Thirty seven Fannin County cotton farmers honored at Bonham
Thirty seven Fannin County farmers received awards in Bonham last Thursday for producing a bale or more of cotton per acre in 1963. The article notes a shift to fertilizer and insect control boosting yields on long cultivated land. It also explains rising Bell System costs: 1963 taxes totaling 2 245 764 000 dollars equal 8 87 dollars per AT&T share and over 33 dollars per phone while federal excise taxes on service reached 759 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Bonham
Bell System
At&t
Shop-in demonstrations alarm San Francisco markets
A readers' letter claims leftists stage shop-in demonstrations by gang shopping carts, blocking aisles and hurting business in San Francisco. The writer warns such tactics threaten the land of the free and incidents of picketing and sit-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Texans Compare Sales Tax With California Burden
A Texas reader notes a California mail order house charging four cents per dollar as sales tax and remarks Texas will reach that level eventually. The comparison suggests 2 percent tax in Texas is milder than California's rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Texas
Tax Cut Warned to Trigger Inflation and Debt Rise
The $11 billion tax cut is criticized as risking an inflation spike that will erode the extra take home pay. Opponents say prices will rise and national debt will grow, transferring burden to future generations.
Ruby Trial Jury Selection Reflects U S Delays
An England correspondent notes that Dallas juries require about two weeks to form for Jack Ruby's murder trial, far longer than in Britain where juries are readied in minutes. The writer questions why such delays occur in a case with asserted guilt and ponders whether Oswald acted on Communist orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ruby
Dallas
Oswald
Kennedy
Flu Outbreak Closes Office Friday and Saturday
Our annual flu like illness kept the office shut Friday afternoon and Saturday. Staff absences explained the sudden closure and limited operations during the weekend.
Top Aspirin Buyer Drives Federal Drug Purchases
The Defense Medical Supply Center bought 263,784,200 aspirin tablets in the fiscal year ended June 30 for military use. The Veterans Administration added 25,150,000 and the Public Health Service 14,346,400, totaling 303,280,600 tablets among three agencies. They were used for headaches backaches fever and arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Defense Medical Supply Center
Veterans Administration
U. S. Public Health Service
Transatlantic cable sends 99 words in 16 percent of an hour
In 1858 the first trans Atlantic cable transmitted a 99 word message from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan taking 16 percent of an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Buchanan
Barker Elected Rotary President
The Whitewright Rotary Club chose O. W. Barker as president succeeding Carl Edwards. New officers include David Johnson vice president Russell Summers secretary and Roy Blanton treasurer with directors Carl Edwards Bill Bradshaw and S. H. White. Dr Cruce Stark spoke on Grayson County Junior College aiming to start in September 1965 and to tap federal funds for a 1200 student capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Rotary Club
O. W. Barker
Carl Edwards
David Johnson
Russell Summers
Roy Blanton
Bill Bradshaw
S. H. White
Cruce Stark
Grayson County Junior College
Tom Sears
Stark
Sears
Denison Chamber of Commerce
Sherman
Kilgore Junior College
PTA Meeting Observed During National Education Week
The Whitewright PTA will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night March 10 at 7 30 in the school library. Open house will let the public inspect student work in home rooms and the hospitality committee will serve refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Parent-Teacher Association
Parent - Teacher Association
Tax Income on Cigarettes Shows Decline
State tobacco tax revenue fell sharply in February as cigarette tax stamp sales dropped to 5,651,381 from 6,864,599 a year earlier. Treasurer Jesse James cited the smoking scare and one fewer working day, noting January sales at 7,301,882 and a February general revenue deficit of 24,139,271. Liquor and wine taxes also declined with stamp sales down 238,485 and 12,085 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jesse James
James
General Revenue Fund
Loyalist drinker wins life free beer prize in Birmingham
Mrs Harriet E Brookes aged 91 drank 53 290 pints or 200 barrels of beer proving her loyalty. The couple's claim notes she has averaged two pints daily since age 18. She was declared winner of a loyalist drinker competition and will receive free beer for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Harriet E. Brookes
Dear Mister Editor and Country Road Woes
A letter to the editor from Uncle Dan of Tom Bean reflects rural concerns about safety on country roads Ed Doolittle moves to town due to danger and a front yard crash. It recalls drunken porch incidents, fears about migration, and voices skepticism about foreign aid and political figures such as Congressman Passman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Doolittle
Rafe Zinder
Zeke Grubb
Congressman Passman
House Panel OKs Fed Pay Hike for 1.7 Million Workers
A bill to raise congressional pay by 10 000 a year and lift salaries for federal workers faced a House rules committee setback before a likely vote next week. It would boost pay across the government, from the president to cabinet members and rank and file employees, with the largest gains at top levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
House Rules Committee
Congress
House
Supreme Court
Rules
William M. Coler
Mississippi
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Pasage
Gross
Easter Seals Drive Seeks Grayson County Support
Grayson County Society for Crippled Children asks residents to donate to the 1964 Easter Seal drive running March 1 to 30. Whitewright plans a door to door collection March 17 and Channel 12 airs a 30 minute film March 11.
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al Norvell
Grayson County Society For Crippled Children
Sherman
Texas
the Sun
Grayson County
Grayson Co
Whitewright
United States
R. D. Maddox
Grayson Co. Society
Channel 12
Crippled Children’s Center
New Price Index But Same Picture
The Labor Department unveils a new price sampling method showing January CPI at 107.7 versus December 107.6, meaning $10.77 buys what $10.76 did in December. The base period remains 1957 59, and the revision covers about 400 items, up from 325, with $5 million spent on updating the system. Arnold Chase notes the data will aid other government uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arnold Chase
Deaths Les ter Haile 83 Funeral set in Whitewright
Death notice for Les ter Haile 83 with funeral at 2 p m in Barnheart chapel conducted by Rev C C Dooley and Rev Howard Adams burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Sarah Theodocia Sanders Haile daughters Lucille Sanders Sherman Marion Felker Sherman granddaughter Mrs John Hynds Van Alstyne four great grandchildren.
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Lester Haile
Barnheart Funeral
C. C. Dooley
First Presbyterian Church
Howard Adams
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. A. Gillett
Hugh Cameron
Lee Wilson
Thomas Sears
Floyd Bassett
Nuell Skaggs
Louis Franklin
Roby Childress
W. M. Gates
J. A. Creecy
J. R. Williams
Charles Skaggs
Kenneth Frisby
S. T. Montgomery
Jess Franklin
Frank Smith
Lloyd Alexander
Earl Benson
John Biggerstaff
S. D. Blackerby
William Wilson
Clyde Robinson
Charlie Massey
James Bryant
Glenn Doss
Bryan Jared
Dick Walker
Mr. Haile
Galveston
Missouri
Texas
Bonham
Sarah Theodocia Sanders
Presbyterian Church
The
Shrine
of Whitewright
Findley Haile
Whitewright
Lucille Sanders
Marion Felker
Sherman
John Hynds
van Alstyne
Funeral for W. E. Thomas Held in Pilot Grove Church
Funeral services were conducted for W. E. Thomas 72 a retired Baptist minister at Pilot Grove Baptist Church. He died Monday night in a Sherman hospital and is buried in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Born September 3 1892 in Gibson County Tennessee he pastored churches in Enterprise Monkstown Sister Grove and the Hill Top Church in Dallas retiring in 1960.
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Pilot Grove Baptist Church
W. E. Thomas
Pilot Grove
Sherman Hospital
Rev. Thomas
Enterprise
Monkstown
Sister Grove
Hill Top Baptist Church
Dallas
Gibson County
Tenn
P. T. Thomas
Funeral services held for Frank Baker 74 at Savoy church
Funeral services for Frank Baker aged 74 were held Monday at Savoy Baptist Church. Burial followed at Sunyside Cemetery. He died Saturday at his Savoy home from a heart attack. Born November 11 1889 in Savoy he was the son of T J and Martha Baker a retired farmer and Baptist Church member. Survived by wife one son Buddy Baker of Chicago and sister Mrs S A Bibby of Savoy.
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Frank Baker
Savoy Baptist Church
Sunnyside
Barnheart Funeral Home
Baker
Savoy
T. J
Martha Baker
The
Baptist Church
Buddy Baker
Chicago
S. A. Bibby
Andrew Jackson Joins Maryland Jockey Club in 1831
Former president Andrew Jackson joined the Maryland Jockey Club in 1831 during his White House tenure. The event ties the nation’s leader to early American horse racing circles and reflects Jackson’s public profile while in office.
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Andrew Jackson
United States
Maryland Jockey Club
White House
Teachers Elected By School Board
The Whitewright School Board appointed R. C. Vestal as presiding judge for the April 4 trustee election with Mrs. O. L. Jones and Mrs. Ethel Short as clerks They approved the textbook committee's recommended new textbooks for the next year and authorized new contracts for elementary and high school teachers. Re-elections and renewals included Janet Roy Bert Wilson color ed teachers bus drivers cooks custodians and two resignations. Columbian Securities Bonding Co. of Texas will represent the district in selling bonds for the proposed school issue.
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Whitewright School Board
R. C. Vestal
O. L. Jones
Ethel Short
Audra Bennett
al Eva Blanton
Janis Johnson
Mardell Pumphrey
Pebble May
Martha Emerson
Dorothy Lackey
Harold McDaniel
Joe Crouch
Howard Hodge
Lillian Neathery
O. W. Barker
Leta Harper
Alex Dickie
Donald Rice
Janet Roy
Bert Wilson
Ray Lumpkins
Noble Bennett
Robert DeBerry
Arnold Henson
Oglesby Stinnett
Harold Thornhill
Noda Hughes
Christine Williams
Peggy Woodson
Almeeta Smith
Dale Thornhill
Cecil Watson
Sammye Caldwell
Lanell Neal
Columbian Securities Bonding Co. of
Texas
Texas Officials Welcome Supreme Court Reprieve on Reapportionment
Democratic officials welcomed the Supreme Court delay in Texas congressional reapportionment. The Court upheld a federal ruling that Texas apportionment is unconstitutional and gave until April 1 to seek further relief, aiming to keep May primaries and November elections on schedule. If Houston agrees, redistricting could occur in the 1967 session for the 1966 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
Lower
Houston
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
John R. Brown
More Tax Frauds Reported in 1963
The Internal Revenue Service said 1963 saw a record 1 408 tax fraud convictions an increase of 111 from 1962. Courts imposed 293 years in jail 2269 years on probation and 2 6000000 dollars in fines. The article also notes a separate ethnographic aside on the Danakil people of Ethiopia who wear little clothing and subsist on hippopotamus meat.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
U. S
Ethiopia
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