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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1952
Page
2
An editorial urges Texas to fund road construction and maintenance at roughly double the current Highway Department budget for the next five years. It notes wartime damage and inflation have eroded buying power, while traffic volume soars, making highways worn, crowded, and dangerous. The piece calls on every Texan to demand action.
Ernest L Kurth of Southland Paper Mills accepts the Texas Cancer Crusade chairmanship for 1952. He will lead a statewide April educational and fundraising drive to educate Texans about cancer, its curability with early detection, and to support research and patient services. Frank C Smith and Ameri car Society Texas Division announce his selection, praising his civic record and free enterprise leadership.
Forest Lane Assembly of God reports Brother Young of Trinton Assembly visiting last Thursday with a Rev and Mrs Burm ministry that drew praise. A cottage prayer meeting was held at Argus Woodreff home last Monday night and men will meet at the church Saturday for prayer services ahead of March revival. The speaker will discuss Is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the Evidence of Speaking in Tongues for the Church Today. Our thought for the day is I am the darkness to the entire world as that put out the sight of a single candle.
The Democratic party earned the distinction of drafting the shorter platform of the two major parties in 1880, a document noted for its brevity of only $50, words.
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