Highways and auto industry shape postwar outlook
Auto truck and trailer makers plan billions in 1956 and beyond as U S factory building surges. Postal safety program cuts accidents to under four per 100 000 miles, Civil Defense predicts cars will carry most evacuees. George Hope notes British roads favor helpful cooperation. Freight on the LA to SF corridor runs 8000 tons nightly. Tri State College awards 98 Motor Transport Management scholarships totaling 192000 dollars across 48 states and DC.
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America
U. S. Post Office Department
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Bob Hope
England
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Tri-State College
Angola
Ind
Roy Fruehauf Foundation
Fruehauf Trailer Company
District of Columbia
Local Election Ballot Highlights For Commissioner and Constable
Ted W. Myatt runs for Commissioner in a party slate with Lee J. Currie and Lloyd Wirt for positions. George Clay and A. B. Harrison seek reelection in local constable and related races.
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Lee J. Currie Lloyd Wirt
Moral tolerances and progress in industry and life
A Wall Street Journal report on advances in precision measuring shows tolerances shrinking from thousandths to millionths of an inch, while A V Bodine urges applying the same drive for perfection to moral progress, arguing that moral goodness is practical rather than merely idealistic.
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Wall Street Journal News
A. V. Bodine
Bodine Corp
Bridgeport
Conn
Card of Thanks for Cleland Hurley
The Hurley family thanks the nurses and doctors Marks and English and many friends for kindness during Cleland Hurley’s illness and death.
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Marks
English
Cleland Hurley
Hurley
Mrs. Etta Guyton Visits Daughter in Walnuts Springs
Mrs. Etta Guyton of Walnut Springs is with her daughter, Mrs. R. F. Davig, during a visit.
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Etta Guyton
Walnut Springs
R. F. Davig
Nichols to Start Mid South Trip June 17
C. M. Nichols plans an excursion beginning June 17 through the mid south to Chicago Washington D C and New York. He will join Mrs. Daisy Chase of Los Angeles to make the journey.
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C. M. Nichols
Mid South
Chicago
Washington, D. C
New York
Daisy Chase
Los Angeles
Calif
Homecoming Attracts Large Crowd In Rock Creek Area
A large crowd attended the Rock Creek homecoming with visitors from Dallas Fort Worth Joshua Cleburne Morgan Dennis Austin Granbury Sweetwater Glen Rose and other towns. The afternoon featured singing with guests Theo Hawkins of Midlothian and W M Hawkins Attie J a noted.
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Johnny Cousas
Junior
Gary
Meridian
Earl Proffitt
Looper
Lynn O’neal
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Joshua
Cleburne
Morgan
Dennis
Austin
Granbury
Sweetwater
Glen Rose
Sre Lokine
Theo Hawkins
Midliothian
W.M. Hawkins
Attie J
Weekend Showtimes Announced for Saturday and Sunday
Box office opens at 1 45 and show starts at 2 00 with doors opening for audiences at 7 30 on both Saturday and Sunday.
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Jim Wright
Ted W. Myatt
Jim Ferguson
Jodie Reynolds
Grace Williams
Paul Bone
W. S
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Oxford
E. J
Norman
George Clay
A. B. Harrison
L. G. Tillman Insurance Agency
L. G. Tillman
C. A. Bridges
Gavit Drug
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White Euto
Jerre Deason
W.N. Carter
Glen Rose, Texas
Dead Animal Service
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Rock Creek News
Theda Plummer
Martha
Lois Ann Hawkins
W. R. Jones
Star IN the
Mamie van Doren
Virginia Mayo
Ruth Roman
Robert Stack
Superscope Technicolor
Hugh Marlowe
Nancy Gates
Mack’s Electric
Tankersley
Ty Eeer
Tinnin’s Grocery and Market
Young’s
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Neale Bros. Lumber Co
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