Army opens enlistments for six months active duty then seven years reserve
The Army announced it will accept immediate enlistments of young men for six months on active duty followed by seven years in the reserves. Training could begin Oct. 1 with about 90,000 under-18s to be trained by June 30. Additional steps outline direct reserve enlistments and reduced active duty for certain service members under the new act.
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Washington
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army Reserve
Eisenhower
Six Believed Dead In Arkansas Train Wreck
Marked Tree Arkansas reports at least five or six killed in Frisco Kansas City Florida passenger wreck in city limits. Dinning car steward William Richard of Bonner Springs Kansas identified. two women bodies recovered. one injured died in Memphis hospital. Coach derailed after switch pin jarred loose. side ripped out.
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Tree
Ark
Frisco
Kansas City
Constructive Criticism Builds Stronger Organizations
The piece argues that any group succeeds only with full member participation and cooperation from officers and committees. It urges accepting constructive criticism to spark action, stressing that everyone bears responsibility and that criticism should include feasible remedies.
Communists Agree to Urgent Meeting Over Airmen Return
In MUNRAN Korea on August 18, Communists agreed to an urgent face to face UN request to discuss the return of two US Air Force officers. Maj. Gen. Harlan C. Parks, UN commission member, had asked for a Saturday meeting to firm up terms and timing of the officers' release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munran
Korea
United Nations Military Command
U. & Air Fo
Harlam C. Parks
Commission
Late Bulletins From The Nation And World
A collection of short items: a Hawthorne crash near a mountain peak with four bodies found. Sammy Lee denied home purchase due to Korean ancestry in Garden Grove. U S impatience over Red China delaying civilian returns and Geneva talks considered. New York court martial finds James Gallagher guilty of killing three American POWs in Korea. Agriculture Department predicts wheat surplus will slow with July 3 marketing year start and may develop over the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Grove
Calif
Sammy Lee
New York
James Gallagher
Korea
Washington
Agriculture Department
Jury Commission Draws October Panels for Sixth District Court
Grand and petit jury panels and special venires for the October term of the Sixth District Court were drawn by a jury commission empanelled by Judge A. M. Harrison. Members include Mrs. Ural Darling Bonham Allan Spies Leonard P. E. Biggerstaff Randolph Earl Blakey Savoy and Richard McCleary Honey Grove.
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Sixth District Court
A. M Harrison
Ural Darling
Bonham
Allan Spies
Leonard
P. E. Biggerstaff
Randolph
Earl Blakey
Savoy
Richard McCleary
Honey Grove
Mixed Up Peach Trees Bloom After Freeze
Mrs. Lloyd Moore of Ector reports a peach tree in her yard is blooming again after a late freeze and a grasshopper siege. The tree lost foliage but leafed out with many blossoms, and she notes other local peach trees were blooming too.
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Fannin County
Lloyd Moore
Ector
Citrus Black Fly Found in Valley
The citrus black fly was found on two farms south of Progreso in southern Hidalgo county Texas. Officials suspect transport from Mexico by a tourist. N O Berry says it is another insect problem, though experts warn the fly is a costly pest to the citrus industry. An infestation was spotted May 31 outside Brownsville tourist court, thought to have crossed the Rio Grande in a tourist's car.
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Harlingen
Tex
Progreso
Hidalgo County
Agriculture Department
Mexico
N. O. Berry
US Department of Agriculture
Berry
Brownsville
Rio Grande
CAA Studies Outsourcing Aviation Safety Work
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports it is studying private industry options to handle some safety tasks including possible use of aircraft manufacturers in certification of new planes. The move is part of the federal airways program for the current fiscal year, which also funds 22 VOR radio ranges and a nationwide airways network spanning about 750,000 miles. New York will host Adamsville Texas Webb Sayre Oklahoma sites. Michigan ranks 22nd by area and 6,371,766 in population.
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Washington
Civil Aeronauticgl Administration
CAA
Federal Airways
Shepperd declines to name names in KKK probe
Austin August 19 Cup Atttorney General John Ben Shepperd facing an East Texas Klan investigation declined to name individuals or counties involved. State Senator Jimmy Phillips blasted the charges as reckless and demanded disclosure to prosecutors and juries.
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Austin
John Ben Shepprerd
East
Texas
Jimmy Phillips
Shepperd
Phillips
East Texas
House
Senate
PBI
Supreme Court
368 Textbooks On Proposed List In Texas Schools
A list of 368 textbooks proposed for adoption by the Texas state textbook committee is available for public inspection through Supt H Dillehay. The committee plans to select a maximum of five titles per subject for recommendation, with local districts to choose among them. Petitions opposing or supporting any book can be filed, and the final choice will rest with local districts.
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H. Dillehay
School of Stala
J. W. Edgar
North Central Texas Weather Ahead
Partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Expect little temperature change across the region as conditions persist.
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North Central
Texas
Bonham Chamber approves general meetings and new US 82 drive
Bonham Chamber of Commerce directors approve periodic full membership meetings and form a US 82 Association to promote the West-East artery. They delay sale of an ensilage cutter, elect Norwood and Hull to directorships, and plan to recruit a festival queen for East Texas Day at the State Fair.
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Bonham Chamber of Commerce
East Texas
Bob Euler
Euler
Chamber of Commerce
Bonham
Texas
Marvin Scroggins
Fannin County
BBBB
Chamber
Ed Munden
H D Women Rally Day At Bonham State Park
Fannin county Home Demonstration club women hold their annual Rally Day program at Bonham State Park. The event starts at 9 0 0 Saturday morning and runs through the day with a noon basket lunch. Windom club led by Mrs Ray Pulnam handles games and Mrs Chester Tanan of Bartley Woods plans dinner arrangements. Mrs Willie Hall Mulberry Mrs Raymond Fogle Sandy Corinth and Mrs Z E B Owens Leonard will direct raffia craft session in the afternoon.
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Fannin County
Bonham State Park
Windom Club
Ray Pulnam
Chester Taenan
Bartley Woods Club
Willie Hall Mulberry
Raymond Fogle
Sandy Corinth
Z. EB Owens
Leonard
Wall
Guilty Verdict Returned in Rogers Trial
A County Court jury found Fred Roy Rogers guilty and sentenced him to a $50 fine plus costs and three days in jail. Rogers gave notice of appeal.
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Fred Roy Rogers
Rogers
Cutter Vaccine Polio Outbreak Sparks Safety Review
Government report expected soon may clear Cutter Labs of fault while citing gaps in safety standards. About seven Cutter recipients developed polio during mass inoculation, triggering a national scare and a federal safety overhaul.
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Washington
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
The
Health Service
Floods Threaten Towns as Diente Remnants Lash Northeast
Torrents from Hurricane Diene flood seven New England and Mid-Atlantic states. Connecticut declares disaster, evacuation underway as towns like Torrington Winsted and Bristol are cut off. Crests pass, but deaths and trapped residents reported. Otis Dam faces failure risk while Coast Guard airlifts people from flooded areas.
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New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Civil, Defense and National Guard
Coast Guard
Torrington
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cumberland
Ridgeley
W. Va
Cumberland River
Connecticu
Abraham Ribicoff
Winsted
Bristol
Winstead
Ribicoff
Farmington River
Otis Reservoir
Hartford
New Haven Railroad
Springfield
Mass
Jeter Sentenced for Assault in Wife Haircut Case
Charles N. Jeter was fined fifty dollars or jailed thirty days after police said he tied his wife to a bed with nylon stockings and duct tape before giving her a haircut with scissors. The incident occurred in Columbia.
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Columbia
8. C
Charles N. Jeter
Potice
Jeter
Square activity and chatter around town square
Residents and visitors mingle in the square as Martha Caldwell enjoys coffee and Jen and John Ny investigate various matters. Horace Smith goes to lunch while Martha Cremby and Nue Hasten converse noisily. Albert Vester and Henry Greve are seen near the court bus as Denison Schoolteacher Gerden Aggie and others linger.
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Martha Caldwell
Jen
Johnny
Horace Smith
Martha Cremby
Nue Hasten
Ural
Bad Willians
John Wells
Albert Vester
Risk Meltenayner
Henry Greve
Neuen
Gerden Aggie
Denison Scheola
Mark Moulton
Ehout
la Osteber
Peidey
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U.S
Geneva
United States
Fred L. Culler Jr
Oak Ridge
Thorium
Gresky
Harold M. Feder
Argonne National Laboratories
Chicago
Feder
Richard N. Ellis
Bergstrom Air Force Base
England
English Midlands
Arkansas
Evry
United Press
Hawthorne
Sheriff's Office
Here
Michigan
Benham New
KKK
Jimmie Phillips
Natint
Nah-oon-eye
Lawton
Ola
Oklahoma
NEA
Norwood
Hull
National Farm Loan Association
WP. Hall
Telephone
American Theatre
F. A. Spencer
A Oh McDonald
Tommie Taylor Pres
Don Kennedy
Fredrie Wingate
Hassell Dean
Kenneth Smith
Etheleen Williams
McDonald
H. D. Women State
Cutter Labs
Willian Henry Edardson
U. S
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