28 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1956
Page
1
Ruth Millett presents a reader letter and questions wives to ask husbands about health habits. The piece urges husbands to accept medical checkups balanced meals and safer routines, noting wives cannot force change without male cooperation.
Oklahoma City postman John Derschon followed Post Office Department advice to beware of dogs but was still injured by a goose. The bite left a leg wound requiring time off to heal.
The Cotton family held an arts and reunion at Jacks Creek on a Sunday. Attendees included Bertha Poof, Earl and Mae McKeith, Jimmie Cotton and family from Mexia, S. M. Cotton, Horace Cotton from Froosa, W. M. Allen, Odell Bottoms and daughters, Winnon Warren of Angleton, Edgar Cotton, Sam Creacy, Aubrey Sterling and daughters of Houston, Woodrow Cotton of Tehuacana, E. J. Allen of Prairie Hill, J. E. Cotton of Jacksonville, Emory Icem and son of Waco, Noel Sawyers and Mamie Jo, Virinas Pickens and son of Teague, W. G. Lewis and family of Buffalo, J. A. Radgers Sr. of Wortham, Lester Sawyers and family of Elkhart, Earl M. Lenoir and daughter of Grek, and Travis Lancaster of Pasadena.
John A. Hull of the U S Atomic Energy Commission said Argentina will receive an experimental atomic reactor within the next two years. The announcement was made in Buenos Aires on Wednesday and frames a broader U S cooperation in atomic energy.
About a hundred children joined the reading game at Gibbs Memorial Library this morning. Most participants are ages 6 to 12. Sponsored by the Mexican Rotary Club, certificates await those who read thirty or more books. Prizes will go to top readers in each age group, with groups 6 to 12 and over 12.
The surface of the Sahara Desert is not uniform with dunes reaching altitudes as high as 600 feet. This observation highlights the extreme variation in dune size and terrain across the desert landscape.
James Parks used pennies saved over years to settle a $42 hospital bill after his wife required an emergency operation. He paid the entire amount in pennies to the hospital yesterday in Nallas.
The text notes a flightless bird, the rhea, with a life expectancy of 72.85 years and claims it is the highest in the world.
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