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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1960
Page
4
Ezra Taft Benson argues inflation hurts farmers who cannot pass costs to buyers while consumer prices rise. He calls for targeted legislation to aid farmers, noting middlemen profit from price shifts and that farm income has fallen before inflation peaked. Congress faces pressure from rural and nonfarm voters.
The Agriculture Department reports farmers received a bit more for their output than a year earlier. The price index rose to 233 from January, while production costs stayed at 299. Parity ratio edged to 78 from 77, with mid February 1958 at 82.
In Southampton England the would-be thieves found a note taped to a safe stating no money is kept inside. They forced the lock anyway and recovered $8.20 then left a taunting message that they would tip it open again next time.
Published every Thursday the Whitewright Texas paper lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties two fifty and outside counties three dollars foreign five. The Sun states columns are open to news items from individuals and organizations and invites submissions while reserving the right to decide what is news and to reject items that are too old or promotional.
Washington. American education is viewed as suffering from public attitudes favoring athletics and beauty contests over intellectual achievement. A new book for the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth cites wasted talent and a preference for average students, urging earlier and broader science and math exposure.
FBI Director J Elgar Hoover reports the annual crime cost in the United States as about 128 dollars per person or 506 dollars per family. A second remark notes that when people stop thinking for themselves others will provide the thinking.
A collection of light anecdotes and jokes about luck at the track cards and prison releases humor over funeral plans dating misreadings and romantic dreams. A graybeard pans pumpkins with a poison warning twist and a second sign revealing many are tainted.
A man seeks an injunction after catching his wife with another man, insisting he does not want a divorce. The attorney agrees to draft papers, but the client clarifies his aim is only to restrain the third party.
The Panola Watchman laments rising national moral decline sparked by TV censorship of a Jack Paar joke and media frenzy over Earl Long and Elvis Presley. It argues newspapers fuel the outrage with sensational coverage and predicts an epic reception for Elvis upon return from duty.
A humorous survey of uneven phrasing in classifieds spans states from New York to Pennsylvania. Listings show job seekers, lodging notes, and odd items such as a four seater privy and crypts for sale, reflecting light moments in newspaper culture.
A reflective line on self judging others while justifying own faults by intent. The speaker notes errors in others as their focus and excuses personal missteps with good motives.
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