Farm Quiz Brings Out Texas Cases
A Senate agriculture subcommittee heard charges of bulldoggery in the 1954 56 relief program. An Agriculture Department auditor cited Irion County Commissioner Fred Kessler using federal aid for a polo horse and dog and two Upton County committee members Ed Guy Branch and Walton Poage receiving unentitled payments. Rounsaville noted about 600 audits in the Southwestern states found nearly two million dollars in irregular feed grain fund use from a 212 million program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Irion County
Fred Kessler
A. F. Rounsaville
Dallas
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Upton County
Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Ed Guy Branch
Upton County Committee
Branch
Walton Poage
Rounsaville
Poage
John T. Williams
Delaware
Federal Grants Since 1934 Top 85.5 Billion Reported
A Byrd committee report tallies federal grants since 1934 totaling over 80 billion to state local governments and individuals. In 1956 grants reached 5.2 billion, about 8 percent of the 66.5 billion budget, with postwar growth in areas like veterans benefits, highways, and public assistance. The 618 page study notes no recommendations and cites rising grant trends since 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Sen
Byrd
D. Va
Joint Committee
Eisenhower
Jokes and One Liner Laughs From an Old Paper
A compact compile of humor and quips from a past newspaper page. It includes a sports pun about a football star called Touchdown Sanders, jokes on exams, family banter, god we trust pennies, a plumber lesson in tact, parachute misgivings, fashion talk from Mrs Brown, a three year old’s wordplay, a Grand Canyon trip diary gag, and a dry cleaning job pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Florida
Monticello
Tallahassee
Grand Canyon
For Sale House Near West Main Street
Classified ad bundle lists a repair home on West Main Street by Paul Stephens. Also advertises a 1952 Belaire sport coupe with options for $700 at Edwards Chevrolet Co Whitewright. Includes other local shop notices for appliances, flowers, and gas services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
Paul Stephens
Edwards Chevrolet Co
Whitewright
Bill Reeves
Notice to Creditors of Marshall I Page Estate
In Grayson County Texas County Court original Letters Testamentary issued July 6 1957 to Ups and Co-Executors C O Roberts Jr and Walter N Gare. Creditors must present claims within the legal period. Residence addresses Sherman Grayson County Texas. Published The Whitewright Sun July 11 18 and August 1 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall I Page
Grayson County
Texas
Marshall I. Page
Sherman
Grayson
State of Texas Co
Roberts, JR
Walter N. Gare
Marshall J. Page
Whitewright Sun
Community notices of sympathy and thanks from Blytheville families
Messages of gratitude follow the deaths of Marion Carpenter and Henry Berry and after illness. Mrs. Myrtle Carpenter and relatives thank neighbors for sympathy, flowers, and support. Mrs. L. J. Penny offers thanks for cards and visits during illness. Mrs. Henry Berry thanks Whitewright friends for prayers and sympathy at the Blytheville residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah’s
H. H. Taylor
Guy Hamilton
Marion Carpenter
Myrtle Carpenter
Larry Offutt
Truman Carpenter
Aline Schiller
Whitewright
Henry Berry
Mrs
W. Davis
Blytheville, Ark
Friendship ends at mail window in West Texas town
Regional Postal Director George Gray reports a small West Texas town uses locked postal boxes. An elderly patron has neighbors fetch her mail, forcing clerks to hand it over. The postmaster suggested sharing the lock combination, but the woman refused saying she does not trust them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
George Gray
West
Texas
30000 Head Brahman Herd Wiped by Audrey Flood
In Cameron Louisiana a 30000 head Brahman cattle herd in the Pecan Island area near Cameron was destroyed by Hurricane Audrey floods. Sheriff Jack Moss of Abbeville said the herd was easily worth millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Pecan Island
Jack Moss
Abbeville
Patriot Parakeet Escapes Home of Morrisseys In Bisbee
Police launched a search for a patriotic parakeet that escaped from the Morrisseys. The bird is identifiable by its favorite phrase Vive La France To hell with the Russians and is sighted around Bisbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Aziz
Edward Morrisseys
France
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Linda Theatre
Leslie Nielson
Debbie Reynolds
Mala Powers
Walter Brennan
Mildred Natwick
The
Man
VistaVision
Jack Palance
Anthony Perkins
Fay
Spain
Steve Terrell
Dragstrip Girl
Abby Dalton
Platters
Henry Fonda
Janesday
George Nader
Phyllis Thaxton
Byrd Group
Whitewright Lumber CO
Liberal Arts
Bobby
Mrs. Brown
Little Ann
Ann
Jack
Mary
Chevrolet
Dixon
W. R. Hamilton
Stephens & Bryant
Stan’s Auto Supply
Hollywood
Alton McDowell
Bells
R. L. Smith
Stan’s
Columbia Bicycles
Stan
Johnson
the Sun
Johnson Jewelry & Appliances
United States
Dawson
Folger’s New-Brew
Tillett Grocery & Market
Folger’s
Dan
Griffin
Patriotic Parakeet
Ayres
T. W. Ayres & Son
McCall’s
Stetson
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