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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
2
A Sedalia newspaper column addresses rising bicycle related hazards as schools close and children ride in traffic. It urges parental involvement and motorist vigilance, listing key safety rules including signaling, riding single file, obeying lights, and using headlights at night.
Lyndon B Johnson distances himself from Billie Sol Estes amid Texas factionalism and past confrontations. The piece recounts 1956 Democratic tensions, Estes donations, and Johnson's denial of close ties, followed by Romney's Detroit sermon to Negro ministers addressing his Mormon faith and race issues.
A devotional line cites Ezekiel 23 48 warning that lewdness incurs divine punishment and that readers shall learn the Lord God is sovereign, framing repentance and moral judgment in a biblical context. The passage emphasizes accountability for sinful idolatry and the certainty of divine retribution.
A devotional poem celebrates grateful dawns and renewed faith after rain. The speaker, Hazel N Lang, reflects on pain, learning, and patience, noting blessings and peace grow with each new morning and the sun shines despite trials.
University of Michigan investigation tests how central nervous system drugs alter behavior skills like driving and operating power tools. Tests show no clear effect from average doses in normal subjects, but chronic use, especially with alcohol, may impair performance. guidance urges consulting a doctor, avoiding over the counter pills while driving, and reporting any adverse effects.
A landlord and his tenant discover a wall hole used for electrical wiring lets a swarm of bees enter their home. The queen swayed the swarm inside while the others explored wiring and failed to exit. The episode ends with the two men and even the bees uncertain how to proceed as chaos abides. A separate anecdote recounts a master of ceremonies at a women’s group meeting who ignores a changed invocation and faces an embarrassed yet teachable moment about last minute plan checks.
Sedalia notes include H W Schrimscher leaving Russell Bros store to become display manager for Kibler Company in Canton Ohio. Also Stephens College graduate Mary Alice Messerly of Sedalia and Philip M McLaughlin cadet sergeant returning with Kemper Military Academy class of 350. T Henderson of Sedalia Ford dealer lists 1922 Ford prices F O B Detroit Tour car 348 sedan 645 runabout 319 coupe 580 ton truck 430 Fordson tractor 395.
The 63rd U S Department of Agriculture year book After a Hundred Years chronicles farming's growth from 1862 acts to modern yields. It highlights Lincoln's 1862 creations, the Homestead and Land Grant acts, Beltsville center, hybrid corn, and rising output. It argues agriculture shaped civilization and living standards, with future projections to feed 350 million.
The piece attacks a modern view that pushes grandmothers to the margins of family life. It argues aging is treated as a government matter not a family duty and urges a return to valuing elders at home.
The Army Engineer's office in Kansas City plans to award two contracts to Missouri River Construction Inc. of Dallas totaling 925,871 for bank stabilization along the Missouri River. One contract 490,517 covers Miami to Glasgow. the other 435,354 covers Glasgow to Lupus Bend. A separate 52,920 contract for an electric power substation near Table Rock Dam, Branson, Mo, goes to Power Constructors Inc. of Topeka.
The Peruvian bark now called chinchona bark derives its name from the tree named after Countess Chinchon who was cured of fever in 1638 using this bark.
An advertiser promotes affordable labor through classified help wanted ads offering recruitment by telephone at TA 6 1000. The message emphasizes cost effective staffing and access to workers through a local telephone contact.
Soil scientists report farmers in the semiarid Great Plains can grow snow fences by leaving sorghum stubble after harvest. The standing stubble slows wind driven snow, keeping moisture on fields for winter wheat.
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