Inflation and Alaska earthquake debt in a Texas paper
The paper notes inflation looming as suppliers raise prices and calls for tax relief cuts to fund Alaska earthquake repairs. It rebukes payola rumors in media while discussing real estate ties of Mrs. George Peterson of Anchorage. It cites Ike era cattle price trends and contrasts beef pricing now.
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Whitewright
Anchorage
Alaska
George Peterson
Peterson
Geneva Carr
Dillard Carr
Bovina Blade
Ike
White House
Youth Week Observed at Enterprise Baptist Church
Youth Week at Enterprise Baptist Church features youth week pastor Jimmy Burch field and associate pastors Gene Shaw and Johnny Aldridge. Roles include Sunday school superintendent T A director David Has ton and Music Director Sandra Kelly.
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Enterprise Baptist Church
Jimmy Burchfield
Gene Shaw
Johnny Aldridge
T. A
David Haston
Sandra Kelly
Doris Dodson
Joyce Bennett
Sue Pool
Delores Aldridge
Curless Lynn Aldridge
Dan Turner
Evelyn Harvey
Ommie Harvey
Brenda Harvey
Fern Fain
Diana Nobles
Drilling Under Way On New Water Well
J L Myers Sons of Denton moved a rig to Whitewright and set up near the water tower. Drilling began, a dropped bolt forced a restart, now progressing. The 1200 foot well should be finished and tested within 30 days and pumping gear ordered after. Production expected before hot dry weather increases demand.
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J. L. Myers’ Sons of
Denton
Whitewright
Grayson County Signs Tax Roll Contract With Arlington Firm
Grayson County has contracted with an Arlington firm to prepare the 1964 and 1965 tax rolls and statements for five thousand dollars a year. County Judge Les Tribble notes the firm will compute and prepare the complete tax roll tax statements and property inventory forms, with all data supplied by the county remaining its property. The court must approve samples of the roll and statement forms. Previously clerks in the tax office prepared the rolls and statements.
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Grayson County
Arlington
Les Tribble
North Texas Statistical Service
Tribble
Tax Office
LBJ orders aid group for Alaska after earthquake disaster
President Johnson orders a special federal commission to draft long-range Alaska recovery plans and prepares a $50 million supplemental disaster relief request. He met with Senators Gruening and Bartlett and officials to assess needs, with officials estimating up to $500 million beyond the relief fund may be required.
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Washington
Johnson
Federal Commission
Alaska
Congress
Ernest Gruening
E. L. Bartlett
William A. McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Kermit Gordon
White House
Eisenhower says he would have stopped Berlin wall
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told a Los Angeles gathering he would not have allowed the Communists to build the Berlin wall and favored shooting down intruding Russian planes. He urged immediate denial of Moscow’s right to build the barrier and defended freedom of access to the West.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Berlin Wall
U. S
Eisenhower
Republican Party-To-People
Uncle Dan Charts Federal Payroll Figures in Plain Talk
A reader cites Tax Foundation data on 2,369,518 federal civilians nationwide with 255,000 in Washington DC and California, New York and Pennsylvania following. He notes GS-5 salaries and office costs, then laments income tax shifts funding secretaries while praising government status.
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Tax Foundation
District of Columbia
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Delaware
Idaho
United States
Businss
Bobby Baker
Rainfall Surges in First Quarter of 1964
Ernest Smith reports 1964's first quarter moisture far above 1963 with January 1.56 inches February 1.96 and March 3.88 inches. Last year was notably dry despite good crop moisture from spring into summer.
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Ernest Smith
President to Seek Bipartisan Food Industry Investigation
President Johnson announced at his Easter ranch news conference that he would ask Congress to create a 15 member bipartisan commission to study the food industry. The panel would examine producers distributors wholesalers and consumers and report on changes affecting prices and farm income.
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Johnson
Congress
Pedernales River
Senate
House
Arithmetic teacher and Willie clash over subtraction
A teacher asks subtracting 25 from 37, yielding 12, while Willie shrugs and jokes about caring. The exchange captures a light classroom moment between a pupil and instructor.
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Little Willie
Pre School Day Set For April 10
Sept S T Montgomery Jr of the Whitewright schools announced that pre school day will be observed on Friday April 10 at 1 30 p m. The event aims to acquaint upcoming first graders with school life and inform parents about first grade expectations. Parents will bring children to the first grade room where Mrs Elbert Bennett will greet them.
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S. T. Montgomery Jr
Whitewright
Elbert Bennett
Mrs Lawrence Ethridge Dies in Houston at 56
Mrs Lawrence Ethridge 56 died suddenly Tuesday in Houston. Funeral services are 2 p m today at Earnheart chapel in Tom Bean, Rev Don Howland officiating. Burial Wittitoe Cemetery Ken tuckytown. Pallbearers listed. Survived by husband of Houston three brothers and three sisters and five nieces and nephews. Born May 2 1907 in Kentucky town. Former Zettie May Dean. Member of Baptist Church.
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Earnheart
Lawrence Ethridge
Don Howland
Tom Bean
Wittitoe Cemetery
Kentuckytown
Morris Pennell
Claude Lackey
Dan Tillman
C. S. Teague
Dan Feagan
G. E. Ball
J. R
Ethel Dean
Ethridge
Zettie May Dean
The
Baptist Church
Houston
Bryan Dean
Robert Dean
Sherman
Jim Dean
Fort Worth
Blanche Dean
el Paso
Grace Dean
Ann D. Ritchie
Dallas
Funeral rites for Mrs. George Bennett held in Dallas
Funeral services were held Monday in Dallas for Mrs. George Bennett 75 who died Saturday Burial followed at Restland Memorial Park She was born Bennie Hopkins daughter of L F Hopkins of Whitewright and taught school She lived in Dallas after marrying in 1913 and was a Baptist church member She leaves a Dallas son Tad a Clifton sister Tillie Trotter a Houston sister Mattie Truett a grandson and several nieces.
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Dallas
George Bennett
Restland Memorial Park
Bennett
Bennie Hopkins
L. F. Hopkins
Whitewright
Baptist Church
Tad Bennett
Tillie Trotter
Clifton
Mattie Truett
Houston
Flint Arrowhead Craft Survives Among Modern Makers
The craft of shaping flint arrow heads endures with contemporary hobbyists and artisans who practice traditional techniques, preserving a practical skill passed through generations.
City and School Elections April Fourth and Seventh
Voters will decide two Whitewright Board of Education seats on April 4 at Firemen's Hall with candidates Dick Walker Wallace Wilson and James Bryant. The city mayoral race on April 7 at Firemen's Hall features Rus Summers M B Hasty and H M Carroll with no runoff.
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Firemen’s Hall
Whitewright Board of Education
Dick Walker
Wallace Wilson
James Bryant
Russell Summers
M. B. Hasty
H. M. Carroll
Freeze Damages Peaches and Vegetables in Southeast
A cold snap brought 27 degree temperatures to Northern Florida and parts of the Southeast, damaging peaches and vegetables. South Carolina suffered a 6.5 million dollar vegetable crop loss, while Georgia and North Carolina peach crops were heavily hit. North Carolina reports near total peach losses of about 2.5 million dollars.
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Florida
South Carolina
Charleston County
Georgia
North Carolina
Parcel Post Rates Rise On April First
New parcel post rates take effect April 1 after ICC approval. Overall increases average 13.1 percent, expected to raise about 75.4 million annually. Catalogue rates rise about 13 percent adding roughly 2.4 million if 1962 volumes hold. Air and international parcel post remain unchanged. The prior increase was February 1, 1960.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Air Parcel Post
International Parcel Post
Texas Smokers Bouncing Back in March Tax Receipts
Texas Treasurer Jesse James reported March cigarette tax receipts totaling 7,038,801 dollars, up 97,112 from a year earlier. The March figure rose from February 5,651,381 dollars, aided by an extra collecting day.
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Austin
Texas
U. S
Jesse James
Another Quake In Another Time
A historic quake struck on Good Friday, a day Christians observe for Christ's crucifixion. The event recalls biblical mentions of temple curtain tearing and earth shaking, linking the quake to a day of religious significance.
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Alaska
Jerusalem
Temple
Funny People Joke Turns On Ten Year Kiss
A barroom quip ponders a man who had not kissed his wife for a decade yet shoots another man who did. The joke hinges on misdirection between affection and violence.
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Voltaire
Russell Bryant
Italy
Magee
Sun
Grayson
LBJ
Berlin
Dan
Mrs. Lawrence Ethridge
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