Senate Democrats Push 100 Dollar Personal Exemption Hike
Senate Democrats plan a $100 annual increase in personal exemptions as the tax revision bill goes to the floor. Senator George of Georgia leads the effort, proposing a substitute for dividend tax cuts and a previous plan to raise the exemption. if defeated, he would offer a $20 tax credit. The committee approved the bill, which totals $1.477 billion in cuts, with more relief than the House version. After Senate passage, a conference with the House will reconcile differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Democrats
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
House
New Wonder Drug Believed Good For Hiccoughs Insanity
San Francisco reports AMA findings on chlorpromazine as a versatile potential wonder drug in 1954. Twenty scientists study 1,700 cases coast to coast showing relief of cancer and pregnancy vomiting, hiccough control, enhanced anesthesia, alcoholism treatment, blood pressure lowering, and drastic mental illness control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Harry B. W. Benaron
Mark Altschule
Waverly
Mass
New Car Sales Near 53 Rate But Slow Down
Automotive News reports 1954 total new car sales at 2,547,123 down from 2,699,332 a year earlier at mid year. Daily rate runs 19,230, eight days behind 1953. First quarter dealer profits drop to 0.8 percent from 4.4 percent.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Natural Automotive Dealers Association
Baptists Consider Merits in Newspaper Advertising
Southern Baptist Convention executive committee studies a resolution on newspaper advertising merits and impact on church messaging and outreach efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Church of Christ
Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
Eclipse viewing warning said sunglasses unsafe
A June 30 solar eclipse could permanently damage vision and no commercially marketed sunglasses are dense enough for direct sun gaze. The AMA journal cites a joint committee on industrial ophthalmology urging caution and warns colored or tinted devices may be harmful.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Joint Committee On Industrial Ophthalmology
AMA Journal
Lost parakeet and home sale notices appear in classifieds
Entries include a lost cobalt blue parakeet, a West Grand Avenue home sale with contact Floyd Everheart Jr of Denison, and real estate listings for four and seven room houses plus 105 and 108 acre farms near Whitewright. Also consumer ads for butane conversion, florist services, and Sun subscription tips amid condolence and thanks notes following Floyd Badgett’s death and a local accident. A humorous antique vase dialogue closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Grand Avenue
Floyd Everheart Jr
Denison
Texas
Church Notices From Local Congregations
List of church services and leaders across Newton and surrounding towns including First Presbyterian Assembly of God First Baptist First Methodist Pilot Grove Church of Christ Cross Roads Presbyterian Bethel Baptist Tom Bean Methodist Presbyterian Central Christian Church with service times and staff details.
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First Baptist Church
Newton Cole
Training Union
Pilot Grove Church OF Christ
Doyle Goodspeed
Dallas
Cross Roads
Tom Bean
North Texas
H. P. Williamson
Denison
Methodist
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
Presbyterian
Clifford Phoebus
Cigarettes Shorten Life Says Society in San Francisco
The American Cancer Society reported Monday that men aged fifty to seventy who smoke a pack or more daily lose life expectancy and have double death rates from cancer and heart attacks compared with nonsmokers. The study links heavy smoking to higher risks of lung cancer and other cancers.
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San Francisco
Calif
American Cancer Society
Prisoner of War and Flame and the Flesh Showings
Friday and Saturday schedule lists Prisoner of War with Ronald Reagan and Dewey Martin. Saturday matinee and evening title watch. Sunday to Monday features Flame and the Flesh with Lana Turner and Carlos Thompson. Sunday night only She Couldn't Say No with Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons. Tuesday to Wednesday Dream Across the River starring Audie Murphy. Thursday through Friday July 1-2 Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall.
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Ronald Reagan
Dewey Martin
Sun
Lana Turner
Carlos Thompson
P. Angeli
Robert Mitchum
Jean Simmons
Audie Murphy
Bowery Boys
Monsters
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
Smoking and cancer study shows higher death rate among smokers
A mass study of 187,766 healthy men ages fifty to seventy in nine states links cigarette smoking to higher death rates, with 4,854 deaths reviewed. Findings, presented to the AMA by ACS officials, suggest risks may extend to younger men and women who smoke, prompting anticipated shifts in future smoking habits.
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Cancer Society
American Medical Association
E. Cuyler Hammond
Dan el Horn
ACS
Charles S. Cameron
Horn
Hammond
Cameron
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Lastex
T. W. Ayres & Son
Stetson
McCall’s
Just
West Coast
FIR Lumber
Whitewright Lumber Co
J. E. Christian
Dawson Butane
Hannah Florist of
Sherman
Carrie Hamilton
Stephens & Bryant
Babcock Auto Store
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
C. J. Meador Hardware
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Farley & Hill
C. J. Meadow Truck & Tractor Co
NEW Theatre
Trenton
Jeanne Crain
Dale Robertson
Floyd Badgett
Wallace Wilson
May Badgett
Cecil Spindle
W. D. Badgett
A. R. Badgett
Community Public Service Co
Banker's Magazine
First Presbyterian Church
Floyd Bassett
Assembly OF God
Elvis L. Hill
Ladies Missionary Council
First Methodist Church
Harold S. Taylor
Bethel Baptist Church
Central Christian Church
Royce E. Wood
Mae Hall
Linda o_a
United States
Itsy
Food Mart
Fallapalooza
Fiat
Griffin
Beergi
Decker
the Food Mart
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