Bonham News Briefs Highlight Rodeo Plans and Food Tales
Lamenting a dinner mishap James Thomison jokes about pork and rainless cotton as REA directors and guests depart. Rodney Talbot visits grandparents in Bonham with a fried chicken mix up. Rodeo boosters drum up excitement for Paris and Wolfe City events Aug 7 10 and Aug 15 17. J R Cobb praises air conditioning after a Fannin Electric Co-Op meeting. Sunday showers surprise residents and many stay indoors due to heat and false alarms.
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Paris
Bonham
Wolfe City
J. R. Cobb
Fannin Electric Co-Op
Pope Paul VI Begins Working Vacation at Castel Gandolfo
Pope Paul VI started his summer rest away from the heat of Rome driving 17 miles to Castel Gandolfo. A crowd of about 5,000 welcomed him on his first major trip since becoming pope in June. The visit marks a return to a place he frequented as a youth during thePius XII era and after World War II.
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Castelgandolfo
Italy
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican City
Alban Hills
Vatican
John XXIII
Paul
Lost key ring ends hunt among new homes in E Bonham
Bill Southerland sought a lost key ring while viewing new homes in E Bonham, hoping to recover the item after an afternoon outing.
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Bill Southerland
E Bonham
Bogota Bandits Kill 42 In Caldas State Ambush
Army report says machete wielding bandits halted a bus and three government dump trucks on a highway near La Dorada and Victoria. Laborers and peasants were forced into a house, robbed, and beheaded one by one. The attack marks a pattern of violence in the region.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
la Dorada
Victoria
Caldas
Public Works Department
Keene Texas Post Office Opens Sundays Uniquely
Keene Texas, founded by Seventh Day Adventists in 1890, is described as the only U S community with a post office open on Sundays, reflecting a rare local church and civic practice.
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Keene
Texas
Seventh Day Adventisst
United States
San Angelo May Hire Rainmaker
Tulsa man calling himself Mr. Rainmaker says San Angelo businessmen offered $10,000 to produce rain. He claims powers beyond science and cites four successful moisture events in Tulsa over the past year.
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San Angelo
Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Rainmaker
Ector Receives First Bale of 1963 Cotton Crop
The Ector gin received its first bale of cotton for 1963. Gaylen Murray, the gin manager, announced Claude Porter from the Savoy area delivered 1 950 pounds of seed cotton yielding 520 pounds of bale and 750 pounds of seed. Local merchants awarded a $25 cash prize for the first bale.
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ECTOR
Gaylen Murray
Claude Porter
Savoy
Missing U S Army Plane Near Seoul With Six Crewmembers
A U S Army small plane with six Americans aboard disappeared Sunday on a flight from the eastern Korean coast toward the Seoul area. UNC reports no hostile fire in the area and a ground air search has found nothing yet.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
United Nations Command
UNC
Daepo-Ri
Pyongtaek
Denpo-Ri
North Korea
U. S. Army
Korean Military
US backs Soviet plan to prevent surprise attacks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reportedly told Soviet officials the United States may support a plan to station inspectors in key areas on both sides of the Cold War divide. He met twice with Lord Home and Andrew Gromyko as he seeks new steps after the nuclear test ban treaty.
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Moscow
UPI
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
United States
Rusk
Lord Home
Andrew Gromyko
Home
Gromyko
East
West Germany
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Britain
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kremlin
Senate to Get Treaty Thursday
President Kennedy told Democratic leaders he will send the limited test ban treaty to the Senate about Thursday. Senate Leader Mansfield said hearings would begin next Monday with State Department witnesses.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Moscow
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Join Chiefs of Staff
Atomic Energy Commission
House
Committee Okays Oil Tax Relief
Washington United Press International says the House Ways and Means Committee kept most oil industry tax concessions intact while approving only the nine year old relief for big oil producers. The final vote reduced Kennedy’s proposed new oil taxes from about 60 million to 40 million, maintaining independent producers’ favorable status.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Congress
Wildcatters
Kennedy
Committee Bac
Residents seek help as street seized by irate owner in Dumas
In Dumas Texas residents demand action after Emry Robert plowed up a street he claims as his. City commissioners advise writing their congressman as children and teens protest at Roberts liquor store and in front of the owner’s home.
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Dumas, Tex
UPI
Dumas
Emry Robert
Roberts
Hearing Set Oct. 23 on Suit Against Paper
The Texas Supreme Court fixed October 23 for a hearing on whether a newspaper carrier is an independent agent or employee of the newspaper. Newspapers Inc. appeals a $99 165 damages award to Gerald Witt Love and family from an auto crash with carrier C E Cargile. Briefs supporting Newspapers Inc. were filed by the Houston Chronicle Dallas Morning News Dallas Times Herald and Wichita Falls Record News.
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Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Times Herald
Wichita Falls Record News
Newspapers Inc
School Land Board Set to Sign Padre Island Deed
The School Land Board will meet at 9 a.m. August 23 to sign over state interests in Padre Island to the federal government for a national seashore. The measure, approved by the 58th Legislature, becomes law that day.
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Austin
UPI
School Land Board
Padre Island
Land Board
Slender Island
Wallace vows to read Bible in classroom if courts ban it
Gov. George Wallace declared he will personally attend a school to read the Bible if federal courts strike down Alabama plans for Bible study in public schools. The state Board of Education approved the measure, calling the Supreme Court ruling an attack on religion while noting Alabama law already requires daily Bible reading.
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George Wallace
Alabama
State Board of Education
Wallace
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Austin Meadows
U S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Enchanted Rock Landmark Described Near Fredericksburg
A granite hill known as Enchanted Rock rises about 500 feet above the Texas countryside between Fredericksburg and nearby Jane. The promontory spans roughly one square mile, noted for its imposing presence in the landscape.
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Fredericksburg
Jane Texas
Rayburn Renaming Bill Honors Late Speaker
The House passes a bill to rename the McGee Bend Dam and reservoir on the Angelina River near Jasper after Sam Rayburn. The $58 million joint project would honor his half century of public service and dedication to national resources.
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Washington
UPI
House
Sam Rayburn
McGee Bend
Angelina River
Jasper
Senate
Committee On Public Works
Rayburn
Haitian Exiles Invade Haiti From Dominican Border
A small force of Haitian exiles crossed from the Dominican Republic and advanced on Fort Liberte with aims to reach Cap Haitien and Port au Prince. Rebel leader Gen. Leon Cantave reportedly led 500 men. authorities claimed reports may be inflated and no fighting was confirmed.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
UPI
Dominican Republic
Fort Liberte
Santo Domingo
Hispaniola
Haig
Paul Verna
Derse
Troy
Limonade
Cape Haitien
Haitis
Farest
Verna
Tor
Democratic National Union
UDN
Caribbean
Leon Cantave
Cap Haitien
Francois Duvalier
Rebief
St. Marc
Scattered Showers Bring Minor Rain to Bonham Area
Showers drifted over the northern Bonham area Monday afternoon but skipped downtown. Rain totaled about 0.03 inches at the station with heavier amounts to the north and northeast. Temperatures cooled from a high near 99 to 86 as hot, dry conditions persist elsewhere with isolated afternoon thundershowers expected.
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Bonham
Latte
Texas
Survival Film Shown At Club
Bryce McIntyre presented Seconds For Survival at a Kiwanis luncheon. The narrated film explained the warning system used in case of enemy attack.
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Bryce McIntyre
Kiwanis Club
TP&L Aims Rate Cut and New Franchise For Bonham
TP and L representatives plan to ask Bonham city council for a new franchise and a 2 1/2 percent rate reduction. The current franchise expired in 1966 and would bring higher city taxes on industrial and municipal customers. If approved the rate cut would take effect with the September bill cycle, reflecting efficiency gains and favorable fuel costs, totaling about 2 million dollars yearly company wide.
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Texas Power and Light Company
Bonham City
Bonham
Tp&l
Jp&l
W. LL Barnett
W. LL Barnett. Bonham
Tp&i
Counc
Il Ty
Barnett
Wirtz to Report on Rail Labor Progress
Labor Secretary Wirtz was summoned before the House Commerce Committee for a progress report on renewed union rail talks. Chairman Harris said he wanted Wirtz to present the administration's view before action on ending the work rules dispute.
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ICC
Cate
Alphamo Bel
Realif
Bell
Space Center
Clifford Case
R-Nj
Boston
Case
Senate Space Committee
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Bonham State Park
Eldon Donaldson
Dub Cunningham
Pope Paul VI
Sharma
Bartley-Woods Club
Clyde Watterman
Mulberry
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