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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1968
Page
14
Delhi officials and wildlife guards battle poachers to protect the Indian rhinoceros, whose horn drives a thriving black market. An official notes the horn’s alleged aphrodisiac value and the animal’s endangered status, with sanctuaries and patrols described amid threats from smugglers.
Highlands firms listed prizes donated during the annual Jamboree celebration on Saturday. Dozens of Highlands businesses including Scott's Building Supply Rodgers Department Store Family Shoe Store Crawford Cleaners Highlands Electric Coiffeur Matson Highlands Pharmacy Voygt's Variety Big Chief Super Market B&B Printing and many others contributed gift certificates for contestants. Each business donated a gift certificate for each girl or for one contestant.
New York AP reports actor William Talman, who died of lung cancer at 53, made a one minute anti smoking film for the American Cancer Society six weeks before his death. In the tape Talman pleads if you havent smoked dont start and if you do quit to spare your family. He notes his battle with cancer and recalls losing TV courtroom battles to Raymond Burr. The society will distribute the film to networks and local stations nationwide next week.
The World Almanac recounts Phineas T. Barnum as master of humbug advertising. It details his 1834 promotion of Joyce Heth as Washington’s 161 year old nurse, highlighting Barnum’s tactics in money making and publicity.
Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller proposes including ministers on county election commissions as a “noble experiment” to improve election integrity. The state board asked faith groups to supply the third member, triggering mixed reactions from clergy and criticism of the board’s move. Conway County ministers rejected the plan in a 12 to 11 vote. Plants of philodendron and ivy are poisonous to house cats and should be kept away from them.
A Department of Agriculture study finds almost half of fat cattle come from states that produce most feed grains, led by corn belt areas. Last year these states marketed about 2 million fat cattle, twice the 1940s level, with feeding expanding beyond Illinois and the Upper Midwest to other regions. The trend reflects decentralization of packing, feeder cattle supply, and rising demand for beef.
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