Safety tips and public notes from a Texas paper
The column urges kite safety near electric lines and explains rules to avoid hazards. It notes Next Week as Public School Week in Texas inviting open houses. It reports two candidates filed for city commissioner with election on April 5 and mentions a Fort Worth fire policy dispute over a mortgage clause.
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Community Public Service Company
Charlie Ayres
Jack Meador
Fort Worth
County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
County Mutual
Stock market hits new high on strong earnings and dividends
Enthusiastic investors pushed the market to an all time high with many shares up one to two dollars and some gains to seven or eight dollars. Aluminum, rail, steel and oil shares led as market optimism grew from steady earnings reports and favorable industrial prospects.
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New York
Associated Press
Lane proposes pole counting tax on Texas roads
Representative Lane of Wharton introduces a bill to tax each telephone pole along public roads in Texas at 50 cents. The measure requires pole-owning companies to count and report the poles but omits any declared revenue estimate.
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Austin
Texas
Lane
Wharton
Fannin County Judge Urges Cotton Belt Road Support
County Judge Choice Moore urges Whitewright residents to back the proposed highway from Randolph to Whitewright along the Cotton Belt right of way. He notes land donor Manton Fain will donate needed right of way at no cost, and asks others to pledge similarly to speed construction of a road serving a fertile, underserved county area.
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Moore
Fannin County
Whitewright
Randolph
State Highway Commission
Whitewright Sun
Texas
Eisenhower Appeals for Red Cross Support
President Eisenhower urged public backing for the 1955 Red Cross drive seeking 85 million dollars and 30 million members. In a TV message he said the sights are too low and that he and Mrs. Eisenhower have renewed their membership, aiming to enroll every American by March end.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Weekly School Lunch Menu Highlights Weekdays
Monday offers Irish Stew Crisp Crackers Lettuce Tomato Salad Doughnuts and Milk. Tuesday features Sliced Cheese with Pickle Tuna Fish Sandwich Celery Sticks Potato Chips Ice Cream Stick and Chocolate Milk. Wednesday serves Red Beans Sliced Pressed Ham Kraut Carrot Sticks Hot Rolls Butter and Apricot Short Cake. Thursday includes Veal Cutlets Cream Gravy Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Cookies and Chocolate Milk. Friday presents Hamburgers Potato Chips Pineapple Slice Doughnuts Ice Cream and Milk.
Deaths Mrs Etta Lackey Finch of Grayson County
Mrs Etta Lackey Finch native of Grayson County died in San Antonio Saturday Funeral services were held there Monday her body brought to Whitewright for burial in Oak Hill Cemetery a second service conducted by Rev Harold Taylor Survivors include brother J T Lackey of San Antonio and sisters Mrs Wade Sears Bells and Mrs J B Howard Sherman plus Ott Lackey late of Whitewright
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Etta Lackey Finch
Grayson County
San Antonio
Whitewright
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harold Taylor
Finch
J. R. Lackey
Whitemound
Tom Bean
Ott Lackey
J. T. Lackey
Wade Sears
Bells
J. B. Howard
Sherman
Cost of Driver's Licenses to Rise by $1 in Senate Plan
Austin The Senate State Affairs committee backed Sen Aikin Jr of Paris in a bill to raise drivers licenses by 1 dollar, generating 1.40 million for the Public Safety Department. The increase would apply to private operator licenses from 1 to 2, commercial from 2 to 3, and chauffeur licenses from 3 to 4.
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Austin
Senate State Affairs Committee
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
State Department of Public Safety
Aiken
People Warned To Lock Houses
Justice of the Peace Ed Martin asks The Sun to urge residents to lock homes when away or retiring at night after a break in at Ted Head's East Whitewright house. He warns burglars can enter locked houses and notes a recent rash of burglaries and vandalism in Grayson and Fannin Counties.
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Ed Martin
Mr. Martin
Ted Head
East Whitewright
Grayson
Fannin
Governor Shivers Pushes Conservative Strategy for Texas Delegation
Governor Allan Shivers told conservative Democrats that loyalty to the nation comes first and urged building control of Texas’ delegation for next year’s Democratic convention. He spoke at a $50 Hotel Adolphus address emphasizing liberty and self government before warning against discarding party principles.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Democratic Party
Adolphus
America
Shivers
More T Men Asked To Cut Tax Dodge
IRS seeks 1000 more agents and 230 clerks after a two year probe found 40.5 million in improper refunds. Commissioner T Coleman Andrews told a House subcommittee that 24 million people sought refunds in 1954 and two million returns will be examined next year.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
House Appropriations
Andrews
House
Congressional
Japanese Voters Write Marilyn Monroe on Ballots
In Sundays national election several Japanese voters showed their dissent by writing the name Marilyn Monroe on ballots for the House of Representatives. The act appeared as a protest against the government and drew attention at polling stations.
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Tokyo
Marilyn Monroe
House of Representatives
Visit Your School Week Encourages Parent Tours
Whitewright schools invite all parents and the public to visit classrooms next week during Public School Week. Supt. S T Montgomery Jr. urges observation of students in action and notes that residents without children are also welcome to participate.
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Whitewright
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Move Launched To Raise Ceiling On State Welfare
A House move seeks to raise state welfare spending limits Rep Herman Yezak of Bremond offered the resolution. Voters last fall approved increasing annual outlay for old age assistance the blind and dependent children from 35 million to 42 million dollars though funds for the extra 7 million have not yet been provided.
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Austin
Herman Yezak
Bremend
Texas
Prosperity draws more people into middle class life
Chicago report cites Sidney Feuchtwanger of Commercial Discount Corp noting a bloodless revolution as the middle class grows. He points to higher ownership of cars radios TVs and appliances, with credit fueling mass sales and expanding consumer tastes.
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Chicago
America
Sidney Feuchtwanger
Feuchawanger
Commercial Discount Corp
Feuchtwanger
House Body Backs Service Pay Raises
A House armed services subcommittee tentatively approved a yearly pay raise for about 2 000 000 military members totaling roughly 735 million dollars. Enlisted personnel with over two years service and officers with more than three years would gain 6 to 25 percent, averaging 11.9 percent, with retirees getting at least 6 percent. The action aims to incentivize long careers in the armed forces.
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Washington
House
Armed Service Subcommittee
Kilday
Texas
Neathery Receives Dairy Heifer in Grayson County 4-H Program
Jackie Neathery of Whitewright route one was among 11 Grayson County 4-H youth and Future Farmers who received dividend dairy heifers at the Rural Youth Dairy awards in Sherman on Saturday. Returned heifers fuel ongoing pool redistribution as the program marks its 100th donation since the 1952 start.
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Jackie Neathery
Whitewright
Grayson County
Sherman
Lee Lawrence
Keith Hayes
Gunter
Carolyn Feagan
Bells
James Flanery
van Alstyne
Jerry McBee
Howe
Perry Weaver
Denison
Doyle Wayne Burk
Tom Smith
Joe Chat Beazley
Ely
John Chumbley
Tom Bean
Jim H. McKinney
Tommy Turner
Sun Honor Roll Readers Renew Subscriptions and Welcome New Members
The Sun thanks renewing subscribers and invites expiring members to renew now. It also welcomes new readers joining the Sun family and lists numerous payment acknowledgments from individuals and organizations including Mrs. E. J. Fralicks Mrs. W. E. Rice Mrs. John Taylor J. M. Jarvis and many others.
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The
Sun
E. J. Fralicks
W. E. Rice
John Taylor
J. M. Jarvis
A. M. Bryant
E. H. Hughes
Billy Smith
H. B. Turner
Ben
Mur C. Ryan
Maj
Ashley D. Jameson
H. V. Reeves
Max G. Hamby
G F Senatt
Bethel Hosts County Line Singing Convention Sunday
Wade Powell says the County Line Singing Convention meets at Bethel Sunday afternoon hoping for a full house. A host of singers have consented to attend.
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Wade Powell
Bethel
Mr. Powell
Highbrows Go For Comic Books
A UC Berkeley study finds comic books appeal to a broad range of readers including 12 percent of U.S. teachers and many bright children. Edward L. Feder of the university public administration staff prepared the report for the State Legislature.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Edward L. Feder
Chambers of Commerce Names Committees for 1955
At a Chamber of Commerce board meeting on Monday night committees were named and housing needs in Whitewright discussed. A suggestion box on Main Street will collect member ideas for activities with sign names required. The Flower Shop was omitted from earlier memberships and may join via Roy Blanton Edwin Badgett or James H. Gosnell. Committees include Membership Finance Agriculture Good Roads City Improvement Industrial Public Relations Health and Education Christmas Program Holidays Safety with named chairs and members.
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Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Main Street
Roy Blanton
Edwin Badgett
James H. Gosnell
John Reeves
Maggie Ball
Clyde Craig
Findley Haile
R. A. Gillett
C. K. Smith
W. E. LaRoe
Bob Andrew
C. P. Dawson
Clint Hennig
B. W. Newman
Bill Holloway
Charlie Ayres
J. P. Williams
Paul Stephens
Homer
Dick Walker
J. H. Bodine
Carol Orenduff
Roby Childress
W. D. Williams
Grover Stateville
Joe Meador
George Brown
W. E. Stanford
Ethel Short
Clarence Tillett Jr
R. R. Summers
Glen Earnheart
Roy Cupit
Earl Blanton
Joe Johnson
Elbert Bennett
W. K. Alexander
Homer Sanderson
Gladys Hefner
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
M. B. Hasty
C. R. Johnson
Joe Hamilton
Tom Stroud
W. L. Hatfield
O. R. Edwards
Lewisville to Be Repaid FDIC Rules
The FDIC has assured Lewisville it will be repaid for deposits in the now defunct Lewisville First National Bank. A ruling held the city’s eight accounts were separate, each protected by the FDIC’s $10,000 limit, with a total of $33,681 in the accounts. The funds tied to bond sinking were not city property but bond holders’.
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Lewisville
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
High Price Trends No Hint to Crash Report
Washington D C The Senate Banking Committee reported that market experts differ on whether recent soaring prices resemble the 1928 29 boom. The committee polled 5500 market participants and 113 economists on dangers in the latest boom as part of its friendly investigation of market quality printing at Sun Office.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Banking Committee
Workmen uncover cache of $1200 in attic
Workmen dismantling the old railroad depot in Deadwood South Dakota discovered a cache of $1200 in twenty dollar bills hidden in the attic.
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Deadwood
S. D
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