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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1952
Page
8
Texas debate over cutting 2 500 pensioners to save funds hinges on federal contributions and homestead rules. The Texas Legislative Council notes current rules misallocate federal money, making small grants vulnerable while protecting larger sums, potentially harming needy retirees.
United States defense mobilization may last 10 15 or 20 years. Arthur Flemming says more deferments for college students and more students in engineering could help. He notes engineers face a widening shortage and Korea shifted career prospects toward engineering. Labor force could reach 63 million with a 4 million active military force for an extended period.
A dense compilation of want ads and notices includes for sale items such as a Jersey cow and a six room house, rent offers on a 50 acre farm and a three room apartment, land for sale or rent in Ely and Orangeville, service ads for beauty shop hours and plumbing, and business notices for gas systems, typewriters, and insurance. Also listed are eggs and hides wanted, nursery stock, and local volunteer notices, with contact by phone or address.
University of Michigan English professor Charles E. Fries told the Modern Language Association that breaking grammar rules by using ain't and double negatives does not harm language. He argued many rules are clumsy and hinder natural speech.
In Chicago a University of Wisconsin agriculture professor warned oilmen that tractor accidents majorly drive farm deaths. Prof Randall C. Swanson cited an annual death toll of twenty-two to twenty-six per 100000 tractors and cited 124 Wisconsin farm deaths last year with 31 linked to tractors.
Six year old Donna Joyce Isbell was strangled by a babysitter Debra Mae Campbell 16. She was buried with a doll the child did not receive for Christmas beside her in the casket after services at the Long Beach Assembly of God Church. Campbell remains in juvenile custody awaiting arraignment.
Birmingham England: Jack Carson known as Big Chief Eagle Eye aims rifle from an upside down chair. He falls, a wild shot hits James Harrison the orchestra leader in the leg. Harrison is in hospital recovering, Carson calls it a one in a million chance.
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