in free communications. The piece discusses privacy erosion, central banks storing data, insurance limits, and IRS data leaks amid rapid computer growth.
The Trades Union Congress reluctantly backed Prime Minister Wilson’s six month voluntary wage freeze, aiming to stabilize Britain's economy. Support rests on avoiding government legislation, preventing job losses, and delaying demands while productivity improves to compete internationally.
A nationwide survey shows suburban land prices surge as growing cities, highway building, and water projects absorb about a million acres yearly. Farmers face lower profits while urban areas bear the land burden and metropolitan prices rise sharply.
The Star Files notes a 25 mph speed limit zone extended from city limits to Ebert's garage on Route 11 after multiple mishaps. Gasoline rationing and station curfew would continue in the east despite a Senate committee finding no oil shortage. Scott Grant sold 26,860 pounds of horses at 12 cents per pound, first time horses sold by the pound. Six smallpox cases found in Stephens City.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on progress and worry in a modern age. He notes rapid travel advances and hopes for conquering cancer while warning of dangers in a wonderful yet perilous era. The meditation ends with a plea for divine help.
Frederick County teachers join on campus and extension courses at institutions like the University of Virginia Madison College and others during summer. They study diverse subjects from Children’s Literature to Physics, writing substantial term papers, with scholarships offsetting costs and many earning salary increments for graduate work.
Henry J. Taylor argues inflation stems from overspending and debt, not high interest alone. He blasts government deficit financing, Viet Nam War spending, and Great Society programs as driving money supply and prices, and warns that monetary policy cannot curb inflation without curbing deficits.
HAL BOYLE notes odd facts and quotes about daily life from the mail bag. The column blends trivia on phone habits sleep preferences and name psychology with quips from famous writers and anecdotes about doctors and accidents.
Wayne Brandstadt explains a Detroit school method where kindergartners discuss illness topics, observe heart sounds with a stethoscope, and view germ slides to learn health concepts. Visual aids include plaster heart and lung models, fostering positive views of doctors and preventive habits.
A reader quiz titled How's Your I Q based on 100 questions spans 10 days with daily results. It promises skill levels from Memory Genius to Good and directs turning to page two for the correct answers.
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