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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
1
Stan Norwood of Bonham found an error in a Time magazine article on the Federal Aid Tuition Deduction. He sent his figures and Time agreed, with Margaret Harbison praising his accounting accuracy and thanking him for the call.
Eight people died in three skirmishes along the truce line as UN and South Korean forces faced North Korean infiltrators. The clashes left four North Koreans, three Americans, and one South Korean dead with no reported casualties or property damage in the immediate aftermath. Hot, humid weather persisted along the 155 mile border as authorities blamed Chinese Communists for fueling the incidents.
Three new earthquakes struck Skopje causing residents to flee in panic but no new damage or injuries were reported. Officials said nearly 200 tremors since Friday are mostly minor and predicted a final death toll between 1,500 and 2,000 as rescue workers recover three more bodies, with no further survivors expected.
Harvey Womack picked the first bale at Honey Grove on Wednesday. Pug Shelley of Randolph plans to let the cotton open then defoliate and use mechanical pickers to harvest the rest in a single sweep through the field.
Five kittens Missie Junior Pinky Blackie and Brindtie found a baby possum Wednesday morning. The animal wandered into their play area and was surrounded by the kittens before being killed when play ended.
John Glenn a former Bosham VA Center employee had surgery at Methodist Hospital in Dallas on Tuesday. He is in Room 230L and is reported to be doing okay.
Sid Anderson tests a hat and notes it looks better but remains too large. He places the hat back on the rack, evaluating its fit and proportion.
Dallas speech by Eugene Locke, Democratic state chairman, urges party officials to resign if unable to back all Democratic candidates in forthcoming elections. He says county chairs should be loyal to the party even if they disagree with national candidates. O'Donnell suggests changing parties for persistent policy disagreements.
Attorney James E Hammond considers forcing Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr to sue to test Kennedy’s Chamizal land cession. If Carr refuses, Hammond may seek a state Supreme Court order to compel action and argue Kennedy exceeded treaty powers. The Chamizal issue stems from the Rio Grande shift and the pending federal treaty with Mexico.
Six Czechoslovakian sports planes were forced to land at the US Army airfield in Schweinfurt Germany on Wednesday due to a storm. The pilots were questioned and later allowed to fly out.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a foreign aid measure totaling just under 4.1 billion dollars, about 438 million below Kennedy’s request. Chairman Thomas E. Morgan said a formal committee vote would follow next week. An amendment urged Western Europe and Japan to share more of the burden. The bill also bans further U.S. aid to Indonesia unless Kennedy finds it vital to U.S. interests.
The Atomic Energy Commission said the underground test Project Coach cannot be carried out in 1983 due to difficulties in producing the small H-bomb and issues with the explosive device being tested at the Nevada Proving Ground. The experiment was planned for a salt bed near Carlsbad New Mexico.
Hundreds of whites clashed with police outside new Negro families in a white Chicago neighborhood. Four officers were injured as at least 37 people were arrested. Violence also broke out at Brooklyn construction sites and in Anderson and Birmingham with several arrests for desegregation protests.
A large cache of explosives including more than a ton of dynamite and bomb making materials was seized by the FBI in a summer cottage near New Orleans. Officials withheld details for security reasons. No arrests were made and the plan was abandoned as impractical.
County Agent Wayne Cranfill told the Bonham Lions club that Fannin county’s 1962 beef cattle income reached about 4 million dollars, up 131000 from 1961, while crop income fell 56000 due to a heavy infestation. He noted just over 50000 beef cattle in the county and suggested ways to boost beef income.
Defense Department officials faced Senate criticism over a policy allowing base commanders to bar off limits businesses or communities practicing racial segregation. Senator Richard Russell, chairman of the Military Appropriations subcommittee, vowed tough questions when Pentagon budget hearings begin. He warned against spending 50 billion dollars to enforce social reform or conformity to a fixed pattern.
Adm. George W. Anderson Jr. relinquished command of the Navy to Adm. David L. McDonald at a Washington Navy Yard ceremony. Anderson will become the United States ambassador to Portugal, leveraging his international military background. McDonald is described as a hard‑edged aviator with similar views on the Navy’s future.
Houston police and FBI agents push an intensive probe into a burglary at a high school that netted 39 military weapons. Investigators say linking this theft to other recent captures or a New Orleans munitions stockpile remains unproven, with no suspect identified yet.
London doctors performed major surgery on Stephen Ward hours after he swallowed sleeping pills. He remained unconscious as surgeons replaced a temporary airway tube, marking his first public sign of a possible tracheotomy in Britain’s sex scandal case.
The Daily Telegraph reported Britain entering a fifth day of a boat wave amid a hot spell with high temperatures reaching 77 degrees in London.
AFL CIO President George Meany told Congress that if it is permissible to compel railroad employees to work under chosen conditions then private ownership of the industry should be reconsidered. He argued that industries with paramount public interest should not serve private profit and urged the committee to reject the President’s stance.
President Kennedy is set to stress support for the nuclear test ban to be signed in Moscow next week. A 4 p.m. EDT news conference will be televised nationwide as he weighs French resistance to the pact and reactions to de Gaulle’s stance.
The U S Weather Bureau says hot, fair weather will persist in North Central Texas through Friday with Bonham reaching near ninety nine degrees earlier in the week. scattered showers along the Texas Gulf Coast were reported, but otherwise the state remains hot and dry.
R R Justice of the Juanita Briggs farm north of Randolph delivered Bonham Co op Gin a 503 pound bale from 2000 pounds of seed cotton. The bale, 900 pounds of seed, was ginned from seed cotton planted April 5 and earned a premium. This was the county's second bale of 1963, following Harv Womack's 118 pound bale at Honey Grove. Two farmers report early bales and bright crop prospects amid hot dry weather.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara views U S custody of nuclear warheads for German missiles during three days of talks with German officials. He inspects units near the Ruhr area with Honest John rockets and the Sergeant missile, noting U S control and a secure system to prevent theft or misfire.
Fannin county residents who missed one of the Sabin polio vaccine shots may catch up at a Friday and Saturday clinic. Dr Williams, county health officer, will administer all three types from 10 AM to 12 noon and 2 to 4 PM in his office. The county commissioners' court sponsors the no cost mass immunization and urges those missing a shot to attend.
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