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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
2
A new Texas law requires drivers who cause accidents to prove they can pay for damages. If unable, the DPS can revoke the offender's license. The act does not force uninsured drivers to buy insurance, and only applies after $100 or more in damages. DPS projects about 250,000 comparable accidents next year.
Mrs. L. C. House of Plano said Gypsies stole $115 from her after a man and woman arrived in a two tone car. The woman talked to start a fight while the other took the money from her dress. Plan and car details remain unclear as local and North Texas officers search for the pair.
A Depart Times note on how life is brief and ill will harms the hoper of friendship, with a cartoon caption about currency. It warns against greed and revenge and emphasizes time as the real treasure. The Sticker Kind Niblock feature shows a dialogue where elastic currency is contrasted with adhesive currency.
Citation issued to W M Murray requires appearance by August 6 1951 in the Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. Lucy Murray seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment filed June 7 1951 in Case No 58984 with clerk S V Earnest and deputy Nancy Drake.
Amarillo researchers at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station report that sodium trichloroacetate and polyborochlorate kill Johnson grass up to 100 percent in tests near Bushland Potter County. Chemical use is expensive for full fields but useful where mechanical control is impractical. Rain affects kill and soil sterility, and seedlings reinfect plots.
Brief quotation about economic cause and effect linking advertising, buying, selling, and production with a caution to think it over. Emphasizes cycles where stopping one activity leads to a chain reaction across the economy. Reflects cautionary tone from a historical source.
A humorous exchange where a husband asks about an unpaid bill from Dunn and Company and the wife replies she sent it back marked Insufficient Funds. The line captures a playful domestic moment with a banking pun.
The National Safety Council warns that familiarity with traffic signs dulls driver alertness and cites that about 75 percent of fatal crashes occur within 25 miles of home. The council promotes an August Signs of Life program and outlines five sign shapes: round railroad warnings, crossbuck at tracks, octagonal stops, diamond danger, and oblong legal limits.
An inch of rain yields 113 tons of water per acre and 72 000 tons per square mile. A ten inch snowfall converts to the same water amount. Scientists estimate sixteen million tons of rain and snow fall on the Earth's surface each second.
A joke notes Ted's vanity after buying a book titled What Two Million Women Want to check if they spell his name correctly. The quip highlights his self-importance framed as light social humor.
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