Sherman official outlines Grayson County Development Council
Ed win Badgett covers the recent Chamber of Commerce meeting where City Manager R. L. Brown of Sherman explained the newly formed Grayson County Development Council. Jack Farley reports on a Fannin County farmer who leased federal land, received a cotton acreage allotment, and used soil bank payments to cover lease costs on grazing acreage. George Hight notes a North Carolina undertaker who signs letters "Eventually yours."
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Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Brown
Sherman
Grayson County Development Council
Edwin Badgett
Chamber
Sun
Jack Farley
Fannin County
Santa Claus
George Hight
North Carolina
Fort Worth voter renews subscription and marks anniversaries
FOY REEVES of Fort Worth recalls her 35th anniversary with Southwestern Bell on March 13 and notes moving from Whitewright long ago. Local readers also hear of a Waller woman who seceded to form her own nation on a 700 acre farm and of rural minister award nomination for Rev. Lee H. Smith. commentary then reflects on economic booms, recessions, and tax policy.
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Foy Reeves
Fort Worth
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Memory Lane
Whitewright
Waller
Texas
United States
School Lunch Menu for Week Reads Like Classic Pantry List
Monday features pressed ham green beans cheese scalloped corn and fruit cobbler. Tuesday offers kraut and Weiners pinto beans mixed greens cornbread and orange cake with icing. Wednesday serves roast beef with gravy blackeyed peas green salad hot rolls butter and syrup. Thursday includes Spam creamed potatoes carrots English peas cookies ice cream. Friday presents macaroni and cheese loaf breaded tomatoes cabbage and apple slaw and doughnuts.
Wife Steals to Win Husband’s Love in English Case
In Eastbourne England a wife admitted stealing about 4500 pounds from her employers to win back her husband’s affection. She said she stole because she felt she was losing him and tried to buy his love with presents. She was placed on probation.
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Eastbourne
England
Congress Expands Bid to Fight Recession
Congress and the Eisenhower administration push new measures to cut unemployment and bolster confidence. A Senate approved emergency bill moves to the White House with aims to boost 1958 construction by 200000 units and provide work for over 600000. Texas projects total about 325271000 with planning incomplete. Authorities announce accelerated public housing slum clearance municipal improvements and rural electrification 2255000000 in federal projects and 100000000 in defense orders.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
White House
Texas
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Wright
Army
Economists See Deeper Recession and Delayed Upturn
Washington economists from government agencies and Congress foresee a deeper downturn with a later recovery. Industrial production fell further in February and is down about 12 percent since the recession began, with March indicators expected to confirm continued decline into the fourth quarter.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Federal Reserve Board
Woman officer quits over pay raises in Ogdensburg
Lilian Patchin, the town's only woman parking meter officer, resigns after missing out on citywide raises. In a parting act she tagged the vehicles of the police chief, a patrolman and the city clerk, each fined $1 for overtime parking.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Lillian Patchin
Last Army Horse Unit Will Fold
The U S Army announced it will disband its last mounted unit on April 1. The horse platoon of the Berlin garrison 28th Military Police Company was established in 1945 for riot control in case East Berlin Reds caused trouble in the Western sectors. The move aims to save money as a motorized unit is cheaper to maintain.
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Berlin
U. S
East Berlin
Mrs. John Tree, 82, Dies After Illness in Sherman
Funeral services held at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church for Mrs. John Tree who died Saturday morning in a Sherman hospital after a three week illness. Rev. Philip Spencer and Rev. James I. Logan officiated. Survived by husband, two sons, two daughters, seven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. They lived in Whitewright, with ties to Sherman, Denison, and Denison area.
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Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
John Tree
Philip Spencer
Sherman
James I. Logan
Denison
Edgar Bow
Vernon Gordon
Tommy Wagner
Fred Lowry
Arlie St. John
Cletis Moats
Elsie Lee Haynie
Frederick
Okla
Car Lender Held Negligent in Loan
Austin court upholds a $36,293 damage award against a car owner who lent a vehicle to an employee for a personal trip. The owner failed to verify the driver’s license, learned after the crash that the driver was unlicensed due to prior arrests for drunken driving and traffic violations. Chief Justice Archer wrote the opinion. Hughes concurred.
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Austin
Texas
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
Roy C. Archer
Robert G. Hughes
Hughes
Working women take home one fifth of U S wages
The article reports that employed women in the United States earn about 20 percent of total wages and salaries, highlighting the gender gap in pay across industries. It notes implications for family incomes and economic equity, with data drawn from contemporary labor statistics.
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U. S
County Road Panel Approves State Plans with One Exception
The Grayson County highway panel endorsed the State Highway Commission order detailing the first two years of a 10 year road program, with one exception aligning to a court resolution that no state or federal road passes within more than one mile of an incorporated town under 10 000 population. Major projects include a Sherman four lane expressway and widening routes 75 83 10, plus new farm market roads and extensions to Perrin AFB and Whitesboro.
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State Highway Commission
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
Highway Commission
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
R. C. Slagle Jr
State Department
Sherman
Howe
Collin County
Denton County
Whitesboro
Willis Bridge
Perrin Afb
Pottsboro
Mother Profits From Twin Insurance Policy
Cardiff report details Mrs. Joan Hickson 27 collecting 280 from an insurance firm after securing a twin insurance policy following the birth of her first twins two years ago.
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Cardiff
Wales
Joan Hickson
Uncle Dan Comments on Recession and Booms in Plain Talk
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean laments shifting business cycles from wars to booms to plateaus and ponders whether the current recession is good or bad. He recalls wartime shortages, a pressed pants story, and a Chicagoan planning to cross Lake Superior in a barrel while critiquing Congress and modern press.
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Ed Doolittle
Plum
Shore
Chicago
Congress
Lake Superior
Canada
Florida
Uncle Dan
Campaign to expand cotton growing across Texas
An all out effort in Texas aims to grow cotton on every viable acre amid soil bank restrictions. Officials warn of a potential 1.086 million bale loss to the industry and a $1 billion impact on the Texas economy if acreage is not restored from the soil bank by March 28.
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Congress
Europe
United States
Sam Rayburn
Dallas
Texas
Soil Bank
South
Burris C. Jackson
Hillsboro
Jackson
C. B. Spencer
Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association
J. D. Precit
College Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
E. H. Bush
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
Byrd Warns of $15 Billion Deficit and Rising Debt
Senator Byrd argues the federal deficit could reach $15 billion starting July 1 and warns of a looming $300 billion debt. He criticizes tax cuts during deficit financing and says the budget message overestimates revenue while current appropriations rise, much of which will be spent in fiscal 1959.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Sam
Woman Helps bystander change tire on roadside
A passerby assists a woman whose tire is flat by the roadside. After the tire is changed the woman asks to lower the jack gently, saying her husband is sleeping in the back seat.
Western Week Comes to High School Variety Show
Students will stage the annual variety show at the high school gym on March 28 at 7 30 p m Tickets go on sale Friday with 25 cents for children and 35 cents for adults Door admission will be available E J Morgan a sponsor says they hope for a better show than ever and that the program will offer something for everyone.
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E. J. Morgan
Easter Seal Drive Well Under Way in Grayson County
The 1958 National Easter Seal campaign is under way with Grayson County chairwoman Mrs. Printess Compton urging broad local support. Funds aid the Grayson County Memorial Center for Crippled Children and Adults with services from therapy to braces and eye surgery. last year 52 children and 17 adults benefited locally.
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Printess Compton
Grayson County
Memorial Center
United States
Grayson County Memorial Center
Navy's Satellite Vanguard Makes Historic Orbital Flight
Cape Canaveral report says the Navy Vanguard rocket placed a tiny radio satellite into an egg shaped orbit with a 18 000 mph speed and 400 to 2 500 mile range. The mission followed prior failures and beat Sputniks by delivering a durable American craft to space.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Free World
Florida
U. S
Russia
John P. Hagen
Vanguard Project
Explorer
Sputnik
Sputnik I
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