Whitewright booster meeting plans to revive local commerce
A meeting of Whitewright businessmen is set for 7 30 p m Friday June 26 at the Firemen s Hall to organize a booster club replacing the former chamber of commerce All businessmen are urged to attend A city ordinance banning placing circulars on parked-car windshields is urged and littering penalties are noted.
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Whitewright
Firemen’s Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Denison
Sherman
Corporation Court
Major Parrish Honored by Air Force in Missile Space Progress
Major Davis P. Parrish, foster son of Mrs. Ross R. May of Whitewright, received special recognition from Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert during the 10th anniversary of missile and space progress. He serves as an electronics engineer with the Space Systems Division of the Air Force Systems Command in Los Angeles. Parrish is a West Point graduate with BS ME from Rice Institute and MS from MIT. His wife is Marjorie Williams of Bastrop Louisiana.
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Davis P. Parrish
Ross R. May
Whitewright
U. S. Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Air Force Missile and Space Progress
Parrish
Air Force Systems Command
Space Systems Division
SSD
Los Angeles
Marjorie
George M. Williams
New Airport Road
Bastrop
Air Force
California leads in college enrollment with 629000 students
California outpaces all other states in college enrollment with 629000 registered pupils. New York follows at 415000, Illinois 242000, Texas 233000, and Pennsylvania 230000.
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California
New York
Illinois
Texas
Pennsylvania
Population Basis for Representation Sparks State Debate
A policy proposal favors population-based legislative districts over area-based ones, promising metro areas more influence while rural regions lose leverage. Critics argue it undermines government of, by, and for the people, accusing the Supreme Court of shaping the system.
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U. S. Senate
Nevada
Texas
New York
California
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Repeal the Supreme Court says columnist in Whitewright
A columnist argues the United States needs to repeal the Supreme Court calling it nine tired men who make laws overturning Congress and state legislatures. The writer claims respect for the Court has faded and mocks LBJ in a satirical critique of poverty programs.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Whitewright
the Sun
Roundtable reflections from country store chatter in Tom Bean
Uncle Dan shares villagers talk about aging editors, big city papers, and progress. Ed Doolittle mentions a Georgia editor retiring at 100 and passing his paper to his son. Josh Clodhopper muses on Washington and the Pentagon while tending his mule. Zeke Grubb ribbed Philadelphia wishes and Beatles jabs.
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Ed Doolittle
Turner
Georgia
Clem Webster
Clem
Josh Clodhopper
Josh
Washington
Pentagon
George Washington
Valley Forge
Zeke Grubb
Philadelphia
Betty
Zeke
Income Tax Hike in GOP Plans for Aged Health Care
Washington Republicans consider raising income taxes to fund health care for the aged instead of expanding social security taxes. Representative Melvin Laird notes support for progressive taxes and contrasts with Democrats, Rockefeller, Goldwater, and Scranton positions. An economics professor proposed the idea.
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GOP
Washington
Republican Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wisc
San Francisco
Laird
New York
Nelson Rockerfeller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Platform Committee
Guar crop urged as new money for Texas and Oklahoma farms
A USDA official urged farmers in San Antonio and Oklahoma to grow guar to tap a $7 million business, noting 90 percent of US guar in 1960 came from India and Pakistan. He also named sesame and sunflowers as promising spring crops for Texas and cited Marlin glass turning amber.
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San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Murray L. Kinman
Kinman
Department
Texas A&m University
United
Marlin
Herbert Rogers To Give Free Concert In Whitewright
Mr Herbert Rogers of New York City visiting his Wichita Falls relatives will give a free concert for music lovers in the Whitewright area. The event, at 2 30 p m, will be hosted by the First Baptist Church facilities and is announced by Rev C C Dooley. Rogers has performed in Europe and the United States including Eastern Canada this spring.
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Herbert Rogers
New York City
Wichita Falls
C. C. Dooley
Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Rogers
Europe
United States
Canada
Serious Crime Up 19 Percent in First Quarter
The U S Justice Department reports a 19 percent rise in serious crime nationwide for January to March 1964 compared with the same period in 1963. Auto theft and forcible rape lead increases at 22 percent, with thefts over $50 at 21 percent and robbery and burglary at 18 percent each.
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U. S. Justice Department
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Nall Elected President of Grayson County Bar
Rayburn M. Nall of Sherman was elected president of the Grayson County Bar Association, succeeding Dean Martin. Elected as officers were Lloyd W. Perkins as vice president Charles O. Smyre as secretary and Robert B. Bush III as treasurer, all of Sherman.
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Rayburn M. Nall
Sherman
Grayson County Bar Association
Dean Martin
Lloyd W. Perkins
Charles O. Smyre
Robert B. Bush III
Trans-Continental Moves to Acquire Whitewright Bell Exchanges
Southwestern Bell confirms plan to swap Whitewright Bells Savoy exchanges for Lancaster with Trans-Continental Telephone & Electronics. Thomas L. Anderson and J B Patton say agreement may formalize in ten days and FCC approval will follow. Trans-Continental already owns Tom Bean and 51 Texas exchanges. The firm plans a Whitewright business office and two local maintenance staff.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Whitewright
Bells and Savoy
Trans-Continental Telephone & Electronics Co., Inc
Lancaster Exchange
Thomas L. Anderson
Trans-Continental
J. B. Patton
Southwestern Bell
the Sun
Mr. Patton
Tom Bean Exchange
Texas Telephone
Anderson
Dorchester Exchange
Patton
Federal Communications Commission
Bells-Savoy
Telephone
Windom
Pecan Gap
Roxton
Ben Franklin
Detroit
Bagwell
Bogota
Birthright
Brashear
Shirley
Cash
Quinlan
Point
Emory
Alba
Pine Mills
Big Sandy
Hawkins
Hartley, Channing
Cactus
Sunray
Dumas
Masterson
Belle Plain
Sanford
French
Adrian
Tuscosa
Vega
Wildorado
Bellevue
Newport
Dorchester
Tom Bean
Nobility
Blue Ridge
Lancaster
Irene
Donie
Purdon
Ben Hur
Coupland
McDade
Paige
Burton
Lytton Springs
Dale
Martindale
Fentress
1916 Whitewright High School reunion attracts ten living members
Ten of the 17 living members of the 1916 Whitewright High School class attended their first reunion. Attendees from Sherman, Los Fresnos, Overton, Tishomingo, Wichita, Abernathy, Aspermont, Greenville, Austin, and Whitewright met at the Community Public Service Company room, then dined at the Malt Shop for two hours of visiting and speeches. A reunion is planned for next year.
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Whitewright High School
Elvey Hampton
Sherman
Lloyd Wright
Los Fresnos
Texas
Bryant Penn
Overton
Edwin May
Tishomingo
Oklo
Buford Melver
Wichita
Kansas
Eunice Cook O'Neal
Abernathy
Nadine Holcomb Bryson
Lakey Edwards
Prevent Curdling in Cooked Milk and Cheese Dishes
Guidance on cooking foods with milk and cheese at low temperatures to avert curdling tightening or scorching. Emphasizes gentle heat, gradual warming, and avoiding rapid simmering to preserve texture and flavor.
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Ed Kennedy
Walter Reed Hospital
Alan Shivers
Lyndon Johnson
John Tower
Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
United States Senate
LBJ
Dan
Nall
Grayson County
S. W. Bell Trading
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