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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1961
Page
4
A light observation on the fatigue of hearing the same joke repeated, as one tries to smile to spare the teller's feelings. The tone captures a social moment where patience equals politeness amid monotony.
The article discusses the link between nervous tension and fatal diseases such as heart illness and cerebral hemorrhage. It cites Dr. William H. Molden’s Brazil study finding no such diseases among an isolated tribe and argues for a personal philosophy and religious faith to harmonize life and health.
This item asks ten trivia questions covering topics from silk production to world landmarks. It queries largest silk producer, Bay Slalm Book, piano keys, Pillars of Hercules location, Columbus voyage duration, Washington Monument height, Eiffel Tower height, pecks in a bushel, cup of sugar weight, and Edison Museum location.
The instructor at NAS Memphis ends a parachute jumping lecture with a quip about leaping to conclusions. The Blue Jacket notes the line as a sharp aside highlighting a pun on parachute safety and decision making.
A discussion on rising youth crime across metropolitan areas with parents bearing primary responsibility for upbringing. It notes TV and theaters spreading vice, urges churches schools and law enforcement to mobilize, and calls for sober parental effort to preserve national character.
A vintage guidance piece outlines fuel saving methods for motorists. It urges steady driving, avoiding rapid starts and stops, maintaining moderate speeds, looking ahead to traffic lights, and minimizing idling. It notes proper engine tuning, suitable lubricants, clean spark plugs, and using the fuel grade appropriate to the car. It also questions frequent oil changes and advocates use of an oil filter with longer intervals.
A list of trivia items includes Japan as the answer to item one and notes the first English printed book in North America in 1640 as item two. It covers figures such as eighty eight, the Gibraltar Ceuta strait pair, seventy days, five hundred fifty five feet eleven and a half inches, nine hundred eighty four point two five feet, four and a half pounds, and location West Orange New Jersey.
The passage reflects on changing tastes and the notion that success comes from work and intellect. It urges readers to guard public morals by reviewing magazines mailed to the public and advises adherence to traffic rules for longer life.
Britain's walker of continents Dr Barbara Moore chugged north through Georgia aiming for at least 60 miles on her Key West to Boston journey. She logged 67 miles in 17 hours Sunday from Jacksonville and hoped to reach Richmond Hill near Savannah after nightfall. The 57 year old vegetarian physician travels about 4.5 miles an hour and arranged for a state patrol car to carry her luggage ahead. She sped up despite heat to reach Boston by June 2 and avoided a bridge detour by permission to ignore pedestrian signs at the Sidney Lanier Bridge.
In Atlanta a 64 year old man Nesbitt Lee Harper killed his wife Lois 59 and mother in law Ida Harden 90 and then apparently died of a heart attack after a call in which he said I have killed every body. The three victims were found in a second floor apartment with a .38 caliber pistol on the table and $13181 in a file cabinet.
Atlanta, Ga. a third Negro has been accepted at the University of Georgia where two others enrolled last January under a federal court order. Mary Frances Early, a teacher at John Hope school, will attend summer school as a graduate student. The case of 13 Negro applicants to Georgia Tech remains undecided as board members weigh how to proceed.
Derby Technical College students smashed a piano with sledge hammers in 14 minutes setting a new record. The feat beats a 1960 Manchester University record of 32 minutes, highlighting a playful campus competition in Derby.
Marlin White and his wife were abducted from their Sylacauga home by six white men in two cars. They were stripped, flogged for alleged mixed-race associations, and later returned home after a doctor examined them. White said the attack occurred near six miles from town and that police are investigating.
Roy Harris, president of the Georgia States Rights Council, says plans for possible school integration actions are not ready for disclosure. The council will discuss the issue at its annual fundraising dinner, with operations funded by that event. Harris notes many sympathizers but declines to reveal membership numbers.
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