Lone Star Gas Seeks Rate Rise In Whitewright
Lone Star Gas asks Whitewright officials to raise the net rate per thousand cubic feet to 70.5 cents from 57 cents, with a $1.00 minimum bill and 50 cent service charge unchanged. The petition covers residential and commercial customers and was presented by Paul Simpson and Richard Riggins. A public hearing is set for Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the city election room.
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Lone Star Gas Company
Whitewright
City Commission
Paul Simpson
Bonham
Richard Riggins
Lone Star
Simpson
First Freeze Of Season Reported In Whitewright
Whitewright saw its first freezing weather of the season early Wednesday. The Sun editor tested water by running a hose and found the water frozen, with only traces of frost prior. No rain fell in October and drought continued for six months.
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Whitewright
Sun
McSpedden Poll Shows Ike Ahead in City Store Poll
Jimmie McSpedden at Childress Pharmacy reports a non secret poll of store customers. Stevenson leads with 57 votes, Eisenhower 22, Caro Maxey 5, and General MacArthur 1. McSpedden wore an Ike button recently but did not declare his own candidate.
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Jimmie McSpedden
Childress Pharmacy
Jimmie
Sun
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Caro Maxey
General MacArthur
The
Lunchroom Menus for Whitewright Public Schools Week
Weekly lunch menu items listed for Whitewright Public Schools from Monday to Friday includes pressed ham and pimiento cheese sandwiches with English peas baked apples and milk. Tuesday features blackeyed peas stuffed eggs pineapple lettuce salad hot rolls honey cookies and milk. Wednesday offers hamburgers potato chips baked corn cookies and milk. Thursday serves beans kraut corn bread apple pie and milk. Friday features fried fish pork and beans doughnuts fruit salad and milk.
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Whitewright Public Schools
Cotton Ginnings Decline in Texas Cotton
The Census Bureau reports Texas ginned bale count to Oct 18 fell to 2,125,479 this year from 2,237,176 last year. Nationally 8,558,938 bales were ginned versus 8,333,691 a year earlier.
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Washington
Texas
Census Bureau
Conservative MP warns of price slump if war ends
South England a prominent Conservative MP Cyril Osborne urged Anglo American cooperation to avert the greatest slump the capitalist system has ever known should the Korean War end or Soviet Premier attend the coronation. He warned of a dreadful fall in commodity prices if the conflict concludes.
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South
Eng
Cyril Osborne
Election Day Weather Outlook Across U S
The United States Weather Bureau reported a fair and mild outlook for election day across most of the country. Weather conditions should remain generally favorable with no major storms expected.
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Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Debt talk from Wright Patman lampoons unpaid bills
The exchange quips that while the national debt may never be paid, landlords and haberdashers would be disturbed if their debts go unpaid. The remark links federal finance to everyday creditors.
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Wright Patman
Texas
Exchange
Whitewright Gas Company shows monthly average usage and rate rise
The report details average gas consumption per customer in Whitewright, with February highest at 12 765 cubic feet and January 11 780. Yearly average per-customer use is 69 337 cubic feet. Current yearly bill is 45 87 dollars, proposed rate 54 89 dollars, up 9 02 dollars and about 19 7 percent.
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Whitewright
Adlai Charges Ike Shifted Korea Stand in Bethlehem Speech
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania Stevenson assailed Eisenhower for changing his Korea position from June to November. He said Ike makes political promises to end the war quickly and warned voters not to forget prior statements. The attack came amid Stevenson’s drive for Pennsylvania’s 32 electoral votes and amid boos and applause from about 7,000 onlookers.
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Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Eisenhower
Bethlehem
Keystone
Rayburn blasts Vote Texan drive in Ike campaign
Speaker Rayburn attacks the Vote Texan slogan used by Eisenhower supporters. He says Texans face a choice between Republican and Democratic candidates, noting Republicans avoid the word Republican in ads and broadcasts. Dallas headquarters release quotes Stevenson-Sparks campaign officials.
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House
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Stevenson-Sparkman
Stevenson
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Truman’s Slip During Campaign Stop Recorded
A KGLO tape from Mason City Iowa captures President Truman starting a trainside Manly Iowa speech with an awkward line and a mid sentence hesitation. The moment shows Truman praising supporters for gathering at that time of day.
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Truman
KGLO
Mason City
Iowa
Manly
Hearing Set on Water Rights for Choctaw Creek
A State Board of Water Engineers hearing on November 10 will consider S. G. Kumler of Sherman request to use 200 acre-feet annually from Choctaw Creek in Grayson County to irrigate up to 100 acres. Water would be pumped six miles east of Sherman. Hearing at 10 a.m. in Austin.
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Austin
State Board of Water Engineers
S. G. Kumler
Sherman
Choctaw Creek
Grayson County
Kumler
Red River
State Water Board
Flanders faults Democrats over dollar value and bond shifts
Senator Ralph E. Flanders Republican Vermont says Democrats have devalued the dollar prompting life insurance firms to move investments from government bonds to private securities. He claims inflation is encouraged for political reasons and notes a drop from 50 percent to 20 percent in government bond holdings.
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Washington
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Republican National Committee
Flanders
Eisenhower Attacks Korea Trap In New York Campaign
In New York Eisenhower promotes himself as the mobile force of the free world and attacks Democratic claims of a coming depression. He campaigns through the Bronx and nearby counties amid wind and cheering crowds, accusing opponents of fear tactics and falsehoods while stressing his stance on Korea.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisnhower
Thesemaie
Bronx
New York City
Itchester County
Eisenhower
Smith accuses Rayburn of being misled by glitter of power
Former Lt. Gov. John Lee Smith charged that the glitter of political power has dimmed Speaker Rayburn and Sen. Connally, Texas Democratic leaders for Stevenson. He said Rayburn and Connally helped the Truman administration spend 247 billion dollars in seven years, far more than all presidents through FDR, while expressing sorrow at the change.
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Lubbock
John Lee Smith
Rayburn
Connally
Texas
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Smith
Truman
George Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Porter
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
House
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Wingate Lucas
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Tight at Rate Differences
Subscriptions paid by readers outside Grayson and Collin Counties show $2.00 payments credited at a $2.50 rate, with no exceptions. The list of names includes D. D. Brooks Hazel McLean Wallace Wilson Donigin Gin Frank A. Smith N. E. Skaggs and others. Seven U. S. vice presidents have become president due to vacancies.
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Grayson and
Collin Counties
Grayson
Fannin
D. D. Brooks
Hazel McLean Wallace Wilson Donigin Gin
Frank A. Smith
N. E. Skaggs
George W. Brown
Arthur V. St. John
Jane Meador
B. L. Sanderson
Kay Kimbell
Ivan Harvey
J. W. Haws Wilson
F. Walters
S. H. Murphy
L. K. Smith Clyde R. Owen
R. T. Vestal
Earl R. Jansson
Jarvis H. E. Forrest
C. A. Brewer
L. L. Newman
H. H. Sears
J. L. McSpedden
Heavy Election Day Expected Here Tuesday
Voters plan to cast ballots for president and vice president along with state and county races and two constitutional amendments. Expectation of broad turnout with many voting split tickets as Democrats back Eisenhower and Nixon in Republican columns while others stay with Democratic totals. Polls open 8 a.m. close 7 p.m.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Pet Show Winners Sponsored by PTA Held at Bryant Field
The Pet Show at Bryant Field Monday night rewarded top entries across categories. Jimmy Bassett won largest pet with a pony. smallest pet was a three way tie among two turtles and a lizard owned by Linda Harris Joe Kaiser and Jerry Jones.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Bryant Field
Jimmy Bassett
Linda Harris
Joe Kaiser
Jerry Jones
Gail
Cathy Wilson
Jimmy
Jan Bilmner
Fern Elaine Fain
Jack Lackey
R. M. Faison
Joe T. Meador
the Sun
Coal Miners Return to Work After Pay Dispute
Nearly all of the United States soft coal miners resumed work after a one week strike. They expect to receive the negotiated pay raise of 1.90 dollars per day, though the Wage Stabilization Board later cut the increase to 1.50 dollars. The return followed a call by UMW leader John L. Lewis to restart production while the government reviews the ruling.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
Flag Presented To Pilot Grove School By Woodmen
The Pilot Grove Baptist Church hosted a community gathering in the school lunch room where chili and pies were served. The Woodmen of the World presented a 4x6 flag with a 40 foot pole to Pilot Grove School, with speeches by Clarence Baker and acceptance by principal Mrs. Hugh Hunter. Former service members unfurled the flag and photos by Leslie Cates will be sent to the national Woodmen magazine.
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Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Pilot Grove
Woodmen of the World
Ector
Savoy
Bells
Clarence Baker
Hugh Hunter
Thomas Lucas
Duncan
Leslie Cates
The
Omaha
Neb
Roy Shearer
Roy Shearer and Mr. Pointer
Pilot Grove School
Baptist Church
Whitewright Tigers Visit Van Alstyne on Thursday
Whitewright travels to Bryant Field to face Van Alstyne at 8 o clock after a 19 to 13 defeat to Honey Grove. Both teams sit at two wins and one loss in conference play. This is Whitewrights last home game before a Cooper road trip and a November stop at Farmersville.
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Honey Grove
Whitewright Tigers
van Alstyne Panthers
Bryant Field
van Alstyne
Farmersville Farmers
Whitewright
Tigers
Cooper
Farmersville
Russells To Speak At Bethel Church
Rev and Mrs Rudolph Russell Baptist missionaries at home from Thailand will speak at Bethel Baptist Church three miles south of Whitewright on Wednesday night November 5 at 7 30. They will show pictures from their foreign work and invite the public. Mr Russell is a 1940 graduate of Whitewright High School.
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Rudolph Russell
Thailand
Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
Mr. Russell
Whitewright High School
Few Plums Would Result In GOP Win
Texas Republicans foresee limited patronage in a Eisenhower win with Civil Service reducing spoils. They cite appointive posts like U S marshal and district attorney. Key Texas figures may gain or lose influence based on defections, party factions, and potential future cross‑votes on near‑balanced laws.
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Fort Worth
Texas
U. S
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Ike
Republican National
Houston
Jack Porter
Former Gov Steele backs Eisenhower over Stevenson
Terre Haute Indiana Monday night John Steele the last Democratic governor of Illinois urged rejection of Stevenson and urged voting for Republican Dwight D Eisenhower. He said the fight against communism makes the choice a family matter and that Eisenhower best preserves the American family from war and destruction.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Steele
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Steele
Eisenhower
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