Weathered facts drift in a scattered year end roundup
A mosaic of random facts covers weather lore, taxation, tobacco history, demographics, agriculture, and film trivia. It cites Old Farmer’s Almanack forecasts a blizzard on George Washington’s Birthday, Jamestown’s tobacco anniversary, Peru’s Indigenous population, and the U S center of population near St Louis, with notes on taxes, car hires for films, and a New Guinea hospitality gesture.
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George Washington
Uncle Sam
Martinsville
U.S
St. Louis
Centralia
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Obituary: Judge E C O'Rear 98 Dies in Versailles Ky
Judge E C O'Rear died at age 98 in Versailles Kentucky. The notice notes a remarkable lifespan spanning from George Washington's era to modern times and mentions a humorous roadside sign in Stamfard Connecticut reading Are You Fit To Be Tied.
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E. C. O’rear
Versailles
George Washington
U. S
Justice of the Peace
Pay Increase Planned for U S Federal Workers
An administration official said President Kennedy will propose a general pay rise for federal workers costing about 1 billion dollars over three years. The pay reform bill affecting 2.4 million federal employees will be sent to Congress shortly, possibly this week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Congress
Vaccine for colds seen in sight say NIH official
Dr. Justin M. Andrews of the National Institute of Health says a vaccine against the common cold is in sight. He cautions a single serum might take 5 to 10 years to cover the many cold virus types.
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Washington
Justin M. Andrews
National Institute of Health
U. S. News & World Report
Syphilis Increase Spurs Expanded Research Efforts
A federal task force on Saturday urged broader research into teenage sexual behavior to curb a rising syphilis outbreak in the United States. Public Health reports show a 130 percent rise in infectious syphilis among people under 20 during 1956–60, with nearly 19,000 new cases last year, the highest since 1950. The note also mentions Admiral Richard E. Byrd as the first to fly over both Poles.
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Washington
United States
For Sale: 103 Acres North of Whitewright Highway 69
Real estate ad lists 103 acres joining Whitewright on Highway 69 at $175 per acre. Also 3-bedroom home with 3 acres, 7 miles east of Sherman, priced at $8,500. Contact J A Alexander Realtor Inc Grayson Bank Building, SHERMAN, phone TW 3-2732.
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Whitewright
Sherman
J. A
Alexander Realtor, Inc
Grayson Bank
Plentiful Foods List Highlights Potatoes for February
Texas Extension Service names potatoes as Februarys featured item among 11 plentiful foods. Other abundantly available items include grapefruit apples turkeys lamb eggs cherries honey pecans dry beans and rice. Stocks in storage were up 16 percent from a year earlier while farmers received low prices.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Are Women Giving UP On Dirt
Studies for a national home service firm show homemakers still enjoy cleaning binges but no longer take housekeeping as seriously as grandmothers. They seek atmosphere for family well being, remain optimistic about cleanliness, and allow more freedom for children, creating a dirtier yet happier home.
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Chicago
National Home Service
Notice of Real Estate Sale Under Execution
In Grayson County Texas a real estate auction is set after a 1961 judgment in favor of R W Stoddard against H W Whitney and Orval L Baysinger. The Lot 13 Block 80 Miller's Second Addition Denison will be sold for cash at the courthouse on the first Tuesday of March 1962 between 10 a m and 4 p m.
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Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Texas
R. W. Stoddard
H. W. Whitney
Orval L. Baysinger
Miller
Denison
Researchers find gendered views on housework chores
The researchers report that many people resent drudgery tasks such as scrubbing ironing waxing making beds washing dishes while others enjoy cooking shopping gardening sewing and flower arranging reflecting varied attitudes toward chores.
Lightning Kills About Two Thousand Each Year
The article reports that roughly 2 000 people die or are injured by lightning annually in the United States and that about nine tenths of casualties occur in rural areas.
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United States
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