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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
6
A string of light humor notes from a Navy quiz misread to admiring admirals to a taillight oil request. Jokes cover a roadside stop, fishing banter, grocery receipts, and social miscues at a club with a prune packer and a lawyer’s fees quip.
A dinner visit reveals tensions as Mrs Smith questions a forehead gash and Mrs Brown retorts that the boy was struck with a brick. Smith’s wife later commands her husband not to offer their guest sherry due to its absence in the house.
An economist from Texas A&M addressed Prairie View A&M students for about 45 minutes. He argued the situation could be explained simply until the introducer noted that overdrawing finances leads to downfall. Ed then visits a psychiatrist after snapping fingers to ward off tigers, who notes no tigers are nearby.
A Communist infiltrated group named the Fair Play for Cuba Committee is recruiting across the United States, claiming about 7000 members in 23 cities and 37 colleges. It campaigns for Castro and staged a 300 strong anti American demonstration outside the United Nations on April 15.
599,032 Texans received social security payments in 1960 totaling $397,481,000. The HEW report shows national payments at $11,245,000,000, about double 1956, with beneficiaries up 1,100,000 from 1959 to 1960. Texas ranked ninth in total amount.
The Supreme Court upheld blue laws in Massachusetts Maryland and Pennsylvania regulating Sunday retail sales. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the controlling opinions in four cases testing the statutes. The decisions signal a bearing on similar state laws as many states maintain Sunday statutes.
Washington reported the Bureau of Roads says registered vehicles on American highways rose by 2,460,000 to a record 73,900,000 in 1960. The gain was 3.3 percent from 1959, with 61,700,000 passenger cars, 11,900,000 trucks and 272,000 buses.
London based weekly Time and Tide argued that in 1958 the average U S Negro earned about 2650 dollars while the average British white man earned roughly 1870 pounds. It noted higher U S living costs but said job for job the U S Negro was better off, and cited home ownership rates of 36 percent for American Negroes versus 32 percent for all Britons.
The sun emits light vastly stronger than the full moon and overwhelms all other stars combined, delivering immense illumination to Earth. This astronomical contrast highlights the sun as the dominant light source in our sky.
The U S Department of Agriculture June plentiful foods include milk and all dairy products with broiler fryers. Potatoes and spring vegetables especially sweet corn onions cabbage radishes squash and tomatoes are plentiful though by market variation. Consumers can shop the plentifuls route as weekly specials rise with June Dairy Month offering nutritious meals.
The 1960 Interior Department report says desalination could soon produce fresh water from the sea for under 50 cents per thousand gallons in large plants. U S cities currently pay 30 to 40 cents per thousand gallons. More funding is needed for further research to achieve a major breakthrough.
In August 1950 Urbana farmer Jack Oelker learned a sore jaw meant cancer after visiting a dentist. He was treated at University Hospital Columbus and is now cancer free. The piece urges annual checkups and donations to the American Cancer Society, highlighting seven danger signals and public education.
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