City improves cleanup as Cole & Davis sale nears end
The city reports a trash truck purge in alleys and urges residents to call the city office if pickups miss any bins. The Cole and Davis Co stock sale ends this week after 37 years in business. John L Reeves notes fixtures remain, with an option on them for a future store.
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Russell Summers
Cole & Davis Co
John L. Reeves
Glen Cole
Dallas
John
Hudson, Davis & Co
J. A. Robinson
Martin-Keefe- Bray Co
Martin-Keefe-Bray Co
Garland
Eisenhower limits federal role in school desegregation violence
President Eisenhower said violence in school desegregation disputes should be handled by state and local authorities as long as they can. He warned against federal policing, called for moderation, and stated the Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court must be carried out, urging a shift in spirit toward equality.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
School Lunch Menu Week Described for September Week
The plan lists daily menus from Monday through Friday featuring Barbecued Pork and sides on Monday, Ham or Bologna on Tuesday with Doughnut, Hot Dog with Chili Sauce on Wednesday, Red Beans and Ham Hock on Thursday, and Tuna Salad on Friday with Ice Cream. It includes Lettuce and Tomato Salad, Spiced Apple, English Peas, Potato Nests, French Pastry, Cabbage Slaw, Cornbread Squares, Cherry Shortcake, Shoe String Potatoes, Blackeyed Peas, and Sweet Relish.
Democrats Refuse To Enter Ic Dropping Game
Washington report notes GOP callers drop IC from Democrat reference while Democrats defend the term and accuse rivals of political branding. The piece echoes a broader debate on party names and public discourse.
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Dems
Yarborough Abandons Contest of Daniel Victory in Texas
Atty Ralph Yarborough conceded the Democratic gub ernatorial nomination to Sen Price Daniel and will not pursue a post primary contest. He plans to campaign for Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver and indicated no immediate plan to seek Daniel’s Senate vacancy.
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Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Price Daniel Monday
Yarborough
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Capital
Sen. Daniel
Congress
Texas
Nation
Sen
Daniel
Webb
Duval
Liberty
U. S
Fort Worth
Air Force Chaplain to Attend Texas Marriage Counseling Seminar
Chaplain Ashley D. Jameson of the 9th Air Division Geiger Field Washington is selected as the first Air Force chaplain in the Western Air Defense Force to attend the University of Texas Hogg Foundation Marriage Counseling Seminar. He reports for classes October 1 and will study premarital and family issues, counseling techniques, and case analysis. He oversees religious services at RaDAR stations across multiple states and serves four fighter interceptor units.
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Ashley D. Jameson
9Th Air Division
Geiger Field
Spokane
Washington
Air Force
Western Air Defense Force
Hogg Foundation For Mental Hygiene
University of Texas
United States Air Force
McMurry College
Perkins School of Theology
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Whitewright
Bid To Be Taken On Road In Fannin Grayson Counties
Bids for Farm to Market road No. 1281 in Fannin and Grayson Counties will be opened in Austin on September 12 by the Texas Highway Commission. The 7.9 mile project runs from U S 69 near Whitewright east to Randolph, with 34 foot roadway and 20 foot base and surfacing. Construction includes grading drainage structures and a rock sub-base, partly on the old Cotton Belt Railroad bed bought as highway right of way.
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Fannin
Grayson
Texas Highway Commission
Austin
Joe Clark
Bonham
U.S. 69
Whitewright
Randolph
Cotton Belt Railroad
Fannin, Grayson
Hunt Counties
Deaths Mrs. Kathryn Roddy English teacher at Whitewright
Mrs. Kathryn Roddy died at 6 10 a m Monday in a Denison hospital after a two week illness. The 63 year old English teacher had taught in Whitewright schools more than 20 years and was buried beside her husband David M. Roddy who died in 1947. She was born January 3 1892 in Iowa and survived by two sons David and Lloyd W Roddy a brother D E Low Jr and two sisters Frances Low and Mrs H A Manzer.
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Kathryn Roddy
Whitewright
Denison
Bells Cemetery
David M. Roddy
Roddy
Iowa
D. E. Low
Katy
North Texas State College
Denton
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Funeral Service for Lloyd Rhoads Held in Trenton
Funeral service was held Monday at 3 30 p m in Barnhart Funeral Chapel for Lloyd Rhoads 59 of Amarillo formerly of Trenton who died Saturday in New Mexico Rev Howard McSpedden of Denton officiated Burial was in Pilot Grove Cemetery Rhoads born Feb 19 1897 in Pilot Grove son of the late Thad and Alpha Roads retired automotive mechanic Survivors include wife Dora Finley Rhoads a daughter and one grandchild of Amarillo five sisters Florence Kilgree Denton Slaton Englewood Tenn R Cochran Bells J S Edwards and Mrs Gus Holmes of Trenton two brothers Charles Corsicana and Roland Wilson
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Trenton
Barnheart
Lloyd Rhoads
Amarillo
New Mexico
Howard McSpedden
Denton
Pilot Grove
Rhoads
Thad
Alpha Roads
Dora Finley Rhoads
Florence Kilgree
J. S. Edwards
Slaton
R. Cochran
Englewood
Tenn
John Washburn
Bells
Gus Holmes
Charles Rhoads
Corsicana
Roland Rhoads
Wilson
Rats Chew Chicago Tot to Death in Bed
The body of a one year old girl, Sharon Janis Ivey, was found in her basement apartment with rats reported to have chewed her. Her two sisters in the same room were unharmed while parents were away. father Edward Ivey, 35, returned from Madison Alabama to discover the tragedy.
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Chicago
Sharon Janis Ivey
Edward
Madison
Ala
New York Taverns Test Electronic Age Detectors
Some New York taverns install electronic age detectors to deter underage drinkers. The device photographs both the suspect and the ID they present to prove age 18, aiming to deter bluffers by exposure to possible verification. Bhutan is a semi independent state in the Eastern Himalayas.
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New York
Bhutan
Eastern
Himalayas
Purse Missing After Fatal Whitewright Bells Crash
Mrs. Effie Melton, 52, injured in a Sunday crash near Whitewright and Bells, seeks return of around 70 dollars from her lap as her husband Jim D. Melton 74 of Denison was killed. Patrols searched the wreck area with no purse found. Justice of the Peace Ed Martin said found purses go to him or the State Patrol. Four others injured, none critically. The 1948 Chevrolet of Melton hit a 1947 DeSoto driven by Joseph Jenkins. third car driven by Herbert Penny followed and also involved. Penny and Jenkins had minor injuries. Mrs. Melton, Geraldine Rogers 19, and Mrs. James Melton 20 hospitalized at Sherman.
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Effie Melton
Whitewright
Bells
Jim D. Melton
Denison
Justice of the Peace
Ed Martin
Melton
Joseph Jenkins
Herbert Penny
Sherman
Penny
Jenkins
Geraldine Rogers
James Melton
Fannin County Declared Relief Area in Drought Aid Plan
In Bonham at 2:30 PM, Department of Agriculture notified that Fannin County is placed on the emergency drought relief list. Farmers and stockmen may graze land under soil bank restrictions and participate in the hay and roughage program to secure aid.
Cotton Acreage Allotment Set For 1957 Upland Cotton
Secretary Benson announces national acreage allotment of 17 391 304 acres for the 1957 upland cotton crop matching 1956. Referendum planned by Dec 15 on a marketing quota of 11 014 493 bales with price supports 75 to 90 percent if approved, or 50 percent if not.
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Washington
Benson
U. S
Goldbrickendom nears as Army to cut manpower
Los Angeles report quotes Lt. Gen. Walter L. Weible saying the Army will reduce manpower in several fields and use remaining GI’s more efficiently as new nuclear weapons become operational. He notes years of cuts and warns against idle soldiers, while acknowledging uncertainty about the final size of reductions.
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Los Angeles
Walter L. Weible
First Boston to San Francisco Rail Trip 1870
A Boston business group with families completed the first east to west railway train trip in the United States from May 23 to July 2 1870. The journey spanned the Niagara Detroit and Missouri Rivers showing the era’s transcontinental progress.
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Boston
San Francisco
United States
Niagara
Detroit
Missouri
Whitewright Telephone Open House Scheduled for Sept 12
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co invites all Whitewright residents to an open house at the Whitewright building on Wednesday September 12 from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. Free tours will showcase the dial system See Your Voice and Hear Your Voice displays the Bell Solar Battery and cable splicing demonstrations.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Whitewright
A. C. Lewis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lewis
Bell
Texas Industrial Conference to explain nine proposed amendments
The Texas Industrial Conference will mail a booklet explaining nine proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on in November. Eight amendments go to the general election on November 6 and the ninth in a special election November 13 due to a drafting error.
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Texas Industrial Conference
Texas
Industrial Conference
T. E. Jackson
Dallas
Kennedy England
K. V. Lipscomb
Tom G. Leachman
R. E. Peake
Commissioners Court
University of Texas Permanent Fund
Veterans Land
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Heidelberg Automatic
Dale Tyler
Tyler
Royce Lay
Heidelberg
Germany
Horace Greely
Riley
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U.S
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GOP
the Sun
Pers
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
James P. Hart
Martin
Thad Hutcheson
Sheppard
White and
Wright Morrow
National Democratic
A. D. Jameson
T. U. of Texas For Counseling
Grayson Counties
Gadget
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