21 Jun 1953
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1953
Page
1
Residents recount a wet Friday and busy week with visitors from Bogota and local towns. Mr and Mrs Sims hosted gatherings at Groesbeck with extended family and church events noted through Monday night and Tuesday.
A string of guests and visits unfolds across Houston Kempyeith Sunmibnen and nearby towns. Tedgue Mr and Mrs Fenwich with Mrs Phifer of Houston attend. Irene Christopher from Cleveland visits G M Christopher. Dee Smith and Colleen tour the Parish of Dew. Mrs Dewey Tucker and Joyce spend time in Teague. Edna Pyburn visits her children in Waco.
A wide ranging column extols Texas as a land of big activity with vast travel in cars and lots of land per person. It laments high state government costs, heavy taxation, and a sizable public payroll while claiming most federal aid is clawed back in taxes. It notes Texas born population, migration patterns, and the emphasis on education highways welfare and institutions.
Nancy Taggart 7 daughter of Pat Taggart business manager of the Waco News Tribune and Times Herald and Wa10 Chamber of Commerce died Friday after illness. Funeral services set for Monday at St Marys Church with parents, Pat Taggart and Sallie, and brother Pat Jr. surviving parents.
The CIO National Maritime Union signed wage agreements ending a three day tie up of merchant vessels on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Seamen were set to report ready to sail Saturday aboard 125 freighters tankers and passenger vessels idled by the no contract no work policy.
In Beverly Hills municipal court on Friday the prostitution charge against actress Dorothy Domingore was dismissed. The case referenced prior allegations and conduct but was resolved with dismissal.
Boston third baseman Billy Goodman kept his hitting streak alive by going 1 for 5 against the Browns on Friday night. He doubled twice singled walked and flew out in five plate appearances to stretch his streak to 15 straight games.
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