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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1970
Page
1
Washington notes the Secret Service warns that counterfeit currency is increasing as advances in photography and printing let amateurs create passable bills. Dealers and passers profit by splitting value, while the public is urged to check portraits and background lines for irregularities to spot fakes.
The article explains counterfeit tactics and authentic features such as portrait, denomination, seals, serial numbers, and embedded blue threads. It warns that forgeries may misalign seals, have uneven serials, or coarse threads, and that genuine Federal Reserve notes use green seals while others use red.
Texas Farmers Union President Jay Naman of Waco spoke at the Runnels County Farmers Union Family Night meeting in Winters on Tuesday night. He praised membership growth, noted the five fastest growing county groups, discussed farm policy and the farm bill, and attributed rising net farm income to the 1965 Farm Act while criticizing proposed changes and the Nixon administration.
Ada King born 1893 in Covington. married C. T. Conner in 1908. Lived in Wingate Bradshaw Tuscola before moving to Winters and Merrill Nursing Home. Survived by husband son daughter three grandsons sister and brothers. Funeral held in Tuscola with burial at Bradshaw Cemetery.
The piece notes that counterfeit bills are produced in large batches for profit and smuggled out of the United States to foreign countries. It warns that Ireland is currently seeing a wave of fake U S currency and that foreigners and Americans alike are frequently swindled, since American money is widely accepted worldwide.
Naman warns that Administration cotton aid would lower net income by at least 10 cents per bale and fail to assure parity. He praises the Farm Coalition’s unity and notes the Southern Cotton Growers Association merging into the coalition strengthens efforts for better farm income. Roscoe Morrison of Winters is cited.
The article states that only veterans disabled by in service injury or disease qualify for compensation, and only unremarried widows of World War II, Korean War and Post-Korean veterans who died due to military service are eligible for VA home loan guaranties.
Runnels County Farmers Union president chaired a meeting and notes receipt books are available at the Enterprise Office. Local attendees discussed distribution options and upcoming events.
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