Bonham Chamber Of Commerce Seeks 200 New Members
Starting Monday the Bonham Chamber of Commerce will launch a drive to add 200 names to its rolls. Ray Peeler Jr and Aubrey McAlister will lead teams with four captains each and multiple assistants to contact professionals and businesses. Bob Barrow will supervise as overall campaign chairman as the effort aims to speedily strengthen programs and attract new industry and farm markets.
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Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Gem Cafe
Ray Peeler, Jr
Aubrey McAlister
Bob Barrow
Chamber of Commerce
Barrow
Bonham
Peeler
Reid Spivy
Clifford Thompson
J. B. Richey
Choice Moore
Nannelee Smith
Joe Denton
Helen Elliott
McAlister
Dick Travis
Jess Magouirk
Dudley Jackson
Leeman Sewell
John Cantrell
Henry Lovelace
Henry McAnally
Ed Southerland
Roy Owens
Charles Hill
Wallace Alexander
van Case
Dan Sitzler
Mac Sudderth
J. F. McKnight
Martin Hassell
Harold Mary
Doss Clark
Bob Harris
Bob Thomas
Charles Ussery
Udell Brown
E. P. McIver
Billy Nelms
J. D. Butler
Thelbert Wingate
L. B. Acree
Bobby Paulk
Arthur Chaney tops Sears Roebuck Swine show in Bonham
Arthur Dean Chaney, son of A T Chaney Jr and Mrs Chaney, won top prize in the Sears Roebuck Foundation Swine show at the Bonham Livestock Commission barn. County Agent Gene Graves praised his progress from seventh to first while the Chaney family has long been a leading swine breeder in Fannin County.
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Arthur D. Chaney
Chaney
Arthur
A. T. Chaney, Jr
Fannin County
Sears Foundation
A. T. Chaney
Poland
Texas
Arthur Dean Chaney
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Bonham Livestock Commission
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Young Chaney
Arthur Dean
Gene Graves
Debra Cain
Mulberry Club
Audrey Cain
Nancy Coonrod
E. R. Coonrod
Elaine Nichols
Windom
John Nichols
Gary Don Hale
Moore’s Chapel
Rayburn Hale
4-H
James Banks
Clubat-Large
Louise Cain
Mulberry
Carolyn Knowles
Allen's Chapel
Dan Knowles
James Nichols
Teachers seek pay hike linked to legislator salary boost
Cantrell Glen Doss of the Whitewright Sun reports on the Texas State Teachers Association backing a constitutional amendment to pay legislators 4800 dollars a year plus expenses. TSITA aims to win teacher support at its October convention, hoping lawmakers will favor teachers when pay raises are discussed next January. The article also notes local updates: a new flagpole at the post office, Echo II's visible orbit over Bonham, and a teaser to see ODDS AND ENDS on another page.
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Cantrell
Glen Doss
The
Whitewright Sun
Texas
Legislative Committee
Texas State Teachers Association
TSITA
TSTA
Bonham
Park naming dispute over highest bid alleged
State Rep. Ray Bartram accused the Texas State Parks Board of selling the name of a new park in Comal county to the highest bidder. He urged renaming the park Canyon Lake State Park, noting San Marcos is nearby in Hays county. Minutes show a San Marcos delegation offered 2500 dollars for the name San Marcos. Bartram demanded equal consideration for his city.
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Austin
UPI
State Parks Board
Ray Bartram
New Braunfels
Comal County
San Marcos
Bartram
Germans Accuse U S of Moving New War Materials
Berlin reports that East Germany accused the U S Army of routing war materials from West Berlin to West Germany via Soviet zone roads. An Army spokesman called the charge a lie, while ADN cited workers claiming radar gear and radio finders moved by U S trucks.
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West
United States
Hans Seigewasser
Berlin
Communist National Front
East Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
ADN
U.S
Driver Punches Tennessee Motorist at Traffic Light
Bonham and Fannin county officers sought a truck driver who punched a Tennessee motorist in the nose at a traffic light after an exchange of words. The pickup driver crawled out and struck the man then fled before police arrived at Main Street.
Parked Car Damaged by Fire at Bowie Residence
Fire caused major interior damage to Elland Bowie's car at 200 Boyd Avenue Saturday morning. Firemen had not determined the cause as of reporting.
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Elland Bowie
Bowie
Boyd Avenue
Bonham Schools Plan Sept 6 Start and Schedule Checks
Bonham public schools set September 6 as the first day of the 1960 61 term with full day classes and normal bus routes and lunchroom service. Students can check schedules by grade through the week and those new should register in late August.
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Bonham Public Schools
M. B Nelson
Supt. Nelson
Bonham High School
Nelson
Jin
Bailey Ingish
Stephenson
Barney Inglish
Powers to appeal Soviet sentence for spy-pilot husband
Barbara Powers said she would appeal to the Soviet president on Monday to seek a reduction of the 10 year sentence for her confessed American spy pilot husband and do everything in the world to help him. She admitted he doubted her chances.
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Moscow
UPI
Barbara Powers
Soviet Union
Milledgeville, Ga
Francis Gary Powers
Leonid Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Powers
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Oliver Powers
Pound
Gary
Sverdlovsk
Barbara
Jessica Hileman
Glass Manor
Mikhail Grinev
United States
Grinev
Kremlin
Reds Land Capsule With Dogs In Space Flight
Soviet Tass reports a space capsule carrying two dogs and other animals landed safely after 18 orbits and about 24 hours in flight. The capsule, 10,143 pounds, detached from the ship near a pre designated area about 6 miles from target, ending the first orbiting life-animals mission. American Discoverer 14 had a similar recovery the day before.
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Moscow
UPI
Earth
Tass
Dominica Walks Out of OAS Leaders Meeting
Dominican Foreign Minister Porfirio Herrera Baez led delegates in a walkout from the OAS foreign ministers conference in San Jose as a vote on sanctions loomed. The action followed the Dominican government’s withdrawal from acceptance of a U S plan for democratization via a watchdog committee for elections.
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San Josf
Costa Rica
UPI
American Foreign Ministers Conference
Organization of American States
Porfirio Herrera Baez
San Jose
Herrera Baez
United States
Dominican Republic
OAS
U.S
Cuba
Raul Roa
Brazil
Horacio Lafer
Roa
Lafer
Dominica
Back to School Event Showed Off Latest in Goods
Bonham hosted a county wide Back to School event with 28 stores taking part. A free movie drew visitors and a 4:30 p.m. style show featured seven models. The Bonham Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee led by Forrest Copeland organized the program.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Forrest Copeland
Thundershowers Forecast in Area Through Sunday
The Bonham area is expected to see afternoon thundershowers and warm temperatures with a high near 95 and a low around 73 on Sunday morning. Texas wide will remain warm and humid with scattered storms, while Killeen suffered wind and rain damage late Friday including a church and two homes.
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Bonham
Texas
Killeen
Russia denounces Congo plan as pro US during U N crisis
United Nations session called as Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov denounces the Congo rehabilitation plan as designed to please the United States and allies. He demands immediate withdrawal of Canadian troops, accuses U N forces of unlawful actions, and says Russia would vote against the plan if it comes to a Security Council vote.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPT
Russia
Congo
United States
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Dag Hammarskjold
Canada
NATO
Belgium
Kuznetsov
Rneida
Security Council
Hammarskjold
Sinda
U.N
Hammerskjold
Leopoldville
Republic of Congo
Il-nation Security Council
Ghana
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Arthur Chaney
A. T. Chaney Sr
U. S
Thad M. Finley
Council
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