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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1961
Page
4
A string of lighthearted quips about nightlife misadventure and legal foibles. Bar banter and spouses mix with doctors and kangaroos in playful sketches about relationships, birthdays, and stubborn delays. The humor pivots on misunderstandings and wordplay.
Prospective employer asks why the applicant left after 23 years. The candidate answers that he was paroled.
Smith tells his wife the bank is returning their checks and jokes about kindness. He claims memory is improving under treatment though he often recalls what he has forgotten. The oldest man in the community scolds Boy Scouts with a long speech on honesty before admitting a past abstention from drinking.
Little Tommy brings home an expensive toy car after claiming Johnny gave it for doing him a favor. The favor was Tommy stopping his blows, revealing a mischief tale and a lesson on honesty.
The article notes 11.7 billion dollars spent annually on meals outside the home across more than 200 000 eating places and Texas hosting about 12 000 to 13 000 establishments. It stresses local health inspectors enforce standards and that state education programs train handlers in safe, sanitary practices.
Tad R. Smith, 32, an El Paso lawyer, was named state Republican chairman in Austin. He backed Thad Hutcheson for 1964 against U S Senator Ralph Yarborough and urged electing John G. Tower in the April 4 special Senate race. Smith defeated Peter J. O Donnell Jr. and Ed S. Mayer by an unan nounced vote.
The Minneapolis Tribune reports Nixon attributes his loss to biased campaign reporting. A Washington on the record article cites Nixon telling friends he believes pro Kennedy coverage helped Kennedy win narrowly. He leaves office with resentment toward several Washington reporters.
The article notes that industrial loss due to sunburn is estimated at 7.5 million work days per year in the United States. It frames newsroom tensions between printing jokes and staying serious as an ongoing editorial dilemma.
The Wall Street Journal questions the 1955 to 1962 rise in federal outlays from 65 billion to 82.3 billion, noting most increases are in non defense welfare programs. It argues that if 1955 spending had continued, billions could have reduced debt or taxes and improved personal welfare.
In San Diego California War ner Scott Co reports extending charge accounts to teenagers for three years and notes they have a substantially better payment record than adults.
Governor Daniel reported the Department of Public Safety preliminary 1960 traffic deaths show a 165 decline from 1959, with a 2,288 toll for the year, the smallest Texas highway death toll since 1949, signaling safer highways.
An elderly couple celebrates a golden anniversary as a reporter asks the dignified white haired husband for his secret of a successful marriage. He replies that their early fights taught them he was wrong, and that realization strengthened their bond.
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