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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1954
Page
4
Subscriptions vary by region with rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties set at two dollars and outside counties at two fifty. The Sun explains it is a service institution inviting items but retains the right to decide news value and to reject old or promotional material and correct errors upon notification.
Braniff Airways asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for subsidy mail pay to cover domestic operations. It requests 4,425,541 this year versus 998,638 last year under a 53c per ton mile non subsidy rate. Braniff has not received mail subsidy since Oct 1 1951.
A Progressive Farmer note highlights a 1953 Senate exchange where Senators Byrd and Douglas questioned why the government deposits six and a half billion dollars in 12 000 national banks earn interest for banks while the government pays about 2 12 percent on short term certificates. The dialogue suggests a $150 million annual subsidy to banks and asks for Treasury explanations.
Commissioner O F John Kent announces candidacy for re election urging voters to review his record. He notes ongoing work to obtain a 27 mile state road right of way for Precinct 2 and limits on campaigning until completion.
Local church listings detail ministers, service times, and activities for churches including Church of Christ, First Presbyterian, Assembly of God, Central Christian, First Baptist, First Methodist, Cross Roads Presbyterian, Bethel Baptist, Pilot Grove Church of Christ, and others. Information lists pastors, Sunday school times, worship services, and midweek events.
The WSCS of the Methodist Church held its regular session Monday at Mrs A M Bryant’s home. Mrs Harold Taylor led the missionary education study on Jeremiah with Rev Taylor guiding the discussion. Members present include Olivia Whedbee L F Jacks R A Gei G C Stuteville Griffin Dollarhide Jr I L Neathery R R Summers Clint Hennig James Bryant Owen Hull Frank Gillespie and John McAlester. The next meeting is set for Tuesday January 12 at Mrs Bryant’s home.
In Cleveland the American Psychological Association session advised a tested plan of activity to beat heat stress. Paul Torrence of Stead Air Force Base highlighted dangers of comfort confessions, suggestibility to perceived temperature, and heat's impact on memory and irritability, urging organized family planning as the sole remedy.
The Arabs pass a centuries old tale where Pestilence seeks five thousand lives but fifty thousand die, the leader discovers Fear did the rest. Pestilence claims only five thousand were taken. The exchange ends with a reflection on fear versus plague.
Observational quips critique modern living and money obsession. Pensioning old values, the piece notes guests towels, honesty, and the shift from bootstraps to government aid. It jokes about clocks, yams, and the 97 million year futility of the world’s end.
A quip on national policy, blaming social ills on lax immigration and the cost of wrongdoing. The speaker imagines stricter laws and cash penalties might reduce crime and jail demand.
In a Blue Ridge village a storekeeper tries selling a wastebasket to a bearded hill billy. The buyer questions why it’s needed as the proprietor touts a bottomless model that only needs a jot to move.
Chemists of the Amer Company warn bathroom medicine cabinets can harm drugs due to steam heat and light. They say closet shelves offer darker cooler and drier storage that preserves medicine strength and effectiveness.
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