Birth certificates urged for Texas school entrants
Texas health officials warn many parents delay obtaining birth records for children entering school this fall. With 262000 newcomers expected, the Vital Statistics Division faces overloads. Parents should request now, providing child’s name birth details mother’s maiden name and father’s name. Include vaccination records as required by local boards.
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W. D. Carroll
Texas State Department of Health
Carroll
Vital Statistics Division
Texas
Texas Education Agen
State Department of Health
East 5Th Street
Austin
Interest on Public Debt Costs Billions in Tax Payments
The Citizens Public Expenditure Survey shows interest on the public debt at 18,073.33 dollars per minute or 1,084,400 dollars per hour. With a five thousand dollar yearly income, an individual’s share is 51 dollars. Interest ranks as the second most costly item in the federal tax bill after national security expenditures.
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Citizens Public
Better Mottoes Assn picks witty line for month
The Let's Have Better Mottoes Association selects this month motto On what do you bias your opinion It notes a runner up remark about nagging and insurance lapses attributed to a spouse as the humorous second choice from Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Barker Attending State Vocational Agriculture Conference
O V Barker a Whitewright High School vocational agriculture teacher attends the Texas state conference in Corpus Christi. The four day event includes workshops lectures panels and association meetings to discuss 1960-61 instruction and elect new officers and board members.
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O. V. Barker
Whitewright
Corpus Christi
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Hawaii Sundae Wins Texas Contest At Drug Show
Billie Jean Fields, 19, won first prize in the annual soda jerk contest sponsored by the Texas Pharmaceutical Association for her Hawaiian Lei sundae. The $200 cash award, plaque, and a state tour accompanied the honor as experts estimated the sundae at about 280 calories.
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Austin
Billie Jean Fields
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Billie Jean
Matt Williams
Hamlin editor Willard Jones retires after sale of Herald
Hamlin veteran newspaperman Willard Jones retires after selling the Hamlin Herald to Bob Craig of Stamford and associates. In his farewell column he urges residents to boost local commerce to build Hamlin’s future, noting the town’s potential and risks if residents do not trade at home.
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Willard Jones
West Texas
Hamlin
Haskell Free Press
Count Em More Often Panel Head Urges
Rep. John Lesinski of Michigan calls for a mid decade census amid growing population. He heads the House subcommittee on the 1960 census and cites surprising shifts with city declines and suburban growth affecting industry and municipal plans. A 1965 mid decade census is proposed to help communities cope.
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Washington
John Lesinski
D.-Mich
Lesinski
House
United States
Peeper Denied Male Right in Subway Loitering Case
Samuel Fletcher, 42, told a magistrate he would warn men if found guilty. He was fined 5.60 dollars for loitering in a subway to peek at women’s legs as they went up stairs. The Labrador claim to Greenland is discussed as a geographic note.
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London
Samuel Fletcher
Fletcher
Methodical or not the spice of life
A businessman seeks a clever, wide-awake but methodical hire. The applicant balks at the word methodical citing Presbyterian habit. A series of short quips follows about work, words, prisons, marriages, and library rules with witty twists.
Whispering Car Doctor and a Whispering Wife Joke
A gag about a car carburetor specialist with a bad cold visiting a doctor at night. The doctor’s wife, barely speaking, answers and invites him in. The bit ends with an old lawyer joke about a will contingent on remarriage to ensure someone regrets the death.
Mark Twain Seeks Neighbor's Book Borrowing Favor
The famous author Mark Twain asked a neighbor for use of a set of books. The anecdote highlights Twain's habit of borrowing and sharing literature within his community.
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Mark Twain
Riddle of a Man Married to His Own Grandfather
A humorous dialogue traces a tangled family web. A man explains he married a widow who had a daughter then his father, a widower, marries their daughter. This makes the father both son and son-in-law, and the step-daughter becomes step-mother while the mother becomes grandmother creating a paradoxical family loop.
Reservation Refusal Prompts Weller Joke About Eisenhower
In a hotel scene the clerk tells a persistent guest they are full. The guest, Mr Weller, asks if President Eisenhower would get a room, noting he is not incoming. The clerk concedes but the guest still seeks a room for the president who isn’t coming.
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Weller
Eisenhower
Cord on finger reminds postman of letter
A joke about a cord tied on a finger to prompt posting a letter shows in New Mexico where dogs were the sole domesticated animal before Spanish introduction of sheep and horses in the 16th century.
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New Mexico
Why Venezuela Got Its Name From Spanish Conquistadors
Venezuela derives from Spanish explorers who saw stilted native villages on Lake Maracaibo and likened the area to a small Venice. The name meaning little Venice reflects the watery landscape noted by early settlers.
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Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo
Venice
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