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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
1
Mayor Russell Summers announced a public hearing on Southwestern Bell Telephone Company's rate increase in Whitewright. The meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday in September at the Firemen's Hall.
Sherman social security district manager Gus Jones urged beneficiaries to report events affecting benefits. Reported events include work under age 72 with earnings over 1200, work by disability beneficiaries, marriage or child under 18 on a parent’s earnings record, adoption of a child under 18, and death of a beneficiary. Survivors should report a decedent’s death and questions to the office.
W A Davis of Fort Worth is appointed sales and service manager of the Denison district for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The new Greenville headquartered group includes Don Gilliam from the Denison installation unit and serves 25 cities including Whitewright.
Whitewright High School football workouts for the Tigers begin Monday August 19 with two daily sessions at 6:00 am and 5:30 pm. About 30 boys were cleared by Dr. Paul Geers after physicals. The 1963 schedule includes Celeste on Sept 6 and district games against Sadler-Southmayd, Van Alstyne, Fannindel, Honey Grove, and others.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Eunice Wilson 64 of Colbert Oklahoma who died Monday in a Durant hospital. Born October 1 1898 in Sherman she married C E Wilson in 1916 and lived in Bryan County since 1930. Survivors include her mother three sons six daughters four brothers two sisters eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Houston Chronicle reports NASA outlined a three part plan to land men on the moon by 1968 with two man shelters leading to a permanent base. Proposals call for 18 men base by 1972 73 life support systems fuel from moon rocks and possible indoor farming. Industry bids due by August 23 for life support equipment.
A postal money bag carrying about $1,000,000 broke loose from a transfer wagon in Los Angeles. The bag was run over by a train and burst open, scattering $20 bills along the track. A railroad worker noted there was no wind and the money was collected within about 20 minutes.
Uncle Dan recalls country store talk on preachers and Congress ignorance. Ed Doolittle tells how Abner Singletree winds an Ingersoll watch to end sermons on money, while a Bull Wallow church story mocks praise and pledge meetings. He notes Congress was studying adult ignorance in both houses.
The Kennedy clan endures a decades long series of losses from Patrick Kennedy’s death to earlier fatalities. Navy Lt Joseph Kennedy Jr died in 1944 in World War II. The Marquess of Hartington, Kathleen Kennedy’s husband, was killed in France. Kathleen Kennedy died in a 1948 plane crash. The couple’s children include Caroline and John, with three miscarriages recorded.
Roy Nordstrom 65 died of a heart attack in his truck at the Advance Transportation Co. in Racine. He had just finished his last run before retirement after 42 years as a truck driver while his family planned a surprise party that never occurred.
Eleven major firms race to produce color TV picture tubes or assemble color sets. The effort highlights color TV as one of the most complex consumer products, yet demand remains strong with an expected 750000 sets sold this year.
Government outlays for the 1963 fiscal year ending June 30 total $113.888 billion, up $6.205 billion from 1962, with receipts $109.762 billion and a $4.126 billion overall deficit. Regular budget: $92.59 billion in outlays, $86.357 billion in receipts, yielding a $6.233 billion shortfall despite a prior $500 million surplus forecast.
The National Safety Council estimates lifetime crash odds rise with miles driven. A driver logging 12 000 miles annually faces about one in three for any accident, one in four for property damage, one in 35 for injury, and one in 1 300 for fatality.
In Grayson-Fannin League play the Whitewright and Bells teams earned the sportsmanship trophies for their divisions. Bells beat an all star team 12 to 2 with 8 hits to 6, Cureton and Griffis pitching for the stars. Bells Youth League then defeated an all star squad 11 to 0 on 11 hits while Woodson Kemp and Cupit pitched for the stars.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corp reports a 1963 crop year milestone with protection totaling more than 470 million dollars. Across 13 million insured acres, over 420 000 crops are covered, marking a 30 percent rise from 1962 and setting a path toward a one billion dollar protection goal within five years.
Federal spending on interest for the public debt will total about 10 billion dollars in the 1964 fiscal year. That figure equals roughly 213 dollars per American family and marks an increase of 300 million dollars from fiscal 1963. The amount is nearly double what was paid 17 years earlier.
The American Medical Association plans to publish a classroom information pamphlet addressing the rapid rise of general disease among teenagers. It will provide guidance for teachers and students and aim to promote health awareness in schools. Scotland marks the last three days of March as borrowing days.
The House Ways and Means Committee backed an across the board cut in individual and corporate income taxes to take effect in 1964 and 1965. The plan includes a new minimum standard deduction and targets higher take home pay, with notable savings for middle and upper earners and a shift in dividend credit policy.
Grayson County Commissioners Court met August 12 and 13. A new motor grader from Highway Machinery Co. of Dallas was bought for $3500 for precinct 4. Harley James appointed to finish J. P. Kitching’s term after a resignation. Pottsboro School Bond Election passed 58 to 18 and $120,000 in bonds ordered. Bids sought for sheriff’s gas. Log Lake Park vandalism under review with $1000 damage to Ladies' Building. Permanent School Fund prorated $1,097.46 at 7 cents per capita per 1963 census.
Ronald Kolb, 15, demonstrates Houdini style escapes in Morristown New Jersey. He frees himself from a mail sack while handcuffed and tied, then escapes a leather steel harness after 50 feet of chain is padlocked. He completes the escape in under 25 seconds.
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