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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
4
Treasury Secretary Dillon argues deficit spending helps the economy and the common man as debt limits rise to 298 billion. He says higher deficits will stimulate growth while critics call it irresponsible and warn of inflation.
Dr Janet Travell Kennedy's physician told a YWCA luncheon that housework is hard work and should be done efficiently like a modern dance. She urged 15 minute daily chores with breaks and varied activities to avoid overuse of muscles, urging comfort and rest.
In Presidio County near the Mexican border, Shafter Texas is a ghost town where silver mining once thrived. Visitors can explore river gulches, deserted homes, and old mining machinery, offering a vivid historical atmosphere like a western novel.
A historic note explains Franklin Texas on the west Texas border grew into the city now known as El Paso. The article recalls Franklin’s early settlement and its current identity as El Paso with a population over 130,000.
Texas features 15 mountain molehills surpassing 7,000 feet near its western tip, led by Guadalupe Peak at 8,751 feet near the New Mexico border in Culbertson County. These elevations once served as guideposts for early travelers like landlubbers’ lighthouses.
The text highlights Texas deep water ports including Houston Galveston Corpus Christi Freeport Port Aransas Orange Brownsville Port Arthur and Sabine Pass led by Houston the state’s largest port. It notes the San Jacinto Battleground and Sam Houston Memorial in Huntsville and promotes Stephen F. Austin Park near Sealy, a 664 acre recreation site with fishing boating camping and golfing.
The Population Reference Bureau reports men now marry about three years younger and women two years younger than at the 1900s turn. Last year 21 became the top marrying age for men and 18 for women, with about 200000 couples expected to wed in June.
An air conditioning firm notes that proper use by homeowners matters more than top equipment. A family misused a new system by leaving doors and windows open, causing poor cooling. The maker offers guidance: shade sunlit windows, keep doors and windows closed, run the blower continuously, and do not switch off the unit in summer.
Do not adjust thermostat settings during these hours. Use the kitchen exhaust fan when cooking. Wash and dry clothes in early morning or evening. Vent clothes dryers to outside. Generally avoid heat or moisture generating activities in the afternoon.
Breton potato farmers press protests in Paris area as government concessions fail to halt a two week wave of demonstrations. Thousands of tractors blockade towns and highways amid falling potato prices after a bumper harvest.
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