Confederate money hopes and local notes on taxes and weather
Speedy Giles seeks information on Confederate currency and sale plans with four thousand dollars in denominations from 500 to 100. A Farmer's Party at Ayres Cafe features donuts coffee and a Rainbow fertilizer film. Voter deadlines set for April mayor and April fifth school board. income tax cut debate cited. economy described as a looming recession with unemployment near five million.
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Speedy Giles
T. J. Giles
James H
Sonny) Gosnell
Ayres Cafe
Rainbow
School Lunch Menu Weekday Highlights
Monday offers sliced ham or bologna with scalloped potatoes and cherry shortcake. Tuesday serves sausage with gravy spinach blackeyed peas sweet relish hot rolls butter and syrup. Wednesday features veal cutlets gravy creamed potatoes green beans hot bread and butter plus cookies and ice cream. Thursday includes lima beans with spam mixed greens pickled beets corn bread and apple cobbler. Friday presents hamburgers pork and beans lettuce tomato salad pickles onions potato chips and doughnuts.
Parrot Lays An Egg Stuns Chicago Owner
Pee Wee the parrot laid an egg and laughs, leaving Cleo Dean astonished as the bird used to talk but now sits and laughs. The owner noted Pee Wee is presumed male despite the laughing bird.
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Parrot
Chicago
Pee Wee
Cleo Dean
Russell Appointed Associate Editor of The East Texan
William Russell, ITSC senior, named associate editor of the East Texan for the spring semester. He previously served as advertising and circulation manager and reporter for multiple terms. Russell, son of Mr and Mrs W H Russell of Whitewright, was chosen at a Press Club meeting to fill an officers post.
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Commerce
William Russell
ITSC
East Texan
Russell
Etsc Wis
Texas Intercollegiate On Association
W. H. Russell
Route 2
Whitewright
County Highway Committee Set to Meet in Sherman
Edwin Badgett announces Grayson County Highway Committee will meet at 7 30 p m on Tuesday Feb 25 at the Sherman Chamber of Commerce to elect a chairman and vice chairman and conduct other business
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County Highway Committee
Sherman
Edwin Badgett
Grayson County Highway Committee
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
U S Will Not Withdraw Forces From Korea
The State Department said no plan exists to pull American troops from Korea. Spokesman Lincoln White noted Chinese Communist volunteers should leave seven years overdue but urged the Communists to accept UN supervised free elections for a reunited Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Korea
Acreage Reserve Hits 11.7 Million Acres in Soil Bank
Federal soil bankers report 11.7 million acres deposited in the acreage reserve as of February 7 with potential government payments of 453.2 million for banking land. Contracts signed include spring and winter wheat, corn, cotton, rice, and tobacco deposits, while cotton funds are oversubscribed and money remains scarce for wheat deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Soil Bankers
Sam
Agriculture Department
School worker writes checks for own raise
Oakland California. Arthur W. Lake, 34, vanished from the Alameda County School Department last weekend with blank checks. Police report 21 forged checks recovered so far, each for 390.55 matching Lake’s January pay.
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Oakland
Calif
Arthur W. Lake
Lake
Alameda County
Trap snaps car in looting incident
Don Atteberry set a yard trap in his car glove compartment after his car was looted of two pairs of glasses Monday. A fellow worker saw a boy flee the scene with a wounded hand. police and school officials seek the boy.
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Dallas
Don Atteberry
Atteberry
Robbery at Wichita Falls Liquor Store Ties Up Employee
A hijacker robbed Leo Wood, a liquor store employee, of $200 at the Wichita Falls shop. Wood was tied up during the hold up and the suspect later called Wood’s wife to report the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Leo Wood
Wood
Conelrad Plan Near Completion For Weather Warnings
The Weather Bureau plans to deploy the Conelrad national defense radio and TV signal to issue storm warnings during emergencies. Stations will stay on the air and broadcast warnings on normal frequencies, contrasting with a defense alert that shuts stations down. The system would trigger for hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, or sudden floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Conelrad National Defense
Bureau
Naturopaths Lose Bid to Lift Texas Ban
Texas Supreme Court refuses to lift an injunction that effectively bars naturopaths from practicing in the state. The decision affirms a Midland district ruling against Henry Schlichting, a Midland naturopath and state leader, who had argued doctors and state regulators violate constitutional issues in regulating all healing arts. Schlichting warned of possible U S Supreme Court action.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Texas
Midland
Henry Schlichting
Stassen Quits Post to Enter Governor Race
Harold E. Stassen resigned as Eisenhower's disarmament adviser to seek the Pennsylvania gubernatorial nomination. Eisenhower accepted the move with regret, while issuing a courteous note urging Stassen to contribute to the nation's future. Golf history notes follow with a brief remark on Holland and Scotland.
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Stassen
Thomasville
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
New Egg Law Goes Into Effect In Texas
Texas new egg labeling law took effect Monday. The Agriculture Commissioner John White says 40 inspectors will check trade to ensure compliance. The law requires labeling of graded or ungraded eggs and licenses for handlers and retailers. Producers may sell ungraded eggs without labeling unless they choose to claim a grade.
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Austin
Texas
John White
White
Yarborough Seeks Emergency Aids for Cotton Farms
Sen Ralph W Yarborough urged a dual plan to aid cotton farmers proposing higher acreage allotments and a new government loan system He told the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee that the soil bank program failed to ease the crisis and is pushing thousands off the land The quotes indicate a push for federal support during hard times for cotton growers in Washington DC.
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Washington
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Cotton
Yarborough
Soil Bank
Pearl Found Inside Canned Oyster In Arkansas
Mrs. Jack Hensley of Buckner Arkansas found a pearl inside a can of oysters bought as a birthday treat for her husband. A jeweler valued the pearl at about 250 dollars after the couple retrieved it from the oyster.
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Buckner, Ark
Jack Hensley
No, a secretary is not the wife anymore
In London the Income Tax Payers Society notes that high taxes have altered domestic life. An official quip says men once took a secretary on trips as a wife. now, for tax reasons, they bring their wife and call her secretary.
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London
The
Income Tax Payers Society
Deaths Charles Byron Sears 62 Funeral services today
Charles Byron Sears 62 dies of a heart attack at home on route two Muenster after 28 years in Cooke County. Funeral services are at 2:00 p m today at Myra Methodist Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Whitewright. He was born January 31 1896 in Whitewright. Surviving are his wife a daughter and a son a sister and a brother.
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Charles Byron Sears
Myra Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Whitewright
Route Two
Muenster
Byron
Thomas H
Maggie Barbee Sears
Virginia Gillett
Cooke County
Sid Eckstein Jr
Fort Worth
T. D. Sears
Orange
Gladys Holland
Wichita Falls
Bob Sears
Funeral for Mrs Ella Luper Held in Whiterock Baptist
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the Baptist Church at Whiterock for Mrs Ella Luper 81 who died at her daughter Mrs L B Mickens Sherman Rev C F Ervin of Denison officiated Burial was in Whiterock Cemetery Survivors include her husband B R Luper of Whiterock three daughters Mrs Emma Boddie of Whiterock Mrs Ocle Curry and Mrs L B Mickens of Sherman three sons Olin Luper of Honey Grove Carl Luper of Whitewright and Jerry Luper of Kansas City Mo four sisters Mrs Willie Orr Mrs Franchie Cleveland Mrs Maude Yarborough all of Whitewright and Mrs Gertrude Law of Los Angeles Calif two brothers Mack and Hollie Hathaway both of Kansas City 21 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
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Baptist
Whiterock
Ella Luper
L. B. Mickens
Sherman
C. F. Ervin
Denison
B. R. Luper
Emma Boddie
Ocle Curry
L. B
Kidd-Key Club Luncheon Set for February 22
The annual Kidd Key Club luncheon will be held at the Grayson Hotel in Sherman at 12 noon on February 22. Open to graduates, ex-students, and friends of Kidd Key College and Conservatory. Reservations may be made by contacting the Grayson Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidd-Key Club
Grayson Hotel
Sherman
Kidd-Key College and Conservatory
GOP Leaders Reject Spending Spree and Tax Cut
Senate Republican Leader Knowland said a federal spending spree is not the solution to economic problems and a tax cut is not advisable at this time. He expects the economy to improve by mid year and favors existing programs and recession plans. Democrats urge more public works while the White House backs a $2 billion five year post office building program.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
White House
Knowland
Congress
Eisenhower
Georgia
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Labor
James P. Mitchell
William J. Saulnier
Council of Economic Advisers
Gabriel Hauge
Man Leaves Hotel Room Fire Disrupts Local Inn
A hotel guest complained the room was hot and staff found a blaze after checking the area. Fire damage was estimated at $300. Separate note states Toboggan sleds were invented by American Indians.
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Milwaukee
Eisenhower seeks 3.94 billion foreign aid as deterrent
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve 3.942 billion dollars in new foreign aid for the coming year as a stabilizing force against the Soviet threat. He warned sharp tax hikes and large defense outlays if aid is cut, calling the program critical to American and free world security. House Speaker Rayburn praised aid as a bulwark against communism.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Georgia
United States
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Army Draft Call for April Set at 13 000
The Army issued a draft call for 13 000 men in April matching March figures. Plans show the monthly draft staying near this level through June. The total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 rises to 2 309 430.
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Washington
1957 Texas corn tests show top performers by region
Texas 30, Asgrow 104, Texas 28 and 32 yielded best in 18 dryland tests and 2 irrigated trials. Texas 34 and 30 produced high irrigated yields and strong insect and disease resistance, with Texas 34 noted for silage. Asgrow 101W led white hybrids. Texas 17W surpassed it in drought. Progress Report 1999 details regional recommendations and charts.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Station
Agricultural Information Office
Collegation
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