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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
2
A series of Q and A clarifies GI Bill benefits for veterans. The VA explains summer term eligibility, transfer rules, loan guaranty for those with Canadian war gratuity, self employment status for veterans in a corporation, and survivor pension eligibility for a spouse married after 1937.
The Veterans Administration informs all GI Bill students that automatic 15 day leave will be granted at term end, with subsistence paid and entitlement charged. Veterans opting to keep their entitlement must post notices to VA. A VA survey of 1.8 million veterans in schools in November 1947 shows most study at a single institution with 1,609,000 pursuing only one school.
Denison veteran and state legislator Roger Q. Evans formally enters the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor. He cites a 12 point program focusing on education health and agriculture and notes his veteran service and long legislative tenure.
A reflective piece by Elford Caughey in the Atlantic Monthly describes a quiet house. The clock, clock hands, looking glass and stairway echo a vanished family, with a mouse moving through the hall as the mirror and clock await their return.
Harold Vestal presents a campaign program for Gray County, urging open meetings of the Commissioners Court, public minutes, and citizen counsel. He calls for improved roads, juvenile prevention, and rebuilding county farm housing, with emphasis on proactive leadership and community involvement. References Grand Coulee Dam and African baobab imagery conclude the statement.
A historical editorial argues faulty driving attitudes fuel most traffic deaths. It cites 84 percent of accidents linked to driver violations and unsafe practices, with speed intoxication and wrong-way driving as top physical causes stemming from emotional upsets.
The piece argues driving ability comes from automatic skills and quick decisions shaped by character. It cautions against reckless attitudes, urges viewing driving as a privilege, and highlights driver education and behind the wheel training as key to safer road behavior. It ends with a call to phone news items to The Sun.
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