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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1962
Page
6
The piece urges Baytown citizens to vote January 27 on a 2 840 000 bond package funding eight major streets a city hall drainage and park land. It notes a 12 cent tax increase to retire the bonds, outlines absentee voting and machine ballots, and stresses growth and traffic needs while cautioning bonds are not a universal fix.
A summary of Kennedy era policy: tariff cuts for the European market, aged medical care under Social Security, a $100 million U N bonds plan, tax revisions to spur investment and jobs, education aid, farm program revisions, and foreign aid debates. Senate and House majorities favor Democrats. leadership changes noted. State of the Union due in joint session. budget and economic reports planned. nuclear and anti-Communist probes listed. Upcoming elections loom with 37 senators, 34 governors up for renewal.
Miss Mildred Paperman alleges Boston industrialist Goldfine funded political figures including Sherman Adams and Gov. Foster Furcolo. FBI and IRS probes focus on whether such gifts were properly reported. Powers, Hynes, and Dr. Furcolo recount direct or indirect donations used for campaign expenses and welfare plans, with officials denying improper receipt or misallocation.
The Baytown Sun staff page lists editors and publishers including Fred Hartman Jim Boone and Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson James H Hale with roles such as Editor and Publisher Managing Editor and Office Manager. Advertising personnel include John Wadhey Corrie Laughlin and Paul Putman. Address listed as P. D. Box 306 Baytown Texas and standard newspaper affiliations noted.
A collage of trivia questions and historical notes including Butterfield’s Civil War memory, toucan traits, prices behind transatlantic travel, and a dreamlike “Folk of Fame” guessing game. It asks about a London born actor, a popular actress, and a child’s fortune forecast tied to Jan 14.
A Washington column questions anti communist arguments and defends religious opposition to Communism. It argues communism is a secular atheistic religion opposing Judeo Christian beliefs and urges the church to oppose this perceived evil.
In New York a 23 member National Petroleum Council panel led by Ed Warren and Jerry O Brien began work on a study for the government on Soviet bloc oil exports. The inquiry seeks to determine if Soviet shipments act as a strategic foothold by pricing oil lower to Free World nations. Estimates show Soviet exports near 570000 barrels daily in early 1961, up from 220000 in 1958 and 428000 in 1960.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will address a 30 city closed circuit telecast from Los Angeles on February 1 as a 1962 campaign kickoff. He will be honored at a private dinner after the program while vacationing in Palm Springs, California.
Not conformed to this world but transformed by renewing your mind to discern what is good pleasing and perfect in God’s will as taught in Romans twelve two.
Washington AP reports Kennedy’s State of the Union appears hurried with patchwork phrasing. The address promises action on civil rights, education, and defense while hinting at future fights in Congress, and signals greater scrutiny as his presidency progresses.
In a tricky West North South East bidding sequence South aims for four spades. After a diamond lead and clever club and spade play, South forces West to be endplayed and wins four hearts. The hand demonstrates precise card play and the endgame idea of running West out of clubs to secure the contract.
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