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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1954
Page
8
Postmaster General Summerfield announced the administration will renew its request to raise postal rates in the next Congress. The plan calls for a 4 cent letter rate, 7 cent air mail, and rises for second and third class mail including newspapers and magazines, totaling about 234 million dollars annually.
Peter Passantino Jr., 11, of Chicago, is noted in the National Safety Council freak accident roundup. Last April he stuck his nose through a fence hole and was bitten by a dog, a stunt that earns a dubious mention in the annual report.
Washington faces a costly whey buying program as the Agriculture Department sought to unload dried milk stocks. Officials did not expect 41 million pounds of whey worth about 2.5 million dollars, adding to farm price support costs and complicating livestock feeding policy. The initiative, intended to curb unfair competition, now burdens government with unloading whey plus dried milk, amid broader price support concerns.
A Broadway actress storms into a private detective agency demanding surveillance of her husband and the other woman. She insists on night and day tracking and a full report on what the woman sees in him, prompting the puzzled detective to ask what outcome she seeks.
A diner cannot eat soup because he has no spoon. The chef asks what’s wrong and the diner says nothing is wrong, only missing a spoon. Black asks about alimony judge’s decree, a friend replies he felt chagrined and the ex-wife grinned.
A foreman asks a job applicant if he is fit for hard labor. The applicant cites praise from top judges in the country as evidence of his capability.
In a terse exchange, Betts refuses office duty after an argument with the office manager who says Betts’s services are no longer required. Babs cites Betts's youth as a political hurdle, while Betts counters that voters know how he spent his years. Civil matter hinted.
An Indian chief asks when the U S Government will let tribes manage reservations. The Senator replies that economic maturity is the prerequisite, and the exchange ends with a quip about government debt reaching 270 billion dollars.
A tense exchange reveals two men arguing over claim to a package. One insists the recipient’s name is illegible while another proclaims, I am Smith, denying ownership and prompting questions about rightful possession.
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