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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1962
Page
10
HAL BOYLE highlights quirky, surprising facts from readers and public life. The column surveys dental statistics, Lincoln’s substitute payment, lifeguards rescues, nutrition tips, tobacco trends, old wives remedies, and miscellaneous quotable notes, mixing humor with social curiosities. The piece blends historical anecdotes with contemporary habits, including consumer spending and federal land ownership.
Ottawa reports Canada’s austerity program halting the stampede of foreign capital and stabilizing the sagging dollar. The move buys time while Prime Minister Diefenbaker seeks long term remedies, with opposition leaders warning that extended austerity could hurt jobs and trade.
In a 1960s inquiry, Widukind Lenz tests thalidomide on animals to gauge toxicity and links rising deformities to the drug. Across Europe and the United States beginning in 1958, widespread use leads to thousands of birth defects. authorities and Gruenenthal debate safety as reports accumulate. A British clinician and Sherri Finkbine's case fuel calls for tighter trials before drugs reach expectant mothers.
Durban reports South Africa contracted to sell corn and other grain to Red China with an initial cargo of 25 000 tons to be loaded next week on German vessels. The report mentions broader trade ties amid a global shortage context and references thalidomide linked birth deformities in Britain and elsewhere.
AUSTIN AP Bill Collins will resign as executive director of the State Parks Board after six years. He plans to seek a job with the Texas Tourist Council and has filed an application for the council's executive secretary position. Collins says the state parks are on track to secure funds for improvements.
Dist Judge D B Wood will hear a Wednesday motion by Georgetown School Board to set aside a suit blocking construction of a 12000 dollar school. Local taxpayers say tax money would perpe tate segregation by funding the new school for Negroes. The board says the case cannot be heard until Texas Education Agency officials review the action.
American Ambassador Joseph Palmer II said the United States will help Nigeria train its young people. He spoke to 77 Nigerians who have won U S government scholarships for study in the United States. They will depart this weekend.
AP reports forty peasants who sought land since 1922 were granted farms by the government. The Department of Colonization and Agrarian Affairs says the plots were in Veracruz State and were expropriated from their owner.
Per line per day classified ad listing from Sun newspaper offers four consecutive days with a minimum of four lines. Cost totals 92.52 for four days plus 4.32 per additional day. Phone numbers 582-8234 and 582-8255. Charge 1.
LONDON AP Britain moves to bar dangerous drug sales by forming a six man safety committee under the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries. The group will tighten testing for harmful side effects and push new testing techniques to all firms and daily operations.
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