Memorial Day honors and local notes in Whitewright
A memorial holiday will close the post office and bank Friday with some shops observing it while others stay open. Joe Meador adds an owl to his aviary and plans peacocks from a Dallas friend as he recalls past crow training. Local officials debate fines for shooting street lights and discuss nuisance bugs under vapor lighting. Weather past years showed heavy rains but this year planting is ahead with hopeful crops. Democratic leaders oppose tax cuts amid deficits. A humorous take on changing the National Anthem wording and car price tag rules mocks regulation.
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Joe Meador
Dallas
Pascal Farley
Finis Stephens
Congress
Senate Investigating Committee
Miami
Hail Damage Threat and Record Storms Across U S
The report notes hailstorms cause greater property damage than tornadoes with Wichita Kansas suffering major losses in 1951 and 1953. National figures show 1956 hail damage at 75.435 million dollars as researchers seek ways to reduce destruction.
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Washington
Wichita
Kan
United States
National Geographic Society
Air Force
Europe
Weather Bureau
Old Timer recalls days of car repairs and engine fixes
A nostalgic reminiscence of older drivers who could diagnose and repair stalled engines, contrasting with modern expertise. The brief reflects on practical car knowledge, mechanical skill, and a time when roadside troubleshooting was common.
Deaths Mrs T J McCafferty 80 Princeton
Funeral services for Mrs. T J McCafferty 80 were held at 2 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Princeton with Rev G E Burnett of Gunter officiating. Burial followed at Restland Memorial Park Dallas. She was born April 11 1878 in Mississippi and died Thursday in a McKinney hospital. Surviving are sons Guy and Eldrid. daughters W L Moore Bertha Brady and Ozell Wasburn. sisters R L Hayes Maud Harrison Lexis Spurlock. 10 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
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First Baptist Church
Princeton
T. J. McCafferty
Whitewright
McKinney Hospital
G. E. Burnett
Gunter
Restland Memorial Park
Dallas
Earnheart Funeral Home
McCafferty
Mississippi
Mac Gullick
Ferris
First Methodist Church
Guy McCafferty
Sherman
Eldrid McCafferty
Santa Ana
Calif
W. L. Moore
Bertha McCafferty
Holliday
Brady McCafferty
Howe
Ozell Wasburn
R. L. Hayes
McKinney
Maud Harrison
Lexis Spurlock
Judge Critics Alimony Says Go To Work
In Los Angeles Judge Elmer D. Doyle told former actress Evelyn Miller 32 to pursue employment rather than seek lifelong alimony after 15 months of marriage to oilman R. Fraser MacMillan 33. He awarded $150 a month temporary alimony pending the divorce trial.
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Los Angeles
Elmer D. Doyle
Doyle
Evelyn Miller
R. Fraser MacMillan
Eisenhower says no tax cut needed for Dallas Rotarians
President Eisenhower, at a Dallas news conference, argued the recession is not severe enough to require a federal tax reduction. He warned inflation could cause serious trouble, opposed wage-price controls, and urged fiscal restraint in defense spending while pursuing Pentagon reforms.
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Eisenhower
Dallas
Washington
Russia
Pentagon
Rotary International Convention Heads to Dallas
In Dallas the 49th Rotary International convention opens Sunday with over 12 000 Rotarians and families from 108 countries. The five day program features speakers like Robert C Hill, Donald H Andrews, Price Daniel, and Robert Lee Thornton. The event emphasizes international understanding, goodwill, and peace through discussions, forums, and community activities.
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Dallas
Rotary International
Rotary Organization
Rotary
Robert C. Hill
U. S
Mexico
Donald H. Andrews
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland
Price Daniel
Texas
Robert Lee Thornton
Rotary Foundation
Chest X rays may reveal non TB lung diseases too
Dr Katharine Boucot of the Woman's College of Pennsylvania told delegates at the Ninth Annual Conference on Tuberculosis in Chicago that mass X ray surveys should not be abandoned. She warned that lung cancer has become the leading cancer among men and could be detected early in men over 45 by X rays before symptoms appear.
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Chicago
Katharine Boucot
Woman’s College of Pennsylvania
Watching His Feet Pays Off For Denver Nickels Pioneer
Robert Pyle aged 70 trained to watch his feet after a 1939 partial foot disability and has collected 24.48 dollars in nickels pennies and dimes others overlooked in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Robert Pyle
Eisenhower signs biggest postal rate increases
President Eisenhower on Tuesday signed into law the largest postal rate hike approved by Congress. The measure includes a retroactive pay raise for most postal workers and increases in first class letter, airmail, post card, and periodical rates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Uncle Dan on Russians and fashion in a reader letter
In a humorous reader letter, Uncle Dan laments Cold War diplomacy tactics as impractical for private life. He jokes about unpaid debts, TV fashion trends, and political inquiries while criticizing modern dress designs and calling for useful problems like better pork or hog breeding.
Grade School Graduation June 2
Graduation exercises at Whitewright Elementary School set for 10 a m in the gym on Monday June 2 with Rev Fred Waldrop delivering the address. Amy Jo Alexander is valedictorian and Freddie Alyne Hess salutatorian. several students posted averages of 90 or higher. The eighth grade list includes Amy Jo Alexander and many others. The Negro elementary school closed its term with four graduates Otis James Scruggs valedictorian Georgia Alice Wright salutatorian Kenneth Owens and Betty Joyce Brown. principal J L Huckaby Jr notes earlier finish due to illness.
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Whitewright
Fred Waldrop
Donna Kay Franklin
S. T. Montgomery Jr
O. V. Barker
Montgomery
Amy Jo Alexander
Freddie Alyne Hess
Judy Gale Durham
Linda Jean Harris
Patsy May Mitchell
Elizabeth May Stephens
Alexander
Amy Jo Clark
Patricia Copeland
Jerry Dixon
Mike Durham
Judy England
James Ely
Guy B. Gideon
Charles Gilmore
Lucky Gilmore
Woodrow Harris
Lynda Hess
Alyne Jones
Jerry Kaiser
Joe Kelsey
Vonnie Key
Selena Lewis
Martha McKinney
Sammy Mitchell
Patsy Morris
Gary Murphy
John Page
Opal Rush
Dwayne Spencer
Mary A. Spencer
Charlotte Stephens
Elizabeth Wetzel
Carolyn
Otis James Scruggs
Georgia Alice Wright
Kenneth Owens
Betty Joyce Brown
J. L. Huckaby Jr
Rate Rise Studied For The Soil Bank
Washington officials study raising soil bank rates to attract more farmers and bring poor land into long range conservation. They plan new acreage goals and payments, aiming to expand the conservation reserve beyond the current 80,000,000 acres by 1960.
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Washington, D. C
Soil Bank
Department of Agriculture
Baccalaureate and Commencement Plans for Whitewright High
Whitewright High School outlines Baccalaureate services at 8 p m Sunday at First Methodist Church with an eight member ushers list and program including invocation sung solos and sermon. Commencement follows Monday at 8 p m in the gym with diplomas presented by Wilson Kaiser and remarks by S T Montgomery Jr plus senior class leaders and valedictorian and salutatorian.
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Whitewright High School
First Methodist Church
Rochelle Alexander
Joan Andrew
Billie Lewis
Barbara Burchfield
Jimmy Wilkinson
Bobby Phillips
David Sanderson
John Wetzel
Paul Ryan
John Roberson
Bill Smith
Gerald Cleveland
C. C. Dooley
Lanell Neal
Carole Taylor
Ronnette Thruston
Joe Chat Beazley
David Clark
Bobby Durham
Billy Hamilton
Donna Kay Franklin
Patsy Linor Watkins
Louise Vestal
B. R. Vestal
Sarah Kilgree
M. W. Williams
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Carol McLean
Wilson Kaiser
Bill McDowell
Priscilla Blanton
Driver Apologizes After 35 Years of Driving
Victor Lane, 52, ran a newspaper ad in Lafayette Indiana offering an apology for past driving mistakes. He admits signaling one way and driving another, thanking drivers who avoided him and kept him from an accident.
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Lafayette
Ind
Victor Lane
Sheriff Allows Woman Visit to Jail in Gulfport
Gulfport Mississippi reports Mrs. George Stranga was granted visitation rights to her husband in jail by Sheriff J J Wittman after her initial request. Stranga was wanted on the same bad checks charge, with a line about a boyfriend flirting quoted in the piece.
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Gulfport, Miss
George Stranga
J. J. Wittman
Conservation Reserve bids vary by state as acreage grows
The Agriculture Department limited whole farm bids in Illinois Nebraska and Tennessee as too high while Maine accepted whole farms on poor land near the national average. By year end about 4 million acres were offered under 64,572 contracts in all states except two, totaling 10.5 million acres over 1956 57 and 58 with 6.5 million added in 56 57 and 3 year total.
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Illinois
Nebraska
Tennessee
Maine
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