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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1950
Page
8
DENISON Oklahoma University biologists report Lake Texoma is full of fish after a thorough study. Dr. J. T. Self notes abundant bass and rough fish like carp gar and buffalo, with plans to enlarge the lake laboratory and accommodate 100 students next summer.
Analysis in military quarters credits a Russian style buildup for North Korea. A large stockpile of ammunition tanks and equipment was reportedly built after Soviet occupation, enabling a rapid offensive despite South Korean defenses and anticipated U.S. involvement.
Reported in Montreal, U.S. visitors to Canada encountered a unofficial greeting from Communists. Blue and white windshield stickers urged travelers to "Welcome to Canada, and take this back to Truman hands off Korea" as they crossed the border.
A compact reader of want ads and notices listing for sale items such as a chicken house gas brooder and used refrigerators, services from local businesses including auto parts and flowers, plus a funeral notice for James R. Newson. Names include Mrs Lee Hampton Gordon Mullnix Mrs Jack Nossaman Stephens Bryant Babcock Auto Store The Flower Shop and First National Bank.
McCONNELLVILLE Ohio Senator Robert A Taft warned that all-out rearming would almost certainly trigger World War III speaking at the Morgan County Soil Conservation field day He contrasted costs for wartime mobilization with post Korea build up and voiced opposition to wage and price controls.
In Chicago a survey of 600 families finds adults with TV sets now visit the cinema only a quarter as often as before while children attend about half as many shows as in the past.
A survey by McFarland Aveyard & Co. shows adults watch TV nearly four hours per night, over six nights weekly, reducing movie theater attendance. Adults with TV sets attend 27 fewer films yearly, children 22 fewer, costing $41.20 yearly per television family of four.
Census Bureau figures show the average tax payment in 1948 was $859 while total income taxes from federal and state levels reached $53.5 billion. The 1949 tally was $1 billion below the 1948 record.
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