United Fund tally tops goal in Whitewright drive
The United Fund raised 3341.99 dollars against a 2800 target in Whitewright with 2881.99 cash and 460 in pledges. Notable gifts came from Kay Kimbell Fort Worth C B Bryant III Jefferson and Addison Vestal Pittsburgh. Banks report regional deposits up 793054.01 from a year ago. Columbus Day closures disrupts local banking.
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United Fund
Whitewright
First National Bank
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
C. B. Bryant III
Jefferson
Addison A. Vestal
Pittsburgh
Texas
Voters Shelve Junior College Election In Collin County
The Farmersville Times laments the small turnout for the Collin County junior college election, reporting 196 votes from under 2,400 cast, far below an expected 8,000. The piece notes patterns of apathy in tax and bond elections and broader local political indifference.
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Farmersville Times
Collin County
Hard Detergents to Be Replaced by Soft Formulas
Washington reports detergents polluting water will phase out in favor of soft formulations. Crain Chemical and Sears plan mass adoption with new products from November and next year. Five major raw-material producers begin supplying soft inputs by September, aiming full shift by 1965. Public Health Service finds no immediate human harm but studies long-term aquatic effects and taste impact on water.
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Washington
Congress
Crain Chemical Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Public Health Service
PHS
Curtain Drive On at Whitewright High School
The Whitewright Beta Club plans a Halloween carnival in the high school gym on October 26 from 6 30 to 10 p m to raise funds for curtains. Students sell Tiger decals this week and donations support the effort. Booths run by grades eight through 12, with a Halloween queen crowned at 9 p.m.
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Whitewright Beta Club
David Johnson
Pensions Raised for Gls' Widows
President Kennedy signed a bill increasing monthly pensions for about 122,700 widows of service connected disabled veterans from 112 to 120 dollars. Widows also receive 12 percent of their husbands base pay. The legislation costs about 11.8 million dollars annually for four years.
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Washington
Kennedy
Newspapers Make A Big Difference In People's Lives
A fleeing tale in Washington shows a Texas reporter prompting aid for a tuberculosis patient abroad. Congressman Jim Wright initiated immigration relief, Denver’s Jewish Hospital offered free treatment, and the couple reunified in Texas. National Newspaper Week runs Oct 13 19.
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Texas
Washington
United States
U. S
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Denver
Colo
Uncle Dan on Symingtons Bomb Stockpile and a Lamb on Everest
Uncle Dan writes to the editor questioning why the United States stockpiles nuclear bombs while noting Senator Symingtons inquiry. He jokes about 15 billion tons of TNT and 2 000 cities wiped out 125 times, laments the $2 billion yearly cost, and mocks storage of Chinese feathers. He mentions a milkman called a Bovine Produce Distributor and Everest climbers finding a fast lamb to stay with Mary.
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Symington
Defense Department
U. S
United States
Earth
Senator Symington
Washington
Congress
Senator Williams
England
Shere
Mt. Everest
Mary
Uncle Dan
Church plans new edifice in the city
Notices describe a church congregation deciding to construct a new church building. A flood warning from Denison alerts lowland Red River areas. A series of minor local items mention injuries, a robbery near Whitewright, a farm house fire near Desert, and a radio program of music pupils.
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Church of Christ of
This City
Denison
Red River
Billy Carter
Whitewright
Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Texas
Joe Wallace
Desert
Tommie Chenowith
KRRV
Joe Vestal
Janet English
Betty Jo Pierce
Betty Jean Brice
Billy Hatfield
Martha Louise
Foucheaux Vestal
Anna Ruth Johnson
Katie Kincaid
Local business openings and management changes announced
A McKinney seed company will open a farm seed store here with Pascal Farley of Westminster in charge. Clyde Craig is named local manager of Texas Louisiana Power Company. T A Taylor of Bonham plans a grocery and hardware business opening November first. An old fashioned Irish stew is planned on the Methodist Church lawn Friday evening. The farm population of Texas is 2,199,173.
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A McKinney Seed Company
Pascal Farley
Westminster
Clyde Craig
Texas - Louisiana Power Company
T. A. Taylor
Bonham
Methodist Church
Pilot Grove
Texas
New Law Has Sharper Teeth
A new state statute effective August 23 strengthens penalties for careless fires damaging others property. Negligent acts can now be treated as willful if they burn someone else property, with 2 to 5 years in prison and fines up to 2000 dollars. The measure aims to curb rural arson and improve firefighting, warning residents to be cautious with fire.
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Pittsburg Fire Department
Pittsburg
Local Fair Winners and Marriages Highlight Weekend
Babies won prettiest prize at the Pure Food Show including John Inter Montgomery Clara Jean Anthony Charley Mac Clathorn Frances Layman Billy Ross Sander and Annette Harper. Peggy O Neal won the better baby contest while Mr Bud Mathis and Miss Frances Gregory wed near Tom Bean and Gainesville enrollees listed. Silman's grocery ran daily specials.
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John Inter Montgomery
Clara Jean Anthony
Charley Mac Clathorn
Frances Layman
Billy Ross Sanderson
Annette Harper
Peggy O'Neal
Bud Mathis
Frances Gregory
Tom Bean
Civilian Conservation Camp
Gainesville
Grover B. Smith
Johnnie A. Johnson
Billy R. Roberts
Bryan Jared
Elmer L. Cox
Jesse James
Lila Mae Smith
Canaan
Silman’s
Veterans Eligibility Restored If GI Home Condemned
The VA notes increased condemnations of GI homes as expressways expand. If a veteran’s home is taken for public use and the old GI loan is repaid, eligibility for a new loan may be restored. Restored entitlement has a deadline: July 25 1967 for WWII veterans and January 31 1975 for Korean War veterans. Eligibility otherwise hinges on discharge dates and wartime service length, expiring ten years from discharge plus one year per three months of active wartime service.
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Veterans Administration
Child born today expected to live ten years longer
A modern birth predicts a lifetime increase of about ten years compared with births from twenty years earlier, reflecting long term gains in health and longevity.
Deaths Charles Philip Woodson 12 to be buried at Oak Hill
Funeral services for Charles Philip Woodson 12 are at 2:30 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Dale Gore Rev Don Howland and Wallace Mynatt. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery directed by Barnhart Funeral Home. Survived by parents two brothers grandparents and great grandparents. Died in Sherman hospital on Wednesday from leukemia after a three week illness Born August 17 1951 in Sherman member of First Baptist Church seventh grade student.
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Charles Philip Woodson
First Baptist Church
Dale Gore
Don Howland
Wallace Mynatt
Oak Hill Cemetery
Barnheart Funeral Home
Jan Buchanan
Mike Little
Kenneth Gunter
Gary Holloway
Richard Hicks
Mike Bow
Charles Philip
Sherman Hospital
Sherman
Orville
Peggye Woodson
David Earl
John Paul
Caleb Thornhill
C. A. Woodson
Laura Kidd
Charlie Taylor
U.S. Focuses on Laser Beams for Missile Defense
Article describes laser technology as a future anti missile weapon with potential to shift global power. It notes a billion dollar U.S. program, satellite based defense, and ongoing research across the nation, including ruby laser cores and gas variants.
Figures totalled on math teachers in 1961 data
Washington reports that 221,964 of 592,000 public high school teachers were full or part time science or mathematics instructors in fall 1961. The study shows 103,666 senior and junior high school teachers, about 17 percent, were science instructors and 118,298 were math teachers, about 20 percent of the total.
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Washington
Office of Education
Swedish scrubwoman given reward in Wennerstrom case
Mrs. Carin Rosen received a $5,000 Swedish government reward for helping detect her former employer Col Stig Wennerstrom, charged with spying for Russia. She vows to keep scrubbing, saying the work is what she is good at.
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Stockholm
Carin Rosen
Col Stig Wennerstrom
Russia
Whitewright Tigers Open District 16 A Play With Fannindel
Friday football games start at 7 30 p m as Whitewright meets Fannindel in district action. Whitewright crushed Frisco Coons 14 0 last Friday while Fannindel beat Bogota 22 12, signaling a tougher test. The UIL released new district lineups moving Whitewright to 11 B next season and Whitesboro into 16 A.
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Whitewright Tigers
Fannindel
Ladonia) Falcons
Tigers
Frisco Coons
Frisco
van Alstyne
Bogota
Falcons
The
University Interscholastic League
Bells
Celeste
Leonard
Royse City
Whitesboro
Honey Grove
van al- Styne
Wolfe City
Whitewright
Earth Slows Turning Delaying Time Signals Worldwide
Scientists report the earth is turning on its axis more slowly since last year, causing up to a tenth of a second delay in real time. National standards will adjust atomic clocks by one tenth of a second at the end of the month, with Universal Time midnight November 1.
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Washington
National Bureau of Standards
U. S. Naval Observatory
Whitewright
Earth
Doggy Heir Faces Tax On Inherited Dog Cash
Chicago report states a dog named Danny Boy inherited $500 from Margaret M. Streu and is taxed $40 by the Illinois State Inheritance Tax Division. The springer spaniel, in Wade’s care, was classified as a stranger with a $100 exemption, and 10 percent was deducted from the remaining $400.
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Chicago
Danny Boy
Margaret M. Streu
G. R. Wade
Kenosha
Wis
Illinois
William G. Clark
Wade
Clark
Dogs Gulp Triggers Crash Near Clifton
Carla Ann Phillips, 16, lost control of a car north of Clifton after her dog tried to eat her ice cream cone. The vehicle plunged off a road injuring Carla and a passenger who sustained bumps and cuts. the dog reportedly got the ice cream. A stray line notes the song Carry Me Back to Old Virginia from 1888.
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Clifton, Colo
Carla Ann Phillips
Carla
Here
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