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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1955
Page
8
Chicago reports five thousand Americans won reprieves from death in 1955 as accidental deaths fell five percent from 1954. The National Safety Council notes 1954 death rate of 55.8 per 100000, with declines in industry, motor vehicle, home and public non motor vehicle fatalities despite population and travel growth.
Kim Story, 2, in Memphis reads well thanks to TV ads, not shows. His police father says the boy began with hard words like hexachlorophene and chlorophyll, then moved to easier items. In spare moments he identifies car makes and still checks commercials.
In Paducah Kentucky Boyd Satterfield's four acre lake suddenly drained leaving only puddles and a large black hole. Neighbors reported water dropping fast and fish swallowed by the void. One theory cites cave-ins from honeycombed limestone and underground streams. France has about 2,250,000 horses.
A Texas health bureau received a request for birth records of Davy Crockett and Kit Carson from an Oklahoma City reader who enjoys frontier histories. Neither figure was born in Texas, with Carson born in Missouri. Crockett’s birthplace is referenced in a Tennessee ballad.
The article notes the calliope a steam piano marking its 100th birth year. Vermont inventor Joshua Stoddard unveiled the instrument in Worcester, and his daughter Jennie drew crowds when she played at Worcester’s Fourth of July celebration in 1855.
Circuit Judge Robert M. Toms has taken under advisement the case brought by Walter and Myrtle Strauss against neighbors Sydney and Mrs Moss. The Strausses seek an injunction to stop nighttime use of an air conditioner over noise concerns.
In Corvallis Oregon Mr and Mrs George Evans bought about 800 dollars worth of staples in a single market trip They plan to take the food along when they depart for a school teaching job in Alaska near the Arctic Circle The story notes the large total and the intended relocation.
Mixed classified items include a four room house for sale in Northeast Wright, groceries specials, auto parts and service offers, generator work, and Friday July 29 30 event details. Local merchants Farley Hill Dixon Lem Tittsworth Dollarhide Hardware Bonham Texas Wilson N Jones Hospital remembrance note.
In Harbor Springs Michigan a burglar took 50 dollars from a furniture store register, leaving 48 behind. The owner believes the thief used the remaining funds for a long distance call and would mail the rest.
College Station report details 69 range plants poisonous to livestock in Texas with 34 most hazardous and 13 toxic but not hazardous. The 48 page bulletin from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service includes plant descriptions, affected animals, management, a statewide distribution map, and photos. Copies of the bulletin cost 79 cents and are available from the Extension Service.
Mrs Dorothy Lean Churchwell 33 dies after slipping while installing an aerating pump for a tropical fish tank on her Houston porch. Her hand contacts the water and she is electrocuted. The incident highlights dangers of wet electrical equipment in home aquariums.
County agricultural agents report updates from the Agricultural Information Office in College Station Texas detailing outreach programs, crop conditions, and farm advisories for local producers and 4 H clubs.
The passage argues that in America no clear split exists between capitalists and laborers. It contends that many laborers own capital and many capitalists employ labor, undermining the appeal of communist doctrine. Subversive elements face an uphill struggle due to these blended roles.
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