Farm Prices Down Says Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department reports farm product prices fell further from mid September to mid October due to record crop and livestock output. Farm prices are about 4 percent below a year ago with cash receipts down 4 percent. Hog prices led the decline, and the department plans limited pork purchases to prop hog prices. Egg prices also fell while nonfarm commodities rose. Livestock receipts for the year’s first three quarters total about $19.7 billion, 4 percent under last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Army Drives All-Out Push to Recruit for Reserve Program
Washington reports the Army under orders to launch an all-out effort to recruit youths into the new six month reserve training program after a disappointing start. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker ordered intensified public information and recruiting campaigns to boost enlistment.
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Washington
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Congress
Drunk Driver Receives Three-Year Prison Term
Clyde Oliver a 36 year old roofer with six prior drunken driving convictions in three counties was sentenced to three years for his seventh DWI. The latest charge followed a June 23 incident when a highway patrolman saw his car skid into a ditch near Liberty Texas.
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Houston
Clyde Oliver
Oliver
Liberty
Tex
U S Strives To Break Up Stimulant Sale
Washington officials announce a government drive to dismantle illegal stimulant drug sales to truck drivers. Forty two arrest warrants issued across six states after a year long undercover probe. Agents tracked dispensers while posing as interstate truck carriers. Stimulants termed amphetamines and nicknamed bennies goof balls and co pilots.
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Washington
Brownell
Welfare Folsom
Food and Drug Administration
Shoe Cutter Wins $140000 for $3
A 40 year old shoe cutter who skipped dinner to buy a $3 Irish Sweep stakes ticket won $140,000 when his horse Retrial won the Cambridgeshire Handicap Stakes at Newmarket England. Richard St Laurent, worker at Marlo Shoe Company in Newmarket NH, said he plans to rest after the shock. A tax expert estimated after taxes he will keep about $60,554.
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South Berwick
Maine
Newmarket
England
Richard St. Laurent
Marlo Shoe Company
N. H
St. Laurent
Farmer turns coffin into wardrobe in Ferrara tale
In Ferrara Italy 76 year old farmer Giovanni Fabbri explains he bought a coffin to use as a wardrobe while alive and plans to be buried in it later.
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Ferrara
Italy
Giovanni Fabbri
Juror Seeks Excuse in Drunk Driving Case
In Pontiac Illinois Fred Goodman asked to be excused from jury duty claiming he is the defendant in the drunk driving case. The judge heard his plea and considered the request.
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Pontiac
Ill
Fred Goodman
IT'S THE LAW Right of way rules at intersections explained
Drivers are urged to treat all streets as equal and to apply first come or right hand rules at intersections. Courtesy corners with stop signs require the first to stop to have priority, while left turns must yield to opposing traffic. Right turns stay in the far right lane and signals must be clear before turning. The Texas Driving Handbook offers detailed rules.
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Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Assessments Levied on Former Policy Holders
In Austin District Court Judge Charles Betts ordered more than 15 000 former policy holders of the Pioneer Western Insurance Co. to pay assessments. The orders apply to those who held policies between November 30 1953 and November 30 1954 in the defunct firm.
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Austin
San Antonio
Charles Betts
Pioneer Western Insurance Co
Lazy dog joke and dental tale misreadings
A humor fragment contrasts a lazy dog tale with a dental visit miscommunication. An engineer joke about teaching a girl to swim ends in a punchline about a sister. A mountain girl endures dental work with unexpected air during drilling.
Neighbor remarks on husband’s new permanent job
A neighbor tells Mrs. Smith that her husband finally has steady work. She confirms it, noting the job is hard and killing him yet permanent.
Missus Silent After Quip Leaves Couple Laughing
A light exchange has a pair of men joking about marital silence. One man asks how his wife is, the other replies she isn’t talking to him and he isn’t in the mood to interrupt.
Grandmothers Welcome More Than Mothers-in-Law
A mother explains she plans to visit her son and new daughter in law only after they have their first baby. She believes grandmothers are more welcome than mothers in law, a theory she explains to a friend.
Insects Talk to Each Other Said to Chew Rag
A jokey exchange features a rich man asking a doctor for help with his son. The doctor responds that the solution is simple and blunt: spare the wad and stop spoiling the child.
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Junior
Sinking Spouse Quip Sparks Family Fracas
A comic exchange turns serious as a husband jokes about his wife’s “sinking” spell and notes he will stay away until it ends, prompting laughter and confusion among listeners. The lines play on soprano and sinking homophones in a domestic scene.
Whitewright Post Office Sees Second Class Mail Matter
Published Thursdays notice indicates material entered at Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter for publication and distribution.
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Whitewright
Texas
Subscription Rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties
We publish subscription rates listing 2.00 dollars for Grayson and Fannin Counties and 2.50 pounds outside those counties plus 5.00 dollars for foreign subscriptions. The publisher will correct any erroneous reflection upon any person, firm, or corporation upon being brought to attention.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Public Notice of Estate Settlement in Grayson County
Ava Heck as executrix files final account for the estate of Jas C Heck in Grayson County Texas. The matter will be heard on November 7 1955 at the Sherman courthouse. Interested parties must appear with written answers to contest the account.
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State OF Texas
Jas. C. Heck
Grayson County
Texas
Ava Heck
A. D
Sherman
Ses
Tooth Transplant Replaces Missing Molar In Teen
At a meeting of the American Dental Association Dr. Chester C. Fong and Dr. R. Gordon Agnew reported moving a developing lower wisdom tooth into the socket of a removed lower first molar in a 16 year old girl. After five years the tooth reached full size with roots lengthened and harmony with neighboring teeth. The tooth responded to heat and cold like other teeth.
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San Francisco
Chester C. Fong
Hayward
Calif
R. Gordon Agnew
American Dental Association
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the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
J. C. Buchanan
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