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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1952

Page

8

Ordinance Granting Lone Star Gas Franchise for Bells Texas

The Bells City Council grants Lone Star Gas Company a 25 year franchise to lay maintain and operate gas mains and appurtenances within the city and environs. The ordinance sets street restoration duties traffic protections and indemnities and allows the company to establish service contracts and charge for installation of service pipes.

Bells Texas approves gas franchise ordinance 1952

The City of Bells grants a gas franchise to a company with rights to install service pipes and connect to mains. It sets deposits, minimum bills, meter charges, and rates, allows emergency passage, and requires acceptance within 60 days. publication noted in The Whitewright Sun on November 6, 1952.

Bells Texas Company A. D J. E. Dopson City of H. C. Young State OF Texas Grayson Whitewright Sun

Local Ads Promote Insurance and Auto Needs

A collage of short ad lines features polio and hospital insurance and burial policies offered by Willard Young, auto store battery deals and car services from Babcock, land or city property sales by Tom Barbee, and Hannah Florist Sherman flowers for all occasions via Carrie Hamilton.

Willard Young Tom Barbee Hannah Florist of Sherman Carrie Hamilton

New 22nd Amendment Limits Presidency to Two Terms

The 22nd Amendment bars any person from being elected president more than twice and prevents a vice president serving over two years of a predecessor's term from being elected more than once. Ratified last year, it does not apply to Truman.

Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower White House Truman 80Th Congress

Australia Faces Shock As Postwar Boom Ends

Australia’s postwar boom ends bringing unemployment and tighter budgets. Wages remain high for a 40 hour week, but family income falls as overtime fades and part time work dries up. Prices for some foods rise while others fall, and autos and appliances remain available though stock is heavy. Texas Tuberculosis Associations plan their Christmas Seal Sale November 17 to December 25. Bagasse from sugar cane may become newsprint, easing wood pulp demand.

Sydney Australia Texas Tuberculosis Associations

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