18 Jun 1948
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
1
Taxpayers may pay more as the state plans higher appropriations for institutions. The article notes requested increases, including a boost to $18 for certain items and related appropriations. The Legislature considers propotions and potential revenue impacts in a broad state budget context.
A new oil field discovery is reported near Wichita Falls with the Sit De Folie company and Hanster Brothers involved. The test flow reached 82 barrels per day with a five minute test and flow indicated a productive well near the J Pike Sin area.
Local farmers report grasshopper plagues damaging crops near several Texas farms including Carroll and Musair. Spraying with arsenic syrup and other methods are described as an effort to control the outbreak. Wichita Falls commerce managers attend a convention and receive cards bearing traffic guidance in a related note.
A garbled OCR tale weaves community gossip, legal notes, and political references across Texas towns. It mentions Brewster, Tyler State Park, Uvalde News, and a Texas law tied to 1671, plus editorial chatter on a Madisonville farmer and a fatal Wharton train injury.
Stewart Po MacLennan will receive a formal rebuke from the Los Angeles Presbytery for officiating the April 28 wedding of actress Lana Turner and Henry J. Topping. The sanction follows a commission ruling delivered publicly at a Presbytery meeting. Church law forbids marrying divorced persons within a year after divorce.
Boyle argues kids must attend school while adults are not required to learn. He muses on danger of overwork and tension in modern life, praising relaxation as the secret of champions and warning that excess possessions and worry shorten life. He cites sports stars and a child’s tumble to illustrate nervous strain in daily existence.
Melicofter campaigners in Paris Texas report Lyd tia Jotingen touring in a helicopter campaign for the US Senate moving to Honey Grove Cooper Commerce Walfe City Bonham Denison and Herman. The congressman landed in Market Square and spoke there and from Radio Station KPLT outlining moral electrification for farms and funding for farm to market highways and federal election aid. The report notes the tense mood amid campaign events.
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