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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1960
Page
6
The National Safety Council promotes swimming as America’s major water sport but warns of drownings. It lists seven safety tips: learn to swim, never swim alone, use beaches with lifeguards, know limits, avoid swimming after meals, relax during cramps, and swim parallel to shore to test endurance.
Austin June 23 Excessive speed was the principal cause factor in 53 percent of rural fatal Texas accidents in 1959. J O Musick of the Texas Safety Association urged public support for the Slow Down and Live program. He said speed can be too fast for conditions and emphasized adjusting to driver, vehicle, weather, and road conditions.
A four member Sidney Future Farmers of America group will attend the 33rd State Convention in Houston in July 1962. Led by Dolan Taber and advised by H R Spalding, the delegation includes Jerry Wright, Tommy Jones and Dwain Carroll. The event features business sessions, awards, an area tour, and a Fun Night with the talent contest.
The Hasse 4-H Club elected Dolores Reed as song leader and named Judy McDonald and Nancy Reed to the refreshment committee. Miss Stringer explained the year book as the group discussed the Athletic League. 4-H girls modeled sewing skirts and boys weighed gifts, with Donnie Norwood showing the largest gain. Humble Oil plans a 44 story Houston building due mid 1962. Fuel and diesel power over 90 percent of merchant ships.
Humble Oil and Refining Company reports its new tank barge Esso Baltimore can store 17 549 000 gallons, enough to fill the tanks of 890 000 automobiles.
Butyl rubber production at the Baytown Refinery will grow from 125 million pounds annually to more than 170 million pounds by the second quarter of 1961, signaling expanded capacity and increased supply.
Pittsburgh twins Melissa and Rebecca Hicks, twelve, return from a Middle East tour as goodwill emissaries. Melissa wrote an essay on domes symbolizing progress, inspired by Cairo’s Citadel Mosque and a new steel dome in Pittsburgh. The girls presented Bethlehem’s mayor with a stainless steel box symbolizing Pittsburgh as “the capital city of stainless steel.”
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