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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
1
President Eisenhower will address the nation by radio Thursday night between 7:30 and 8:00 Whitewright time. Murray Snyder said the talk will review the administration record and the 83rd Congress accomplishments. Networks carry the speech with portions filmed for television and newsreels.
A new wave of desertions hit the Red Wehrmacht as thousands of Soviet zone railway workers sabotaged relief food deliveries to Berlin. Twenty armed soldiers and seventeen police fled to West Berlin from enforcement duties while 125000 food packages were distributed in ten days, highlighting growing dissent among East German forces and sanctions on relief travel.
County Judge J. N. Dickson announced a public hearing on the 1953-54 Grayson County budget for August 18 at 10 a.m. in the commissioners courtroom after a regular commissioners court session.
Deputies and city police hunted three youths after they robbed Andrew Chambers near Lamasco. Chambers said the trio forced his car off the road, knocked him unconscious, and took $23 from his billfold before fleeing toward Durant and other cities.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Baxter of Dallas was buried at the City Cemetery here Saturday under the direction of Barnheart Funeral Home. Rev Harold Taylor of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the service. The infant's mother is the former Sue Phillips of Whitewright.
Congress left farm policy unresolved allowing possible federal marketing quotas on next year’s cotton. Benson may set a national acreage around 17.5 million acres, about 28 percent below 1953 planted area, with Western states facing steep reductions. The House compromise limited cuts to 29.5 percent and 22.5 million acres, while Senate action stalled.
The Whitesboro Chamber of Commerce monthly newsletter notes eight new Whitesboro businesses and a current population of 3,000 from meter and telephone counts. Bank deposits rise to 2,525,667 and firms to 142. The piece ends with a proverb urging more bean raising and fewer spills.
Southwestern Bell buys the Pennell lot on Walnut in Whitewright for a future dial telephone building. Deed filed July 21. Lot measures 50 by 142 feet, blocks 14, 15. District manager Jerome McKinney says plans to finish the local dial system and rural network may align around next February. The company plans another rate increase at dial system completion.
Postmaster John Biggerstaff notes economy driven changes to rural money order receipts. A single receipt will be issued when money is received, with the patron marking the payee name. Patrons are warned not to leave money in rural boxes awaiting the carrier, as the department bears no liability until receipt is issued.
The second day of Allied and Communist prisoner exchanges began at 9 am with 2,756 Red Chinese and North Koreans returning north. Seventy Americans crossed into freedom as 400 Allied POWs freed the previous day. Col. Kelsie Reaves led the Allied reception center at the roadside site. Nearly half of the repatriated Americans suffer tuberculosis or other lung diseases.
A lightning bolt struck a tree in the Grayson courthouse yard sending ten people to area hospitals. John Taylor, 64, was killed instantly as the bolt felled the tree and knocked about thirty people off their feet.
Bobby Phillips of the local Boy Scout troop spoke to the Rotary Club about his trip to the National Boy Scout Jamboree in California, which organizers say the club helped finance. Scout executives Chancy Corse and O. J. Hammock attended and presented badges to Dan Hennig Steve Edwards and Jerry Bennett.
President Eisenhower warned in Seattle that communist advances in Southeast Asia threaten U S security and could shift American defense priorities from Europe to Asia. He cited Indochina aid and warned loss of Indochina could leave Burma and India vulnerable and disrupt tin and tungsten supplies. He urged bipartisan backing of foreign policy during governors conference remarks.
A group of Senators introduced a bill to form a Franklin D Roosevelt memorial commission to study and propose plans for a suitable memorial in Washington. Lead sponsor Sen Lehman of Newark said the proposal adds to the Memorial Library at Hyde Park New York. The resolution requests $10 000 to finance the commission.
Washington reports a stalemate as House and Senate conferees fail to agree on a bill creating new federal judgeships nationwide. The Eastern District of Texas would gain an additional judge, while temporary Southern District positions become permanent and the Fifth Circuit adds a judge in New Orleans.
The Agriculture Department reports the July 15 price-cost squeeze eased slightly as prices received by farmers held steady while costs for commodities services taxes and wages rose about 1 percent. The parity ratio stood at 93 percent in mid July versus 94 percent in June.
COLLEGE STATION Texas August 14 referendum on wheat quotas prompts questions from wheat producers. Chairman Claude K McCan explains price supports depend on quota votes with 50 percent parity for within allotments and 90 percent parity for strong support. Excess production faces a 45 percent marketing penalty. county and state allotments announced before the vote.
Washington report says Republican Senators chose William F. Knowland of California as majority leader in a harmonious session. Homer Ferguson of Michigan was named to head the GOP policy committee, following the death of Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Knowland, 45, had been acting leader since Taft stepped back from active duties.
A judge questions a witness about payments for party votes in a bribery inquiry. The witness confirms receiving funds and says he ultimately voted according to his conscience.
Whitewright Independent School District sets the local schools opening for Monday September 7. All faculty except a combined science teacher and basketball coach are filled. David Johnson starts as mathematics and driver education instructor.
An agricultural outlook conference will be held at East Texas State College on Wednesday August 19 in the agriculture building. The program will focus on cattle prices and financing a farm business for the coming crop year. Open to farmers and agricultural leaders in Northeast Texas, per Dr. Webb Jones.
Governor James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, a former Truman official, said he is not ready to return to the national Democratic party. He praised Eisenhower, noted Southern independence, and said he would not attend a future party convention under loyalty pledges. He urged voting for the most qualified person regardless of party.
The Agriculture Department reports the farmer's share of the consumer food dollar has fallen to 44 cents, the lowest since before World War II, while marketing costs rise. It notes a typical food basket costing $1017 yields $446 to farmers, reflecting lower prices for farmers and higher marketing costs.
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