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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1957
Page
2
Local residents and guests visited Dallas, Sherman, Gainesville, Austin, Denison, Clarksville, Cairo, Bogota, Ardmore, Corpus Christi, and other areas over the weekend and week. Families shared travels, hospital visits, and social engagements, including demonstrations and club gatherings.
A veteran Q A column explains that vocational rehabilitation abroad is not available except in the Philippines, job placement is not VA’s function, reinstating extended term insurance may not need a medical exam within five years, and school approvals for Korea veterans must be specific. It also lists visits from several families and notes the Washington Monument stands 555 feet high.
Original Letters of Administration granted to Amelia Davis on November 26 1956 by Grayson County Court Texas. Creditors must present claims within the legal period. Executrix Amelia Davis 1004 East Pecan Sherman Texas. Attorney Jack G Kennedy M and P National Bank Building Sherman Texas. Published The Whitewright Sun March 14 21 28 and April 4 1957.
The article explains SSA rules for disability insurance eligibility for those over 50. It details work requirements, timelines for establishing disability, and how application timing affects earnings records and benefit amounts, including a caution about potential loss of eligibility if applied after June. It uses examples from 1950s policy.
The article explains the eligibility rule that requires 17 years of work in the three years before disability started, using July 1956 as the start date. It warns that only a fraction of a year of work remains, making eligibility unlikely, and urges disabled individuals to contact the district office promptly, noting urgency if the disability began over a year ago and promising discussion of the disability freeze in a future piece.
A 31 year old Dallas woman told Vice squad Lt. P. W. Lawrence she began bootlegging to finance liquor for friends. He seized 98 pints from her home as she explained the scheme let them all “have a good time.”
A terse exchange between two speakers uses a romantic line and a witty retort about fueling passion, capturing a lighthearted moment of flirtation. The back and forth hints at affectionate banter rather than a serious dispute.
The Agriculture Department uses Univac to digest 6060 families’ meals, assigning nutritional values to foods and producing statistics on ten nutrients. Reports will map diets by region and demographics to identify weaknesses and guide home economics and diet planning.
Rep Hale Boggs of Louisiana urged a new bill to regulate the manufacture distribution and possession of goof balls barbiturates and amphetamines. He testified before a House commerce subcommittee and heads a Ways and Means panel that investigated narcotics traffic last year.
A humoristic editorial note claims drinking a quart of milk daily for 1,200 months yields a hundred years. The piece also reports a grammar school for disabled boys to be opened in Alton, England.
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