Railroads urged special taxes on trucks for highway funding
The Association of American Railroads urged Congress to tax trucking to finance a 40 000 mile interstate system costing 51.5 billion. Spokesman Burton N Behling backed graduated charges for heavy vehicles and permit fees, opposing uniform fuel tax hikes. The plan includes 12 billion in new revenue over 15 years and new truck and retread rubber taxes.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Congress
Burton N. Behling
AAR
House
Ways and Means
Behling
Boggs
Louisiana
Gore campaign funds probe proposed by Gore committee
Sen Albert Gore and his elections subcommittee announce a probe into campaign funds aims to reveal how funds are raised who contributes and how the money is spent The three member panel Sen Gore chair Sen Mike Mansfield and Sen Carl Curtis pledge cautious probity and determination with a potential budget of at least 500000 to start
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Fort Worth
Albert Gore
Subcommittee On
Gore
Tennessee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Curtis
GOP to Spend Millions on TV Campaigning
Republicans plan a landmark shift to television and air travel as the main campaign method for Eisenhower era politics. The GOP aims to reach millions via TV with vast state and local spending, while Democrats also boost TV presence. the national committee has already contracted fall broadcasts.
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Washington
Republican Party
Dwight Eisenhower
America
White House
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Valentine
Neb
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Louis Guylay
Stamps Choose Three Five-Cent Stamps Over 15-Cent
In Augusta Maine the Republican State Committee opts for three five-cent stamps to mail a circular rather than a single 15-cent stamp citing the 15-cent stamp bears a Buchanan image. The note also mentions harriers as birds of prey feeding on snakes and other vertebrates.
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Augusta
Maine
Republican State Committee
James Buchanan
Whitewright Texas Sets City Election for April 3 1956
The mayor R R Summers orders a city election in Whitewright Texas to elect a mayor on Tuesday April 3 1956. Election will be held at City Hall Election Room with R C Vestal as Judge and Mrs O L Jones and Mrs Glenn Doss as Clerks. The City Marshall must post the notice thirty days before the election.
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R. R. Summers
Whitewright
Texas
City of
R. C. Vestal
O. L. Jones
Glenn Doss
Harold Doss
Phillips quits race amid funds crunch in Texas
Texas state senator Jimmy Phillips withdrew from the governor’s race citing insufficient funds for a statewide campaign. He noted the high cost of TV broadcasts and the limits of bicycle campaigning, insisting the decision was driven by money not other candidates. In New York, 87 year old I H Bernard urged long hours and constant work for longevity, describing his rise to vice president at Ideal Toy Corporation after starting work at age 11.
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Austin
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
New York
I. H. Bernard
Toy Factory
Bernard
Ideal Toy Corporation
Brother’s intoxication alibi lands Oklahoma man in cuffs
An Oklahoma City man, 54, arrested for intoxication said he drank more than a pint to keep his brother from drinking. He told police chaplain Rev. R. T. Williams that they bought one and a half pints of corn liquor and he drank to spare his brother. The piece also notes Florida City Fla as southernmost and Penasse Minn as northernmost towns.
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Oklahoma City
R. T. Williams
Subscription Rates in Grayson and Nearby Counties
Rates listed for Grayson and Fannin counties at 2.00, outside areas 2.50, foreign subscriptions 5.00. Publisher offers full correction of any erroneous reflection brought to attention.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Audrey Bass and Dan Walters wed in Whitewright ceremony
Miss Audrey Lynn Bass daughter of Mr and Mrs O S Bass Whitewright married Dan Douglas Walters son of Mr and Mrs H A Walters Bells on Saturday February 11 at 5 00 pm in the First Methodist Church parsonage Whitewright Rev J W Polk officiated. The bride wore a navy blue linen box suit with white trim and carnations. Nora Faye Bass was maid of honor Otis Bass was best man. Out of town guests included Mrs H A Walters Curtis Doty Guy and Bobby Baker. The couple will reside in Sherman.
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Audrey Lynn Bass
O. S. Bass
Whitewright
Dan Douglas Walters
H. A. Walters
J. W. Polk
Nora Faye Bass
Otis Bass
Bells
Curtis Doty
Guy
Bobby Baker
Pleasant Grove
Whitewright High School
Sherman
Bells High School
Yellow Jacket Boat Co
Denison
Government Owns Vast Federal Real Estate Holdings
Federal assets include 407,900,000 acres of land about 21.4 percent of the continental U S as of last June 30 and 384 916 buildings. The inventory by the General Services Administration cited 357 200 000 acres in the public domain and 50 700 000 acres acquired since 1789 valued at about 2 369 000 000.
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Washington
Sam
United States
General Services Administration
Senate Appropriations Committee
Federal installations and land holdings by department
The document notes 11 777 installations in all states and DC after exclusions costing 32.5 billion dollars. Real property valued over 20 billion dollars, 61.9 percent of the total, was held by the Defense Department, while the Post Office Department had the most installations at 3 086. Total federal land nearly covered the area of all states east of the Mississippi except Wisconsin Georgia Michigan and North Carolina.
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District of Columbia
Defense Department
Post Office Department
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Georgia
Michigan
North Carolina
Leap Day babies face rare birthday every four years
Washington reports about 11,000 American babies will be born on February 29 this leap year. The National Geographic Society calls the birthday cycle a fate worse than Christmas to some, noting the annual surplus results from a continuing national baby boom.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Shoulder to Shoulder Responsibility in Pharmacy Care
A pharmacist describes working shoulder to shoulder with physicians to serve public health. The prescription department aids doctors and patients, prioritizing health over profit, and pledges to fill prescriptions with high quality materials.
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Joe Bodine
Carol and
Arba Orenduff
San Antonio
Dallas
Canada
Pullman
Portsa
Oro
HOGA
Pilot Point
Denton
Ceresi
Lancaster
Kahachie
Granger
San Marcos
New Braunfels
Katy
State of Texas
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U. S
Florida City
Fla
Penasse
Minn
T. Glenn Doss
Bass
S. H. Montgomery Agency
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