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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1959
Page
6
A parade of social visits fills the week as residents from Lubbock Dallas Sherman Fort Worth Odessa Bay City Houston and other locales travel to see relatives and friends in the area. Families include Cummings Sears Bow Lankford Hancock McCollum and more with trips to Dallas Irving Denison Fort Worth and Mexico among the highlights.
Public service overview explains injunctions as court orders to stop harmful acts and mandamus as a writ to force officials to perform duties. It covers temporary and permanent injunctions, bonds, service on defendants, contempt, and how mandamus can compel permits when officials refuse.
A veteran questions eligibility for War Orphans training when his living mother is still alive and whether his father’s war death qualifies. Answers explain eligibility does not depend on the mother’s status and that the son would be an eligible War Orphan. The adviser also explains GI insurance payout in 36 installments and the right of the first beneficiary to choose alternate payment plans. It ends with a Q about a World War I veteran with under 90 days service and pension eligibility.
A feature extols pecan trees as decorative shade providers and sources of yearly income for homeowners. It advises planting before March 15, selecting suitable varieties, and harvesting by simply picking fallen nuts, with first crops about eight years after planting. It also notes nurseries and pecan shellers offer guidance and markets.
Early Hayes ages 75 constructs a one man housing project for birds, building 14 apartment houses with private entrances and internal partitions. Some bird buildings boast as many as 38 rooms and Hayes provides rent free housing simply for the enjoyment of having feathered friends around.
In Cincinnati Dr Teiji Akai reported to the American Pharmaceutical Association that tea may reduce radioactivity in rats. He said tannic acid in tea binds with strontium 90 to form an insoluble compound that passes through the body without absorbing into tissues.
The Dallas News notes the Chicago Tribune devoted 223 column inches to Little Rock integration while giving only eight inches to a Chicago story about two Black families moving into an all white neighborhood. Police protection and 100 officers accompanied the Chicago move, mirroring how much space the Little Rock story received.
A compact verse note contrasts more states east of the Mississippi with those west of it and reflects on shifting times through epitaph like lines.
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