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Crew members of the General Mtors Parade of Progress finish erecting the show's special
"big top" — the erodome. This tent Is made with an aluminum framework from which hangs a
silver - coolred canvas. The tent is 152 feet long and seats 1,250 people. In the foreground is
one of the Parade's Futurllners, or exhibit vans.
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Odessa io Host Permian Basin Progress Week Friday
See tomorrow today! That's
the slogan of General Motors'
all new Parade of Progress that
will appear at Fly Field, Odessa
High School, Odessa, as a feature
of "Permian Basin Progress
Week". The huge traveling circus
of science will open to the pub-
lic on Friday, January 6, 1956
at 7:00 p.m., and will operate
daily from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m.
through the following Monday,
January 9. Admission is free.
The Parade of Progress spells
out in fascinating displays, in
exciting words, the accomplish-
ments of modern science and en-
gineering . . . and outlines the
bright and happy future our
country's research men and en-
gineers have in store for your
family.
Traveling in twelve specialty
designed "Futureliners," ten
tractor - trailers, and 22 other
trucks, station wagons and pas-
senger cars, this huge cavalcade
of 44 vehicles will bring enter-
tainment and a deeper meaning
of our way of life to thousands
who visit it.
The mile long motorcade will
move from San Antonio, arriv-
ing in Odessa at 11:00 a.m., Jan.
5, 1956. Gala parade thru down-
town Midland and Odessa have
been planned. Invited to ride in
the parades are the mayors, civic
leaders and GM dealers from
both cities.
Featured in a 40 - minute stage
only tent of its kind in existence,
shqw in the "Aerodome" tent,
It is constructed like an inside-
, out umbrella with the ribs of
aluminum on the outside and
the silver, plastic - coated canvas
suspended on the inside. The re-
sult being a mammoth tent com-
fortably seating 1250 people with
no wires, ropes or anything to
obstruct vision of the shows.
Here spectators will see the
''cold stove" that never gets hot,
the "Motor that Runs on Sun-
shine", the drop of water with
a bang, and many other dynamic
demonstrations of progress.
The atmosphere is that of a
circus, complete with "big top"
and side - shows. The midway
is made up of twelve "Future-
liners," whose sides open to form
stages and marquees where one
can see demonstration Qn jet
propulsion, "The Miracles of
Heat and Cold," Energy and
others. Of special interest to the
ladies are exhibits on modern re-
frigeration, "Around the Farm-
house Clock" and eggs being
fried on a stove that never gets
hot
Always a favorite to young
and old alike is "Old Scout," the
1902 Oldsmobile that won the
first transcontinental race in 44
days. Old Scout still runs and, al-
though the operator has difficul-
ties every now and then, it is
always a joyous moment when
she sputters to life again.
During its tour before World
War II the Parade of Progress
visited 251 cities in Canada,
Mexico and the United States,
and had more than twelve and
one - half million spectators. The
new edition of the Parade took
to the road in April, 1953 and,
after visiting 123 cities in the
United States and Canada, it has
been viewed by almost seven
million people.
Purpose of the Parade is to
show how science and industry
combine to contribute to our high
standard of living. Beyond this,
GM hopes that the Parade of
Progress will inspire young peo-
ple to work towards an even
better tomorrow.
Featured attractions in Odessa
during "Permian Basin Progress
Week" celebration are the Gene-
ral Motors Parade of Progress
and the Sand Hills Hereford and
Quarterhorse Show. And they're
both free!
Braniff to Open Office
In New Hotel Building
Braniff International Airways
will open a new ticket office in
Dallas' Statler Hotel on Jan. 19,
the same day the hotel is offi-
cially opened to the public.
Bill Davis, the airlines' Dallas
sales manager, announced that
Braniff will continue to main-
tain its Adolphus ticket office;
that full staffs at both downtown
locations will provide ticketing,
reservation, hotel confirmation
and rent - a - car service to air-
line patrons.
Braniff's new Statler ticket of-
fice, occupying 540 square feet,
is located on the lobby floor with
a Commerce Street entrance and
a second entrance leading to the
hotel lobby.
Facilities in the new Statler
office are designed for consul-
tant type service. The decorator
has used Latin American colors
in the new quarters and a three-
dimensional route map now
standard in Braniff offices thru-
out the hemisphere.
HAD A WRECK? See Kidd at
Fond Body Shop. Phone 2463.
See TOMORROW TODAY of
General Motors
PARADE of
Congressional Issues Shaping
Battleground for 1956 Campaign
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THRILLING EXHIBITS OF SCIENTIFIC WONDERMENT PRESENTED IN SUPER
FUTURLINERS PLUS THE THRILLING SCIENCE STAGESHOW UNDER THE GIANT
SILVER AERODOME • BIGGEST EXPOSITION OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD
• NOT AN AUTOMOBILE SHOW • NOTHING TO BUY • BRING THE FAMILY
TO THE BIG SCIENCE SHOW OF SHOWS THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING ABOUT
FREE ADMISSION!
FLY FIELD, Odessa Sigh School
FRIDAY JAHAURY 6, - 7 P.M. T010 P.M.
JANUARY 7thru 9-2P.M.TOIOP.M.
By JAMES DOUTHAT
The economic, social and po-
litical issues confronting Cong-
ress indicate the far - ranging
battleground over which the
campaign in 1956 will be argued.
Keep in the mind that what
the Republicans or the Demo-
crats accomplish ... or fail to
accomplish . . . during the cur-
rent session will have an import-
ant bearing on which party com
trols Congress for the next two
years and who occupies the
White House for the next four
years.
The battle already is on in full
fury. Some of the major contro-
versies will be over:
1. Whether tax cuts should be
limited to the low income brack-
ets ... or whether part of the
relief should go to those in the
higher brackets and to corpora-
tions in order to provide esisen-
tial job - making investment cap-
ital.
2. Whether the administration
should try to economize or does
any curtailment in spending jeo-
pardize national security?
3. Whether the knowledge and
ability and experience of patri-
otic business men shall be avail-
able to the government when
needed ... or whether vital Gov-
ernment programs must be di-
rected by persons lacking essen-
tial experience and knowledge.
4. Whether the $1.00 an hour
minimum wage just voted by
Congress should be extended to
additional millions of employees.
5. A national highway pro-
gram — how extensive should it
be and how should it be
financed?
6. Public housing—how much,
if any?
7. Health reinsurance. . .should
the Federal Government become
involved?
8. The role of the Federal Gov-
ernment, if any, in school con-
struction.
9. Whether the Federal Gov-
ernment or private industry, or
a partnership, should be relied
upon to meet the nation's power
needs.
10. Whether social security
should be expanded to retire
women at 62 instead of 65, pro-
vide disability payments to all at
50, and whether the cost should
be met by raising the rate to 4.5
percent for employers, and 4.5
percent for employees by 1975.
11. What kind of farm aid, if
any, in addition to parity pay-
ments? And should the Republi-
can flexible program be given a
chance to show what it can do
. . . or should thfe nation turn
again to the Democrats' 90 per
cent rigid parity program under
which most of the present trou-
ble started?
12. Whether state laws cover-
ing labor and other problems
should be automatically invali-
dated by enactment of federal
legislation on the same subject.
13. Should state right-to-work
laws, permitted under the Taft-
Hartley Act, be preserved or pro
hibited?
14. The Bricker Amendment—
should it be adopted to prevent
treaty law from overriding Fed-
eral, and State laws?
15. Should the federal debt
ceiling be raised again, tempor-
arily o r permanent, o r should
Congress avoid this by cutting
expenditures to the amount re-
quired?
16. Curtailment of Government
competition with industry.
17. Recommendations of the
Kestenbaum Commission on In-
tergovernment Relations for the
proper division of functions be-
tween the Federal and State gov-
ernments — how many should
be enacted?
Many other issues could be
listed. But these are sufficient to
show how vitally the future of
the nation can be affected by ac-
tion of the 195# Congress.
HIE OLD
IMER
"A kiss that speaks volumes
Is probably not a fire* edition!"
Neighboring Press
POST TO NAME
C - C DIRECTORS
Names of 10 nonjinees for four
places on the Post Chamber of
Commerce board of directors
will be on the ballots which will
be mailed members within the
next few days, Mrs. Fritz Green-
field, C of C secretary, said Tues-
day. — Post Dispatch.
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SLATON CHAMBER
NAMES NEW OFFICERS
Francis E. Perry, publisher of
The Slaton Slatonite, will be in-
stalled as the new president of
the Slaton Chamber of Com-
merce banquet January 16 at the
Clubhouse. Serving with Perry
in the upcoming year will be
Don Britt, Vice president and out-
going president Melvin. Kunkel
as treasurer. — Slaton Slaitonite.
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Ward County Commissioners
May Get Salary Raise
The Ward County Commission-
ers Court gave notice this week
that they intend to raise the
salaries of the County Commis-
sioners from $4,500 to $6,750 per
year . . . the same amount full
time county officials are now re-
ceiving. The proposition will be
acted on at the January 9 meet-
ing of the court. Any taxpayer
may register a protest at the
meeting if he so desires.—Mona-
hans News.
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
SET FOR McCAMEY
A $70,000 bond issue election
for school expansion has been
■called for January 14, 1956, by
the McCamey Independent School
District Board of Trustees. Al-
though the proposed expansion
program will cost approximately
$155,000, the local school distract
has a surplus fund of $85,000,
therefore only needing $70,000
in bonds. — McCamey News.
THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL
THURSDAY, JAN. 8, IBM
IT'S THE LAW ... IN TEXAS
Gifts—How Much Do they Cost?
Since thoughts of gifts come
quite naturally to find during the
Christmas season, the subject of
gift taxes may be a timely one.
Although it may surprise some
people, the federal government
levies a tax which applies to a
gift made by one person to an-
other.
However the government has
no desire to tax ordinary birth-
day and Christmas gifts. The
law therefore excludes from tax-
able gifts the first $3,000 given
to each individual in each calen-
dar year.
The law also excludes from
taxable gifts, gifts to the church,
community chest, and similar
charitable organizations, and al-
lows each giver an exemption of
$30,000 — before the tax applies.
The tax applies whether the
gift is of money or of property.
If it is of property, the tax is
computed on the fair market
value at the date of the gift.
The purpose of many gifts is
to remove the property from the
taxable estate of the giver at
the time of his death. This may
or may not be accomplished. The
federal law provides that trans-
fers made within three years be-
fore the death shall be deemed
to have been made in contempla-
tion of death and shall be taxa-
ble in the estate of the one who
dies.
It may be advisable to "look
a gift horse in the mouth' for
the gift may cost the one who
receives the gift in income taxes
as well as the giver in gift tax-
es.
For income tax purposes the
cost basis of property received by
gift is the cost to the giver re-
gardless of the fact that the giv-
er may have paid a gift tax on
the gift. The other rule is that
in case of property received by
inheritance, the cost basis is the
fair market value at the date of
the decedent's death.
An example will show the ap-
plication of the rules. Suppose
a farmer acquired his land in the
early days at a cost of $10,000.
This property is now worth $50,-
000. The farmer wishes to retire
and to escape estate taxes, so he
gives the farm to his daughter.
Although he may pay federal
gift taxes totaling several thou-
sand dollars, when the daughter
decides to sell the farm for its
CHECK SWINDLER GETS
$300 IN WINKLER
Winkler County sheriff's de-
partment is still searching for
a fast - moving check forger who
passed five checks in the county
last Thursday for over $300. The
forged checks were passed on two
grocery stores in Wink and three
in Kermit. — Wink Bulletin.
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FORT STOCKTON SCHOOLS
GET VALUABLE PROPERTY
W. R. Weaver, independent oil
operator with Fort Stockton
field holdings, again has be-
friended the Fort Stockton com-
munity with a substantial gift
of oil properties assigned t;o the
Ft. Stockton Independent School
District. The current gifts cov-
ers three - fourth undivided in-
terest in a half - section lease
with eight producing wells, and
has an appraised value of over
$530,000.—Fort Stockton Pioneer.
$50,000 value, she still has to pay
income tax on $40,000 profit* dif-
ference between the sales price
and her father's cost of $10,000.)
On the other hand, if the far-
mer had not given the farm to
the daughter ,but had left it to
her under his will, he would
have saved the gift tax. The
daughter would have taken the
property at a cost basis of $50,-
000, so upon the sale she would
not have had to pay any income
tax.
Of course, there would have
been some estate taxes and ad-
ministration expenses in the
fathers estate, but that would
have been much less than the
taxes which resulted from the
gift. However, depending upon
individual and particular circum-
stances, there may be occasions
when a gift is advisable. Your
lawyer can advise you on this
matter.
(This column, based on fed-
eral and Texas law, is written
to inform . . . not to advise. No
person should ever apply or in-
terpret the law without the aid of
an attorney who knows the facts,
because the facts may change
the application of the law.)
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Faught, Wendell. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1956, newspaper, January 5, 1956; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth416253/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.