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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1962
Page
8
Soviet unions launch anti religious campaign urging workers to organize meetings plan TV and theater programs visit homes to combat faith. They cite a report showing growing church membership especially Baptists now about 500000. They push ignoring religion and focusing on Soviet science.
James C. Hagerty, ABC vice president, says airing Alger Hiss on a Nixon program was an exercise of freedom of the press. He defended the network's right to interview Hiss, a convicted perjurer, in a taped statement aired on ABC-TV. Hagerty held final responsibility for the broadcast last week. Ontario is Canada's richest province.
In a Texas case Pete burns leaves creating dense smoke in an alley. Al drives into the smoke and hits Pete. The court notes drivers must exercise extra care in limited visibility and drive only as fast as can stop within visible distance.
A court note states that continuing to drive with obscured vision is negligent. It urges drivers to slow or stop when vision is completely blocked until the obstruction is partially removed.
A World War II veteran from Brooklyn, Joe Longo, has funded and organized Christmas gift parcels for U S service members abroad since 1950. This year he plans 20 to 30 gifts for G I s in Germany Korea Alaska and the Caribbean with help from co workers at a foundry.
A new white postal card will cost four cents and go on sale later this month, replacing the three cent card after Jan 7 1963. It will feature a light purple Abraham Lincoln portrait, be precanceled without origin city, and include a bar precancellation. Businesses buy 85 percent of the 2 billion cards issued yearly.
In Sheffield England a clothing store unveiled a glass fiber statue of Vulcan the god of metals. The sculpture marks a showpiece in the steel city and draws attention to metalwork themes.
Washington Rachel Carson called for increased federal funding for research on the genetic effects of pesticides. She criticized the FDA for lacking a geneticist and for relying on toxicity tests rather than genetic evaluations. She urged testing on organisms used by geneticists and warned of potential hereditary damage from environmental chemicals.
Hertz and its 750 licensees buy 30000 new 1963 passenger cars across the United States in what the company calls the largest annual wardrobe change in U S auto rental history. The mix includes compact and standard sedans convertibles station wagons luxury and sports cars.
United States Public Health Service experts draft a three year mass immunization campaign against infantile paralysis diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus. Federal funds of 36 million dollars support state and local administration starting next July with grants based on population and need. Target is children under five though all ages eligible. Absolute zero is 459.72 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
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