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Newspaper
Rusk Cherokeean
Location
Rusk, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1963
Page
10
Gov. John Connally's administration leads Texas toward a broad education program without panic. The piece warns against hysteria and short term fixes, urging a cool, deliberate approach to strengthen public and college education despite disagreements on methods.
The Boy Scouts of America have concluded their fifty third anniversary observance praising Scouting as a wholesome influence on youth. Supporters defend Victorian and Puritan ideals as essential to shaping humble, honorable, useful and independent young men in local programs and the East Texas Area Council.
The Texas Highway Department cut grooves in a dangerous San Antonio expressway and called it a start toward reducing slick-when-wet highway dangers. The release mocks the term, suggesting the department may next tackle the armadillos seen as East Texas threats.
A guest opinion notes that today’s children will grow into leaders in a space century. It compares education to driving in fog, urging teachers to prepare students for a future with routine space exploration and TV ubiquity, highlighting rapid tech change and the need for forward planning.
The proposal would forbid displaying the United Nations flag on any state county city or subdivision property. The note compares the idea to Moise Tshombe's Congo move and suggests secession from the U.N. is not simple.
The Farm Bureau denounces the President's farm policy as distasteful and akin to supply side ideas behind tax cuts. It cites a passage seeking balance between abundance and income, arguing bills must come from other groups. The group accuses the plan of masking higher deficits with savings elsewhere.
The saga tracks Cherokee County iron ore deemed nonessential by the War Production Board in 1943 and the drive to locate a defense plant near Rusk Texas. Local leaders, Rep. Patton, and Governor Stevenson pressed Nelson as delays persisted. In September WPB reversed, Defense Plant Corporation took over, and a $3.5 million blast furnace project was announced in December with construction starting May 1944 after four years of effort.
The Cherokeean, Texas oldest weekly, published by E. H. Whitehead Enterprises, lists E. H. Whitehead as editor and publisher Glenn Brown as editor Mrs E H Whitehead as office manager with subscription rates of 2.06 per year 1.78 for six months in county and 4.08 per year 2.30 for six months out of county, price includes sales tax. It is entered as second class matter at the post office in Rusk Texas under act of March 3 1879.
The review cites Earl E. T. Smith, former U S ambassador to Cuba, accusing State Department officials and some press groups of bias toward Castro. Smith argues propaganda framed Cuba’s problems as economic and social, while political motives and neutrality law violations aided Castro and hindered Batista. He critiques officials who blocked arms for Batista and pushed allied nations not to sell arms to Batista.
A Lon Morris Bearcats official notes dedication and sacrifice while stressing that current gym facilities cannot meet growth. The piece highlights the drive to a proposed college gym and mentions the coach's outlook for a future in UT and Jacksonville.
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