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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1960
Page
4
Filing nears as Texas voters see six senators face opposition and new House entrants in over half the districts. Campaign themes emphasize schools, teacher pay, tax reform, welfare changes, highway safety, water plans, and fiscal fixes.
The President requested a rapid study on merging the Army Navy and Air Force war colleges into a single training school for career officers, triggering Pentagon debate on interservice rivalry.
The Eisenhower administration proposed court appointed federal referees to protect Negroes' voting rights in all elections. Attorney General William P. Rogers described a plan where federal district judges name referees to investigate complaints and issue eligibility certificates, avoiding registrar disputes and constitutional questions.
Windsor Missouri Review says local retailers face competition from nearby metropolitan centers and that advertising, not price, drives shopper choice. It notes standard brand prices are similar, while low overhead helps small towns. The piece argues opening doors with strong ads boosts sales, naming newspapers as key advertising media.
President Eisenhower on Tuesday announced a policy of no intervention and no reprisals against Cuba for now. He criticized Fidel Castro's actions while distinguishing the Cuban prime minister from the Cuban people and left open the possibility of a tougher stance later.
Senator Ellender said a Agriculture Department study shows by 1965 net farm income would fall 46 percent below 1958 levels if farm price supports were reduced to free market levels.
Dialogue shows Cal asking for a cigarette while Kitty challenges him on quitting. Cal admits ongoing struggle, explaining he is in the first phase and has stopped buying cigarettes. The exchange highlights personal resolve and relapse risk in a quitting attempt.
Bill the deaf mongrel with a hearing aid finally finds a home in Pittsburgh's Animal Friends. L M Meyers, a hearing aid maker, funded the device after a coast to coast newspaper story drew adopters, and Mrs Annabell Popello of Pittsburgh adopted him and renamed him Mr Chips.
Ever J. Hammes of In Sink Erator Manufacturing Co says sink-installed disposers will wash about 4.745 billion pounds of garbage down drains in 1960. Based on over 4.5 million disposers in use, he estimates an average family of four produces 949 pounds of garbage annually.
Down Memory Lane reports Mr Ivy Neathery of Pilot Grove and Mrs Annabel Finnell wed on Friday. Other items note deaths, burglaries at Tom Bean, local auto crash injuries, record lows and several births and a new son for Ray Burris.
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