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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1954
Page
4
Rates list shows Grayson and Fannin counties 2.00. outside regions 2.50. foreign subscriptions 5.00. A pledge to correct any erroneous reflections upon any person, firm, or corporation upon notification to the publisher.
Col. Homer Garrison of the Texas Department of Public Safety asks the Legislature for 200 additional highway patrolmen next year. The Sun argues for doubling that number to reduce highway deaths, noting Texas leads in rural traffic fatalities and that enforcement presence should deter violations.
The excerpt argues that pedestrians killed outside towns can be rural or nonrural, notes Texas has the most highway miles but not the most vehicles, and suggests worse congestion would raise fatalities unless Texans change driving habits.
The Washington government expands into theatre, joining power and printing sectors, with the McCarthy Army show as evidence and a jab about lacking a chorus line.
Municipal Judge Barry J. Sisk acquitted Walter E. Larsen 61 of violating a city plumbing ordinance after ruling a bathtub is not plumbing since it holds clean water and does not receive waste water, despite possible discharge.
The Public Health Service reports 424 polio cases in the four weeks ended May 1, up 14 percent from the same period last year. The data indicate polio activity is running ahead of the prior year.
New York report notes color television may face viewer disputes over shades of red as engineers seek a majority color. The discussion includes predictions about feminine viewers and overall engineering challenges in color tuning.
A media discussion analyzes how television chooses color palettes for the show The Rose and how production choices shape viewer perception. Experts note the role of director, producer, and colorist in color grading and branding.
Henry Ware Allen imagines a modern welfare state reshaping Lincoln era life with government jobs unemployment pay education housing and price supports. He argues such conditions would erase the archetype of Lincoln and provoke debate on ideals and government power.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a saleswoman overwhelmed by shoppers announces a last sales slip of the day. The customer, giving name and address, quips that the scene is a madhouse, but the receptionist answers it is a private home.
Chicago doctors report that chest pain should be judged heart related only if three or more signs are present. Dr. Arthur M. Master and colleagues say previous six criteria alone produced misleading results after studying 200 heart patients and others with non cardiac pain.
Non heart pain requires three or more signs: left chest location, aching quality, long duration, occurring at rest, no radiation, and not relieved by nitroglycerin. The described pain lasts briefly and responds to nitroglycerin.
After an anthem, the minister announced a sermon text and the choir burst into Awake, ye sinners, awake. The incident followed a period of shrieking, with the service resuming in a vigorous musical close.
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