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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1962

Page

4

Editorial on the National Farm Problem and Impasse

The nation faces a stubborn farm problem with no easy fix as both parties clash over a farm bill. Surpluses grow despite programs like the soil bank, while small farmers struggle against mechanization and large corporate farmers. An international food redistribution idea is proposed, but the solution remains uncertain.

Congress House Kennedy Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman Kennedy-Freeman Agriculture Department Soil Bank Eisenhower Ezran Benson Federal Treasury America

Much Ado About Naught In Miami

In Miami Florida a car struck a boy as sirens responded and a crowd gathered. An ambulance attendant checked the scene and a boy named Chris Schofield ten years old emerged claiming a neighbor gave him milk. He showed a small leg scratch and the incident ended with people returning home.

Miami Chris Schofield Chris

William Otis S Verified Steam Shovel Inventor 1838

William Otis of Massachusetts is credited with inventing the steam shovel in 1838, a development that advanced earthmoving technology and influenced early industrial machinery.

William Otis Massachusetts

Baytown Sun Staff and Subscription Rates

The Baytown Sun lists editor and publisher roles plus office and circulation staff. It notes monthly carrier rates of 1.45 dollars and yearly rates at 17.40, with mail rates available on request. The paper is represented nationally by Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc. and entered as second class matter at the Baytown post office.

The Baytown Sun, Inc Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc P. O. Box

Grandfather’s tale of early electric lights and change in the country

A country peddler recalls a night in Dayton Tennessee when two travelers rented a room and debated the new electric light. They marveled at a lamp that wouldn’t blow out as they faced rising costs and difficult farming, reflecting wary acceptance of progress amid hard times. The memory ends with a biblical verse from Corinthians.

Grandad Grandpa Dayton Tenn Southland

Try and Stop Me on Golf Slices and a Rolling Car Window

Sportsman Mike Breslauer suffered a series of wild slices during golf play. His drives shattered a ranch window, a Rolls Royce windshield, and finally struck a policeman, who quipped about past mischiefs. Breslauer vowed to adjust technique or stance to improve.

Peersationas Mike Breslauer Golfinks Bres- Jauer John Brown Alfred Knopf Breslauer

FOLK OF FAME AND TODAY'S PUZZLE RAMBLE

A collage of quirky trivia prompts and oblique questions from a 1950s style page. It includes a joke about Liberty Belt lip circumference, a Latin version of a famous speech, a biographical nod to German artist’s associates, and a playful quiz with scattered phrases and names.

Barbara. Halper Agnes Frey Michael Wohlgemuth

Kennedy defends relatives in government posts at White House lunch

President Kennedy defends relatives in public service citing brother and sister's ties, touts Peace Corps head Sargent Shriver, and rebuts press focus on Estes case. He urges business leaders to present constructive plans, notes stock market moves and contrasts with Hoover era.

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Highway Deaths Up This Year In First Quarter

AP report from Chicago shows more than 22 000 accidental deaths in the first quarter of 1962, up from 20 600 in early 1961, with traffic deaths leading at 8 120 versus 7 710 previously. Concord tombstone error: ad misprint for two trombones, not tombstones.

Chicago National Safety Council Council Concord N.C Concord Tribune D. J. Faggart

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Answers Clue List

Puzzle clues cover topics from law and cheese to design on metal and fasteners. Includes entries for places, traits, and numbers with several historic or world references. Notable names appear in clues for a famous Apache chief and a Dallas singer.

Lm Law, & Wife North Pole Ocean Singer Dallas

Know Your Bridge Plans For Six Spades And Four Hearts

Bridge puzzle by Jay Becker discusses declarer play with six spades and hearts and a four heart contract. It analyzes lines with 2-2 or 3-1 trumps, the impact of the queen of hearts lead, and the decision to finesse the heart or play ace to cut off a possible diamond rush. It argues the heart finesse is correct and explains how to draw trumps and establish diamonds while guarding against a diamond ruff.

South North Queen of Hearts Iessa

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