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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1954
Page
8
Washington secretary Ben son announced a one sixth rise in the Agriculture Department wool price support for next year. Growers receive an average 62 cents per pound grease basis, up from 53.2 cents this year, with a new act allowing subsidies if market prices fall below the support level.
George L. Hamilton of Sherman was elected moderator of the Synod of Texas of the Presbyterian Church U S A at its opening session in Madison Square Presbyterian Church San Antonio. He will serve a one year term.
The Agriculture Department raised Texas 1954 cotton crop forecast to 3,575,000 bales, up 200,000 from last month. Nationally, output is projected at 12,511,000 bales, 679,000 above last month and below the 1943-1952 ten year average of 12,448,000. Texas’s projection sits about 20 percent below the ten year average of 4,317,000.
Texas farm price indices in mid September drop 8 points to 262 percent of the 1910-14 base per USDA. Declines mainly in commercial vegetables and cotton with cottonseed and hogs also down. Wheat and rice show small gains while lambs and most other meat animals fall. A stray quote about Dutch treat ends the clipping.
The Post Dispatch reports the Dixon Yates contract guarantees a virtually risk free nine percent return on five million dollars of invested capital. The Washington dispatch by Richard Dudman says a new draft supports opponents' charges that the deal is a sure profit for the private power group.
Public legal notices list multiple heirs trustees and executors for estates in Sherman Texas. It includes citations for Mahaney divorce case file 61668 and Woods divorce case file 61452 with court dates and filing details. The notices warn service deadlines and provide issuing clerk details from S V Earnest in 1954.
Kansas City court of appeals sustains a $3,000 award to Glyndon R. Diverbliss of Harrisonville Mo against Phillips Petroleum Co Bartlesville Okla for cows sickened by creek pollution four years ago. Two cows died and ten more fell ill while most of his herd of 26 dried up and were sold at a loss.
Plaintiff Alma N. Mahaney petitions for title and possession of 27 acres in Grayson County Texas described from Spencer Rice survey, with reference to deeds dated 1889 and 194? and the .
The schedule lists films at weekend matinee and night slots plus weekday airings. CORONER CREEK features Randolph Scott with previews, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN stars Danny Kaye Farley Granger and Jeanmarre, BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES stars Frederick March and Myrna Loy, A BULLET IS WAITING stars Jean Simmons Rory Calhoun, and MAR TIN LUTHER with the Man Who changed the world forever airing Thursday and Friday October 21-22.
Seniors hold a rummage and bake sale Saturday in the Ray building next to City Cafe. Mrs. Edgar Ayers has a key for shopping on other days. Includes coal, TV sets, and used refrigerators ads from local merchants.
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