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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1961
Page
8
A collage of old jokes and quips with a palm reader, a bruising boxing moment, bootleg era humor, a boy and a puppy, a Mars dig, and a punchline about women clubs. The items amuse with retro wit and social railings.
A string of humorous vignettes shows domestic squabbles and school life. A husband teases his wife after a left turn fiasco while a child jokes about classroom routines and “lineup” for everyday tasks. The quips capture family life with playful punchlines.
A business school graduate applies for a typist job and talks nonstop about herself. She boasts she can type a hundred and fifty words a minute. The employer checks the time and reveals she actually typed three hundred, exceeding her claim.
An old Industrial News Review argues higher federal minimum wage could hit employment hard, especially in retail. It cites 1956 data showing job declines after raises and warns in today’s economy layoffs may be larger. Consumers could face inflation as costs rise.
Baltimore and Caracas are referenced in Jessie Marjorie Cook's will. She divides her $465000 estate with a $25000 trust for women harmed by legal inequalities and a $1000 annual grant to the Maryland branch of the National Women's Party. Additional funds support constitutional equal rights amendments and broader civil and economic equality.
55 acre farm three percent miles east of Whitewright. Well improved and all in cultivation. Price ten thousand five hundred dollars. Contact Tom Sears.
ST LOUIS editors of Farm Journal report the new feed grain price support program is the most confusing farm program seen. field interviews across the country show low signup in livestock areas and higher in grain sorghum regions, with slow Washington instructions and unclear explanations to farmers. high compliance expected among Midwest cash corn farmers and Southwest grain sorghum growers.
New York reports that moonshine production averaged 61 million gallons yearly in the 1950s, costing nearly 7 billion dollars in lost tax revenue across levels of government. The 1950s era saw over 150 deaths from poisoned liquor and hundreds hospitalized for illness and blindness, with some 214000 stills seized as enforcement shifted in 1957 to target supply chains and sugar sources.
A concise reflection on how ideas wield power beyond individual control, shaping actions, movements, and collective outcomes as thoughts influence people and cultures.
Ten charter members organized the Curly Club in Stateville North Carolina to push for a restored 50 cent haircut. President Jim Foster said the group is nonpolitical but Kennedy may not be eligible for membership.
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