Grayson County Officials Vie in 1950 Reelection Push
Grayson County officials including Ray B. Short announce reelection bids. Ernest Millsap enters sheriff race. Ralph Elliott declines. Others seeking renewal include S. V. Earnest district clerk J N Dickson county judge R C Vaughan treasurer Mrs Gertrude D McBee tax officer Robert Dean J C Buchanan and Sheriff Markel Dicken. Legislators Joe Carter J A Benton first terms while James Sparks contemplates retirement. District judges R C Slagle Jr and W C Dowdy to remain in four year terms.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Ray B. Short
Ernest Millsap
Markel Dicken
Ralph Elliott
Ask
S. V. Earnest
J. N. Dickson
R. C. Vaughan
Gertrude D. McBee
Robert Dean
J.C. Buchanan
Joe Carter
J. A. Benton
James Sparks
Charles R. Jones
Bonham
R. C. Slagle Jr
W. C. Dowdy
Lighter Unbreakable Contact Lens Debuts in Chicago
New York optometrist Dr. William Feinbloom unveils an unbreakable contact lens weighing slightly more than a postage stamp. The self-centering design reduces fitting guesswork and minimizes discomfort, allowing longer wear, at a seminar in Northern Illinois.
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Chicago
New York
Northern Illinois College of Optometry
William Feinbloom
Feinbloom
Texas Farm Income Hits All Time High
Texas farm income reached a record 1 522 043 000 this year due to higher crop quantities led by record cotton output and larger crops of wheat oats peanuts and sweet potatoes. Despite lower unit prices, production gains pushed total value 32 percent above 1948 and cotton and cottonseed alone accounted for 60 percent of the total crop value.
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Austin
Good Earth of
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Accidents Cost U S $14 000 Per Minute
The National Safety Council reports U S accidents cost about fourteen thousand dollars per minute. Two people die and about two hundred are injured every ten minutes. A motor vehicle fatality occurs roughly every 1642 minutes, and a home injury every six seconds.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Rotating Tires Boosts Mileage Through Regular Repositioning
Tire engineers report rotating tires every 2,000 to 3,000 miles adds up to 25 percent more mileage. Wear shares show right rear 38 percent, left rear 29 percent, right front 19 percent, left front 14 percent. By consistent rotation, tires swap positions in one direction, with the spare replacing the left rear as needed.
Our Year Ends in Fire and Friendly Reconnect
Fred and Ellen Dobson face a Christmas Eve fire caused by a burnt tree while quarrel with neighbors Tom and Martha Robbins is resolved. The Robbinss invite the couple to dinner next year and the foursome rekindles friendship with jokes and golf plans.
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Red Dobson
Ellen
Fred
Robbins
Martha Robbins
Tom
Pal
New Hybrid Corn to Add Cash to Pockets of Texas Farmers
Texas researchers report new yellow hybrids Texas 24 26 and 28 outperform older varieties in 1949 tests across 17 stations. The hybrids show 5 to 10 percent higher yields and strong adaptation for Blackland Prairie East Texas and drought conditions with Texas 28 noted as most widely adapted.
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Texas
College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Stations
Texas 24
Blacklands
Blackland Prairie
East
Cleveland
Nacogdoches
Tyler
How It Started Fires Across Cities and a Profit Definition
A water jug fire in Danbury Conn was sparked by sun on glass. In Portland Ore a light switch caused $60 000 damage and injured an engineer after a gas odor investigation. An Indiana paint factory fire blamed on static electricity followed a lacquer thinner valve mishap. Sardines are young herring.
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Danbury
Conn
Portland
Oregon
Indianapolis
Wanted to Weigh 700 Pounds But Missed It by 73
Clayton New Mexico report on Bill Weisel who claims the title of fattest man. At 56 he weighs about 627 pounds with a 6 feet 8 inches waist and 5 feet 8 inches height. He once neared 700 pounds and notes his discharge from World War I as too large for a man. The piece links to New Jersey trivia about Trenton named after William Trent.
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Clayton, N. M
Bill Weisel
Bill
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Ireland
Whitewright
T. W. Ayres & Son
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Evi
Dia-Mel
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
John Scott Douglas
E. W. Walton
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Securities
The
First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Britannica
Trenton
New Jersey
William Trent
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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