Economic corrosion in Cuba under Castro rule
U S News and World Report reports Cuba under Castro has deteriorated economically in three and a half years. Per capita income fell from about 334 to under 200 dollars, food access worsened, and workers lost overtime vacations bonuses and the right to strike while taxes rose. Sugar sales to the world declined and barter deals left Cuba with often inferior goods as the peso weakened to five to seven per dollar. the regime instead expanded a Soviet style military and spy apparatus, maintaining tight control amid growing hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West
Castro
Cuba
U. S. News & World Report
U. S
Latin America
U.S
Former Hearne resident responds to inquiry letter
Mrs Eadie formerly Frankie Mathews writes from Walsenburg Colorado June 15 1962 to Cayce Moore answering his request about life in Hearne and in Colorado and renewing her subscription after nearly fifty years away.
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Hearne
Democrat
Kansas Ave
Walsenburg
Colorado
Moore of Cayce by Cayce Moore
The writer recalls summer evenings reading newspapers and visits to hear evangelists like Billy Graham and Billy Sunday in Texas towns. He contrasts camp meetings of white and colored communities, notes vivid scenes of passion and satire, and reflects on eye color affecting baseball perception.
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Chicago
Billy Graham
Billy Sunday
Palestine
Texas
Brother Sunday
White Sox
Hell
Ben
Leon County
Marquez
William Graham
Uplift League
Thoughts on Truth and Politics Amid Light Fragments
A collage of quotes and notes, including reflections on humanity, government loans purportedly used for marriage in Kenya, political cynicism about money and votes, musings on future reversals of insight, a Oklahoma State pre-med student Glenn Blake, and Don Boswell of Texaco visiting San Joe. The snippets reference a 1944 Eagles era, Christmas affection, and ocean imagery alongside everyday sentiments like fried chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenya
Earth
Lincoln
Glenn Blake
Okla State
Gene Blakes
Ponca City
Don Boswell
Texaco
San Jone
Ocean
Hearne Native Recalls Long Railroad Career and Family Ties
A Hearne born elder recounts his father John W. Mathews long railroad service from 1871 through 1919 with the Houston and Texas Central R. A. and the Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway. He notes early work digging stumps, becoming a fireman, promoting the first passenger train to Austin in 1872, and 12 year cycles in various railroad roles. The memoir covers family deaths, burial sites, education at Hearne High School, and studies at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, with teaching stints in West, Texas and Mumford.
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John W. Mathews
Fannie Taylor
Hearne
Carrie Baughman
Goree
Texas
Houston
Texas Central
R. A
Heartie
Austin
Hearne and Brazos Valley
R. R
B. Y
Stone City
Big Brazos
W. D. Terry
Edward
Frank Foster
Daddy
Colorado
Frank
la Veta
Alice
Reuben
John
Ozone
Arkansas
Verna
Bryan
Edda
Hearne High School
M. V. Carson
College of Industrial Arts
Texas Women's University
Denton
West
Mumford
Texas to Colorado Long Life of a Hearne Native
Mrs Frankie Eadie recalls a life spanning Hearne Texas to Waldenburg Colorado. She taught in Huerfano County from 1924 to 1944 and again after 1955 retirement, married to George Eadie in 1944, living in Amarillo and Colorado. She lists friends, relatives, and local ties including Texans she misses and Colorado scenery near Pike's Peak.
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Hearne
Rosa Fisher
Steele’s
New York
Barnie Simmons
Taylor
Colorado
Amarillo
Huerfano County
George Eadie
Walsenburg
Eadie
Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Bonnie
Los Angeles
Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range
Pike’s Peak
Texas
Foreign aid views from Senator Yarborough
Senator Yarborough discusses foreign aid, criticizing large budget requests for 1963, endorsing prudent cuts and accountability. He praises some Senate and House actions to trim aid, questions aid to Poland and Yugoslavia, and emphasizes supporting defenses and anti Communist goals while seeking maximum value from each dollar.
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Congress
United States
Senate
House
Agency For International Development
Fowler Hamilton
Poland
Yugoslavia
Nation Seizes American Property to Hold Aid
The speaker supports seizing and nationalizing American owned property without fair compensation. They favor ending aid to countries that mistreat Americans, arguing the provision sharpens foreign aid as a weapon against freedom’s enemies.
Hearne Calendar Highlights July 7 Events
A gun auction begins at 6 p m Saturday July 7, followed by an old fiddlers contest at 10 a m in downtown Hearne. Roy L Henry chairs registrations before July 1. George Jones headlines a 9 p m dance Saturday July 7 with an orchestra and entertainers, tickets from Sam Degelia Jr or J Fred Moss.
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Hearne
Roy L. Henry
George Jones
The
Hearne Young Farmers
Sam Degelia Jr
J. Fred Moss
Robertson County Court House News Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses listed for Robertson County with names including Sylvester Wilson and Doris Marie Camper, Billy Ray Hill and Aleeta Davi land, Raymond Rose Taylor and Susan Hanna, Aloysius Watthauer and Shirley Ann Edwards. Real estate transfers itemize multiple lots with nominal consideration. New cars registered include Bremond and Hearne buyers with Chevrolets, Oldsmobile, and Ford models.
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Sylvester Wilson
Doris Marie ‘Camper
Billy Ray Hill
Aleeta Daviland
Raymond Rose Taylor
Susan Hanna
Aloysius Watthauer
Shirley Ann Edwards
Joe Lys
Harrison H. Scottet Ax
Camp Creek
Serefino Barrera
Pete Barrera
Hearne
Jack E. Arnold
Ernest Joe Wilganowaski
Bremond
D. J. Easterly
Dan L. Hudson
Bessie Seale
Benbow Et al
Florence Smith Seale
Annie Dutka
Chevrolet
W. Rufus Smith
A. B. McClaran
Allan Brooks
Peggy Murray
Bradley CC
Crane
Franklin
Oldsmobile
Josephine Briggs
Calvert
J. N. Lewis
Mary Ned Story
Richard F. Morrow
Frank W. Cooper
Ford
Duty In Morocco For Sgt Currie
S/Sgt Jerry C Currie son of Mr and Mrs W E Currie Ridge has arrived at Sidi Slimane Air Base Morocco for duty with a Strategic Air Command unit. A personnel technician he is a Franklin High School graduate. He and his wife Petey West of San Angelo have two children Jaren Dene and June.
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Jerry C. Currie
W. E. Currie
Ridge
Sidi Slimane Air Base
Morocco
Strategic Air Command
Sgt. Currie
Franklin High School
Petey West
San Angelo
Jaren
Dene
June
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Lucille Stidham
Woodrow Tidwell
Ress Association
Major Markets, Inc
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San Francisco
Calif
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Cayce
Cayce Moore
Moore
Stan Musial
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Musial
Williams
George Williams
Taylors
the Woods
Elys
Terrys
Welches
Cummings
Alexanders
Lukes
Crenans
Bradys
Larkins
Reeds
Boswells
Easterwoods
Gardners
Mathews
Marshalls
John Welches
J. Felton Lanes
W. C. Allens
Boyds
Kenners
Tom Ohr
Alice Hughes
Grace
Elsey Williams
Elsie Ely
Minnie Slagle
Blanche Weeks
Gussie Reed
Mamie Ballinger
Mrs. Rice
Benchley
Frankie Eadie
Sen. Yarborough
Robertson County Court House News
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