Rainfall totals and political chatter in local notes
Whitewright records 1.95 inches of rain this week with April totals at 2.46 inches and historic April lows. A reception welcomes Rev. Dale Gore at First Baptist. Voters face eight days of candidate choices, with notes on congressman at large and local races. Editorial comments critique literacy tests and ADA rules. Prices rise for Linotype equipment as steel policy stirs public opinion.
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Whitewright
Ernest Smith
City Water Department
First Baptist Church
Dale Gore
John Ray
Ray Roberts
Sam Rayburn
Linotype
Medicare plan pledges 125 dollar health aid to seniors
Twenty eight House Republicans back Rep Bow’s Medicare bill intended to counter the King Anderson proposal. Bow’s plan, now in the Ways and Means Committee, would pay every American over 65 years old 125 dollars annually to purchase health insurance from private firms.
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House
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
King-Anderson
Bow
Ways and Means
U. S. Opens A Test With Plane Drop
The United States resumed atmospheric nuclear testing with a 9:45 a.m. Pacific drop near Christmas Island. The first in Operation Dominic, the intermediate yield blast exceeded 20 kilotons and under a megaton, signaling a renewed phase in the arms race.
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Washington
United States
Christmas Island
Pacific
Pacific Atoll
U. S
Soviet Union
Equator
Hawaii
Atomic Energy Commission
Living Cost For March Hits Record
Washington reports the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent to 105 percent of the 1957-59 average, with March and February increases. Arnold Chase of the Labor Department says no inflation trend is evident as clothing costs shift and prices for services fruits drugs and medical care rise while gasoline eases and eggs drop seasonally.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Chase
Congress opens inquiry into auto speed and horsepower sales
The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, led by Chairman Oren Harris, has quietly started a probe into how speed and horsepower are used to market new cars. Letters were sent to the presidents of all major auto manufacturers requesting information.
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Detroit
Congress
Oren Harris
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Bow Plan Aims Broad Elderly Coverage With Private Enterprise
The Bow plan offers universal health insurance with $125 tax credits and federal certificates for those owing less than the amount. It covers surgeons and physicians bills, unlike the King-Anderson bill, but lacks home health services. Estimated annual cost runs about $2 billion, higher than King-Anderson's $1.1 billion.
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Assembly
King-Anderson
Twist dances stir a country preacher's cautionary tale
Uncle Dan recounts a rural quarrel over the Twist dance as a local preacher frets about youth, exercise, and New Frontier programs. He notes backsliding in the congregation, jokes about elevators and walking to school, and hints at political overtones in a lighthearted letter to the editor.
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Zeke Grubb
Rafe Zinder
Wimmen
Kennedy
Dan’t Boon
Ed Doolittle
Clem Webster
U. S. Department of Health
Inheritance Tax Tally on Chicago Cats Draws Laughter
Chicago officials tax the estate of Mrs. Margaret Montgomery, leaving 60 percent to the cat caretaker and 40 percent to charity. Five cats including Flat Nose, Big Boy, and Blue Eyes share a $242.23 levy, with life expectancy adjusted to 11 years for Montgomery Fields cats.
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Flat Nose
William G. Clark
Illinois
Big Boy
Brother Cat
Blue Eyes
Mommy Kitty
Margaret Montgomery
William J. Fields
Chicago
Clark
Deadline Near on Rendering Property in Grayson County
Grayson County property owners must render property for the county tax roll and file homestead exemptions by April 30. Tax assessor-collector George Schumacher said many taxpayers could not be reached and urged them to visit the office or contact an assessor.
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Grayson County
George Schumacher
Platform For Solvency Promotes Fiscal Restraint and Accountability
The California Taxpayers Association outlines a 11 point platform advocating restraint on federal, state, and local spending. It urges opposition to federal aid to education, reducing special funds, returning surpluses to the general fund, cutting waste, limiting welfare expansion, avoiding deficit financing, and promoting efficient budgeting to safeguard credit and resist communist influence.
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California Taxpayers’ Association
United States
Kite flyer jailed plans new flight path at Waialae Beach
Pablo Canoto, 66, once described as the world’s premier kite flyer, spent a weekend in jail after pilots complained his kites rose into jet approach paths. He used up to 4000 feet of string and agreed to operate near Waialae Beach away from the Honolulu airport.
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Honolulu
Pablo Canoto
Waialae Beach
What To Do If Tornado Comes
Public safety guidance outlines steps for sheltering in different settings. It advises moving to underground shelters when possible, lying in low ground in open areas, seeking reinforced indoor shelter in cities, and removing children to safer areas in rural schools if needed. Stay calm, avoid windows, and monitor radio or TV for advisories. Do not call Weather Bureau unless reporting a tornado.
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Texas Division of Defense and Disaster Relief
Weather Bureau
Deaths Julia Inez Musser 64 Rites Held In Earnheart Chapel
Funeral services for Miss Julia Inez Musser 64 were held at 3 p m Sunday in Earnheart chapel with Rev John Streun officiating burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery Pallbearers were Elbert Bennett Hugh Hunter G C Stateville R R Summers S T Montgomery Jr and Earl Blanton She died Saturday at the home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs A B Jones after months of brain tumor illness She was born June 16 1897 in Celeste daughter of Mr and Mrs John Musser She was a member of the Methodist Church Survivors include Mrs Jones brother Hugh Musser Wichita Falls and sisters Mrs Eula Nelson Fort Worth Mrs Opal Allen Bixby Okla
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Earnheart Chapel
Julia Inez Musser
John Streun
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Elbert Bennett
Hugh Hunter
G. C. Stateville
R. R. Summers
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Earl Blanton
Musser
A. B. Jones
Celeste
John Musser
Methodist Church
Newington High Selects Its School Sweetheart
Newington Conn. The selection of the school sweetheart at Newington High was a tightly kept secret. The winner did not attend the Sweetheart Dance and was unaware of the honor due to a trip south.
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Newington, Conn
Newington High
Katy Proposes To Close Depot Here
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway seeks Texas Railroad Commission approval to close Whitewright depot. Local agent C N Massey reported 1961 receipts of 27000 with 19500 from train service and the rest from truck line service. Past cases show hearings are often formalities and closures proceed despite opposition.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co
Texas Railroad Commission
Whitewright
C. N. Massey
The
Sun
Katy
Coordinated Transportation Company
Railroad Commission
Denison
Greenville
Massey
Leonard
U. S. Mail Service
Cotton Belt Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Renner Field Day and Awards Dinner Planned
Texas Research Foundation announces its 1962 Annual Field Day and Awards Dinner at Renner on May 16. Tours of headquarters and the field crop farm start at 1 p m with the Awards Dinner at 6 p m. The event, sponsored by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Dallas Citizens Council, showcases research facilities and progress in boosting regional farm income. The 1962 Hoblitzelle National Award in the Agricultural Sciences, a $10 000 gold medallion prize, will be presented at the dinner to the selected scientist or team.
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Texas Research Foundation
Renner
C. L. Lundell
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Dallas Citizens Council
Lundell
Shopper uses gun to buy soap on Sunday in Missouri
A Sunday shopper in Kansas City pulls a pistol at a supermarket to buy detergent and laundry bleach defying Missouri's blue law. He explains he must wash the baby's clothes, then phones he had to have it. The tale accompanies a short note on Calvary's name origin and uncertain site.
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Kansas City
Missouri
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Dear Mister
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Renner Field
Calvary
Adam
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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