Linda Named New Local Theatre Amid Renovations in Whitewright
Whitewright's movie theatre will be renamed the Linda by owners Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gillespie after patrons suggested the name by a wide margin. About 50 residents submitted ideas. Linda or variations earned top support with many six free passes shared among five entrants. The theatre, now modernized with a new screen sound system staggered seating lobby expansion rest rooms and a cry room, also introduces Cash Night on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with class A films.
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Linda
Palace
Gillespies
Living costs rise to new May high on food surge
The government reports May prices rose three tenths of one percent from mid-April to mid-May led by higher food and medical care costs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics places the May 15 index at 114 percent of 1947-49 prices, just below the all-time record set last November.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Debt Reaches Record 640 Billion in 1952
The economy shows a near 40 percent rise in gross debt from 1945 to 1952, totaling about 640 billion dollars. Private debt, including individuals and noncorporate borrowers, drives much of the increase with mortgage and consumer credit leading growth. Per capita debt nears four thousand dollars, signaling caution amid expansion. Also noted is a note on rubberized pavement across 350 miles in 17 states and provinces.
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States
Canadian Provinces
Severe heat batters crops statewide with drought grips
The Whitewright area and most of Texas suffer extreme drought with days over 100 degrees and no rain for a month. Corn needs rainfall soon to be saved while wheat oats and barley harvests run strong. Local storage is full and farmers sell lean wheat at market price as truckers move grain to Houston. Prices: number one wheat about $2.34 in Houston, $1.90 local, oats 68 cents, barley 95 cents.
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Whitewright
Texas
Neck of the Woods
Houston
Federal Reserve Loosens Reserve Rules to Expand Bank Lending
The Federal Reserve Board cut reserve requirements for member banks, lowering country bank stipulations from 14 to 13 percent effective July 1, and reducing reserve city and central city percentages from 20 to 19 and from 24 to 22 percent respectively. The move aims to ease tight money, boost Treasury borrowing, and possibly curb further rate hikes.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Treasury
Central Reserve
New Narcotics Law Takes Effect in Texas
Texas expands weapons against narcotics traffic with three acts due to start Sept. 1, including compulsory hospitalization for addiction and revised penalties up to life for repeat offenders. Enforcement weaknesses cited as funds and inspectors fall short. The drug cure provision starts Aug. 26.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
Garrison
W. Lee O’daniel
Department
Allan Shivers
Legion To Continue Comrade Greeting In Oregon
Seaside Oregon veterans keep the word comrade as the official greeting. A suggestion to petition the National Legion to change the term to Legionnaire was voted down at the state convention.
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Seaside
Ore
American Legionnaires
Oregon
Department of the Legion
National Legion
Burglars Loot Hasty Chevrolet Cash Register
A burglar or burglars pried open a rear window of the Hasty Chevrolet building Tuesday night and took $67.30 from the cash register. Lallace May, the office manager, said nothing else appeared missing and no inventory had been taken. The sheriff and local officers were investigating yesterday.
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Chevrolet Company
Lallace May
Sheriff’s Department
It's Going To Cost You More To Drive
Gas service stations in Whitewright notified Tuesday of higher tank truck prices for regular and Ethyl gasoline, with Magnolia, Conoco, Sinclair and Gulf expected to follow. Regular now 26 cents, Ethyl 28 cents, up from prior years as major oil price increases and removal of price controls push costs higher. Charley Ayres recalls overalls rising from $1.00 to $2.95, illustrating broader living-cost pressures.
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Whitewright
Texaco
Humble
Magnolia
Conoco
Sinclair
Gulf
Charley Ayres
House Votes Tax Relief For Itself
The House approved unanimous consent for extra tax relief for members and sent to the Senate a bill to finance the legislative department for the new fiscal year. It would let Congress deduct living expenses in Washington as business costs, expanding beyond the current $3,000 limit. The session also targeted long-time Capitol employee David Lynn by limiting his government funded automobile use.
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Washington
House
David Lynn
Capitol
Lynn
Senate
Legislative Department
Congress
Saturday Holiday Closings Prompt Advance Notice
Businesses weigh closing for Independence Day on Saturday and Memorial Day shifts. Officials urge advance announcements to inform patrons whether shops will close Saturday or take Monday off, ensuring public notice of town closures.
1953 Cotton Seed Price Supports Set
The Agriculture Department said 1953 crop price supports for cotton seed are 75 percent of parity. Loans at 54.50 per ton for basis grade 100 and purchases at 50.50 per ton, with supports to move cottonseed products into normal trade channels rather than piling up in CCC holdings.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cotton loan aid extended to extend 1952 crop loans
The Department announced a one year extension for 1952 crop cotton price support loans maturing July 31. The move gives producers more time to redeem loaned cotton, preventing most of the 1,970,357 bales now under loan from being turned over to the government as prices stay near the loan level.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fluid milk prices keep dropping for seventh straight month
USDA figures show fluid milk prices easing in early June at retail and producer levels marking the seventh consecutive monthly decline since December. About one in ten markets show decreases at both levels with all principal regions except New England, the Middle Atlantic and East South Central States affected. Empress Eugenie influenced hoop skirt fashion.
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Washington
USDA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
New England
Middle Atlantic
East South Central States
Public Opinion Ballot Sought On Government Price Supports
Colorado voters show 43 percent in favor of livestock and grain supports 38 percent want removal of all supports 1.5 percent support current rigid grain supports Livestock remains unsupported Texans to vote via 350 country papers with Ted Gouldy tabulating results from Live Stock News Service Fort Worth ballot is secret no signature required.
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Denver Record-Stockman
Whitewright Sun
Ted Gouldy
Live Stock News Service
Fort Worth
Texas
Whitewright Hosts Two Reunion Events This Week
The Whitewright Homecoming includes an informal Saturday dance at the American Legion Home with Bob Blanton’s Orchestra and a Sunday lunch in the same venue. Registration runs 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The Grayson College Ex-Students Reunion also meets on campus Sunday with a casual program and business session. Gladys Ray welcomes Grayson ex-students to a social hour Saturday at her home.
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Tom Sears
American Legion
Bob Blanton
Sherman
the Sun
Denton
Whitewright
Grayson College Ex-Students Association
Grayson Exes
Grayson College Bulletin
Sun
Gladys Ray
The
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Daniel Urges Oil Revenue Use in Offshore Mineral Debate
Senate debate over federal control of submerged coastal minerals focused on revenue use. Senator Price Daniel urged dedicating receipts to paying the national debt, while Senator Hendrickson proposed allocating them to states by school enrollments. Other senators backed education funding with future allocation decisions left to Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Price Daniel
Texas
Robert C. Hendrickson
New Jersey
Hendrickson
Sen
Lister Hill
Alabama
Congress
First Self-Feeding Trench Silo Near Sherman
The first concrete lined self feeding trench silo in Grayson County is completed on Woodman Circle Home land west of Sherman along U S Highway 82. It measures 70 feet by about 14.5 feet top and 9.5 feet bottom and will hold about 105 tons of silage feeding around forty animals at once.
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Grayson County
Woodman Circle
Sherman
Nick Owen
Extension Service
Owen
Revenue Agent Takes Cash From Marshall Housewives
An Internal Revenue agent, Harold C. Didlake of Longview, collected 36.42 from four Marshall National Bank accounts and planned to tap four more at First National Bank. The housewives contest the taxes in a Federal Appeals Court suit filed in New Orleans arguing it unconstitutional to collect taxes from domestic servants.
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Marshall
Sam
Federal Appeals Court
New Orleans
Neighbor Hose Incident Sparks Pasadena Quarrel
Wealthy Pasadena resident Thomas W. Ames accused neighbor Arline Kraft of squirting him with a garden hose after he asked if she could afford a gardener. The weathered feud began when he confronted her about expenses and propriety in their yard dispute.
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Pasadena
Calif
Thomas W. Ames
Arline Kraft
Steel Hike Average Set at $9.50 a Ton
New York reports steel prices rising by about 9.5 dollars per ton boosting the national steel bill by over 800 million dollars annually at current sales. Base increases averaged 4.30 per net ton with prior hikes on nearly all major products and a 0.842 dollar per hour wage rise influencing the total costs.
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New York
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
Exras
House OKs wheat aid to Pakistan amid famine relief
The House approved a administration plan to give up to 1,000,000 tons of wheat to Pakistan, a vote of 310 to 75. The aid, about 37 million bushels worth $80 million, comes from surplus stocks and aims to bolster U S foreign policy during the cold war. Senate already approved, Eisenhower urged action in June. Modern marriage wouldn’t be such a gamble if so many couples didn’t think a pair beats a full house.
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Pakistan
U. S
Senate
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