Britain and France Form Joint Action on Suez Crisis
London reports a joint Mediterranean striking force led by a British airlift to the Suez region. Egypt reportedly recalls officers from Communist training centers to man Soviet submarines. Britain dispatches carriers and landing craft as a 24 nation conference plans an international canal control scheme. Indonesia announces a Hague preliminaries move.
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Britain
France
Suez
Cairo
Egypt
Berlin
Middle East
Suez Canal
Indonesia
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Adm
Earl Mountbatten
Queen Elizabeth
Paris
Soviet Union
India
Panama Canal
Inondon
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Security Council
Israel
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
Mideast
Arab League
al Gomhouria
Alexandria
Poland
Combat
Air
Henri Laforest
Algeria
Northern radicals blamed if Democrats split during convention
A Southern Democratic leader said Northern radicals would be blamed if the party splits over the civil rights platform as hearings began on the 1956 platform. Georgia chairman John Sammons Pell insisted Southerners seek unity to assure a November victory while opposing intra party strife.
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Chicago
John Sammons Pell
Georgia
Bell
Southern Unity Front
Supreme Court
Runoff Campaigns Open Amid Mass Appeals in Texas
Gubernatorial contenders Len Price Daniel and Ralph Yarborough kicked off runoff efforts with broad appeals. Daniel spoke five minutes on TV in Lufkin while Yarborough addressed a Stephenville rally, both targeting Democratic primary voters and decrying perceived political meddling by Walter Reuther and the NAACP.
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Len Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Lufkin
Yarborough
Stephenville
Cio-Uaw
Walter Reuther
NAACP
W. Lee O’daniel
O'Daniel
Texas
Austin
Reuther
Ivaniel
CIO
Bonham Firemen Issue Cautions As Heat Dries Grass
Bonham firemen warn of increased grass fires from hot, dry weather and urge caution with matches cigaret stubs and burning trash. Avon Blankenship notes dead grass can ignite from small flames and stresses ensuring fires are out and Sparks do not reach grass. The piece also reports on apple drying by Walter Phillips bees raiding watermelon parties, birds seeking cool water, and farm water supplies at record lows.
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Bonham
Avon Blankenship
Walter Phillips
Walter
Tyler
Chicago fights polio outbreak amid rising cases
Chicago officials press a citywide inoculation drive as polio cases near 600 with 13 deaths. Since June 3, 582 cases and 13 deaths mark the worst outbreak in Chicago's history, far exceeding 1955 and 1852 figures for the same period.
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Chicago
Board of Health
Charlie Williams Dies Monday Night at 83
Charlie Williams 83 of 600 West 6th street Bonham died at Allen Memorial hospital Monday night Aug 6 1956 after extended illness. He was a native of Fannin County and farmed in Randolph area until retirement six years ago. Funeral at Randolph Baptist Church Wednesday 3 PM with ministers Bob Cates T R Hawkins and Henry Gilbert. Burial in Randolph Cemetery directed by Pat Wilson Funeral Home Leonard. Survivors include wife a son John H Williams eight daughters ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A son Bill Williams died in 1936.
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Charlie Williams
West 6Th Street
Bonham
Allen Memorial Hospital
Fannin County
Williams
Randolph
Jonham
Randolph Baptist Church
Bob Cates
T. R. Hawkins
Henry Gilbert
Church of Christ
Randolph Cemetery
Pat Wilson
Leonard Directing
John H. Williams
Ellen Williams
S. N. Campbell
Roger Hamilton
Fort Worth
Kinslow Hicks
Leonard
Elbert Bennett
Whitewright
George Bishop
Mozelle Kent
Harlingen
Bill Williams
Funeral rites set for Samuel Shastid in Wade Oklahoma
Deputy sheriff Leon Shastid travels to Wade Oklahoma to attend the funeral of his grandfather Samuel Shastid 88 who died in Wade. Services are at 2 30 pm Wednesday at Wade Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow, six sons and several grandchildren with grandchildren Clarice Shastid Bonham Delores and Dwayne Shastid Itor Boyste and LeRoy Shastid Odessa former Fannin County residents.
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Leon Shastid
Wade
Okla
Samuel Shastid
Wade Baptist Church
Clarice Shastid
Bonham
Delores
Dwayne Shastid
Itor
Boyste
LeRoy Shastid
Odessa
Fannin County
Shastid
Song
Adlai Stevenson Supporters Claim 672 First-Ballot Votes
Democratic convention headquarters in Chicago reports Adlai Stevenson backers claim a conservative 672 first ballot votes toward the presidential nomination. The tally stands 14 short of the 686 required for nomination.
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Adlai
Chicago
Adlai KE
Stevenson
National Guard Seeks Recruits In Fannin County Display
National Guard units will showcase equipment in Leonard on Saturday August 11 to attract new recruits for Co A 17th Armored Infantry Battalion 49th Division. Lt Kenneth Hall said the display will travel to area towns with drills and benefits explained by local officers.
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National Guard
Co. A
17Th Armored Infantry
49Th Division
Fannin County
Kenneth Hall
Hall
Leonard
Bonham and Leonard
L Hall
North Fort Hood
Flair
Guard
James Huckabee
Unt
Democrats Target Eisenhower Foreign Policy Planks
Former Assistant Secretary of State William Benton testified to the Democratic platform committee, condemning the Eisenhower foreign policy as dangerous and urging a return to experienced hands. He warned of a three-stage cycle of bluff, boast and lockdown and noted deteriorating U.S. standing among allies and neutrals. The committee planned 39 witnesses before a key speech by former President Truman, who was not scheduled to testify until Thursday.
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Willam Benton
Eisenhower
Limpcmatic
Benton
One Cine
Ebenhower
Republlicans
Jony
Platform Committee
Big Gun
Praman
Yhurstay
Family Row Sends Wife to Jail And Husband to Hospital
A domestic dispute ends with a wife jailed after she shoots her husband with a .22 rifle following a slap. The husband is hospitalized with a flesh wound to the left side of the neck. The scene, described by Sheriff Hoyt Ivie, left the residence wrecked. The wife claimed she acted in self defense and that the husband struck her again before the shooting. He was later found and treated after being knocked from a truck near Bois d Arc creek.
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Hoyt Ivie
Ivey
Bois d' Arc Creek
Bonham
Hall Takes Early Lead in Kansas Primary
In Topeka Kansas Governor Hall moved into an early lead in the Republican primary as voters decide whether to renominate him or replace him with Representative Warren Shaw. Partial returns from 84 of 2,057 precincts show Hall 3033 Shaw 1013.
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Kun
Gav
Red Hall
Kansas
Warren W. Shaw
Kans
Hfall
Shaw
Lively late bulletins report shipping collision and other incidents
The Swedish American Ling ship Stockholm collided with the Andrew Doria leading to the Vinlandia luxury liner sinking. The company intends to sue Italian Lines for damages. In Houston a workman died when an excavation collapsed. In Austin Marley pleads guilty to three burglaries. A three year old in Marshall remains critical after surgery.
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New York
Andrew Doria
Stockholm
Austin
Marley
Houston
Kia
Missing pilot reports safe at airport in Oklahoma City
A two day air and ground search for missing pilot Beth Crace ended when the flyer telephoned his wife in Toledo to say he was alive and unharmed. The Oklahoma City event involved patrol planes and dozens of ground officers.
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Cisilly
Mlayd Crace
Bethany
Tolea
Road Building Costs Hit Fannin Motorists With $73,209
New York estimates show Fannin County passenger car owners will pay about 73 209 in increased taxes by July next year for a 50 billion road program. The one cent gas tax plus a 60 percent levy hike plus other charges raise average annual car costs to 8 60. Trucks also pay more for equipment and weights over 26 000 pounds. Despite higher costs, improved roads should reduce jams and save about 84 per car annually at 9 400 miles driven.
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New York
Fannin County
Sedt
U S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
American Automobile Association
Bureau of Public Roads
Mercury Tops 103 as Heat Wave Stretches
Bonham records top 103 degrees by noon with 110-degree high Monday marking a blazing heat wave. Forecast calls for 108 on Wednesday as residents endure extreme heat with no relief in sight.
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Mercury
Bonham
Weather Alert North Central Texas Briefing
Swings in the forecast for North Central Texas through Wednesday with unsettled conditions. Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible, little change in temperatures.
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North
Texas
Swat
Eisenhower appeals to Bulganin for new spirit of peace
In Washington, President Eisenhower urges Soviet Premier Bulganin to fulfill Geneva promises, curb armaments, and join Britain France and Russia in disarmament efforts. He acknowledges Soviet moves to reduce forces but questions dependability of accords and calls for a renewed spirit to overcome global evils.
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Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Geneva
Germany
Britain
France
Russia
Josef Stalin
United States
Missouri begins work on new highway program contracts
Missouri signs the first contracts under a 16 year federal state highway program worth 27.5 billion dollars. The plan shifts the 40,000 mile Interstate network to four lane superhighways with 90 percent federal and 10 percent state funding.
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Washington
Missouri
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
Tuesday in Bonhan Eyewitnesses Describe Morning
On the Square Jru Turner is seen with a face but a wrong name. Walter Boyd leans by the bank. E B P McIver calls to Britton at seven in the morning. Janie Kiler and Beny Eubanks head to their assignments as Roland Burns and T F E Anderson chat in the street. Juve Bongo takes a coffee break.
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Walter Boyd
E. BP. McIver
Soe Britton
Janie Kiler
Beny Eubanks
Roland Burns
T. FE. Anderson Steading
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