Marriages Births and Local Notices Highlight Community
Mrs Stanley Fogle and Ruth Myrick wed on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Rham Pennington announce a daughter born January 4. Mary Rena Penn and Bryant Penn hosted a dance last Monday. Mrs Joe May suffered a stroke recently. Josh May reelected president of Savoy State Bank. Several locals return to Texas A M College for new term.
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Stanley Fogle
Ruth Myrick
Rham Pennington
Mary Rena Penn
Bryant Penn
Joe May
Josh May
Whitewright
Savoy State Bank
Claud Willis
Joe Johnson
Roger Davis
Reed Wilson
M. College
Mitchell Cox
Fort Smith, Ark
Life Span and Salary Projections for 1956 Babies
Florida State University professor Dr. William F. Ogburn predicts a 1956 baby will live about 75 years and earn about $8,000 annually by 2000. He notes a baby born every eight minutes, marriages by ages 20 or 23, and four of five couples remain married. Average family income seen at $4,000 increasing to $8,000 by 2000, with significant spending on living quarters and large losses to gambling and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
William F. Ogburn
American Sociological Society
American Statistician Association
Ogburn
Florida State University
Woman Declares Open Mind Amid Claim of Unbiased View
A woman asserts she has no prejudice and will listen with an open mind, while expressing strong doubt that the opposing view has merit, describing it as pure rubbish. Her remarks reflect tension over bias and fairness in the discussion.
Cancer study warns 32 of 100 newborns may face disease
A Chicago report on a major cancer survey finds 32 of every 100 newborns may develop cancer during life, with 3 by age 45 and 14 by age 65. The study, covering 10 metropolitan areas, notes rising incidence and over 500,000 new U S cases yearly, potentially increasing 50 percent in 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
National Cancer Institute of the
U. S. Public Health Service
Bethesda
Journal of the American Medical Association
Detroit
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
New Orleans
Dallas
Denver
San Francisco
Birmingham
Ala
U. S
Farm or Town Where Are They City Births and Deaths
Suburban residents prompt vital statistics changes to 1956 forms. New lines ask place of birth or death and whether residence is on a farm to resolve misclassification between rural and urban rates. Dr Halbert L Dunn announces the update from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Halbert L. Dunn
National Office of Vital Statistics
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington, D. C
Safety belt proves safe in save of wife
A Louisville man praised his safety belt after his wife escaped an attempted abduction when a man opened her car and grabbed her. The belt kept her inside as the assailant fled in a cloud of exhaust fumes when the light changed. The man coined the slogan “The wife you save may be your own.” This account appeared with unrelated legal notices from Grayson County Texas filed December 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Tex
Everett Baty
Joe Baty
Jeff Baty
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
James E. Holt
Lucille Holt
Union Street
Whitesboro
Abner E. Jones
R. E. Wafer
Alma M. Wafer
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Davenport
Whitewright Sun
Thunderstorms create vast fertilizer via nitrogen reaction
The National Geographic Society states that lightning in storms fixes about 100 million tons of usable fertilizer annually. Virginia allocates 200000 dollars for the 350th Jamestown landing anniversary celebration of 1607.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Virginia
We Can’t Spell Your Name or Others in the Ledger
The notice reports errors in an indexing system where names were miswritten or unreadable. Officials promise corrections and updated records to restore accurate spellings for individuals in the registry.
Veteran Questions And Answers On GI Bill Benefits
A veteran oriented Q and A outlines monthly certification for correspondence students not required. Instead every three months forms are sent to the school and VA receives the completed form for quarterly GI benefits. It also covers VA insurance premium deductions ending when compensation no longer covers premiums. It notes VA payments to a child of a deceased veteran end at age 21, and confirms Public Law 16 training can continue beyond July 1956 for veterans with disabilities.
Five Mile Deep Found In South Pacific
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reports Bartholomew Deep off Antofagasta Chile as about 25,980 feet deep, possibly the second deepest ocean trench. Chief Scientist Parker D. Trask says the trough is 7,500 feet wide with steep cliffs, measured by a new echo sounding method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods Hole
Mass
South Pacific
Chile
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cable
Parker D. Trask
Antofagasta
Challenger Depts
Guam
Trask
Bartholomew's Deep
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Althy D. Mize
Barbara Cross
Floyd Everheart
Lloyd Moore
Kerr Furniture Company
Denison
McAlester
Oklo
Moore
Lillie Mae Hickson
W. M. Hickson
Chesley Rutledge
L. C. Ross
Robert Holland
Oklahoma City
Bettie Nell Yeager
John Yeager
Lyons Club
Claud Jones
Ing
Bow-Wright Pharmacy
Longview
O. S. Calloway
Ed Alexander
Harold Doss
Bill Wilson
Trenton
Ralph Pryor
Geraldine McCollum
Ambrose
E. T. Doss
Claud Dillon
Billye Faye
L. H. Luck
North Crockett
Stephens & Bryant
The
San
P. S
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