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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
6
A primer explains presumption of innocence, bail rights, and magistrate duties in Texas and the U S. It notes capital offenses, bail review, and conditions for custody during appeals. It defines reasonable bail and the consequences of skipping court.
In Austin Texas hunting and fishing licenses for the year starting Sept 1 will go to about 1 700 licenses deputies by month end The Texas Game and Fish Commission reports last year saw around 410 000 fishing licenses and 380 000 hunting licenses sold Resident fishing licenses cost 1 65 and hunting licenses 2 15 Older than 65 and under 17 exempt from purchase but must obtain big game exempt licenses The cotton industry has been reorganized in 1954 and 1955 in Uganda Africa.
New York Bell Labs introduces a polytonic coder that can send 100 digits a second, potentially enabling push button dialing. The system uses five frequencies and two tone patterns per digit, replacing the slow dial wheel and requiring pre-set numbers for rapid call setup.
An Opinion Research Corporation survey of 86 high schools reveals 82 percent doubt competition in business 60 percent say owners take too large a profit share 61 percent reject profit as essential to freedom 55 percent support needs based communism and 60 percent believe a worker should not produce all he can This is cited as dangerous to the nation with Communist propaganda warning implied.
The record cites Dora Mae Lindquist as plaintiff and Donald Vincent Lindquist as defendant in a divorce case filed August 2 1955. The citation orders appearance by 10 am on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, with deadlines and court details in Sherman Grayson County.
The FCC may allow a pay as you watch system using Phonevision by Zenith. It uses per program and per set codes with garbled pictures for wrong codes, and 99 999 possible codes per program. Viewers pay to learn the code and unscramble frames to view the show.
The remark about rude interruptions echoes a speech mishap as the audience can’t hear the speaker. California’s produce news notes fruit dominates, while vegetable shipments in 1954 doubled fruit output in the state.
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