Civil Rights Issue at Heart of 1956 Democratic Platform
At Chicago headquarters the platform committee faces civil rights strain as Sen. Sam J. Ervin urges restraint on endorsing school desegregation ruling, while Rep. Emanuel Celler backs recognition of the historic Supreme Court decision. The debate shapes convention fate and presidential runoff between Adlai Stevenson Harriman and Kefauver supporters. Truman’s upcoming talk may spark a party split over civil rights and other goals.
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Chicago
John W. McCormack
Democratic Platform Committee
Eisenhower
McCormack
Sam J. Ervin
N.C
Emanuel Celler
Celler
Averell Harriman
New York
Ture
Wickard
Claude A. Wickard
U. S
Indiana
Adlai E. Stevenson
South
Harriman
Steven
Platform Committee
Truman
Paul M Butler
Washington
Mr. Truman
Northwest wind brings heat as Bonham plans football season
The wind from the northwest carries hot air from West Texas over the area. Leatherwood hardware on the square, housed since 1881, undergoes face lifting with new doors and windows and its old elevator moved to the back. Bonham Quarterback Club president Buster Cole says meeting will form a start of football preparations once cooler weather comes.
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West
Texas
Leatherwood Hardware Store
Hutch
Buster Cole
Bonham Quarterback Club
Cole
Gary To Be Among Top Leaders In Harriman's Bid
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary will lead a western states meeting for Averell Harriman's presidential campaign in Oklahoma City. Gary heads the western delegation and will host the session Sunday before the Democratic convention opens in Chicago. Harriman is not expected to attend.
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Gary
Harriman
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Chicago
Averell Harriman
Western States
Train Clerk Sells 85 Tickets Then Refunded 83
A railway clerk at Chorley sold 85 excursion tickets to Llandudno on Sunday. Thirty minutes later he issued 83 refunds as the train passed the station without stopping.
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Chorley
England
North Wales
Llandudno
Eight Men Go On Trial Today For Brinks Robbery
Eight middle aged men stand trial in Boston for the Brinks robbery of 1 219 000 the largest cash haul in U S history. Indictments total 169 for armed robbery and conspiracy as jurors are chosen amid unprecedented security costs and procedures. The lengthy case follows a weekend spate of Texas traffic deaths and other accidents across the South with multiple fatalities and critical injuries.
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Boston
LLP
Paul T. Smith
Massachusetts
Smith
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Suffolk County
Texas
Woodville
Avinger
Dalhart
Dallas
Lone Star Steel Co
Daniel and Yarborough Hit the Road for Second Primary Votes
Senators Daniel and Yarborough crisscross Texas campaigning for the gubernatorial runoff. Daniel plans southeast Texas stops including Kountze Silsbee Kirbyville Newton Jasper Woodville and Lufkin with a Longview rally Tuesday night. Yarborough tours Austin Round Rock Georgetown Copperas Cove Killeen Gatesville Hamilton and Hico ending with an 8 p.m. Stephenville courthouse rally. Both cited O Danial backers and seek the 900000 uncast July votes amid runoff battles for attorney general and other offices.
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United Press
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Texas
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Silsbee
Kirbyville
Newton
Jasper
Woodville
Lufkin
Longview
Yarborough
Austin
Round Rock
Georgetown
Copperas Cove
Killeen
Gatesville
Hamilton
Hico
Liberty
W. Lee O’daniel
Jim Fritts
O'Daniel
Travis County
Tom L. Beauchamp
Paris
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
O’daniel
Hit
McKeon Gets Nine Months For Navy Drill Incident
Marine Sgt Matthew C McKeon receives nine months hard labor and a bad conduct discharge after negligent homicide and drinking in non com barracks The sentence reduces rank to private and forfeits pay while serving at Portsmouth Va rehab center The outcome awaits review by Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas amid broad public reaction
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Parris Island
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas
McKeon
Portsmouth
Thomas
Bonham Fire Department Responds to Three Grass Fires
The Bonham fire department made three runs to grass fires in about an hour on Monday. Two calls were to 407 Denison Avenue and the third to Poplar and West 4th Street. After extinguishing the Denison address, firefighters were called back about an hour later to another grass fire in the same area.
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Bonham
Denison Avenue
Poplar
West 4Th Street
Britain and Iraq ready for Suez crisis actions
A second British carrier Bulwark sailed toward the eastern Mediterranean as Iraq backed Egypt over the Suez Canal. U S Sixth Fleet ships withdrew from Naples for routine exercises while France stood by at Toulon awaiting eight hours notice.
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Mediterranean
Iraq
Egypt
Suez Canal
Naples
Toulon
Bulwark
Portsmouth
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Randolph
U. S Navy
Suez
Navy
Foreign Office
Britain
Ocean
Theseus
16Th
Independent Parachute Brigade
Middle East
Soviet Union
Canal
Moscow Radio
Washington
Robert G. Menzies
Far East
Halsan
France
Eden
U.S
England
Wreckage Located of Two Planes in Harlingen Texas
Civil Air Patrol crews found two crashed planes near Laguna Atascosa northeast of Harlingen. The Beechcraft Bonanza from Houston with four men and a Fort Worth group perished in the separate crashes. The Fort Worth party included Robert Keller and his newlywed wife, pilot Henry West, all residents of Fort Worth.
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Harlingen
Tex
Civil Air Patrol
Port Worth
Houston
CAP
Jerry R. Fitzgerald
Haringen Civil Air Patrol
Fort Worth
Robert L. Keller
Henry J. West
Monterrey
Mexico
Stassen says RNC at odds with Eisenhower on renomination
Across the nation late bulletins report Harold Stassen accusing the Republican National Committee of clashing with President Eisenhower over selecting a running mate for a second term. Also noted are weather disasters, legal delays, and a store bomb scare investigation.
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Washington
Harold F. Stassen
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Khrushchev Agrees To Meet Ellender In Moscow
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to receive Senator Alan Ellender chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee in Moscow today. Ellender is expected to discuss Soviet agriculture with Khrushchev before visiting farming areas in the Soviet Union. He plans to raise pulsical questions.
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I's
Onda
Nikita S Khrusches
Vi Ung
Alan J. Ellender
Lo Lle
Ellender
Senate Agriculture
Khrusches
Healen
Weather Outlook for North Central Texas
Clear to partly cloudy and hot conditions rise through tonight and into Tuesday. Highs near the region reach hot levels with continued sunshine and limited rain chances.
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Texas
Record Heat Tops 103 Amid Heat Wave crest
Temperatures midday reached 103 in Bonham as a strong hot air belt brings the season’s hottest stretch since 1954. The town forecast shows continued heat and partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with no showers mentioned. A Bras fire in Wat 7th and Pine prompted a fire department response Sunday afternoon.
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Bonham
Texas
Wat 7Th
Pine Street
Humphrey urges VP hopefuls to declare candidacies
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey urged fellow Democrats seeking the vice presidency to publicly announce their campaigns, saying vice ballot selections should end in secret rooms. He stressed that others should follow his lead and disclose intent to run for second on the ticket.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Minnesota
Filse
Steel Prices Rise As Steelworkers Return To Mills
Pittsburgh report notes 650000 United Steelworkers resume work at idle mills after five week shutdown. Prices to rise to 12 to 13 dollars a ton, with output near normal by late week. U S Steel to reach 79 percent capacity next Saturday and 80 percent in two weeks. Three years of labor peace declared under new contracts.
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Pittsburgh
Ad- Vance
United Steelworkers
Nuuion’steel Mills
Wall Chase
Iroan Age Magazine
Tme
Eng
Usw
Steel Corp
U.S Steel
Denando
David McDonald
Reserve Program Hope Looms Amid Force Cut Concerns
Congressional sources warn a deep administration manpower cut could destroy the faltering reserve program. Withstanding forces eyed to shrink by up to 800000 by 1960, a draft decline or end may follow, threatening the 4.9 million ready reserve goal and the voluntary basis of the program.
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Washington
Monday in Bonhaa A locals amid heat and talk
On Monday in Bonhaa residents describe the morning scene. Cquate Dick Saunders starts work early while Howard Smith and Claude Lea therwood discuss an irrigation trip. People like Maggie Willame and Mack Benton converse about business as Paul Campbell braces for the heat. Forrest Copeland surveys clear skies.
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Dick Saunders
Hioward Smith
Claude Leatherwood
Red Boling
Huw Sitzler
Hioward Crider
Maggie Willame
Mack Benton
Paul Campbell
Forrest Copeland
Bonhaa
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John Wayne Davis
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Jo Ann Irwen
Cathy Irwen
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Coon Memorial Hospital
Ray Cade, Jr
Hillister
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