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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1961
Page
9
UK girls formed a partnership as manuscript typists for authors and split a 200 hour job. Records show each girl had a unique amount of work credit, with no two equal. The puzzle resolves to each girl working the same number of days as hours per day, yielding a consistent distribution where two had equal totals.
Describes a party stunt where players walk a chalk line while looking through large binoculars or opera glasses to distort balance. Each sits at a starting line with racing lanes and string or tape, guided by a helper to prevent falls. The goal is to move heels together and rotate feet outward to about 180 degrees as ages and figures hint at.
A vintage card illusion describes a routine where five cards are set aside and four are drawn face down. The performer calls out a chosen card, retrieves it from the pocket, and reveals four cards that appear to be the originals. The method hinges on diamonds and hearts and a counting rotation to locate the chosen card in the pocket.
Puzzlers clip the letters D A and form the word right from 12 pieces. The task tests patience and ingenuity as night and day transitions occur smoothly, with speed marking skill in under five minutes. Numbers identify solutions. BMI and NH PUB codes appear in the garbled header.
A quirky three minute test ranks how fast a speaker can recite famous passages and tongue twisters. It asks true or false about overtime if Lincoln and Hamlet are read aloud and presents fast speaking limits, then lists rapid tongue twisters to recite aloud.
A New York feature explains a chair lifting stunt to test strength. Participants grasp the rear leg end, lift the chair with one hand, and use the little finger as a fulcrum to raise it upright. The trick relies on a hidden grip.
National Retail Merchants Association executives in New York gathered to discuss profit concerns and sales outlook for the first half of the year. The survey showed weak demand, with many firms expecting continued pressure on margins. President Alfred Thor led the discussion as members forecast modest gains at best.
Viktor Jaan reports on the New York Immigration Office and the International Rescue Committee aiding Baltic refugees. An Estonian, fearing Baltic return aboard the Baltika, flees to New York where TRC leaders coordinate relief. The article outlines TRC aims, funding limits, and selection of beneficiaries.
A report on the state retirement fund shows a rise tied to TRC activities, noting international politics and transactions, with mention of a defection impact and investments in US securities. The piece references officials in Austin, the chemistry department, and broader fiscal movements affecting the fund and related agencies.
Hollywood reports director John Huston pleased with Clark Gable in The Misfits final version. Huston praises Marilyn Monroe and Monty Clift, notes Gable's professionalism and rare outburst over a rehearsal delay. He reflects on Gable’s personal happiness and the difficulty of his loss.
The GOP outlines how paper ballots were handled in Texas with incompletely marked ballots counting in many counties. Republicans cite tallies from 214 of 241 counties, noting votes counted could exceed 100,000 and suggesting misapplication of election code articles 6.06 and 8.21 affected results. Varying county practices led to wide disparities in ballots thrown out, with some counties showing high discard rates and others minimal.
Regents awarded a 1,724 240 contract for student housing at Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. The plan includes a four story dormitory with cafeteria for 264 women, five two story dormitories for 45 men each, eight one story apartments for 50 married students, totaling 539 beds. Bidder was H A Lotti of Houston.
Six young boys in Hugo Oklahoma were punished by a police judge who ordered them to attend Sunday school every Sunday for six months after they entered a warehouse filled with cars and spent an hour driving them around.
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