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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
2
A new Mental Health Code takes effect in Texas on January 1 1958. It allows emergency commitment to a state hospital when a person seems mentally ill and likely to harm self or others. Health or peace officers may transport to a state hospital. Commitments are time limited. non emergency ones can be temporary or indefinite with multiple medical examinations and hearings.
The Hokkaido prefectural government and the Federation of Housewives Organizations appealed to the national government for 308 sturdy brides to accompany bachelor settlers in Hokkaido. The report notes the region’s immigration context and ties it to local settlement schemes. The item also mentions Warner Brothers release of the first talking movie Don Juan in 1926 with sound on synchronized phonograph records.
The License and Weight Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety reported a fiscal year total of 1,675,370 dollars in fines and registration fees. More than 27 thousand cases against truck operators generated funds for road and bridge districts across the state. The record lists 5,483 over gross weight violations and 4,046 failures to hold Railroad Commission permits as the top items.
The piece quotes King Khusrau and Justinian on paying for influence and warns the U S cannot win loyal ties with money. It notes Tito’s disaffection as another reminder. It adds Major Herbert O Yardley, famed codebreaker, as a current poker authority.
Court order requires Clyde A. Green to answer Eula Burnett Green in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas by January 13 1958. Case No 64855 seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Published notices appeared in The Whitewright Sun in December 1987.
Panda Watchman argues that US satellite gains and inflation threaten the nation more than Russia. He blames misallocation, interservice rivals, and waste in the defense budget, urging leadership restraint and economic clarity rather than costly programs or a yacht and plane for the president.
British doctors back children in the quarrel over daily washing. The Practitioner notes no medical need for hot baths every day for the average town dweller and warns Britain may be becoming too bath minded.
Doctors warn that excessive skin washing harms skin even more than under washing. A daily hot bath pleases but does not improve health. Water consumption is set to double from 1958 to 1970 as bathrooms become common. Londoners bathe most, averaging two baths weekly.
Newberg Oregon Police Chief Herbert Hawkins instructs officers on actions if a space ship lands. Do not attempt closeup investigations or shoot. Let the camera range at infinity.
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