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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
4
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson predicts material budget cuts for fiscal 1958 submitted by President Eisenhower. Johnson, visiting Texas, cites rising costs and lower take home pay despite higher gross income, urging economy to relieve the tax burden.
Former Louisiana state senator Dudley J. Le Blanc, once nicknamed the Hadacol King, was indicted by a federal grand jury for tax evasion. The charge states he failed to pay 58000 dollars in Hadacol Company earnings from 1950. He calls the indictment political persecution.
Agriculture Secretary Benson with Eisenhower's approval urges Congress to abandon most price supports and crop control programs. He warns technological growth on farms is expanding production, making current controls obsolete and unable to curb output. He offers no substitute plan and cautions against turning this into a political issue.
Washington. A Senate appropriations panel kept 32 million of a 58 million House cut for the 1958 fiscal year, despite Postmaster General Summerfield's push for 70 to 90 million more. He warned that without funds, postal service cuts would begin July 1. The panel declined the full cut and flagged a supplemental bill to address his new request. A separate note tells of a storm-stranded salesman in the Orkney Islands sending a telegram to Aberdeen: Marooned by storm. Wire instructions.
Joseph R. McCarthy's 48 year career ended with a quiet burial in Wisconsin. The funeral followed services in Appleton and a two mile funeral procession past gathered friends and neighbors. He was interred beside his parents on a wooded Fox River bluff after a final religious service.
Police investigating a burglary at a drug firm found nothing then answered a phone call. Ramsey Gerena, 26, admitted breaking in and said his curiosity got the best of him.
James L McGill must answer a petition filed by Eula McGill in district court Sherman Texas by 10 am on Monday after 42 days from issuance. The case No 64924 seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment with publication in The Whitewright Sun dates May 7 16 23 and 30 1957.
An old farmer and his wife visit a major gallery on their first trip to the city. They admire a painting titled Beauty and the Beast showing a young woman on a horse. The wife reads the title aloud and the husband comments on the horse’s beauty.
An explorer jokes about bringing animals and a misfired potter. A November football crowd pretends to know everyone in the stands until a rowdy fan learns his name isn t Gus. At a Charlotte wedding line a guest learns few realize a grandmother s death was just announced.
A witty exchange centers on a young couple where the woman queries his lack of help. He replies that he traded chivalry for a Buick, highlighting a humorous take on modern romance and materialism.
A farmer contemplates barn and haystack coverage while the insurer asks about fire extinguishing facilities in the village. He finally replies that sometimes it rains, implying limited fire protection.
The Whitewright Sun states Thursday publication with post office second class status. It lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties two dollars, outside counties two fifty, and five dollars for foreign subscriptions except soldiers. It invites corrections of erroneous reflections upon any person, firm, or corporation.
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