Lime and beef herd bull tips boost farm profits
The county agent urges liming acid soils to improve future pasture crops and notes lime raises pH and adds calcium. It cites a Texas Agricultural Extension Service leaflet on beef herd bulls showing a 7 year income gain from using a selected sire, with per calf prices and offspring assumptions. Copies are available at the agent's office.
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Fannin County
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Tom Prater
L. A. Maddox
Tadlock Completes Marine Recruit Training In California
Marine Private Mike W. Tadlock son of Mr and Mrs J D Tadlock of Bonham completed eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego California under drill instructors. He will undergo two weeks of individual combat training and two weeks of basic specialist training before attending a field artillery school in North Carolina after a 23 day leave at home with his parents.
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San Diego
Calif
Mike W. Tadlock
North Carolina
Robbie Spann Serves Aboard USS Kitty Hawk in Western Pacific
Robbie F Spann son of Mr and Mrs Chin Spann of Bonham Texas is aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk homeported in San Diego. The 380000 ton carrier patrolled the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet after leaving WestPac four and a half months after returning from eight months off Vietnam. On her June return she and her 5000 sailors earned the Navy Unit Commendation Medal for about 10000 sorties and nearly eleven tons of ordnance dropped on enemy targets.
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Kitty Hawk
Robbie F. Spann
USN
Chin . Spann
Bonham, Tex
Western Pacific
United States Seventh Fleet
San Diego
WestPac
Vietnam
Families In Mulberry Have Recent Guests
Mulberry section lists numerous visitors from Dallas Plano Quinlan Paris Fort Worth Wichita Falls Richardson and more. Families hosted or visited include the Young Lightfoot Hall Kavanaugh Venable Patman Esque and Kirkham crews with extended trips to El Paso and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Young
Bully Lightfoot
Dallas
Jack Hall
Plano
R. A. Hall
Joe Neathery
Lelia Hall
el Paso
Merl Lakey
Mexico
Leonard Bailey
Clarksville
Charles Kavanagh
Sherri
Karen
Eric
Ed Kavanaugh
Bonham
Alvin Cocker
Harvey McGee
Max Moore
Arlington
Wylie Hall
Richard Moore
Zula Gilley
Fort Worth
Kenneth Hall
Kenney
Quinlan
Hall
Red River
Z. Z. Tannery
Lubbock
Clarence Hall
Jack Venable
Jim Venable
Charles Patman
Garland
Royce Eskue
R.T Kirkham
Sam Lewis
Paris
Marvin Lewis
Don Kirkham
Charles
Mark
Wichita Falls
Elsie Orr
Lester Hall
Jimmy Martin
Ector
Louise Cain
Richardson
Andry Cain
R. B. Robertson
Cobb
Okla
A. L. DeLashan
Amanda Donaldson
Bill Donaldson
Lisa
Baxter Springs
Kans
Fort Completes Marine Recruit Training at Depot
Robert L. Fort, son of Mr and Mrs Troy L Fort of Route 2 Tele phone Tex was graduated from eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot here. He learned small arms marksmanship bayonet fighting and self-protection. He will undergo four weeks of individual combat training and four weeks of basic specialist training before assignment to a permanent unit.
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San Diego
Calif
FHTNC
Robert L Fort
Troy L. Fort
Route 2
Telephone
Tex
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Marine Corps
4 H Club To Meet Tonight
The Fannin County 4 H Club at large will meet Tuesday night in the meeting room of the Fannin County Electric Co Op. The meeting will start at 7 30 p m. All members and boys and girls desiring to become members are invited to attend.
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Fannin County 4-H Club
Fannin County Electric Co- Op
Sittend
Leveque Outpoints Marty In Paris Slugfest
In Paris at the Palais des Sports Yoland Leveque won a 10 round decision over Jacques Marty in a middleweight bout. In the same card Jo Gonzales delivered a third round technical knockout over Werner Mundt in welterweight action.
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Paris
UPI
Yoland Leveque
Jacques Marty
Palais Des Sports
France
Jo Gonzales
Werner Mundt
New Ray of Hope for Aphasic Veterans
VA researchers unveil two communication techniques for aphasia patients in veterans hospitals. The "talking hands" methods adapt Indian Sign Language and form alphabetic letters with the hands to enable speechless patients to express themselves. The program aims to aid about 3,000 veterans and share findings with the medical world to help global sufferers.
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Veterans Administration
Record Heat at South Pole in 1957
The South Pole saw a high of seven degrees above zero during a 1957 heat wave, marking the period as unusually warm for the polar station.
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South Pole
Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin backs $2 minimum wage
Bayard Rustin, director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, told the Union of American Hebrew Congregations that a $2 minimum wage would be more significant than antipoverty programs, calling current efforts temporary steps toward longer term problems.
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Washington
UPI
Civilights
Bayard” Rustin
Rustin
A. Phillip Randolph Institute
Union of American Hebrew Congregations Conference
Ite
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Mulberry
Robert L. Fort
4-H
Blondie
Fellows
Goldie
Jenie
MR. Beasley
Maggie
Jiggs
MR. Jiggs
Lena
Mrs. Jiggs
Geetle Bailey
Sarge
Howe
Snuffy Smith
Theo
Captain
Max Owen
FBI
Buzz Sawyer
Sick Bay
North Vietnam
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