Slaughter Named Scoutmaster Of Local Boy Scout Troop
Chester Slaughter has been chosen as scoutmaster to replace John Biggerstaff who resigned to attend night classes at Austin College in Sherman. Lokey Edwards becomes assistant scoutmaster. Raccoon Patrol leaders are Bobby Phillips Steve Edwards Wilbert Bennett Donnie Slaughter Bryant Dollarhide Thomas Ryan. Fox Patrol leaders are Dan Hennig Tom Sears Richard Cook Kenneth Woodson Scotty Phillips Billy Tillett. The troop has 16 members and will run an eight week campaign for new members ending December 14. Scout committee includes C. B. Bryant III Rev. Lee Smith Wilson Kaiser Noble Bennett Richard Riggins Clint Hennig and John Biggerstaff.
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Chester Slaughter
Boy Scouts
John Biggerstaff
Bigger Staff
Austin College
Sherman
Scoumaster
Lokey Edwards
Bobby Phillips
Steve Edwards
Wilbert Bennett
Donnie Slaughter
Bryant Dollarhide
Thomas Ryan
Raccoon Patrol
Dan Hennig
Tom Sears
Richard Cook
Kenneth Woodson
Scotty Phillips
Billy Tillett
Fox Patrol
Scout Committee
C. B. Bryant III
Rev
Lee Smith
Wilson Kaiser
Noble Bennett
Richard Riggins
Clint Hennig
Ike backs Benson on farm policy amid calls to quit
President Eisenhower voiced strong support for Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson's farm programs and refused to resign. He said he will not campaign in elections next year and warned against partisan use of the office. Benson, in Chicago, said he will offer specific farm policy suggestions to Congress in January as lawmakers urge his resignation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Midwest
America
Chicago
Congress
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Rep
A. L. Miller
Nebraska
Banking Rate Hikes Rise Across Cities
United Press survey shows savings and commercial banks boosting interest to 2 percent in many areas with some reaching the Fed limit of 2 percent. Competition from expanding savings and loan associations drives higher rates as they pay 2 to 3 percent to attract depositors.
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Washington
United Press
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Savings and Loan
Texans Gift Auto To McCarthy In Red Hunt Era
Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and his bride Jean Kerr accepted a black Cadillac coupe from Texas citizens led by Eugene M. Biggers. About 2,000 contributors donated around $6,000 to honor his anti communist work, though the story adds an odd note describing a porcupine with sharp teeth.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Jean Kerr
Eugene M. Biggers
Appleby
Nacogdoches County
Biggers
Texas
America
Bells Mayor Stands Pat Over Truck Detour
Bells Mayor J E Dopson refuses to replace a caved in culvert and backs a detour plan. Trucks too tall to pass under the Bells underpass will detour via Whitewright using U S 82 and FM 898 then U S 69 back to 82 west of the business district. Dopson contends the State Highway Department should maintain detour streets and notes prior promises for blacktop and widening were overturned. He expects highway pressure to secure a better route.
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Bells
Whitewright
U. S. 82
Ector
U. S. 69
Bells Business District
J. E. Dopson
State Highway Department
Dopson
The
Sun
Pat
Jimmy Smith Shows Lambs at State Fair Junior Show
Jimmy Smith entered two lambs in the Junior Sheep Show at the Dallas State Fair this week. His crossbred lamb finished 19th in a class of 125 among more than 500 lambs on display, a highlight of the fair’s second week and a feature of the Pan American Livestock Show’s largest livestock turnout to date.
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Jimmy Smith
Dallas
Better Roads Called Worth Cent Tax Boost
Amarillo report: Marshall Formby of Hereford, Texas Highway Dept, urged voters to support a one cent per gallon gasoline tax for road upgrades. He outlined needs including 50,000 more miles of roads, 10,000 miles of four lane highways, 4,200 bridges widened, 15,000 miles of farm to market roads, and 4,000 miles widened. He estimated the tax would raise 20 million dollars.
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Amarillo
Marshall Formby
Hereford
Texas Highway Department
Formby
County Auditors Association of Texas
Texas
Dam Closing Program To Feature Rayburn Speech Oct 27
Farmersville Oct 27 set for gate closing ceremonies at Lavon Dam the two mile earthen and concrete water barrier under construction since 1947 Congressman Sam Rayburn to be principal speaker with a 430 pm barbecue to 630 pm Col H R Hallock in charge. ceremony marks impounding stage and high water could extend the lake two miles toward Farmersville attracting vacationers.
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Farmersville
Lavon Dam
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Col. H. R. Hallock
Order Pulls Sweet Tooth
Utica, N Y cafeterias ban soft drinks and candy after disclosure these items made nearly 20 percent of Utica High School cafeteria income. Lithium weighs about half as much as water as the lightest known metal.
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Utica
N. Y
Funeral Today for W. M. Ingram in Cross Roads
Funeral services for W. M. Ingram aged 73 are set for 2 30 p m at Cross Roads Church with Rev. Harold Taylor and Rev. Lee H. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Cross Roads Cemetery. survivors include his wife, a daughter in Sherman, a son, four brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Cross Roads Church
W. M. Ingram
Harold Taylor
First Methodist Church
Lee H. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Cross Roads Cemetery
Josh Ingram
Lillie McCurdy
Shady Grove
Methodist Church
J. E. Denton
Sherman
E. O. Ingram
Jess Ingram
Ingram
Fort Worth
Claude Ingram
Virgil Ingram
Wichita Falls
Jewel Ellis
Reed
Pilot Grove 4-H Clubs Organize Reorganization
At Pilot Grove school last Friday the boys and girls 4-H Clubs were reorganized. Officers include Betty Jane Cameron president Noel Dee McKinney vice president Shirley Monk secretary Sue Morris reporter. Noel Dee McKinney elected council delegate. J P Williams and Mrs Wesley Judd named adult leaders. Meetings set for the third Thursday each month at 2 pm.
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Pilot Grove
Stanley Oakley
Alice Guthrie
Jane Neathery
Betty Jane Cameron
Noel Dee McKinney
Shirley Monk
Sue Morris
J. P. Williams
Wesley Judd
Veterans Hospital Plan Draws Legion Fire
Grand Prairie leaders condemn proposed changes to veterans hospital admissions for nonservice connected disabilities. The American Legion District of Texas convention opposed the plan which would require proof of financial need and raise intimate questions into veterans personal and financial backgrounds.
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Grand Prairie
American Legion District of Texas
Legionnaires
Weather experts foresee drouth relief in central region
Two United States Weather Bureau officials Jerome Namias and Glenn Brier say the central and eastern drouth is about over and likely to ease soon though a return is possible. They forecast gradual improvement within 30 days and warn the change could be temporary. The remarks appeared in a joint interview with U S News and World Report.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Weather Bureau
United States
Jerome Namias
Glenn W. Brier
U. S
News and World Report
Chest X Ray Here Today at State Health Dept Clinic
The mass chest X-ray drive began yesterday and will run until 5 p m today. Free X-rays are available to anyone who has not been examined yet. By 10 30 this morning 570 persons had X rayed, short of the 1 000 seen in a single day two years ago.
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State Health Department
Sweet potato weighs nine pounds bursts skin from rapid growth
Mrs. W. F. Fields likely champion grower sends a nine pound yam from her garden to The Sun office. The potato grew so fast the skin split in several places as it swelled beyond normal size.
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W. F. Fields
Sun Office
Auto inspection lagging in seven month program
In Austin G C Morris of the Highway Safety Council warned that if the first month’s rate continues 2,000,000 or more cars may remain uninspected by April 15. He cited only 125,000 cars checked in 30 days and urged inspections to reach 400,000 monthly to avoid logjams.
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Austin
G. C. Morris
The
Highway Safety Council
Morris
Department of Public Safety
Price support condemned by cattlemen in Denver
The American National Cattlemen's Association executive committee adopted a strong resolution opposing any legislated beef price supports or controls. They urged free markets, criticized administration of the beef-buying program, and proposed foreign aid and school lunch purchases as alternatives to fixed supports to stabilize the cattle market.
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Denver
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Eisenhower
GOP Senator Alleges 25000 Government Employees Dodging Income Tax
Senator Williams of Delaware charged that about 25 000 government workers avoid paying income tax while technically filing returns. He claimed some are in the Treasury Department and called the situation shocking and disgraceful urging a congressional fix. He said a loophole permits payment avoidance while returns shield prosecutions. Navaho tribal royalties from uranium in 1951 totaled 321504 60 dollars.
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Washington
Sen. Williams
R.-Del
Treasury Department
Congress
Tigers Set toFace Honey Grove Friday at Bryant Field
Whitewright High School Tigers visit Honey Grove Warriors for a District 13 A matchup at 8 p.m. on Bryant Field. Whitewright seeks a third straight conference win after beating Whitesboro and Wolfe City 38–0 with John Brown scoring five TDs.
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Whitewright High School Tigers
Honey Grove Warriors
Bryant Field
Tigers
Whitesboro
Wolfe City
Wolves
John Brown
Bobby Clark
Lewis Clem
Honey Grove
Plans End To Some Tax Returns
Chicago reports that T Coleman Andrews, commissioner of internal revenue, plans to exempt 35 million wage earners from filing returns by March 1955 as part of a broader tax simplification. The plan would issue annual notices showing due amounts or refunds and add about 1,000 agents yearly to boost enforcement efficiency.
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Chicago
T. Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue
Andrews
Alfalfa Seed Crop Seen Near Record
The Agriculture Department estimates 1953 alfalfa seed production at 140.64 million pounds, 22 percent below 1952’s 180.34 million but still the second highest on record. The 1953 crop exceeds the 10 year average by 71 percent, with a 76.6 million pound carryover boosting 1953 54 supply by about 5 percent. About 43 or 44 million pounds are in government storage from a 1952 crop price support program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Record cotton gins process 2584 bales amid rain pause
Two local cotton gins had ginned 2584 bales by 8 am, up 661 from last week. Prices stood at 32 cents for picked cotton and 31.5 cents for snaps, seed $56, same as a week ago. A light morning rain halted picking, giving crews rest and time to gin remaining seed cotton. Reports of high yields persist across the area with fields near 75 acres producing a bale and a half per acre in some cases.
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J. H. Harvey
E. B. Burchfield
Tom Barbee
Shivers Wins Go Ahead for Drouth Hay Plan
Gov. Allan Shivers won authorization to use a 200000 emergency fund to aid drouth affected stockmen in buying hay. Atty. Gen. Shepperd approved the deficit appropriation and Agriculture Commissioner White would administer. Final action hinges on a Texas A&M survey of livestock owners' ability to pay and a Kansas City conference with other drouth states.
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Austin
Allen Shivers
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Agriculture
John C. White
Texas A. & M. College Extension
Drouth
Shivers
Kansas City
White
Ford says Americans tired of aid abroad and seek budget balance
United Nations New York Henry Ford II, newly named U N delegate, argues Americans favor a balanced budget and lower taxes. He cites disarmament as a potential target for foreign aid savings and notes the Ford Foundation has supported about 25 million dollars in public development abroad in two years, roughly half of the UN's total for the same purpose.
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United Nations
N. Y
Henry Ford II
U. N
Eisenhower
Ford
Ford Foundation
School Lunch Menu Week at a Glance
Monday salmon croquettes lima beans lettuce and tomato corn chips milk ice cream cookies. Tuesday brish stew tossed green salad crackers apricot short cake milk. Wednesday Red beans kraut onion slices southern cornbread apple pie milk. Thursday Hamburger patties creamed sweet potatoes with marshmallows pear salad ice cream milk cookies. Friday Hot dogs chili textees pork and beans peach salad doughnut milk.
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John Chesser
John Stephens
Lyndal Pierson
Robert Hull
Garland Smith
Jackie Pannell
Ralph Hughes
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Pete Burchfield
J. W. Burchfield
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Jerry Brown
James Dixon
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Jim McKinney
Russell May
Gene McKnight
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Dale Taylor
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