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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
8
Texas highway experts outline interstate system plans to accommodate traffic in 1975. D C Greer cites design standards, controlled access, minimum speeds, lane widths, and potential for future expansion to form divided highways where volumes exceed two lanes.
Greer outlined minimum interstate highway standards requiring a roadway width to fit shoulders and safe clearance, with structures at least 14 feet high across the span. Designers would balance these minimums against cost, typically using higher values only when needed to avoid excessive expense.
Speaker Sam Rayburn, previously unaffiliated with any church, was received into Tioga Primitive Baptist Church in Grayson County on September 2. Elder H. G. Ball officiated, citing Rayburn's faith alignment with his late father. Arrangements were arranged by Lee Simmons of Sherman, with a small circle of close friends present for the baptism.
A heavily loaded truck swerved to avoid an oncoming car on U S Highway 24 near Mapleton Ontario and toppled onto a car killing six occupants. Truck driver Julius Green of Toledo Ohio survived with minor injuries. Victims include Clyde Henry Bennett 45 Pauline 47 Junior 37 Ruth 34 Fred 14 and Wilbur Dean Smith 17 adopted boy.
French auto taxes to fund old age pensions introduce annual fees from 17 to 43 dollars for cars up to 16 hp. Reductions apply for age brackets 5 to 20 years, with greater cuts after 25 years. Large luxury cars over 17 hp face 285 dollars for the first two years, then scale down to 25.50 dollars for six-year-old cars.
Call Mrs H H Taylor at the residence of Mrs Guy Hamilton to order flowers from Han nahs. Frigidaire refrigerators in all sizes and prices advertised by Johnson Jewelry and Appliances with contact FO 4-2574.
The Army announced the adoption of The Army Goes Rolling Along as its official song. Lyrics drawn from within the Army and revised by Harold W. Arberg, with Secretary Brucker directing a worldwide dedication on Veterans Day November 11.
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