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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
6
The editorial skewers a government report urging families to spend at least 9000 dollars a year to be moderately well off. It mocks the notion of living within means and suggests borrowing if needed, joking that Uncle Sam will reveal how to handle debt before trouble arises.
In a playful twist the column notes that even the twelve days of Christmas cannot spare readers from their 1967 income tax return. It wryly mocks the grand gifts of the carol while reminding readers Uncle Sam requires a complete tax form.
A Florida doctor suggests black eyes or shiners among aggressive youths may stem from a respiratory allergy and a stiff poke in the face. He notes a future where kids hearing allergy explain injuries may prompt sympathy instead of scolding, while still acknowledging the occasional poke remains possible.
Word puzzle clues span across and down with varied definitions. Solve to reveal common word power theme and test vocabulary on multiple angles including crafts, geography, and language roots.
Baytown Sun staff list shows editor publisher general manager and department heads. It notes second class mailing at Baytown Texas and publication details with address. Subscription rates are listed by carrier monthly and yearly, plus single copy price. Also mentions national representation and Associated Press membership.
An Austin eyewitness account recalls Frank Harner and Mannie Gault discussing the Clyde Barrow Bonnie Parker story and a pending Hamer family lawsuit against the Clyde and Bonnie film. A promoter shows grisly morgue photos. Harner orders the crowd to leave town after a blunt rebuke at a Ford agency showroom.
This day marks several historical events and anniversaries. Highlights include the 1945 shedding of extra territorial rights in China by the United States and Britain, Alexander Hamilton’s birth in 1757, Alabama’s 1861 secession, and Japan’s 1942 invasion of the Dutch East Indies. The entry notes progress and forecasts in atomic power and medical transplants from recent years.
A brief quiz item notes the spectacled bear as the sole South American bear with eye ring markings. It also states the galaxy edge lies in Taurus and the hub in Sagittarius. Kenesaw Mountain Landis is named as baseball’s first commissioner from 1920. Squirrels and chipmunks are among animals that descend trees head first, per Newspaper Enterprise Association.
A reflective prayer pleads for moral firmness in a drifting world. It laments flabbiness in conduct and urges devotion to God as absolute, not conditional, in a climate of casual attitudes.
Washington column notes that in 1966 defense contractors shared a $5.323 billion RDT&E subsidy, with 97.9 percent going to 50 large firms. It highlights Lockheed, General Dynamics, GE, Western Electric, AT&T, GM, and others, criticizing lack of oversight and possible conflicts with government. The piece warns against entangling military and defense industry interests and calls for budget cuts.
A medical Q and A column explains quickening, the first fetal movement, typically at 18 to 20 weeks, as a reliable guide to childbirth timing with about 85 percent accuracy. It warns to ignore false quickening from digestion and notes five months plus or minus three to four days. It also covers bronchitis care, a new drug for bronchitis secretions, and cardiac asthma guidance with hospital care and oxygen.
A historical note cites Acts 18 28 in which Apollos with mightily convincing Jews publicly showed by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. The fragment references scholarly Bible study and doctrinal persuasion in early Christian teaching.
A Billings gas station encounter recalls 1930s Depression-era hobos and today’s wandering youths. An old man’s reflections trace hardship, pride, and hope as he compares past and present faces, noting fewer bathes, more ragged clothes, and a restless outlook.
In a four spade contract West opened fourth best heart, South won the first trick and trumps. West shifted to a singleton spade lead, and Sidney Lazard read East’s distribution as well as the hand. He won with the king of hearts, ran clubs, and engineered a crossruff to force East to lead diamonds, then ruffed and discarded to reach the winning endgame.
In a bridge context, after the sequence 2 clubs three diamonds two hearts two spades pass pass you hold four spades four hearts five diamonds is suggested by your partner. The problem asks what to bid next when partner continues to five diamonds, highlighting choice and potential outcomes.
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