Debates Rise Over Teacher Pay and Merit in Texas
State lawmakers and educators spar over raises for public school teachers with the Texas Education Association seeking a $405 yearly boost on the $3,204 minimum. Some proposals call for merit exams while others favor a uniform scale. The piece notes Senate committee shifts and a crackdown on school bus safety with drivers urged to stop for buses and a $200 fine for violations.
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Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
Texas State Teachers Association
R. W. Byram
State Board of Education
Byram
Senate
Ben Ramsay
Henry B. Gonzales
San Antonio
Andy Rogers
Childress
Court of Criminal Appeals
Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
E. K. Browning Jr
Woman Sues Loan Firms For 147000 In Houston Suit
A Houston housewife and secretary filed suit against 35 Houston loan firms and four Dallas firms seeking 147000 in damages. She alleges harassment over nine years that turned her debt from 150 to 225 and ruined her business and health. Her husband Louis joined as plaintiff.
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Houston
Dallas
Helen Fendley
Peter
Paul
Fendley
Louis
Sadler and Southmayd OKS Consolidated School Plan Approved
A consolidated Class A school program for Sadler and Southmayd districts was approved in their Saturday election. Sadler passed 88 to 17 and Southmayd 53 to 5. the new school will use existing buildings and be named the S and S Consolidated.
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Sadler
Southmayd
S and
S Consolidated
USDA Yearbook Is Now Available
The 1959 Yearbook of Agriculture Food offers 65 chapters and 736 pages on nutrition. It covers calories vitamins proteins and meals with tables of allowances and menus. The volume includes recipes questions for readers and sections on diets school lunches and future food needs. Copies cost $2.25 from the Superintendent of Documents in Washington DC.
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Yearbook of Agriculture— Food
USDA
U. S
Moscow
Washington
D. C
Public Urges for Economy Seen From Ike Speech
President Eisenhower urged the public to flood Congress and his office with letters to keep the economy sound and curb inflation. He spoke at a breakfast meeting of 43 national organizations arranged by H Bruce Palmer of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co, stressing the need for mass communication to support a sound dollar.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
H. Bruce Palmer
The
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Grayson County Hunters Fall Field Trial Set for Nov 13 14
Rock Creek Camp north of Whitesboro hosts the Grayson County Hunters Association fall field trial on November 13 and 14. On November 13 the Fox Hunters Beach Show and wild coon hunt and fox hunt appear. On November 14 the Coon Dog Beach Show begins at 6 00 p m with trophies ribbons coffee and doughnuts for winners.
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Rock Creek
Whitesboro
Grayson County Hunters Association
Fox Hunters
Fox Hunt
Coffe
Survey Links Faulty Eyesight to Learning Gaps
New York reporters note about 85 percent of learning is visual and a survey finds a large share of 27 million school children have faulty vision. One study cited one in four children as affected, highlighting widespread screening needs.
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New York
Chevrolet
Boy Sacrifices Swing Ride to Save Dog
Richard Johnson, a 10 year old, leaped from a swinging ride to shield his dog Toby from danger. He fractured both arms in the fall but saved the dog from harm.
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Phoenix
Aziz
Richard Johnson
Richard
Toby
SPICE of LIFE Jokes and Humorous Vignettes Collage
A collection of light jokes and quips about marriage authors hearing and Hollywood misfires. Jokes cover fault finding spouses, a doctor patient gag about deafness, a girl returning home from Hollywood, and a man offering late night kitchen help.
Boxing Star Ends Negotiations Over Undertaking Venture
A famed boxer known for sharp money sense disrupts a profitable match by telling his manager to break off talks. He cites concern over a rival investor owning his dining, cleaning, and cigar businesses and now entering an undertaking firm, signaling an end to the deal.
Farmer Seeks Vet Advice over Horses Limp
A farmer asks for free veterinary guidance about a horse that alternates between normal walking and a visible limp. The veterinarian replies with a sharp, darkly humorous instruction to sell the horse when it next walks normally.
Stand Upgraded to a Miracle Checkup Remark
A pale young man receives a routine exam from his physician. After the checkup he asks how he stands and the doctor replies with a dry joke that it’s a miracle.
The Lifters Answer The Mortgage Challenge
During an interview a professional weightlifter was asked about the hardest thing he ever lifted. He replied that the mortgage on his home posed the greatest burden, highlighting the financial strain behind athletic success.
Jokes and Quips From Everyday Life
A string of lighthearted vignettes includes Little Nellie’s stomach ache from an empty meal and a minister with a headache, a divorce over alimony, a comical repossession line, a doctor’s half love life suggestion, and a first grader’s escape plan to avoid kissers.
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Nellie
Grant and Lee Refusal Sparks Memphis Chatter
A Memphis wire service joke reports lawyer Robert E. Lee refused to defend Ulysses S. Grant in court. The reply suggests locals would care more about a granted victory than a loss, reflecting on public opinion and irony in legal circles.
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Memphis
Tennessee
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Lee
Grant
Wall Street Journal
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United States of America
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Opportunity
For
Big Boy
Grant and Lee
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Whitewright
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
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Whitewright Cleaners
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