Tremors Roll On in Yellowstone Area
Sporadic earthquakes in the Yellowstone region raise fears of a quake triggered landslide in Madison Valley. The growing barrier lake now called The Lords Lake threatens two resorts and a summer home as officials weigh search plans and possible missing counts.
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West
Yellowstone
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Madison Valley
Civil Defense
Montana Highway
Gallatin County
Don Skerritt
Red Cross
Nash Family Reunion at Bonham State Park Labor Day Weekend
Nash families from Texas New Mexico and other states plan their annual reunion at Bonham State Park Labor Day weekend The event set for Sunday Sept 6 at the north picnic area aims for about 100 attendees A basket dinner is planned with tales of former reunions and a slideshow of past pictures W C Nash of Dodd City is president Rayburn Nash is general chairman Mrs Edgar Nash Bentram serves as correspondence secretary and postcard notices will be mailed.
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Nash
Texas
New Mexico
Bonham State Park
North
W. C. Nash
Dodd City
Rayburn Nash
Edgar Nash
Bentram
Bonham State Ark
Amusing raid tale from Judge Broadfoot on old dice game
Judge A S Broadfoot recalled a 1930s raid on a country dice game led by Sheriff Bill Biggerstaff. Officers surrounded a two room shack and as a deputy entered the players burst out spraying debris that knocked Biggerstaff down while the bulk fled. Many cases then charged for shooting dice or poker.
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A. S. Broadfoot
Sixth Judicial District
Bill Biggerstaff
Sheriff Biggerstaff
Judge Broadfoot
Broadfoot
Redwing Blackbird Males Arrive With Weeklong Postures
The fragment notes male redwing blackbirds arriving in a sequence that spans a week, followed by a second wave. The text is sparse but indicates staging or arrival timing for the birds.
Best In Dress Revue Windom 4-H Winner Pam Bowman
Pam Bowman of Windom won first place in the senior division of the 4-H club fall dress revue held at Memorial Chapel First Baptist, and will represent Fannin county in the district dress revue in Dallas. Other firsts included Levandia Ridge in intermediate and Carolyn Knowles in junior groups. 19 girls from Windom Allen Point Mulberry and county-at-large clubs modeled garments.
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Carolyn Knowles
Allen's Point
Pam Butler
Windom
Lovandia Ridge
Pam Bowman
Leon Bowman
Memorial Chapel
First Baptist Church
Fannin County
Dallas
Levandia Ridge
Jack Ridge
Dan Knowles
Allen Point
Mulberry
Margie Sellers
Gene Graves
Tom Lockridge
Linda Payne
Louise Cain
Carolyn Bowman
Harriet Smith
Ann Higdon
Judy Gudgel
Pamela Dennington
Wanda Skinner
Rita Gudgel
Paulette Williams
Sherrill Shipmen
Elaine Nichols
Phyllis Epperson
Nancy Coonrod
White Shed
Beth Higdon
4-H
Lawmakers Seek Air Force View On Defense Banquet Lushness
Washington lawmakers pressed today for Air Force views on alleged “lush entertainment” of officers by defense contractors. The inquiry aims to determine if improper gifts or privileges influenced military decisions.
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Washington
UPI
House
Air Force
Prisoner Stephen Nash Executed at San Quentin Gas Chamber
San Quentin California Stephen A Nash who boasted of killing eleven people for kicks was executed today in the San Quentin gas chamber police report confirms the lethal act and sentence carried out under state authority.
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San Quentin
Calif
T PD
Stephen A Nash
Haitian Archbishop Poirier Arrest Ordered
Port au Prince Haiti authorities ordered the arrest of Roman Catholic Archbishop Francois Poirier for criticizing the expulsion of two priests. No immediate word on whether the arrest was carried out. In Waco Texas Maj Gen Elbert DeCoursey voiced confidence that a scientific education approach will benefit humanity rather than cause harm.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
UPI
Francois Poirier
Waco
UPS
Elbert DeCoursey
Cleburne Man Beaten, Shot, Dies Near Hospital
Jack White, 43, of Cleburne, was beaten and shot twice in front of Memorial Hospital. He died at 9:20 am. Police and Texas Rangers hunted the assailants. White had been working in Albuquerque, New Mexico since mid July.
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Cleburne
UPI
Cleburne Mgn
Memorial Hospital
Jack White
Rupert White
Texas Rangers
Texas
Albuquerque
White
Prosecution Possible After 40 Years in Bank Burglary
Kannin county officials weigh whether Harry Steele can still be charged for the Randolph bank attempted burglary about four decades ago. The statute of limitations may not apply while Steele was out of state, and investigators compare the with the original scene tools left, including a sledge hammer and chisel. Steele, linked to Hopkins county charges, was brought to Bonham and allegedly admitted in a letter to Sheriff Ivey that he tried to break into the bank.
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Harry Steele
Kannin County
Iis
Randolph Bank
Tibby Wright
Uitarnes
Leonard
Steele
Hopkins County
Bonham
Sherif Ivey
Odell Hyepuck
Sheriff Ivey
Costs Rise in July to Fresh High Across Spending
Government data show the cost of living climbed 0.3 percent in July reaching a new high. Labor Department reports widespread price gains with eggs surging 18.5 percent and meat and poultry rising, while fruit and vegetables fell. About one million workers with cost of living contracts will see automatic wage increases, typically around two cents an hour, and purchasing power slipped roughly 1.5 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Republicans press for House action on gas tax hike
Nine House Republicans urged Chairman Buckley to call a Public Works Committee meeting on a penny per gallon increase in gasoline taxes approved by Ways and Means. Democrats oppose the tax as too heavy and aim to move the bill to the House floor quickly.
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Public Works Committee
Buckley
Sam Rayburn
Showers Continue Amid Stable Temps in Bonham Area
Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers linger in the Bonham area with little temperature change through Saturday. A tornado touched down near Louise earlier today causing no damage. Morning showers reached Southeast Texas and the upper coast, with Galveston reporting 0.82 inches of rainfall.
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Bonham
Louise
Texas
Galveston
Seven Injured As KHOU Studio Floor Collapses in Houston
A steel beam failure at KHOU-TV studios on Stanford and Buffalo Drive caused wet concrete and steel to pour from the second floor. At least seven workers were injured, two critically, and 12 ambulances evacuated victims to Jefferson Davis Hospital as rescuers pulled others from the rubble. Howard Warren, an electrician on site, helped pull workers to safety and said several were buried under cement. The carpenter foreman, Mr. Davis, reportedly suffered the most serious injuries.
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Houston
UPI
Howard Warren
Khou-Tv
Stanford
Buffalo Drive
Warren
AFL-CIO Accuses Administration of Brainwash Campaign
Unity House Pennsylvania AFL-CIO leaders brand the Eisenhower administration as trying to brainwash the nation into fearing inflation. They accuse spokesmen of half truths and camouflage, blaming government for 1929 style policy errors, citing persistent unemployment and slack economies despite a post-recession recovery. They spoke after a daylong meeting at a union resort in the Pocono Mountains.
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Unity House
UPI
Afl-Cio
Eisenhower
America
Federation
Council
Pocono Mountains
North Central Texas Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers. No important temperature changes.
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Texas
Constables Cannot Carry Deputy Sheriff Cards
Dist. Atty Weldon Holcomb ruled that constables are not legally entitled to deputy sheriff cards. In a written opinion requested by Constable Jim Smith of Tyler, the practice of giving deputy cards to constables but paying no salary was deemed a violation of law prohibiting dual office holding.
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Tyler
UPI
Atty Weldon Holcomb
Holcomb
Jim
Smith County
Schedules Reminder For Bonham High Students
Principal M. B. Nelson urges Bonham High School students to check their schedules before next Thursday. Returning students should verify during Aug 24 week in Nelsons office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. New students entering Bonham register Friday Aug 28 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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M. B. Nelson
Child Killed by Hogs on Roaring Springs Farm Scene
An 18 month old girl Lani Guvle Sedgewick died after hogs attacked her on the W R Sedgewick family farm at Roaring Springs Texas. The child's aunt Mrs Bill Palmer witnessed the attack as the hogs dragged her to a shallow earth tank. They rushed her to Matador hospital, but she died on arrival.
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Roaring Springs
Ter
UPI
Lani Guvle Sedgewick
W R Sedgewick
Bill Palmer
Palmer
Sedgewick
Matador
School District Seeks Fast Track in Desegregation Appeal
Dollarway School District No 2 of Jefferson County Ark asks the US Court of Appeals to advance its desegregation appeal to clear a ruling ordering admission of three pupils to white schools. The district seeks a docket boost by Aug 31 or a stay of the injunction. The July 31 Arkansas court order barred officials from hindering Ernestine Dove James Warfield and Corliss Smith from attending white schools. The district says it will adjust school openings pending the merits decision.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Dollarway
Jefferson County
Ark
US Court of Appeals
Ernestine Dove
James E Warfield
Corliss Smith
Three Teens Fined for Gas Theft at Bailey Schools
Three teenagers Johnny Mac Brown Gene Kinnaird and Bobby Batchler pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in Justice of Peace Hamp Harper s court. Each was fined 1 and costs totaling 21. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey said they used a portable pump to siphon gasoline from Bailey schools storage tanks into their cars.
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Justice of Peace
Hamp
Harper's Court
Johnny Mac Brown
Gene Kinnaird
Bobby Batchler
T. P. Stewart
The
Bailey Schools
Hoyt Ivey
Depty
Leon Shastid
Youth Lying on Road Is Killed
James Allen Grate 18 of Rosebud Texas was killed on State Highway 53 east of Temple when he lay in the road to hitch a ride. William J Meadows 18 of Temple struck him. Meadows did not see Grate until it was too late. Grate refused sleep and said he was lying in the road to hitch a ride.
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Grate
Rosebud
Allen
Two Aged Men Shootout Ends in Death at Maple Street Store
Haywood Phea 75 dies in Bonham hospital after a feud with Adolphus D. Mosely leads to a fatal double-barrel shotgun shooting at a Maple Street Negro store. Mosely is charged with murder after Phea’s death. officers and County Attorney Tibby Wright describe a yearlong feud and a quick arrest at Mosely’s Jones Street home. The weapon, described as old and rusty, and two buckshot shells, are held as evidence.
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Gunhroygay
Maple Street
Der
Haywood
Bonham Hospital
Maple Streets
Pheas
Adolphus D
Tibby Wright
Mosely
Aftter
Phea
Patterson
Wright
Ivey
Columbus Gray
Pmces
Northern Demos Give Up Hope For Civil Rights Bill
Northern Democrats privately concede they cannot pass new civil rights legislation in the House this year and expect only an extension of the Civil Rights Commission. AFL-CIO accuses Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats of a package deal to push labor reform and kill civil rights proposals, while some leaders still see a chance in the Senate before adjournment.
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Washington
UPI
House
Civil Rights Commission
Afl-Cio
AFL - Cio Executive Council
Council
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Senate
Congress
Missing Boy Found Safe in Hay Loft
Eight year old Gary Wells, sought by a 2,200 man search, was found unharmed hiding in a hay loft at a farm in Harvard Massachusetts. He appeared extremely upset and frightened but provided no explanation for his actions.
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Harvard, Mass
UPI
Gary Wells
Patrick Wells
Arp
Tex
Fort Devens
Ayer
Ruth Brown
Warren R. Ernst
the Farn
Jailer Fired by El Paso Police Over Bribe Allegations
El Paso Police Chief C. J. Horek dismissed jailer Ruben Contreras amid allegations he accepted bribes from bondsmen. The letter to the Civil Service Commission states Contreras tipped bondsmen about detainees and took money despite knowing it violated department rules. Horek noted jailers are briefed and warned against contacting bondsmen or attorneys for prisoners.
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EL Paso
UPI
C. J. Horek Thureday
Ruben Contreras
Civil Service Commission
Horek
Contreras
Police Board of Captains
Horak
Soil Bank requests due September 10 for 1960 reserve
County ASC chairman R Ro Grisham announced farmers must file requests Aug 24 to Sept 10 to set a basic annual per acre rate for land offered to the soil bank conservation reserve. Rates reflect land productivity and local fair rental value. a full farm offer may carry a 10 percent premium. Contracts may run several years with annual payments and assistance in forming an income program.
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Soil Bank
County Asc
R Ro Grisham
Haus
Grisham
Grisham Sai
ASC
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