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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1960
Page
4
Across generations, malocclusion affects 20 percent of children, prompting dental specialists to correct crooked teeth. Causes include heredity thumbsucking and early loss of primary teeth. treatments vary from extractions to plastic or wire appliances to guide eruption and alignment.
Negro worshipers faced refusals across Atlanta over the weekend as four people were turned away at First Christian four at Westminster Presbyterian and two at Grace Methodist in a kneel in campaign imitation of sit ins. No incidents occurred in Atlanta. In Savannah two NAACP members were denied entry to First Baptist and asked to leave by a police officer.
The Tulia Herald cites an editorial from Plainview noting claims that minority groups bias political conventions and asks what is wrong with minority groups. It lists six examples framing various groups as minorities to provoke discussion.
The United States says Francis Powers will continue to receive his $30,000 annual salary during his 10 year espionage sentence in Russia. State Dept spokesman Lincoln White announced no cut in pay as Powers remains detained abroad. The piece ends with a light quip about borrowing umbrellas.
A humorous dialogue features a middle aged Texan visiting a psychiatrist and declaring his life lack of care. A Los Angeles driver reports an unavoidable accident and blames a front signal for a left turn. A wife comments on a breakfast in bed and dishwashing, while the lawyer remarks on the husband’s unprovoked amiability and the wife’s complaint about difficulty in starting a fight.
An elderly driver sped past a state highway officer at the limit. He pursued and stopped her, asking for her license. She retorted that she cannot show it since police keep taking it away from her.
At the amusement center a bowling concession manager notices a girl bowling with both hands. She tells her to focus on one hand to improve her average. The girl replies she wants to reduce weight from both sides, not her score.
A woman visits a lawyer and demands a divorce claiming her husband refuses to go out with his male friends and turns his paycheck over to her each week. The tale ends with her escalating complaint about his control.
A quarrel echoes over furnace repairs. A resident questions why a fix takes a month while the world was made in a week. The other retorts with sarcasm about current delays.
A humorously framed exchange shows a child asking for more children for her father with a prayer, and a kind old lady requesting the Internal Revenue clerk to give her money to a nice country. The vignette lampoons parental neglect and charitable giving through brief, witty dialogue.
A bridegroom arrives with a black eye at the preacher and asks him to speak to his wife about her temper. The pastor urges acceptance of marriage vows. The groom adds that his wife’s temper is worse than he expected. A license case cites a wife who has driven over 100,000 miles with no husband at the wheel.
A veteran widow asks about pension for herself and her daughter and eligibility for the child to stay on until 21 with school attendance. The answer confirms approved schools keep the child eligible and notes other common VA processes including replacement discharge requests and billing rules for service connected disabilities with VA approval. It also explains that death compensation checks are not automatically stopped when applying for War Orphans schooling. benefits change after the first school payment or administrative allowance.
Trenton schools will drop football from the 1960 athletic program after a board vote. The district earlier played 111 man football in 1957, then reduced to eight man last season, finishing second in District 7 against Allen Collinsville Gunter Howe Prosper and Southmayd Adding Machine Paper.
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