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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
7
Safety experts warn spring brings higher drowning risk with about 5,000 yearly in the United States. Teach kids to swim and float, as most drownings are male but about 1,500 involve people who did not intend to enter water. The message: learn to swim before approaching water.
AEC spokesman says the Alamogordo bomb crater remains highly radioactive with animals avoiding the area. The site is guarded and entry is forbidden for safety. Interior Department holds a plan to turn the site into a national park, but immediate action is unlikely.
A remark contrasts rural and urban living noting that in the country one goes to sleep tired and wakes rested while in the city one sleeps well and wakes tired, highlighting a humorous urban rural sentiment.
The piece notes Texas moods and the Texan identity while presenting constitutional amendments Sections 17 and 18 proposing a Five Cent property tax for Confederate pensions and for funding higher education construction. It outlines bond and note provisions, financing details, duration, and allocation among colleges. It requests voter approval at the August 1947 special election.
In Newark New Jersey seven year old Alan Tabankin earned a spot on the honor roll and received a new red and white bicycle as a reward. He rolled out to celebrate but a lumber truck backing toward the curb struck the bike, killing the boy.
The document outlines a proposed Texas constitutional amendment adding sections for a Confederate pensions fund and funding for construction at state higher learning institutions, plus a five cent reduction in the maximum state property tax and an election with a proclamation. It begins with Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas and references Article 7.
A quotation from American Bankers Magazine urges every local businessman to advertise in the town newspaper. It argues that the town’s life depends on active, wide awake advertising and the presence of each business in the paper’s columns.
A sum of ten thousand dollars or as much as needed is appropriated from the state treasury to cover publication and election expenses. The note references June 12 or 4Ju.12 in the source.
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