Editorials: Phone increase not popular with readers
The Sun received varied reactions to Southwestern Associated Telephone Company’s request for a 50 percent rate hike. Some readers threatened boycotts or taking phones off the hook, while others urged a fair review. The piece argues for independent rate expertise for a balanced city council assessment of needed investment returns. It also notes Congressman Leroy Johnson’s bill to ban dam and reservoir construction in national parks, highlighting gaps in the Antiquities Act cited by Wildlife Management Institute.
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Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
the Sun
Turkey
Leroy Johnson
California
Wildlife Management Institute
Armed Services
House Committee
Ed Hebert
Louisiana
Fisher Body
General Motors
Air Force
Bullard Company
Bridgeport
Connecticut
H. R. Boyer
Defense
Wisher
Hebert
Fisher-Gm
Public outcry over dam projects near national parks
Johnson argues congressional action is needed to halt dam construction threatening Glacier and Grand Canyon. The Institute notes engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation aim to exploit dam sites inside or near parks. Strong public response is essential to protect scenic and recreational areas from ruin amid a national emergency.
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Johnson
Institute
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
National Parks
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Lamb of God Declares Belief in Jesus as Saviour
The next day John the Baptist sees Jesus approaching and proclaims Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. This verse emphasizes Jesus as the sacrifice for humanity's sins and introduces a key declaration in Christian teaching.
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John
Jesus
God
Has America improved or deteriorated says the columnist
A columnist argues that cries of societal decline are overstated and that public moral awareness is rising. He compares exposing crooks to uncovering a rat’s nest, contending investigations and trials signal progress, not decay, and that truth is emerging as taboos fade.
Have A Laugh By Boyce House THE VILLAGE
A halfwit in city service earned ten dollars a month for oiling an old cannon in the park. Years later he resigns saying he saved enough to buy a cannon and start in business himself. A doctor billed $1000 for cure. after a failed cure the patient died and the nephew sued, winning the case on cross examination by asking if the doctor killed.
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Halfwit
Who Saery Now and the Red Country Debt Stance
Aitch Kay quips about Reds running mpountties and a country into the red amid France and West Germany quarrels over the Saar. Kay proposes a NATO theme song Who Saery Now. Grandpapry Jenkins calls the lifted price controls on dinosaur tones a Big dealt with only two words.
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Aitch Kay
France
West Germany
Saar
Grandpapry Jenkins
Egyptian Cotton Buyer Gets Rich At America's Expense
Washington columnist Drew Pearson details how Egyptian broker Lotify Mensouf earned about 16 million dollars by exploiting inside information as the Agriculture Department moved to buy Egyptian cotton. The piece notes ties between Mensouf and Clovis Walker, questioned gifts, and potential Senate investigations into favoritism and a related military waste case.
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America
Drew Pearson
US Department of Agriculture
Lotify Mensouf
Agriculture Department
Mansour
Clovis Walker
Walker
Shoreham
Duke Collum
Elmer Taomis
Oklahom
Senate
Egypt
Agricuuture Department
Try And Stop Me Near Flemington New Jersey
Harry Sherman and Bernadine visit the Donald Klopfer manor for a weekend and admire a covered bridge that does not exist in that area. Mrs Klopfer discovers the couple detoured to drive through the family corn crib.
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Flemington
New
Jer
Harry Sherman
BOMC
Bernadine
Donald Klopfer
Bernardine
Klopfers
Trivia Chest From a Busy Page of Facts
A collage of questions and notes covers common house centipede legs, the naming of Saturday, February origins, flea wings, and bear tails. It moves through celebrity birthday wishes for Katherine Cornell and Edgar Bergen, plus a quiz on language, history events from 1621 to 1859, and a look at a London born star and a Sussex born composer. The piece blends public dates, names, and small trivia prompts in a newspaper card style.
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Katherine Cornell
Edgar Bergen
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Wayne Morris
Clifford Evans
Kenneth Duncan
My New York There's Nothing Like Park Avenue Snobbery
Essayist Mel Heimer muses on Park Avenue as a symbol of decadence and refinement. Heimer contrasts ostentatious wealth with ordinary life, defends his affection for the avenue, and notes how tax policy and urban change could alter its exclusivity. He reflects on class, civility, and the allure of refined urban spaces.
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New York
Park Avenue
Mel Heimer
Tam
Old Street
Park
Doris Duke
Mayors Plan Census and New Officers for Community Chest
Mayors outline plans for a census while new officers for the Community Chest will be elected Tuesday. Also notes births, World Day of Prayer observance by East Harris County Council of Church Women, and guest speaker O A Killgore at Gorse Creek Garden Club meeting. 10 years ago Baytown had 2550 men registered in the second World War II draft.
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O. H. Ziegler
Robert Wayne
East
Harris County
Baytown
J. W. Stewart
L. E. Ross
BR. W. Clark
Trinity Episcopal Church
Johnella
Herman Sod
Emily Post
Baytown Sun
Johnella Sparks
First Presbyterian Church
the Sun
Miss Sparks
East Texas State
Lufkin Daily News
Samm Houston State College
Northwestern University
Gene Boynton
Tohneila
Gene
Downtown park plan sparks traffic safety debate
The City Council approved Merrell Park Garden project with city maintenance. City Manager Darwin Middleton outlined beautification steps around a traffic circle, stressing safety over aesthetics. The plan includes six plant circles, a magnolia on a mound, and slope planting, aiming for a pretty, unobstructed view.
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Darwin Middleton
Quotations From Great Near Great Free Opinion
A brief quotation notes that no errors of opinion are dangerous in a country where opinion remains free to grapple with them, attributed to William G. Sims. The line emphasizes the value of open discussion and liberty of thought.
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William G. Sims
Lyons Den Photo Department Gives Up Writing For Photography
Photo Department notices Semeon Raphaelson after 30 years as a typewriter writer, then selling his first photograph for 19 dollars this week. He will return to writing next week as his photography career begins. Also brief notes on Audrey Hepburn film Monte Carlo Baby and CBS photo news with Mrs Truman discussing eyes in color photos. Includes hotel telegram anecdote and book-plot musings with Kentucky motoring quips and a fly travel fact.
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Semeon Raphaelson
ART Department
Helen Sionssat
CBS
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