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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
4
The election law study committee endorsed an annual voter registration plan to replace the $1.75 poll tax with a no exemptions system. It declined to take a position on changing primary election dates and suggested May and June primaries remain.
The committee considers moving election dates closer to the general election and urges study of possible effects on party convention laws. It backs shifting registration to tax assessor collectors, requires annual registration, and stamps party affiliation on certificates. Absentee voting would use separate ballot boxes. false registration deemed felony.
Census tables show about one third of women over 65 have living husbands while about two thirds of men over 65 have living wives reflecting gender differences in widowhood.
Classified ad notices list a 24 inch girls bicycle in good condition for ten dollars from Mrs. Paula Collins. Also advertisements for liability auto insurance, a new house on East Locust street, Used Frigidaire refrigerators from Johnson Jewelry & Appliances, and a card of thanks from Mrs. Charley Tree and family for support during illness and after a death.
The Regular Annual Meeting of stockholders of The First National Bank Whitewright Texas is set for 10 o clock Tuesday January 8 1963 in the Directors Room to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business. R A Gillett Vice President and Cashier.
The Chicago Motor Club urges motorists to carry red flares for roadside emergencies. A disabled car at night should use its lights and place a flare up the road toward oncoming traffic to boost visibility and protection.
A concise quotation attributed to Plutarch warns that the real destroyer of liberty is the ruler who dispenses bounties and gifts to the people. It emphasizes how generosity can coerce obedience and erode freedom.
Unemployed Texans may enroll in the Manpower Development and Training Act program via the Texas Employment Commission to learn as combination welders turret lathe operators upholsterers stenographers or clerk typists. Training runs 14 to 50 weeks beginning January 7 with potential unemployment pay during training and job placement afterward.
The Agriculture Department releases final 1982 crop estimates with corn at 3.643 billion bushels and wheat at 1.092 billion. Corn totals exceed November and align near the 1951-60 average, while wheat splits show winter and spring outputs at 816.379 million and 275.408 million bushels respectively, compared with prior forecasts.
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