Cricket Routes And Local Happenings In Whitewright
Locals note crickets sweeping along a north to south corridor near Whitewright with Trenton set outside the route despite similar lighting. Tigers game info shifts as coach Lander misses, Celeste prep in Whitewright at 8 pm. Mosquito control eyed by Mrs Rolla Vestal as Chamber of Commerce potential effort.
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Charlie Ayres
Whitewright
Trenton
Rolla Vestal
Apple
Chamber of Comm
Whitright
Ike To Make Radio TV Talk Tonight
President Eisenhower will interrupt his vacation to address the Far East situation by radio and television from 8 to 8:30 p m. eastern, with networks carrying the talk. The White House announced a staff reshuffle, denying resignation rumors about Sherman Adams as press aides brief reporters aboard the Barbara Ann in Narragansett Bay.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Washington
Far East
White House
Soviet Union
Formosa Strait
Whitewright
ABC Radio and Television
Mutual Broadcasting System
CBS Radio Network
NBC Television
James C. Haggerty
Sherman Adams
Hagerty
Barbara Anne
Narragansett Bay
Taiwan
Formosa) Strait
Cotton crop set to hit 12.1 million bales in 1958 forecast
U S Agriculture Department predicts 12,105,000 bales of 500 pounds each from 11,960,000 harvested acres, the smallest acreage since 1876. Output would top 1957 by 522,000 bales and yield a record 486 pounds per harvested acre, with more crops moved into government loan programs. Japan produced 6,000 cameras in 1937 and 750,000 by 1957.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Japan
Milk pricing shows stall in producers’ gains since 1952
The piece argues milk prices per quart fell to less than 1e, with consumers paying the same as 1952 while distributors keep 4c per quart. Producers seek 30c per hundred extra, about half a cent per quart, yet remain 342c per quart below 1952. Monopolies control processing and distribution, limiting consumer remedies.
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Dallas
Whitewright
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
North Texas
North Texas Producers Association
PTA Honors New Teachers and Parents in Whitewright
The Whitewright PTA held its first meeting in the high school library with new teachers and parents present. S. T. Montgomery Jr. introduced Miss Sammye Jean Caldwell Buell Range and Coach Harry Lander as new teachers. chemistry and Spanish courses are now offered. Committee chairs were announced and refreshments served as the membership drive began.
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Whitewright
Parent- Teacher Association
Houston Darwin
Wallace Wilson
Sammye Jean Caldwell
Leon White
Clint Hennig
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Buell Range
Harry Lander
Maine Democrats Claim Major Victory In State Election
Maine Democrats win U S Senate seat for first time in 47 years and gain a House seat while preserving the governor role. Gov Muskie defeats Frederick G Payne 3-2 amid Goldfine case undertones. Legislature previously elected the last Democratic senator in 1911.
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Portland
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Frederick G. Payne
Bernard Goldfine
Payne
Sherman Adams
Boston
House of Representatives
Muskie
House
Senate
Pine Tree
No Interest Promised in Star Oil Ads
Star Oil Co advertises a new credit plan with 100 percent down and no payments, signaling a bold sales pitch in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The unusual terms draw attention to the company’s financing offer and marketing approach.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Star Oil Co
Dr John A Ray Praises Grayson Delegation in Telegram
The Sun publishes a telegram from Dr John A Ray filed in Dallas at 4 30 am praising the Grayson County delegation and County Chairman Slagle while condemning broken promises of Democratic State Convention leaders. He expects to arrive home today.
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the Sun
John A. Ray
Tam
San Antonio
Grayson County
Slagle
Dallas
Ray
Union Threatens Ford Strike If No Deal by Sept 17
The United Auto Workers warned on Wednesday of a first nation wide strike against Ford Motor Co if a contract is not agreed by September 17. UAW leaders said they are prepared to stay at the bargaining table as long as needed to reach a just settlement. Ford Vice-President John S Bugas said the company would strive for a sound and fair settlement but would not back down to avoid a strike.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ford
John S. Bugas
Bugas
American Legion Meeting Tonight at Legion Hall
Post Commander Earl Fields calls a special Ever heart Thornhill Post meeting at 8 pm in American Legion Hall within American Legion Park. Members urged to attend as important business will be discussed and acted upon.
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Earl Fields
Everheart-Thornhill Post
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Fields
School Lunch Menu Items And A Health Note
The weekly menu lists barbecued Weiners, cole slaw, baked corn, fruit salad and cookies on Monday through Friday with variations including Spam, beef on buns, Vienna sausage and kraut, and salmon loaf. A health statistic notes lung cancer death rate among New York State males rose 570 percent over 22 years.
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New York State
Dear Editor Letter Ponders Teaching Trade Salaries and Taxes
Uncle Dan of Tom Bean writes to the editor musing on a Hale-Aiken committee rumor that starting pay for teachers tops five thousand dollars. He compares rural jobs and complains about income tax and a tax collector who dodged his own filing, ending with a wry observation on superiority.
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Hale- Aiken
White Rock
Man
Cotton Gins Report 473 Bales This Week
Local gins processed 473 bales of cotton up to Thursday morning, a rise of 291 bales from the previous week. Rain slowed harvest this week while farmers decide on government loan placement. Cottonseed pays $45 per ton, same as the season start.
Enrollment Down in Whitewright Public Schools
Supt S T Montgomery Jr said Whitewright public schools total 390 in attendance across three schools with 112 in the high school 231 in the elementary and 47 in the Negro school A number of children are helping with the cotton harvest and have not started school yet.
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Whitewright
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
the Sun
Rat Invasion Noted Throughout Texas
A Texas survey reports 64 dead cotton rats in La Pryor killed by dogs and rising rodent numbers across Crystal City Austin Abilene and Wichita Falls. Causes cited include heavy rains and abundant crops. Health officials stress prevention and ongoing investigations while noting no current public health threat.
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la Pryor
Texas
Crystal City
Austin
Abilene
Wichita Falls
San Antonio
State Health Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Eisenhower seeks 2 percent federal staff cut this year
President Eisenhower urged all agencies to reduce personnel by at least 2 percent this year. He said a tighter federal payroll is needed to offset a 950 million dollar pay raise for federal employees.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Payment in Kind and a Cryptic IRS Check Note
A Memphis Press Scimitar item reports a young woman mailed a 183 dollar check to the Internal Revenue Service with her name and address but no explanation. Her note claimed she would "straighten out" the matter, joking that she confuses people, a witty jab at the tax agency.
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Internal Revenue Service
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Tigers Open Home Schedule With Celeste Friday Night
The Whitewright Tigers host Celeste in the season's first home game at 8 p.m. Tickets: reserved seats for five games at 1.50, proceeds fund the new stands, gate admission extra. The Tigers won 20 to 6 at Wolfe City last Friday. Celeste lost 70 to 0 to Royse City. Starting lineup released by Coach Harry Lander lists Edwards, Copeland, Durham, Hennig, Wilkinson, Lewis, Phillips, Sears, Walker, Sanderson, Clark with Durham and Sanderson as captains.
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Tigers
Wolfe City
Harry Lander
Durant
Bonham
Lander
Celeste Blue Devils
Whitewright
Whitewright High School Tigers
Celeste
Royse City
Steve Edwards
Charles Copeland
Bobby Durham
Dan Hennig
Jimmie Wilkinson
Donnie Lewis
Bobby Phillips
Tom Sears
Don Walker
David Sanderson
Jimmie Clark
Durham
Sanderson
Cocaptains
Asian Flu Expected to Return in Mild Form This Fall
Public Health Service officials forecast new Asian flu outbreaks this fall but milder than the 1957 58 epidemic. Immunity from prior infection will limit reinfection within a year and vaccination guidance remains targeted to high risk groups with ample polyvalent vaccine on hand.
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Washington
Public Health Service
PHS
Armed Services
Yarborough Wins U S Senate Primary In Texas
Official returns posted by the State Democratic Executive Committee show Ralph W. Yarborough with 761,511 votes and William A. Blakley of Dallas with 535,418 votes after corrections from Freestone County.
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San Antonio
U. S. Senate
Democratic Executive Committee
Freestone
Ralph W. Yarborough
William A. Blakley
Dallas
Prize washer prize misdirected to Georgia address
Mississippis Fairy Tale segment reveals Mrs. Dorris Wells of Cinderella Road Fairyland Lookout Mountain Ga received an automatic washer won on a TV show. The manufacturers confirm the prize delivery address mix up and await correction.
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Two Rivers
Miss
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