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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
4
President Kennedy urged Congress to pass an across the board income tax reduction for individuals and corporations to revive the economy, signaling a possible 5 percent cut and offering incentives for new plant and equipment. He noted the 1962 output may miss the $570 billion target, partly due to stock market declines, and said details would come this summer.
Sidney Smith a 60 year old farmer was freed from jail to tend 500 sheep during shearing after he refused to obey a court order to reveal records of his late brother estate. He appealed to Justice Richard Orme Wilberforce who ordered immediate release to prevent suffering of the flock.
Washington AP reports a $91,500 loan to Barry Texas announced by the Community Facilities Administration. The funds include a $6,000 grant under the federal water pollution control program and $2,500 in town funds to finance water and sewer facilities construction.
The Baytown Sun lists Fred Hartman and Boone Preston among editors and publishers with a team including Beulah Mae Jackson James H Hale and Robert K Gilmore. It details editorial and advertising roles, carrier subscription rates at $1.45 monthly or $17.46 yearly, and post office registration under national representation by Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc.
President Kennedy at his May news conference signals no new stimulus beyond pending measures and an income tax cut promised for all, not effective before next year. He vows to keep prices down to curb inflation, defends anti inflation policy, and urges Congress to pass long-standing proposals on investment, deductions, and quicker tax cuts if recession returns.
Champion heavyweight wrestler and a friend visited a fair in a country town. After many drinks they headed home and encountered a loose bull in a field. The wrestler seized the bull by its horns and forced it to retreat, lamenting the last drinks he had taken.
Juris Doctor stands for Doctor of Law. The last Civil War shots were fired June 28, 1865 off Alaska by the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah. The material forming intersecting spider webs at telescope eyepieces is spider threads. The first session of Congress began March 4, 1789. The Tast acion of the mighty House of Hohenstaufen refers to the failed 1268 battle at Tagliacozzo and its aftermath in Naples market.
Washington column notes British opposition to housing Chinese orphans in the United States, despite Kennedy's appeal and relief efforts led by Hoover and Truman. It also covers Defense Dept bidding questions, Navy-Air Force inquiries into Scott Carpenter rescue, and a Q&A on presidential charity, with implications for the 1960s political scene.
In Los Angeles AP report, ex wrestler Gorgeous George and his wife testified at a Superior Court trial. She described a nonprofessional bout where she received two black eyes. Judge Diether allowed her to resume the maiden name Chere Dupre. George, 47, runs a San Fernando Valley tavern and shows difficulty starting the business. They will have joint custody of their 2-year-old son and she waives alimony.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. I will praise and exalt the God of my fathers, declaring him my refuge and dwelling.
In the 1958 Masters Pair Championship England event North South achieved six notrump contracts and one grand slam bid failed by a heart finesse. Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro won the event, despite three North-South pairs reaching six notrump. The article details a double dummy solution showing how the grand slam could be made with perfect play, and notes the declarer faced a single down when West held the queen.
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