09 Mar 1962
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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1962
Page
1
Congressman 0 C Fisher argues free use of U S mail for communist propaganda could be cut if a House approved postal rate bill passes Senate. He cites international accords, says Soviets abuse the privilege, and notes a $263 million job training bill as wasteful duplication now moving to conference.
Tests by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station sought a practical chemical control for the sorghum midge. Using late-season plantings and paper bag head coverings, researchers found midge eggs lay mainly on day three after head emergence and most eggs are laid by day four. Insecticides should be applied 1 to 4 days after emergence.
The Ladies Aid Circle of St. John's Lutheran Church met Thursday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. W. F. Minzenmayer presiding. Program chairman Mrs. George Pruser Sr. led Bible study The Do and Donts of Lent. Read minutes, reports, and a Nigeria talk were shared. Forty two members and visitors attended.
The Friendship Sunday School class of First Baptist Church met at Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Rogers home Thursday night. They planned a mothers with new babies dinner instead of gifts, held a white elephant sale, and reported good profits. Refreshments were served to Mrs. Dodson, Jessie Bailey, Jett Chapman, Jim Gehrels, and Mrs. Rogers.
The Texas Morbidity weekly notes typhoid fever once ravaged communities but declined with chlorinated water and public health improvements. In 1991 a slight rise over the prior year appears, with Texas areas showing sporadic cases and occasional clusters.
The State Theatre screens The Purple Hills Friday and Saturday, an outdoor adventure filmed in Apacheland Arizona. It stars Gene Nelson Joanna Barnes and Kent Taylor in a tale of greed a bounty hunter farmer and a ruthless outlaw amid hostile Apaches. Also showing September Storm in DeLuxe Color CinemaScope with Joanne Dru Mark Stevens Robert Strauss and Ash or Dann. The George Raft Story headlines Sunday with Ray Danton and Jayne Mansfield among others.
A cinema marquee notes the 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope comedy Bachelor Flat arriving Tuesday at the State Theatre. Stars Tuesday Weld Richard Beverner Terry-Thomas and Celeste Holm headline a light hearted boy meets girl romance in color.
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