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Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 5

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jiff a 4 'yiiAi OUT OUR WAY BY JR WILLIAMS administrative building $130 MC CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Wed Oct 31 1956 5 Gazzie Warren Hall for women ijj $165000 Wayland East Texas Baptist College 11- Hardin-SImmons University hrary administration building' Abilene wnondltlor apart- Bessie Fleming Hall $75000 air- $350000 remodeling of Marshall ments $14450 athletic depart conditioning a bookstore $200001 Hail $100000 iment building $35000 Baptist Colleges Iii Texas Spend Over $5 Million 3 4 DALLAS Oct 30 Texas: San Marcos Baptist Academy Baptist colleges and universities San Marcos Elizabeth Kokemot have spent more than $5012510 fcr new buildings and renovations in the last year spokesmen said' Payne College Brown-today I wood women's dormitory $1 mil' Total assets of the 11 Institutions renovation of a chapel $30 owned and operated by the Bap- campus beautification list General Convention of Texas $12000 were estimated at $13 million University of Corpus Christi Were bustin' 1 our buttons over the 57 Young woman in white VROLET Total endowment binds were $155 million Only nine or the schools had building projects this year but: during the past 10 years tlie 11 altogether have spent $100 million for current operating expenses Permanent endowment needs are estimated at $200 million The 11 combined enrollment for the bn term is' 12000 Building programs during the past year: I Baylor University Waco annex! to Waco HaU $300000 a six-' We ve never been prouder in all our 20 years as South Texas' big volume dealer! Chevy goes 'em all one better with daring new design revolutionary new engineering features to bring new records in performance and sales The 5 J-hour gastrectomy Is over: the role is ended Now the his life dependent on the precise carrying out of a hundred medical is turned over to 20-year-old Louise Jaissle November Reader's Digest brings you a day in the life of a and the long years of training that must precede it Get November Digest at newsstands today 43 articles of lasting interest includ ing the best from leading mega-sines newspapers and books condensed to save your time (Ad) cJttWllliAM Itf til mT to-y tsf Ptl Off BORKl THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON 1M NU lnwa hi story dormitory for women $lr 885000 Mary Ilardin-Bsylor College Belton Goodman physical educa- tion building $250000 Decatur Baptist CoUege Decatur Killiam Library building $16000 two dormitories for women $100000 The '57 Chevrolet Is all new but Gulf Chevrolet is selling 'em in the same old way Big sales volume allows us to sell at lower profit per cor with extra- generous trade ins See how much you save at Gulf Chevrolet All New! MID-OCTOBER TO MID-NOVEMBER New kighs is perfemmea Bering freet-eed detiga New deeper windshield New sise wteeii tiree High-fsihlea reer feeder! Farm Prices Dip 1 Percent Dining One-Month Interval Voting Service Leeks longer and it li WASHINGTON Oct 30 CAP) I Farm price a a 'whole nor The Agriculture Department re- mally decline during this period ported today that farm product reflecting increased supplies of supplies for the Sick hy the the heavy prices declined nearly 1 percent between mid-September and mid-October Thi was the fourth consecutive marketing of livestock month that the general form price Usual Decline level has dropped The mid-October prices were provided and Since 1910 prices average of about 1 declined an percent be- Only a few left atill 215 percent above those of a tween mid-September and mid-Oc-ycar ago but were still about 27tober in years when markets were percent below the record high not influenced by war demands If you are ill at home or in the hospital and will be unable to go to the polls Tuesday we will help you vote absentee at your reached in February 1951 '56 (HEVROLEIS PRICED FOR QUICK CLEANUP suring farm prices declared hy law to be fair to fanners in relation to prices they must pay This parity percentage was toe same as a month ago as well as a year ago but compared with the record high of 123 percent set in October 1916 The report said toe price level of meat hogs beef cattle lambs and dropped about 15 percent during the month Comparisons Prices received by farmers in mid-October were reported at 234 percent of toe 1910-14 base average compared with 236 percent in mid-September 229 percent in mid-October last year and toe record of 313 percent set in February 1951 The drop of two percentage points from September to October figures out to a decline of 084 percent from the September level Prices paid by farmers in mid-October were reported at 287 percent of toe 1910-14 base average toe same as a month earlier but compared with 280 percent in mid-October last year and the record high 290 percent set in May 1952 The October decline was expected to add fuel to the fires of the campaign for farm votes in next week's national elections Lower prices for meat animals com potatoes poultry eggs and cotton Rune than ofset higher prices received for dairy products some vegetables cottonseed and wheat living Costs Unchanged Prices paid by farmers for US Jobless Level Lowest Since 1953 The '56 aiedels that eatteld eey ether cer In the werld ere almoit eH gene let yea can hey eee if yea and at deep-cat tleeaup prices Never egeia such a hay! JUST PHONE TU3-2382 WASHINGTON Oct 30 (D-The government reported today hmnv UvinK and In prediction held nn- living and in production Don't delay Absentee voting ends Wednesday changed between mid-September am mid-October The relationship between prices received by farmers and those paid by them put the farm price level at 82 percent of parity Parity is a standard for mea- FOR 20 TEARS CORPUS CHRISTI'S ONLY FACTORY AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALER as ms fer tr Wemeepewer far Dimliawar Mrs Dougherty Carr Chairman 000 in the lowest since November 1953 when there were 1699000 not at work The decline from September was 89000 The Commerce Department also said toe number of Americans holding jobs rose by 103000 in October and that the unemployment rate of 28 per cent of the working force was as low as any month in the last three years and compares with a rate of 32 per cent In October of last year On the employment side farm workers declined by 215000 from September to a total of 7173000 The number of nonfarm workers rose by 317000 to 59000000 in October The department said the total civilian labor force not including the armed services also was up 13000 to an October total of 68-082000 Secretary of Commerce Weeks noted that the number of employed in October marked the 18th straight month In which monthly peaks had been established He said that average monthly employment during the first 10 months of this year hus been two million higher than the average dining the first 10 months o( 1955 The department statement said changes in job holding between September and October were mostly seasonal It said the cutback in agriculture was due to the windup of fall harvesting in some areas SYMBOLS OF SECURITY 42-Year Term Given In Dallas Rape Trial DALLAS Oct 30 (AP)-Frank Sexton Jr 19 was sentenced to 12 years In -prison today for the rape of a 22 year-old Rylie woman last July 7 'The sentence was fixed by a jury which convicted him last week Harry Truman HOW YOU CAN JOIN Fop tho John Durans Jolnervllle Texas rPreddsniflany Thmen why he opposed AT i for tbe Presidential non! said on Ang II 1956 this conreaiioe must nsme man who ha the txperieace and toe ability to ectfes President immediately upon lasfuming office without risking a period of coaly i trial and error" (l) OHOUP for firm (2) NONOgfliin niau with more employees You and fM your fellow employee can get low- or Uttir your and Blue Shield or enrollitwnt information No obliutfoa salesman will call on you flitter typical tiu inn BLUE CROSS lilts tital bespital till $190855 titil pail If BUIE CROSS $163255 Mr John superintendent of Joinerville schools end the heed of a family of five thanks his lucky stan for the day he enrolled his family in a BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD groujx iut it Bin mss ui buic smu 27 years on the little more than head and then akknesa Confining expensive sickness! Five separate hospital admissions for John Dunn during the first seven months of this year IN CORPUS CHRISTI 1016 Santa Fe Street Phone TU2-S152 always iptef wM But this lime be wa righL'The United State cart afford trialand-enor President Wbet ii Adlift gjve-vp-the-H-bomb Mai wnfcT Yes Mr toai would be a and mr experiment stability1 ew lienee art good enough tor for Eiecnbow 412 BnAdingAeriia diV! luo erase top Hospital Cere Dluo Shield for Physicians Care ae-pi ww.

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