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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1961
Page
1
The column humorously lists personal numbers from military to social security and credit cards. It cites a proposed system of tax account numbers and questions the loss of individual meaning if citizens receive a universal federal number. The piece critiques bureaucratic digitization and advocates a single universal identifier.
JOPLIN Missouri AP reporting adult leaders planned a mortgage burning ceremony at a Boy Scout campsite in a tree scouting style. Don Roney of the McKan Council executive board opened proceedings Monday night with a frussy scout kit. He struck the mint again and again. Sparks flew but the mortgage remained unscorched. A companion demonstrated fire can be started with flint and steel in a cigarene lighter. In a separate note from Los Angeles AP John A. McCabe, retiring chairman of the Alameda Energy Commission, is joining the board of directors of FirstAmerica Corp a bank holding company.
President Eisenhower's 1962 budget submitted to Congress opens a guessing game for taxpayers and business. Spending rises in most areas except interest on debt and commerce, housing, and SFIRCEY technology. Defense up 1.5 billion. civilian programs like labor, agriculture, natural resources also seek more. Total outlay 1018 billion. receipts 193.1 billion. The Kennedy transition adds uncertainty as to what Congress will approve and when recovery starts.
TV weather reports blend lively map visuals with rapid forecasts. The piece critiques flashy on air delivery and the emphasis on presenters over plain weather data, noting gendered presentation and audience distraction in broadcasts.
The Kingsport metropolitan area releases a new 106 page city directory covering Gate City Weber City and suburbs. It lists residents with spouses, children, employment and home ownership while noting per family income at 6726 dollars in 1958 and updated physical dimensions of the directory. The residential section starts with Gladys Abbott and ends with Kate Zumach.
The Kennedy administration signals an expansive inaugural with top officials and former presidents in attendance. Tickets for the parade and inaugural concert are scarce and pricey, while nationwide preparations and a major fundraising push shape the event's pageantry.
William F Billy Smith longtime athletics director at Bradley Central High School and Bradley football coach was elected county superintendent of education by the County Court on Monday night in Cleveland Tennessee.
SEPULVEDA Calif UPI Labor and management ended a two hour grievance session Monday by ruling that Mr Tom the car may return to Pacific Mercury Electronic Corp as the workers mascot. Local 6n62 AFL CIO officials agreed to share costs for building a car shelter and a sandbox. The unit had petitioned for his return after a six year stay ended by a security guard. The workers backed the mascot despite union threats to seek state arbitration.
Sullivan County Court on Monday elected Bob Oliver as the new constable for the 20th District to replace W. Burdine who moved to Blair City police. Oliver was nominated by Esq. Allison and won by a unanimous vote in a routine court session.
Judge Hal Carr reported Sullivan County remains financially sound with all debts paid. Bonds and interest totaled $336 581 25 for October through December, and next quarter payments total about $400 000 in bonds and over $50 000 in interest. Kingsport By Pass bids slated after next general council.
Two hundred prospective jurors were summoned for the trial of Douglas Clayton Click accused of raping the bride of a Methodist minister last June 6. The 15-year-old Decherd painter allegedly kidnapped the couple from a coin laundromat in Tullahoma, robbed them of 38 dollars, and forced them to drive him around the countryside. The state claims the rape followed a car stuck in mud on a country road. he was arrested the next day after pickup from a police lineup by the couple.
Hollywood star Jett Corey, who left film ten years ago after refusing to answer Communist‑era questions, returns in The Untouchables role as a druggist. He explains choosing the Fifth Amendment cost film work, then rebuilt life by teaching drama and speech therapy while coaching actors.
United Press International will mobilize nearly 150 staffers to cover John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Washington bureau reporters plus about 25 out of town photographers join coverage of the ceremony and related events. Veterans William Eaton Frank Eleazer William Theis Raymond Lahr Warren Duffee John Goldsmith Vincent Burke are among the seasoned reporters assigned to the capital.
Meriman Smith will file the afternoon dispatches from the White House with 20 years of experience and prior coverage of Kennedy campaigns. Alvin Spivak will write morning copy as a White House and campaign veteran. Helen Thomas covers Jacqueline Kennedy’s activities including her meeting with Dr. Eisenhower.
The notice lists multiple weekly events across Kingsport Civic Auditorium and associated centers. Activities include basketball in Main Auditorium Teen Center, gym games at Cloud Recreation Center, Douglass Recreation Center game room sessions, wrestling in Main Auditorium, and dance and recreation offerings at various times through Friday.
Eastbourne England a furrier shop displays a sign reading Ladies own skins turned remodeled and made equal to new The odd phrasing suggests a shop advertises restyling or remaking fur garments, reflecting wartime or postwar fashion practices and peculiar wording from the era.
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