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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
2
A Saturday night country store session turns into a talk show on Congressmen, the Supreme Court, crime, and road building. Ed Doolittle jokes about Australian road study while others compare criminals to misunderstood youths and ponder constitutional rights.
The piece notes spring brings the annual Red Cross plea for contributions, acknowledging generosity and fatigue alike. It highlights disasters and medical saves like blood transfusions and life-saving lessons, arguing emergency need remains constant and urgent across communities.
The American Red Cross asks citizens to support its nationwide March campaign. It notes the Red Cross has expanded from wartime aid to disaster relief and community health services. Local chairmen in Van Zandt appeal for donations to aid the less fortunate.
Funeral services were conducted for Caney L. York 97 of Van at Hilliard Funeral Home with Cecil Allen officiating. Burial followed in Jamestown Cemetery. York, a retired farmer and Tennessee native, died Sunday at his Van home after a short illness. Survivors include five daughters five grandchildren 35 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild along with a brother Ben York of Wills Point.
The family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for prayers, food, flowers, cards, calls, visits, and support after their sorrow. They thank doctors and nurses at the hospital for their care and praise the community for comforting expressions of friendship and affection.
Market steady and active on all livestock offered by Athens Commission Co with 113 shippers and 593 head including 460 cattle and 133 hogs. Prices: butcher calves 24 to 26 dollars. medium to good 23 to 24. fat cows 17 to 20. cutters 13 to 17.50. bulls 20 to 23.50. stocker calves 24 to 34. stocker yearlings 23 to 28. stocker cows 100 to 170 per head. stocker cows and calves 140 to 225 per pair. Hogs 1 to 3 grades 18.50 to 19. heavies 16 to 18. sows 14 to 16. feeders 13 to 16.50.
The Grand Saline Sun lists candidate notices for County and District offices subject to Democratic Primary action on May 4 1968. Bill Bass seeks re election to a second term as State Senator District No 2 and candidates for Congress 4th District and State Representative 12th District are noted.
Van Zandt County sets a 1968 savings bond goal of 360000 with January county sales at 27419. The county chair L. Stanford reports 1968 Texas state goal 184.5 million and January bond sales 16342828, up 7.6 percent from January 1967. Nationwide January 1968 sales total 479 million, 2.6 percent below last year.
Harold Spann recounts his trip with his son Glen to the Motilone Bari people in the Catatumbo region straddling Colombia and Venezuela. The piece traces oil exploration, tribal resistance, and the looming extinction of the Motilone as they faced disease hunger and displacement. It introduces Bruce Olson, a missionary who with yellow hair is called to bring the word of God to the Motilones in 1962.
Army Private First Class Douglas W. Carroll 24, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Carroll of Grand Saline, served with Company B 715 Military Police Battalion in Saigon during Viet Cong attacks. He and South Vietnamese Army elements held all positions despite unit casualties. Carroll’s wife Alva Nell, a Grand Saline home economics teacher, is listed locally.
Airman Doyle J. Mains son of Mrs Ordie V Mains of Wills Point Texas has completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Chanute AFB Illinois for specialized schooling as an aircraft equipment repairman He is a 1968 graduate of Grand Saline High School and attended Arkansas A&M College He is married to the former Renee Walker of Grand Saline.
Tax advice urges filing income tax returns early rather than waiting to the April deadline. Early filers are portrayed as making fewer errors compared with the late rush at midnight on April 15.
Funeral services for Calvin Ree Thornburgh 65 of Mineola were held at Oakland Baptist Church Van Zandt County with Rev B J Works officiating. Burial followed at Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include wife Loni and 11 other relatives. He died Thursday after a brief illness. He was a retired farmer and former Silver Lake resident.
Taxpayers who miss deductions may waste money and should heed tips from a helpful tax collector. The note emphasizes remembering deductions and seeking guidance to maximize savings.
A commemorative stamp promoting Central America's participation in HemisFair will be available at the five country pavilion.
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