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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1955
Page
2
Publisher Milton F. Brown Jr and editor Peggy Florida run a weekly Cameron Tennessee paper. It is entered at the Cameron post office as second class mail and published every Thursday with subscription rates of 5 per year within the main county and 2.75 outside the county or state.
The notice explains filing requirements for individuals with income tax withheld. It states that taxpayers earning $400 or more generally must file, and that filing can secure a refund of withheld taxes even when no tax is due. It notes using Form 1040 or 1040-A, with 1040-A for wage income.
The article explains that under state community property laws a wife’s taxable income includes both spouses earnings and is taxed to her. It notes many employed wives assume they need not file if they earn little and misunderstand separate filing or refunds. It warns the local office receives many calls about this.
The Agriculture Department approved watershed projects in 13 states including Upper and Lower Brushy in Williamson and Milam counties Texas. Four Texas projects join Cummings in Lee Fayette Austin Colorado and Aura in Lamar. Surveys will assess feasibility and potential federal aid with local cost sharing under federal law. Congress has appropriated 1.75 million dollars for surveys and preliminary work. Eisenhower urged 5 million dollars for the new fiscal year.
Nearly twenty thousand Texas farmers and ranchers received financial aid from the Farmers Home Administration in 1954. More than 46 million dollars was loaned, with Texas borrowers also repaying millions from the Emergency Loan and Livestock programs. The article names Walter T. McKay as State Director and cites national totals by R. B. McLeaish. Local officials Roy M. Wright and others are listed alongside the Henderson Building Cameron office location.
Taxpayers may claim an exemption for each dependent child. The IRS notes criteria including age limits, full time student status, residency, citizenship, and gross income thresholds. Requires maintained educational institution standards and five months of the taxable year.
Homemakers find a varied choice of plentiful foods at the grocer in February. The U.S. Department of Agriculture lists abundant options including seafoods such as shrimp frozen haddock fillets and frozen hali as part of the February plentiful foods list.
The article notes canned tuna and other staples on the list while holdings of heavy turkeys stay near record highs, creating a strained market cue for shoppers.
Reports indicate a 4,000 foot oil search near Rosebud in Falls county with new wells to be started soon. Cameronites welcome new residents Mr and Mrs W M Fuqua Mr and Mrs Buck and Mr and Mrs Jarot Sears. Mrs R Y McQuary of Sharp returned from a visit to Waccami Temple and visited Memorial Baptist Church in Temple.
Dried beans including pirtto laree and baby lima beans are plentiful. Only Ferrary fruits, oranges and grapefruit, are plentiful fresh and processed. Lettuce, carrots, canned green beans and corn are more plentiful now than in several months per the U S D A.
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