Local column teases readers on wolves, birthdays and shows
The column notes Floyd Flowers of Flowers Trim Shop defending a wolf on fishing tackle claim. John L Reeves anticipates his Feb 29 birthday, his first in four years. It criticizes out of town show circulars in Leonard windows and at Linda Theatre. Dallas faces federal downsizing moves including GSA to Fort Worth and VA shifts. The piece cautions against overstating the Presidents budget cut, noting 97.9 billion remains near current spending.
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Floyd Flowers
Flowers Trim Shop
John L. Reeves
John
Leonard
Linda Theatre
Muenster Opens $750,000 Hospital in Small Town
The Muenster community celebrated the long effort to build a new hospital valued at $750,000. Residents, led by local organizers, worked for years to bring the project to completion and improve local health care.
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Muenster
R. N. Fette
Texas
Snow prompts memories of yesteryear and playful nights
The piece recalls last week's six inch snowfall and rites of winter. David Smith and his wife Carole built a snow-man at ten o clock Wednesday night and had a snow fight before indoors. Rev Howard Adams reportedly has four snow-men in the parsonage yard with likely help from youngsters.
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Yesteryear
David Smith
The
Sun Staff
Carole
Howard Adams
Tippit fund tax deduction noted by IRS
The IRS says contributors to the Tippit family fund may deduct their gifts on income tax returns. The Dallas policeman’s family has received over a half million dollars, though their needs would have been covered by pensions and Social Security. The Houston Post reported a record low of 21 degrees on January 14, with North Texas experiencing harsher winter conditions than Houston. The piece closes on a wish to move with the seasons.
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Tippit
Internal Revenue Service
Dallas
Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas Police Department
Houston Post
Houston
Texas
Johnson sends lean 97.9 billion budget to Congress
President Johnson unveils a trimmed 97.9 billion dollar budget calling for reduced defense spending and a billion dollar anti poverty program. He frames the plan as a step toward ending red ink with efficiency, while forecasts deficits and a near balanced result by 1966 subject to tax cuts.
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Johnson
Congress
GOP
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Kansas Laws Ban Public Snakes and Opium Den Activity
A Topeka city ordinance bans citizens from running or frequenting an opium den. Kansas law also prohibits eating snakes lizards scorpions and other reptiles in public or even pretending to do so. Theaters halls and rail cars must provide spit tubs or cuspidors under older statutes.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Sun-Lit Years Spark Balcony Etiquette Talk
In a chatty aside a wife boasts her husband would not cheat. A linked friend quips he is too fine too decent and too old to stray. The remark hints at social judgment around marriage fidelity and age in a sunlit social circle.
Weather Whimsy in Whitewright Belts All Seasons
The narrator hails Whitewright for its climate variety always offering any condition one might seek. They note that though plans to travel never materialized, the town provides near perfect weather for comfort with endless extremes of heat cold dryness and rain.
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Whitewright
Goldwater proposal targets government relief loafers
The piece notes Barry Goldwater harshly condemns widespread government handouts calling them the Santa Claus of relief. He suggests able bodied recipients be required to work to earn welfare checks, a return to New Deal public works on relief, while retirees would be exempt from such limits.
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Barry Goldwater
Barry
Political muddle at the country store predicts a tough election
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes that locals see national politics as confusing like war and civil unrest. He mocks Rockefeller's promises and notes rising debt while criticizing candidates for vague wording and double talk, urging clarity amid a muddy political scene.
1964 Farmer Tax Guides Available
College Station Texas A M University farm management specialist C H Bates announces the 1964 Farmer's Tax Guide. The guide covers farm income tax reporting with sample returns, depreciation methods, installment sales, investment credit, and coaching on records, expenses, inventories, casualty losses, and completing returns. Copies are free from county Extension offices or IRS.
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College Station
C. H. Bates
Texas A&m University
Bates
Internal Revenue Service
Time is a daily miracle of life and time
A reflection on time as a personal, priceless asset not increased by wealth or intellect. The passage emphasizes that every person receives the same twenty four hours and no one can take or add to another’s time. It contrasts time with aristocratic privilege and rewards.
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Bates
Bennett
U S Fire Deaths Put At 11 800 In 1963
The NFPA reports 11 800 fire deaths in 1963 with 1.8 million severe burn victims. Property losses hit a record 1.76 billion, up about 170 million from 1962, as dwelling fatalities rose and non building fires climbed to 320 million.
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U. S
United States
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
President requests 5.8 billion for Agriculture in 1965
President Johnson asked 5.8 billion dollars for the Agriculture Department for fiscal 1965, down about 1.1 billion from 1964, with farm programs to be outlined later. The cut ranks second only to defense, driven by lower wheat subsidy payments under the food for peace program and the International Wheat Agreement.
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Washington
Johnson
Agriculture Department
Defense Department
Parcel Post Rate Boost To Average 13.1 Per Cent
Washington The Post Office Department wins ICC approval for a 13.1 percent average rise in parcel post rates plus catalog mailings. The increase targets deficits and would help parcel post cover costs while reinforcing public service, with implementation timing to be set by the Post Office Department.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parcel Post
Post Ofice Department
ICC
State Guard Field Training Set for June at Fort Hood
The 49th Armored Division National Guard will hold annual field training from June 21 to July 5 at Fort Hood. Over 7,000 officers and enlisted from 79 Texas cities will participate in combat-like exercises alongside regular Army troops. Maj. Gen. Harley B. West of Dallas commands the unit. A motorized division review is planned June 27 mid training.
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49Th Armored Division
Fort Hood
Texas
49Th
Harley B. West
Dallas
Funeral held for Robert I. Scott in Pilot Grove area
Robert Irving Scott 75 died in a Sherman hospital, with 2 p m services at Earnheart chapel. Rev. Howard McSpedden and Rev. LeRoy Martin presided. Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by four sons Sidney Irving Scott Robert L Scott Noel Scott Max Elvis Scott. daughter Joanne Powell. two brothers. one sister. 12 grandchildren.
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Earnheart
Robert Irving Scott
Sherman Hospital
Howard McSpedden
Aubrey
LeRoy Martin
Trenton
Pilot Grove Cemetery
Burksville
Scott
A. T
Jessaine Bow Scott
Alice Anna Smith
Liberty
Texas
Pilot Grove
Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
Sidney L
Irving
Robert L
San Antonio
Noel
Kaufman
Max Elvis
el Paso
Joanne Powell
Mesquite
W. H. Scott
Waxackie
Taylor Scott
Sherman
Ocie Allison
Deseret Woman Dies in Fire At Home Near Whitewright
Mrs. Mattie Viola Felmet, 66, was burned to death Friday morning at her Desert community home south of Whitewright. Her husband left her seated in front of an open flame gas heater. returning half an hour later he found her across the burning stove. She was dead on discovery and was partially paralyzed. Her body was taken to Greenville for funeral and burial.
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Mattie Viola Felmet
Whitewright
Desert
Funeral services for Gus Holmes in Trenton
Gus Holmes 86 a retired Trenton farmer died Monday in a Trenton nursing home. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon with burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery directed by Barnhart Funeral Home. He born December 8 1877 in Pilot Grove moved to Trenton at four with his parents. He married Georgia Ann Rhoades November 12 1912. He was a Baptist and brother of late Tom Holmes longtime publisher of the Trenton Tribune. Survivors include a son Max Holmes Dallas a brother Fred Holmes Garland a sister Mrs Daisy Lemmon Amarillo and one granddaughter. A nephew Tom Mc Holmes is publisher of the Trenton Tribune. The name of the Ku Klux Klan originated from the Greek word ku klos meaning ring.
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Gus Holmes
Trenton
Pilot Grove
Barnheart Funeral Home
Mr. Holmes
W. H. Holmes
Georgia Ann Rhoades
Tom Holmes
Trenton Tribune
Max Holmes
Dallas
Fred Holmes
Garland
Daisy Lemmon
Amarillo
Tom Mc Holmes
The
Whitewright ISD committee weighs site and funding for new high school
The Whitewright Independent School District Board of Education committee discussed building sites and financing for a new high school plant. Kenneth Frisby noted the district owes about 90000 with 45000 in the bond sinking fund to reduce debt. The group envisions a 20 acre site to allow future consolidation and expansion. Members Dick Walker and J T Holloway participate. further study planned.
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Whitewright Independent School District Board of Education
Kenneth Frisby
Texas Education Agency
Whitewright High
Dick Walker
J. T. Holloway
Long Political Road Ahead for Texans in 1964
Texas faces a year of campaigning from primaries to the national conventions and the November general election. Key dates include filing deadlines on February 3, absentee voting windows, and the May county and May 9 state conventions. Electors meet December 14 in Austin to cast votes for president and vice president.
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The
United States
Austin
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Ike
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