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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1960
Page
4
An international group assembles in New York City, likened to eighteenth century sea pirates, using the peace and order United Nations platform to push revolutionary aims. The piece discusses Cold War era ideologies, the Merrimack Virginia identity, and the spread of the American hamburger to Britain.
Historians debate the 1862 ironclad clash off Virginia as the Monitor versus the Merrimack. They note a long-standing error from misspellings and sources listing the Confederate challenger as the Merrimac, while many accounts use Merrimack.
The meditation questions if death can be untimely and argues that life is in God's hands. It reflects on sorrow when a young person dies and emphasizes divine love and control over life and death.
A reflective exhortation by Earl L. Douglass speaks of healing after loss. It emphasizes God’s sovereignty, the ongoing life of loved ones within divine love, and the rightful grieving process alongside faith and hope. The message urges acceptance without fear and trust in a purpose that continues.
President Eisenhower addresses the United Nations General Assembly warning that a disarmament plan without inspection and guarantees would raise the risk of war. He emphasizes verification as essential to any peace effort and global security.
From Korea reports indicate Seventh Division troops captured South Mountain and made contact inside Seoul. A total lunar eclipse was scheduled, visible across North America.
In 25 Years Ago 1935 Mrs Robert B Grove and Miss Elizabeth Carpenter hosted a wedding shower for Mrs Nacy Dorsey formerly Edith Jones. Miss Anne Kerr Russell left for Holton Arms School in Washington for the coming session. In 50 Years Ago 1910 The Star cited the Hagerstown Daily Mail on rising cigarette use by women and girls with the headline Hagerstown Girls Smokes Cigarettes. Jacquelin Holliday of Indianapolis, a former Winchester resident, was visiting.
The 1960 article recalls James Wolfe's Quebec victory of 1759 and his ascent from a junior officer to strategist who commanded at the Plains of Abraham. It covers landing at Louisbourg, the Quebec siege, Montcalm's defenses, Wolfe's death, and the British capture of Quebec ending French dominance in Canada.
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