Regular Chamber Meeting and Local Observations
Regular Chamber of Commerce meeting set for 7:30 PM Thursday at Firemen's Hall. Local notes review include a rain forecast device by Otto Cunningham, reflections on U S war claims, party realignment talk, engraving costs for small papers, loud TV commercials, and community concerns about Saturday noon closures in Whitewright. Mile in French equals Miss.
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Chamber of Commerce
Otto Cunningham
Whitewright
Farm Field Trip Planned Friday Rotary Day
The Rotary Club plans rural-urban day this Friday with each member inviting an area farmer. C. O. Spence of the Extension Service will speak and O. V. Barker will run the program. A luncheon precedes a field trip to fertilizer demonstration plots, starting from Firemen's Hall at 1 p.m. All interested may join the cavalcade.
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Rotary Club
C. O. Spence
Extension Service
O. V. Barker
John Barkley
Barkley
Deaths Maurice C Hughes 65 in Sherman Hospital
Maurice C Hughes 65 died at 9 30 a m Tuesday in a Sherman hospital after a years long illness. Funeral at Earnheart chapel 3 p m Wednesday conducted by Dr Charles Ramsey of Austin College and Rev C C Dooley burial Oak Hill Cemetery pallbearers Byron Caraway Wallace Caraway David Johnson Barry Binion Donald Binion Elvin Petty. Survived by wife Cynthia Tate two brothers Alfred J Hughes and Earl Hughes of Trenton and several nieces and nephews.
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Maurice C. Hughes
Sherman Hospital
Earnheart Chapel
Charles Ramsey
Austin College
C. C. Dooley
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Byron Caraway
Wallace Caraway
David Johnson
Barry Binion
Donald Binion
Elvin Petty
Mr. Hughes
Trenton
Bud
Annie Hughes
Cynthia Tate
Desert
Whitewright
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Alfred J. Hughes
Earl Hughes
Denison Lawyer Alexander Gullett Laid To Rest In Denison
Requiem mass was held at St Patrick cath church in Denison for Alexander Gullett 55 senior member of the Gullett and Gullet firm and known trial and appellate lawyer. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery Denison. He is survived by wife Frances Herzinger a brother Charles Gullett and half brother James P Riley all of Denison.
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Denison
Alexander Gullett
Fairview
Gullett
Charles Gullett
James P
Pat) Riley
Congress approves record peacetime defense spending
Congress sent to President Kennedy a 46.7 billion defense bill funding civil defense and boosting conventional forces. The package includes 3.5 billion for Kennedy’s emergency fund, 700 million for advanced bomber programs, and 207 million for civil defense. It boosts active duty strength, airlift sealift, and non nuclear weapons, with civil defense kept intact.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
House
Bamber
Mr. Kennedy
U. S
Official residence not provided for U.S. vice president
The report states that no official residence is provided for the United States vice president, leaving the officeholder to arrange private housing or use other government accommodations as needed. The article notes implications for the role and possible reforms.
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U. S
Grayson County seeks bond vote for three projects
Circulation began on 200 petitions aiming for 1,500 signatures for a $410,000 Grayson County bond election. Proposals cover Loy Lake Park improvements, a Denison sub courthouse, and a Sherman courthouse addition with costs of 50k, 150k and 360k respectively.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Grayson Commissioners Court
Loy Lake Park
Denison
J. N. Dickson
Fifteenth District Court
R. C. Vaughan
Log Lake
County Farm and Home Demonstration
Farm Ranch Income Drops $31 Million in Texas
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Texas farm and ranch income fell by 31 million dollars in 1960 to 2.3 billion dollars. Lower cattle receipts and weaker cotton and corn sales drove the decline, with cash receipts for cattle and calves at 591 million, down two percent from 1959.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Army Alerts 113 Reserve And Guard Units for Call-up
The Army notified 113 National Guard and Reserve units for possible call up and said duty tours could extend for up to 100,000 men as it builds a one million man force to meet the Berlin crisis. Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahl Jr. outlined plans to involve ROTC graduates nurses doctors and other specialists if needed.
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Washington
Berlin
U. S
Army
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Navy
Air Force
Germany
Stahr
Jails To Stay For Evans After 27th Intoxication Charge
Chester Evans, 55, was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Fort Dodge Iowa after his 27th intoxication charge. He told the judge that as long as they make it he will drink it.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Chester Evans
Watt Improvised Steam Engine While Repairing Newcomen Design
Watt did not invent the steam engine from scratch. He repaired the Newcomen engine and then created a superior version, refining overlooked details to improve efficiency.
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Watt
Newcomen
Uncle Dan Warns of Wild Fruit Danger and Government Gaps
A reader letter jokes about a medical warning on diospyrobezoar from eating wild fruit and ripe fruit, mocking the term and vowing to quit. He riffs on stand in surgeons, the word fix, and government gaps while lampooning agencies and a crow leg band mix up.
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American Medical Association
New York
Everthing
Alberta
Biol
Washington Biological Survey
Fish and Wild Life Service
Washington, D. C
Uncle Dan
Wheat Referendum Set For August 24
Grayson County wheat growers will vote August 24 on whether marketing quotas for the 1962 wheat crop will take effect. A yes passes quota. a no keeps free marketing with price support at $1.19 per bushel. County Agent Stanley Oakley notes voting eligibility and where to obtain full program details.
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Grayson County
Stanley Oakley
Oakley
ASC
Fred Cook
Social Security Changes Signed by Kennedy Take Effect
The social security law changes signed by President Kennedy on June 30 take effect August 1. About four million people are projected to benefit, with ranges including a higher minimum benefit of 40 dollars, a 10 percent rise in widows benefits, lower work credit thresholds, and access to old age benefits at age 62 for men.
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Kennedy
House Committee On Ways and Means
Gus Jones
Sherman Office
Social Security Administration
Jones
Social Security
Texas Draft Quota Doubles for September Call
Texas' draft quota for September rises to 1,112 inductees, nearly double August's 561. Local boards will also send 5,004 for pre-induction physicals, up from 3,655 in August. This is the largest Texas quota since January 1955.
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Austin
Texas
Selective Service
Col
Morris Schwartz
State Selective Service
Scrimmage Schedule Set for Whitewright Tigers Football
Whitewright High School Tigers begin two a day practices as they prepare for scrimmages with Ladonia and Howe next week. Coach Joe Crouch lists seniors captains and players and outlines the season schedule with home and away games through November 10, including homecoming November 10.
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Whitewright High School Tigers
Tigers
Ladonia
Howe
Gaston
Joe Crouch
The
Sun
James Sparks
Jerry Jones
Joe Kaiser
James England
Jerry Copeland
Sammy Montgomery
Mike Holloway
Gene Sparks
Morris Warrington
Leon Scott
Mike Booker
Gene Shaw
Jackie Meador
Jimmy Burchfield
Buster Belew
Mike Burchfield
James Clark
Jim Bilmner
Jimmy Kent
Dan Turner
Joe Hennig
Terry Edwards
John Holloway
del Sears
James Shaw
Curtis Tillett
Danny Carraway
Bill White
Danny Bunch
Larry Mathis
Greg Sanderson
Dr Don Cook Joins Mesquite Dental Clinic
Dr. Don Cook son of Mrs Howard Cook joins Mesquite Dental Clinic after graduating from University of Texas Dental School Houston in June and obtaining a dental license. He attended Whitewright High School and earned a chemistry B S from Texas Wesleyan College in 1957. He is married to Jane Meador of Whitewright and they have a daughter Betty Ann.
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Don Cook
Howard Cook
Mesquite
University of Texas Dental School
Houston
Delta Epilson
Psi Omega Dental Fraternity
Whitewright High School
Cook
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
Dental
Jane Meador
C. J. Meador
Whitewright
Betty Ann
Snakes Said To Be Afraid As Season Ties Endurance Record
Clayton Rand notes snake season with Dan Darnall confinement in Alexandria to break a 72 day endurance goal using 82 poisonous snakes. Experts warn fear, not venom, kills most victims and only a small fraction die. University of Oklahoma study hints rattlers suffer nerves, while most snakes avoid humans when left alone.
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Dan Darnall
Alexandria
Bob Jenni
Oklahoma
Lincoln Park Zoo
University of Oklahoma
United States
Eve
Garden of Eden
Clayton Rand
Forgotten Sermon Roosevelts Debt Warning from 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt warned that revenues must cover expenditures. He likened government to a family that can overspend for a year but warned that continuing the habit leads to the poorhouse. This July 30 1932 remark frames fiscal caution during the Depression era.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yen Gold Content and Exchange Rate Briefing
The Yen contains 0.00246853 grams of fine gold per unit. The exchange rate shown is 360 Yen equal one U S dollar.
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U. S
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