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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1949
Page
3
A Federal Reserve Board sample finds many U S families spent their savings in 1948 49 on emergencies sickness and living costs. About half tapped nest eggs for cars TVs furniture and nondurable goods while a sixth financed house repairs and a seventh spent on luxuries and travel.
Mrs. Ernestina Macias 49 mother of 17 children told the judge she loves them but enough is enough. The court granted a divorce from her husband Alejandro 55 who she charged insisted on more offspring.
Representative Patman of Texas proposes Congress study moving the capital westward or creating a second capital beyond the Mississippi. He calls for a rules committee study with emphasis on a site west of the Mississippi, especially Colorado, due to atomic age vulnerabilities. He aims for a report to the House by early 1951.
Austin report says drivers aged 16 to 20 have five times as many accidents per mile as mature drivers. Albert Sidney Johnson of Dallas, vice president of the Texas Safety Association, calls the figure significant and urges driver education and training in Texas high schools as the solution during the statewide September traffic safety program themed Child Safety.
Charles Smith, head of an atheist group, envisions 2150 with religion nearly vanished and atheism worldwide, citing 200 million atheists today and 50 million in the U S. He spoke before leaving for Rome to attend a global Freethinkers congress.
The Plano Star Courier reports that about forty African Americans in Plano gathered last Saturday night to celebrate the resignation of City Marshal Jim Standifer and deputy Raymond Hinton. State police arrived and rounded up roughly forty celebrants, prompting questions about how the officers learned of the event.
Eastbourne, England saw the destroyer Samuel B. Roberts present a U S flag with 48 stars, replacing an earlier banner dated before Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico joined the Union. The ceremony linked U S history with local town hall events and marked a joint cultural exchange. The notice lists multiple heirs and representatives connected to estates named in an unrelated citation.
Plaintiff Lawrence Swann seeks title and possession of land in Denison Grayson County Texas described as part of the W. R. Caruthers survey on Paw Paw Creek. Defendants include J K Miller and others claiming interests through heirs of H Alexander Edward Whitman Barkalow Kennedy Radford Price Lucas and others. Plaintiff alleges unlawful entry and wrongful withholding of premises causing damages of 500 dollars. The case issued August 22 1949 and set for August 22 1949 before the county court at the Sher on courthouse.
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