Here And There Briefs From Whitewright Texas And Dallas
Mailing address change requested for the Keliehers from Agua Dulce to 3373 Mavis Drive Corpus Christi Texas. Whitewright post office receipts rose 17.3 percent in fiscal 1953 to 12 813 85, counting stamps and box rent only. Postmaster John Bigger staff notes Whitewright is second class. J L Boone of Dallas ordered The Sun sent to 3600 Preston Dallas. We Heard About column explains new local news heading and readership.
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Margaret Barbee Kelieher
Keliehers
Agua Dulce
Mavis Drive
Corpus Christi
Texas
Whitewright
Corpus
John Biggerstaff
The
Sun
Biggerstaff
Assembly of God Plans Major Church Improvements
Rev. E. L. Hill announced that the Assembly of God church will replace the parsonage with a new residence bought for relocation. The project also includes church improvements and the addition of Sunday school rooms funded as finances allow.
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E. L. Hill
Assembly of God Church
the Sun
Sun Honor Roll subscribers listed for renewal
The Sun acknowledges subscription payments from the roster of readers, noting many renewals and welcoming new subscriber Mrs. J. N. Fain of Sherman sent by her son Manton Fain. The list includes numerous individuals such as E. T. Watkins, Royce Lay, J. J. Jenkins, and Mrs. J. W. McMurry among others.
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Sun
J. N. Fain
Sherman
Manton Fain
the Sun
Manton
Don’t Wear Out During Vacation
Medical authorities warn vacations can fatigue the body like work and advise keeping regular sleep habits eating meals on time and planning trips with rest breaks. If working on house and garden stop for a breather at first signs of tiredness. The city of Damascus is shaped like a tennis racquet.
Tide lands oil revenues cited to counter critics
Texas officials report the Permanent School Fund earned 40,131,359.18 dollars from oil and gas leases on tidelands with royalties totaling about 265,000 dollars from four wells. Four additional wells to begin soon, countering claims that tidelands have no value to Texas.
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Texas
Ike
Giles
Texas Permanent School Fund
Texas Tidelands
Tidelands
Tuesday Rainfall Report and Local Crop Notes
The city gauge showed .87 inch of rain on Tuesday with local totals from .75 to 1.10 inch. Farmers report good corn and grain crops while cotton looks steady. Grasshoppers are damaging crops, and a nearby Intertype salesman noted grasshoppers stripping fruit trees near Fort Worth.
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Ray Cates
Intertype Corporation
Fort Worth
Debt Limit Increase Urged by Humphrey for Congress
Treasury Secretary Humphrey said the administration must ask Congress to raise the national debt ceiling before adjournment. He noted the precise new ceiling cannot be proposed until total spending is known as several appropriation bills await action. He indicated a request will be made before the 83rd Congress adjourns, despite past resistance to higher limits.
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Washington
Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Capitol Hill
Deaths of Hugh Atkins former Whitewright resident
Hugh Atkins formerly of Whitewright died Tuesday in Lubbock and was buried there. He lived here as a boy and attended Whitewright schools before his family moved about 40 years ago. Survived by his wife one daughter two brothers Jack Atkins and Dimmie Atkins all of Lubbock and three grandchildren.
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Hugh Atkins
Whitewright
Lubbock
C. W. Pope
Atkins
Jack Atkins
Dimmie Atkins
Postmasters to Learn New Setup in Bonham Meeting
Postmasters from about 50 offices meet in Bonham on Tuesday July 6 at 1 pm to hear Emory W. Roderick Dallas district manager explain the Post Office Department decentralization in the Texas Louisiana region effective June 14. The change shifts reporting from Washington to district and regional offices for improved efficiency.
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John Biggerstaff
Bonham
Post Office Department
Texas-Louisiana
Emory W. Roderick
Dallas
Washington
Earle C. Wilkes
Fort Worth
Traffic May Kill 430 Over Holiday
The National Safety Council warned the July Fourth weekend could yield the worst traffic jams in history with as many as 430 fatalities. The three day holiday may bring over 40 million cars on the highways as officials urge extra caution on the roads.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Shivers vows legal fight against school desegregation
Governor Allan Shivers declared Texas will pursue a strong legal battle to oppose ending segregation in public schools. He urged voters to study his Lufkin campaign speech and said the state will keep running its schools as they are, proceeding in a calm and orderly fashion.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Lufkin
Supreme Court
Convicted ex tax official Nunan faces prison and fines
Joseph D. Nunan Jr., former commissioner of internal revenue, was found guilty by a Brooklyn federal jury on five counts accusing him of evading 910086 in income taxes for 1946 to 1950. He could face up to five years in prison and a 10000 dollar fine per count.
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New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Nunan
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Walter Bruchhausen
Judge warns against a third divorce after desertion
Durham England Judge Clifford Cohen grants Thomas R Ainsley his second divorce from the same wife on grounds of desertion. He cautions, Do not return a third time as a wise man does not get bitten by the same serpent again.
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Durham
England
Clifford Cohen
Thomas R. Ainsley
First Sunday Singing Convention in Kentucky
L L Wendell reports the First Sunday Singing Convention will meet in Kentucky Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4. He notes many are expected despite hot weather, praising regular singers who attend despite long hours and hoping the church in Kentuckytown will be well filled with singers and listeners.
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L. L. Wendell
Kentucky
Kentuckytown
Mr. Wendell
Dulles Confesses Doodling In Photo Session
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden that he has a bad habit of doodling while posing for photographs. He also sharpens pencils avidly, often turning them to shavings during talks.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
White House
Dulles
Eden
Whitewright Observes Fourth of July Holiday
Most Whitewright business houses close Monday for the July 4 holiday under an earlier observance agreement. Since July 4 falls on Sunday, the switch to Monday applies to Sunday holidays, with Memorial Day as the other example. Many stores will remain open for emergencies, while workers plan to shop Saturday.
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Whitewright
Tax Dollars Enter Color Line Fight
NAACP vows to abolish the color line in all tax funded activities. Walter White, executive secretary, pledged any necessary legal action as delegates convene the 45th annual convention in segregated Texas.
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Dallas
National Assn. For
NAACP
Walter White
White
Texas
Steel Price Hike Follows United Steelworkers Agreement
Pittsburgh observers expect steel prices to rise per ton by 3 to 4 dollars after a new contract between the United Steelworkers and major producers. The deal boosts wages by five cents an hour and raises minimum pension to 140 dollars monthly with improved insurance for about 600,000 workers.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United
USW
Safe Drinking Water on Outings
Health officials urge vacationers to use safe water sources. Boil or chlorinate water from unknown supplies and verify municipal supplies when possible. For private wells, ensure flood protection, good drainage, a concrete pump platform, and secure pump components to avoid contamination.
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Austin
Henry A. Holle
Texas
Holle
Skunk Sides With Revenooers in Mississippi Tale
Rudolph Slater admitted operating a still in Kosciusko Mississippi on Saturday but joked his dog’s skunk encounter masked the revenooers. The report also oddly notes a moose can leap a five foot wall during a run.
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Kosciusko
Rudolph Slater
Blanton Assumes Rotary Presidency in Whitewright
Grady Ellis of Sherman spoke at the Rotary Club meeting on oil development in county. He urged reform of mineral rights law and predicted drilling expansion in Whitewright area. Earl Blanton became club president replacing Jack Meador. S. T. Montgomery Jr. became vice president with Summers, LaRoe remaining secretaries and treasurer. New directors Ayres and Hennig join old directors Gillett Stephens and Biggerstaff.
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Grady Ellis
Sherman
Rotary Club
Paul Stephens
Ellis
Whitewright
Texas
Earl Blanton
Jack Meador
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Mr. Blanton
Russell Summers
Ed LaRoe
Charles E. Ayres
Clint Hennig
Roscoe Gillett
John Biggerstaff
Senate Kills Chance For Paring Tax
Washington D C Senate blocked general income tax reductions this year defeating both Republican and Democratic compromise plans 49 to 46 votes. The vote blocks followed party lines with Democrats opposing GOP plans and vice versa. The measures were amendments to the administration tax reform bill awaiting passage. The bill aims to relieve business and certain individuals including working widows with babysitting costs stockholders with dividends and those with high medical expenses.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Eisenhower
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Credit Insurance Under Fire in Texas Drive
The Insurance Policyholders' Assn announces a statewide campaign to outlaw alleged gouging through credit insurance. IPA executive director Dwight Placard says the practice makes Texas a loan sharks' paradise and asks the Texas Legislative Council to probe credit insurance operators. The effort is backed by the State Junior Bar Association.
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Dallas
Assn
Dwight Plackard
IPA
Texas
Paradise
Texas Legislative Council
Plackard
State Junior Bar Association
Giant whirlwind explodes vacant house near Ector
Farmer Doyle Hastings reports a freak wind near his field Tuesday afternoon that exploded a vacant house and left rain in cloudburst amounts. He notes only the house was damaged while surrounding area remained untouched.
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Doyle Hastings
Here
Hastings
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Preston
Mr. Boone
Trenton
First National Bank
Town
Trenton Tribune
Charlie Ayres
General Electric Company
Trenton Bank
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Guy
Assembly of God
Damascus
Singing
Sun Office
SKUNK
Revenooers
Blanton
Rotary
Credit Insurance
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