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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1959
Page
7
Parents, especially mothers, guide child safety at home and school promoting shared rules. Schools, police, fire, recreation and health departments collaborate to teach safe play, walking, bus rides, and driving. Early schooling strengthens safety habits, reducing preventable accidents and childhood death.
Texas faces 93 million dollars in new taxes effective Sept. 1. About 90,000 more residents become subject to taxes as the comptroller Charles Calvert reorganizes the system to handle new licenses and procedures.Retailers face five dollar licenses for selling many goods including air conditioners and cosmetics. Cigarette, perfume, and tobacco taxes rise. hotel rooms incur a 3 percent occupancy tax. The state expects broader licensing, more distributors, and a push to hire staff to enforce the changes.
A socially prominent young man is surprised when his date reveals her father works in a coal mine. He asks if he earns his living with his hands and learns the father uses a shovel, not manual labor.
A reflection on honesty in politics and life, citing Texas history and a Job parable. The piece contrasts modern candidacy omissions with enduring virtue, notes Job's trials and fidelity, and ends with a fact about marble paper and heart surgery costs.
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