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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1961
Page
4
COLLEGE STATION Wheat producers will vote on 1962 wheat marketing quotas on August 24. If two thirds back quotas cooperators could receive full 1962 price support, likely near $2.00 per bushel from Freeman. If against quotas, no marketing limit and price support at 50 percent of parity with acreage allotments.
The American Automobile Association outlines running and fixed costs of owning a car. For a 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air, variable costs total 3.90 cents per mile and fixed costs 808.54 annually, summing to 12 cents per mile for 10 000 miles a year. Depreciation drives the total, with higher mileage increasing annual costs. The note ends with a non sequitur about 4 000 dogs on active duty.
Parents should start early to ready children for school with nutrition, dress, and routines. Check local school dress norms and vaccination requirements. Texas districts may require birth certificates. obtain copies from the Texas Department of Health or local records offices to avoid delays.
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson says baseball and football games are not subject to the state admission tax but tickets to horse races are. Comptroller Robert Calvert asked for the opinion. The ruling narrows scope to like places and excludes most other athletic or entertainment events. The note cites seven U.S. presidents who have died in office.
A collage of jokes and dialogues spans medical ethics to family banter. A doctor jokes about economics as a field while a mother urges milk, a parson rails against sins, and a wife questions a Grand Coulee dam refrain. The humor relies on wordplay and surprising punchlines from everyday conversations.
An elderly matron at a cocktail party introduces Dr Smith and leads him into a corner amid a tense exchange. Her remark hints at an intimate or urgent motive driving the interaction. The fragment provides little context beyond the confrontation.
An elderly man jokes that at age 80 any movement counts as exercise. A hypochondriac begs his doctor for a liver disease diagnosis, and the doctor notes no discomfort is a symptom, prompting the patient to admit his symptoms match the absence of pain.
A story shows Bob meeting an Indian with a remarkable memory. In 1949 he asks what was for breakfast and gets eggs. Two years later Bob tests him again and learns scrambled eggs, revealing a clever memory joke.
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