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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1953
Page
8
An editorial stresses the need for motorists to stop when overtaking or meeting a stopped school bus and to drive with caution within ten miles per hour past a bus receiving or discharging children. It notes penalties up to 200 dollars and outlines safe passing rules for other traffic scenarios.
Republicans charge that foreign circulation of the Democratic Digest undermines American ideals. Leonard W. Hall in an open letter to Adlai Stevenson says the pocket-sized Critique ed by the DNC aims to temper and humor at home but could harm abroad. Digest is sold domestically and distributed in six Canadian cities and Paris for Europe.
A Boston insurance company completes the world’s first commercial installation of a dictating system operating through the regular telephone exchange. Employees dial a single number and a selector finds an idle recorder unit. Recorded letters and reports are later typed by transcribers.
Texas feed manufacturers sold 4,117,344 tons of commercial feed in the fiscal year ending August 31, down from a record 4,405,676 tons the prior year. Decline linked to new law allowing bulk lot inspection charges, broader economic factors, and government food relief. 1,295 firms operated in 1952-53, with 359 headquartered outside Texas.
Census Bureau reports 32 states now have general sales taxes and more than 23 percent of state revenue comes from this source. The administration weighs a possible general sales levy among 40 new proposals, with emphasis on a manufacturers tax rather than a retail levy to avoid clashes with state taxes. Pennsylvania enacted a 1 percent tax Sept. 1. Indiana uses a gross receipts tax affecting manufacturing, wholesale, and retail levels.
When you want good laundering done bring your clothes to Thornhill Laundry offering reliable cleaning and dependable service for all fabric types in town.
A Missouri school official uncovered a 1864 loyalty oath for teaching applicants to prevent disloyal sentiment in public schools. The pledge barred aiding enemies of the Union and participation in secret organizations as Missouri sat on the border between North and South. Joshua’s army context appears in the record.
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