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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
8
A humorous volley of brief vignettes features two elderly women in Paris exchanging French phrases and jokes about Louvre visits tail lights duck hunting and mistaken accents. The set includes a motorist and police tail light misread and a Missouri moving story, concluding with a boy's view on the national debt.
Two charity canvassers plead with a known miser to donate to orphans. He dismisses them and insists the funds are none of his business. After a pause one worker mutters that the man has money to burn and could take nothing with him after death. A separate scene shows two men duck hunting without success.
Chemists of the Amer Company say bathroom medicine cabinets may be handy but steam moisture heat and light reduce drug effectiveness. They advise closet storage as darker cooler and drier to maintain drug stability.
A logic professor tests definition and causation with a wall clock. He asks if smashing the clock could be a killing time arrest. The boy replies no, it would be self defense since the clock struck first.
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a mother tending a black eye child and overheard prayers. A boy’s postscript asks God to stop Jimmy Jones from hitting him. A riddle about apples and cookies and a joke about cowhide opens with a teacher’s query.
Washington sources say Democratic appointees may be grilled by the Senate over whether Eisenhower selected regular Democrats for bipartisan posts. Speaker Rayburn and Senate Leader Johnson reportedly lament lack of Administration consultation on nominees to boards and commissions and accuse the White House of repeal by appointment.
Washington experts say the Agriculture Department plan will have little or no immediate impact on grocery prices. Dr. Frederick V. Waugh notes ample food supply and possible tax effects for the program. Dr. Don Paarlberg adds farm price declines already show little consumer price impact.
Prices for new cars are hard to figure this season warns Changing Times Kiplinger Magazine. Manufacturers suggest prices but dealers may not use them and taxes freight and extras may not be included. Watch for a price pack disguising extra cost as a discount. In Michigan data rides list many named lake types and counts.
Worcester Poland Massachusetts report on Thure W. Johnson retiring after 64 years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Washburn shops praises newer generation for seriousness and eagerness to learn. Also cites U.S. married men gain in 1954 and notes George Washington laid the Capitol cornerstone in 1793.
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