City election set for two commissioners on April 2
Mayor Summers orders a city election for two commissioner posts on April 2 with March 2 filing deadline for candidates. Incumbents Charlie Ayers and Jack Meador expected to seek reelection. A Sherman junior college study group will meet February 22 at the Grayson Hotel, with a Feb 23 conference to follow.
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R. R. Summers
Charlie Ayers
Jack Meador
Tom Sears
State Board of Education
Sherman
Grayson County
Grayson Hotel
Teach Doctors To Write Legibly
Dr. Herman Feldman of Methodist Hospital urges a campaign to teach doctors and nurses legible writing to prevent medication errors. He estimates 120000 yearly orders could save thousands of hours and thousands of dollars in interpretation costs if legible. Carl Benz is noted for inventing the first successful three wheeled gas powered car at eight miles per hour.
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Chicago
U. S
Herman Feldman
Methodist Hospital
Gary
Ind
Current
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Feldman
Carl Benz
Germany
Russia Accuses of Secret Bases in Brazil and Paraguay
Former Cuban senate president told a House panel that Soviet bases exist in Paraguay near Asuncion and in Northwest Brazil with airstrips for large planes. He said such bases require U.S. led military action to topple Castro and urged an air and naval blockade and collective action by American republics.
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Washington
Senate
Brazil
Paraguay
Manuel de Varona
Vienna
de Varona
Asuncion
House Foreign Affairs
Latin America
United States
Cuba
Hemisphere
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro
Lake Gun Ban Is Sought in Fannin
Fannin County sportsmen urge restoring Lakes Davey Crockett and Coffee Mill to migratory waterfowl refuges. Resolutions sent to the Texas Game and Fish Commission U S Forest Service and Congressman Ray Roberts note the lakes sheltered waterfowl for 15 years before opening to hunting and claim hunting has reduced duck and goose landings and duck stamp interest in the county.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Davey Crockett
Coffee Mill
Texas Game and Fish Commission
U. S. Forest Service
Ray Roberts
Public vehicle drivers urged to carry liability coverage
Col Homer Garrison Jr of the Texas Department of Public Safety warned drivers of publicly owned vehicles to meet the safety responsibility law. A Waco Court of Civil Appeals ruling made this mandatory by suspending licenses for noncompliance after accidents.
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Austin
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Waco Court of Civil Appeals
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
Eyes Wide Open Before the I Do
A Washington bulletin notes Benjamin Franklin wisdom urging men to keep eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterward as wedding guidance. The quote frames cautious matrimony with practical prudence attributed to Franklin.
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Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Dear Editor Letter Kicks at Deceptive Packaging Debate
Uncle Dan of Tom Bean rails at Senator Hart and Congress for deceptive packaging but counts broader ills. He pokes fun at social trends from nickel to five cent stamps, JFK taxes, Castro missiles, teenage woes, and belt discipline as tools for solving society’s troubles.
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Hart
Congress
Senator Hart
Saturday Evening Post
Kennedy
Russia
Castro
America
Fat Wimmen
Bobby Kennedy
United Nations
Telephone Outlaws Save a Dime Behind Uncompleted Calls
A look at clever ways people cheat telephone services to save money. Tricks include one ring calls to trigger free returns, person to person callbacks, and misbilled long distance charges, with operators noting most cases arise from mistakes rather than malice.
Records Sought for Grayson County Family Histories
Questionnaires detailing personal history are available to Grayson County pioneers or their families. Nobel T. Lee, county historical society chairman, urged completion while living. Records will be filed with other data and displayed at the Old Settlers picnic. Connie Burns outlined thirty display spaces and July completion for club histories. Stella McMuray reviewed the Texas land rush of the 1840s. Cecil Taliaferro showcased Kidd-Key College records to illustrate future compilations.
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Grayson County
Nobel T. Lee
County Historical Society
Lee
Connie Burns
H. E. Hall
Stella McMuray
Texas
Cecil Taliaferro
Kidd-Key College
Permanent Tax Study Plan Killed As Bill Withdrawn
AUSTIN The interim study committee chair accused county assessor collectors of sabotaging the tax reform plan and killed his own bill for a permanent tax study commission. Senator George Parkhouse decried the officers, saying they burden taxpayers while pursuing self interests. He lamented four useless years overseeing the study group amid bills on property taxation types fractional assessments and court challenges to tax boards.
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Austin
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Parkhouse
No insured banks fail during 1962
Washington reports no insured bank failures occurred in 1962 marking the first time since 1934 such stability was recorded by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The agency noted a year of total bank resilience in its safeguards.
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George Washington
Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Post Office Seeks Star Route Bids for Whitewright to Greenville
The Post Office Department invites bids for a one year temporary star mail route from Whitewright to Greenville starting March 11 1963 with a 15 day cancellation notice. Bidder must supply a vehicle of at least 200 cubic feet with ventilated compartments and stop at Trenton Leonard and Celeste.
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Post Office Department
Whitewright
Greenville
John Biggerstaff
Trenton
Leonard
Celeste
Social Security records stress accurate earnings reporting
The Social Security Administration in Baltimore safeguards earnings records for over 90 percent of workers. Each earned dollar must be reported to be counted toward retirement disability or survivor benefits. Self employed workers should file Schedule SE correctly, include name and SSN, verify records every three years, and contact their local office if discrepancies occur.
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Social Security
Baltimore
Teachers Convention At Sherman March 15
Sherman will host 2000 or more school people for the District 5 Texas State Teachers Assn conven tion March 15 16. The event features 24 sections including cafeteria workers with Dr James H Jauncey native of Australia as principal speaker at 8 p m opening session in Municipal Auditorium. Attendees come from 16 counties including Dallas and Fort Worth and represent 14000 district members.
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Sherman
Texas State Teachers Assn
James H. Jauncey
Australia
Municipal Auditorium
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Bill seeks blood test powers for DWI suspects
Rep. J. C. Whitfield of Houston introduces a bill allowing the Dept. of Public Safety to cancel the driver's license of any drunk driving suspect who refuses a blood test. He notes officers now cannot act if a suspect refuses. similar bills have died in past sessions amid concerns of police overreach.
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Austin
Houston
Dept. of Public Safety
J. C. Whitfield
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the Sun
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PTA
Weldon Owens
Dallas Times-Herald
Secury
Denison
Ontario
Canada
South America
Lake
Fannin
Dan
Tom Bean
Dear Mister
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Ann Smith
Betty Smith
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
APO
Boards of Equalization
Bill
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