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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1965
Page
3
Biologist Joe B. Davidson urges landowners to plan for quail food and cover versus high grasses. He recommends weed seeds such as croton and doveweed, partridge pea, browntop millet, and farm grains, plus edge planting and spring weed growth to create ongoing food sources.
A cooperative program between Ling-Temco-Vought Electrosystems Inc and East Texas State University offers physics majors employment and earnings while completing degrees. Ten students may participate with half working at LTV in the second summer and fall and the other half during spring and first summer session, starting with Jerry Billups and Harvey Argenbright.
Speed Research compares rates for various movers. A snail clocks 12 feet per second, a tortoise about 25 miles per hour, a man swims 1 to 3 percent of a mile per hour and walks 4 to 9 mph. He skates 25 miles per hour while a jackrabbit hits 18 mph. A fish swims 15 to 35 mph and a grayhound reaches 35 mph.
Public notice of House Joint Resolution No 11 proposing a constitutional amendment to Article III adding Section 50b for state backed student loans up to 85 million dollars. It creates the Texas Opportunity Plan Fund to issue bonds, fund loans, and service debt with a four percent cap. Ballot language details “FOR” and “AGAINST” the amendment for the November 2, 1965 election.
The UN ECOSOC backs standardized symbol road signs in 40 countries. Britain replaces 1.6 million verbal signs with symbol signs in a 40 million program. Some U S cities test the system as National Geographic notes drivers may misread old signs abroad.
Final GI home loan eligibility deadlines extend daily by a formula based on discharge dates, with July 25 1967 set for World War I veterans. Congress has not passed Cold War education provisions yet. If a veteran with 10000 J insurance from June 1 1965 returns to active duty the policy remains in force.
The Texas Press Association will open a Dallas advertising sales office with a two-person staff to promote newspaper advertising, provide merchandising data, and serve PRESS CLIPS and The Texas Press Messenger. Address to be announced soon. Vern Sanford remains general manager in Austin. Mrs. Yvonne Justice stays at the Austin Central Office. no staff transfers.
In Santos Brazil a boy Jaime Martins defied a dogcatcher to save his pet goat. Soldiers freed the boy the goat and ten captive dogs from a cake truck where the dogcatcher had thrown them. The Santos Society for the Protection of Animals arrested the dogcatcher and will honor Jaime with a statue.
The record notes that Muslim forces occupied Spain for seven centuries and a half, a span of 750 years, shaping borders and cultures across the peninsula.
San Diego officials and General Dynamics Corvair Division seek the return of an $80,000 gyroscope that bounced from a truck on Pacific Coast Highway. The instrument would aid only an Atlas missile program, and no missing missiles have been reported since the gyro disappeared last Wednesday.
Public notice describes Senate Joint Resolution No. 47 proposing an amendment to Article III Section 4 of the Texas Constitution to set four-year terms for State Representatives. It outlines class division after apportionment, eligibility rules, and proclamation requirements. If approved in 1965, no separate proclamation. if rejected, guidance for 1966 submission.
Public notice announces Proposed Constitutional Amendment Number Three on the November 2 1965 ballot to amend Article III Section 51-a and related subsections. It covers state aid and medical care for aged disabled blind children and caretakers, with federal matching funds, residency rules, and a $60 million state cap, plus election proclamation details.
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