North Burma under Chinese Communist incursion and road damage
Commissioner Jim Wise reports hot dry weather crippling dirt roads and bridges in his precinct with cracks forming and embankments caving in. Meanwhile The Nation reports Chinese Communist forces occupying about 1000 square miles in north Burma near Lashio, with clashes ongoing and negotiations underway with Peiping.
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Wise
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Burma
Nation
Peiping
Lashio
China
Kuomintang
Rotary District Governor visits Bonham club on international program
Sherman governor Euclid T Fant Jr of District 188 spoke to the Bonham Rotary about Rotary International aims for the coming year. He noted 9100 clubs with many 100 percent contributors and discussed the Rotary Foundation funding student exchanges and global understanding. A Marshall, Texas youth was selected to go to Edinburgh, Scotland. The visit was introduced by Bonham club president Paul Simpson.
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Euclid T. Fant, Jr. Sherman
Rotary International
Bonham Rotary Club
Sherman Club
Governor Fant
Bonham Club
Rotary Foundation
Rotary
Marshall
Tex
Edinburgh
Scotland
Thief Steals Safe and Plank Hidden Money
R L Coppick, railway car inspector from Knoxville, reports a thief stole his safe and $60. Coppick hid the money in a hollowed two by four screwed to a wall. the wooden plank blended with the wall and was taken on Monday.
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Knoxville
Tenn
R L. Coppick
Coppick
Fragmented notes on cinema, work, meals, and weather hints
A string of quirky items shows Ike Newby and Jamen Ragsdale chasing a bandit on a motorcycle to view Todd-AO cinema. Tudor Cotham leaves work early. A merchant’s clerks argue over pheasant lunch and sirloin. Dr Krick and Myra Marr appear in downtown scenes. Pope twins tackle a driver problem amid weather rumors.
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Jamen Ragsdale
Todd-Ao
Tudor Cotham
Doc
Myra Marr
Jose
Dr. Krick
Britton
Pope Twins
Dean
Jean
Lucille Mac-Dowell
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Rayburn Sees Fruitful Session Before Chicago Convention
House Speaker Sam Rayburn called the recent congressional session among the most fruitful, citing expansions to social security and defense alongside major public works. He planned to attend the Democratic National Convention as permanent chairman and return to Chicago by August 11. Rayburn noted he would go to help Lyndon Johnson without commenting on nominations.
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Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Chicago
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Congress
Bonham
Navy moves two ships beside Egyptian destroyer in port
In Portsmouth the British navy positioned two warships alongside an Egyptian destroyer anchored there. In London, Secretary Dulles pledged support to Britain and France for firm Suez actions but did not approve force. Independence annexation suit names Truman family as defendants. Jackson warns US may misjudge Soviet power. Lemnitzer meets Korean minister over the UN command bill. July rainfall in Bonham totals 18.85 inches for seven months, signaling a hot dry period with multiple 100 degree days and calls for rainfall to restore pastures.
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London
John Foster Dulles
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Bonham
Jet plane crash near El Paso airport kills two
EL PASO Texas UP reports a jet plane from Biggs Air Force Base crashed about a mile from International Airport today. Two men were reported killed in the accident.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Air Force Base
Ector Gins First Bale of 1956 Cotton Season
Ector gins its first bale of the 1956 crop Tuesday afternoon. Lloyd Burnett from the H. F. Bomar farm delivered a 5386 pound bale with 2000 pounds of seed cotton. The bale was ginned free and merchants in Ector will pay a premium for it.
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Lloyd Burnett
H. F. Bomar Place
August Starts With Unusually Hot Weather
August opened with high temperatures around 98 degrees at noon and a forecast of exceeding 100 before cooling. Tuesday marked the peak of the heat with 105 degrees, and the outlook remains hot with scattered thunderstorms likely.
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Mercury
Eisenhower in Fine Shape After Morning Medical Exam
President Eisenhower underwent a comprehensive White House medical checkup. Drs. Toward Snyder Col Thomas W Mattingly and Maj Gen Leonard Heaton reported he is in fine shape with heart tests and blood chemistry normal. The examination followed his Panama trip and noted a slight earlier weight loss but no new health concerns.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Toward Snyder
Thomas W Mattingly
Draff
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Leonard Heaton
Walter Reed
Snyder
Panama
Measuring Land in Soil Bank Starts in North Texas
Compliance workers begin measuring 550 farms in Fannin County for soil bank participation. Most participants are cotton farmers with a few peanut and wheat growers. Job spans two weeks or more depending on weather as 500 plus plots are measured in the program. Partly cloudy and hot with scattered storms through Thursday.
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Soil Bank
Joan Barnard
Fannin County Agriculture and Stabilization Committee
Barnard
Feamnin County
Texas
Official End of Steel Strike Nears by Week's End
Negotiators from major steel companies and the United Steelworkers Union have held five days of talks on a final contract settling non economic issues. An unprecedented three year wage and benefit pact, worth over 1 billion dollars, was already agreed, but a quick end to the strike is expected with formal contracts signed soon.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
Stee
Eisenhower backs Nixon as 1956 running mate
President Eisenhower said Nixon is perfectly acceptable as his 1956 running mate and that Harold Stassen is within his rights to back another candidate. He expects Stassen to rejoin the official team after Aug. 27 and affirmed his own readiness to serve another four years.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Harold &. Stassen
Nixon
United States
Stassen
Wetter
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Kefauver Withdraws Delegates Boost Stevenson Bandwagon
Senator Estes Kefauver withdrew from the Democratic presidential race and endorsed Adlai Stevenson to unite the party. Governor Averell Harriman remained a contender, predicting he could win former Kefauver delegates. Truman offered cautious neutrality as Stevenson faced a potential first-ballot victory at Chicago.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Stevenson
Kefauver
Averell Harri Man
New York
Chicago
Harriman
Truman
Harrison
Joan Milton Crowned Junior League Queen in Sherman
Joan Milton daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Milton of Jenison van Libert streets won the Junior League Queen title after a Tuesday night contest in Sherman. Eight contestants competed in a sponsored event by eight Junior League baseball teams with other participants named from local organizations and businesses.
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Mists
Joan Milton
Bernard Milton
Jenison van Libert
Streets
Sherman
Eeight
Hearings Begin On Grand Canyon Crash Investigation
A presidential aviation safety panel planned public hearings to start today into the June 30 Grand Canyon double airliner disaster. The inquiry aims to unravel the accident that has been described as the worst in U.S. aviation history and will call airline executives as initial witnesses.
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Grand Canyon
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One North
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