U. S. Electrical Industry Marks Its 78th Birthday
The piece commemorates National Electrical Week recalling Edison’s 1879 incandescent lamp in Menlo Park New Jersey and celebrate 77 years of electrical progress. It notes industry size with over two million workers and growing power use from 223 to 601 billion KWh in a decade.
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America
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Africa
Memlo Park
N. J
Thomas Alva Edison
Menlo Park Laboratory
Edison
Milan
Ohio
NATO Needs At Least 30 Divisions Says Norstad
General Lauris Norstad, new Allied supreme commander, says NATO requires a minimum of 30 divisions to deter attack. He noted earlier plans allowed 65 to 90 divisions, but atomic weapons and heavier firepower justify the reduction. Taft set a $75,000 salary as president, while Hawaii uses a 12-letter alphabet.
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Paris
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Norstad
Alfred M. Gruenther
Supreme Command
William Howard Taft
U.S
Whitewright High School teams honor jackets and future focus
The 1956 57 basketball squads received jackets after a season in which girls Lynda Pannell Donna Musser Nelda McCurdy Jean Melton LaVerle Thurman and Verna Buchanan led lettering with Jean Scott and Edna Hood as co captains. Boys were Gene McKnight Darrell Warrington Bobby Phillips David Clark and Lloyd Bryant with manager. The girls beat Wolfe City and Bells B, while the boys defeated Leonard and Bells.
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Lynda Pannell
Donna Musser
Nelda McCurdy
Jean Melton
LaVerle Thurman
Verna Buchanan
Jean Scott
Edna Hood
Gene McKnight
Darrell Warrington
Bobby Phillips
David Clark
Lloyd Bryant
Wolfe City
Bells
Leonard
Stop Their Driving Too Many People Are Permitted
The Fort Worth Press argues that repeat drunk drivers, including a man who hit an Arlington woman and injured an eight year old, should lose driving privileges. It notes a June 1955 murder conviction with a five year suspended sentence and a second drunk driving charge after the crash. The piece urges harsher penalties and driver removal.
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Arlington
Sandra Forge
Fort Worth
Planters National Bank stockholders meeting scheduled
Notice to Planters National Bank of Whitewright Texas stockholders calls a meeting on February 16 1957 at 1:40 p m in the Directors Room of the First National Bank Whitewright to elect directors for the ensuing year and consider other proper matters J M McMILLIN Director acting for and on behalf of Board of Directors 5114
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Planters National Bank OF
J. M. McMillin
Board of Directors
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Donna Collins
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