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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1961
Page
4
The House passed Kennedy’s Social Security liberalization plan by 899 to 14, sending it to the Senate. The measure expands benefits, eases eligibility, and introduces optional early retirement for men at 62 with a reduced pension, funded by a tax increase for employers and workers.
The Grayson Federation of Women's Clubs meets April 27 in Sherman with 9 30 morning session in the Oak Room Grayson County State Bank. A 12 30 luncheon at the National Guard Armory features Julie Benell Dallas Morning News food editor on Trends in Foods. Reservations at McCraw's Sherman. Miss Verna Margaret Allen president.
The storyteller recalls a childhood plan from undecided parents who offered an apple a prayer book and a dollar to choose between farming clergy or banking. He says he ate the apple read the prayer book and kept the dollar, proving he was born a politician.
In a scholarly toast a group praises the late member Smedley for philanthropy. One man interrupts with a joke about old Smedley’s charity, while a West Texas cowboy bursts from a saloon and sits on his horse’s former spot, vows revenge on the horse thief.
A collage of brief notes mentions diverse items from Eichmann trial word costs and West Virginia plant growth to Borodin moonlighting and tennis rackets without cat parts. It cites local quirks from Waterloo barbers banned onions to Wong Way in Riverside and a fur coat incident in Dallas.
A Purdue University pharmacy professor develops a complex ion lotion using peaches and cream. The note includes diverse items from Jamaica banning switchblade imports to calorie counts and local oddities. It mentions Mt. Pulaski newsboys aging out and veteran Jess Stuart, 70, handing his route to 62 year old Perry Kepner.
A Florida safety folder named The Young Passenger issued by pediatricians and the Department of Public Safety warns against letting children ride beside drivers and jarring heads on the dash. It urges keeping limbs inside windows and using seat belts to reduce injuries. The piece ends noting that everyone reads the Want Ads.
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