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RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS PUBLISHED THURSDAY MORNING Ai Washington, Rappahannock Count), «irgim* TELEPHONE: WASHINGTON 2851 BASIL C. BURKE, JR., Owner ROBERT E. MANY, Editor and Publisher Mrs. SARAH LATHAM, Business Manager Entered as Second Class Mail at the Post Office at Washington, Va SUBSCRIPTION (in advance) . $2.50 PER YEAR
The Poor Old Moon There is great excitement this week because of the Russian Satellite. For some reason certain folks are very concerned about the 18,000 mile an hour Russian object passing over these United States seven times a day. Why. we tail to follow. Both Russia and America already posses.-* « jiucieai weapons uestructive enough to blow up everybody. ! It is sort of like old Mariah Payne said, as she watclu., Alack Proflit shoot Mr. Garrison time and time again wi h a single action revolver- Holding on to her straw hat, and puffing on her pipe Mariah asked, “What you keep on .shooting for'.' Ain’t he dead now?” What do we need a satellite for when we already have enough to kill everyone arounu? f 'Not satisfied with the prospect of a satellite, excited newscasters are now claiming that within three years man will Uavc-1 to the moon. Here is a fine kettle of fish. Eart.i men aren’t yet capable of governing their own planet, or for that matter, "Individual countries in their planet, and yet they are apparently ready to take on other worlds. As a white haired lady once remarked, “They’d better leave that old moon alone ” BCBjr.
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