United States Britain plan counterattack against Soviet anti NATO drive
In Paris U S and Britain announced a coordinated counteroffensive to blunt Moscow claims aimed at breaking the NATO alliance. Dulles and Lloyd arrived to join talks with other NATO delegates ahead of a summit of heads of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Britain
Europe
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
NATO
Moscow
North Atlantic Alliance
Suez
Tunisia
U.S
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Felix Gaillard
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Soviet Union
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Henry Cabot Lodge
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Neil Mc Flroy
West Europe
McElroy
Bonham Visit Recounts Fifty Year Homecoming
Roy L. Arterbury Houston attorney and his wife returned to Bonham for the 50th anniversary of the family move from the town. A letter to Miss Myrtle Hancock recalls the visit as ideal with old friends and familiar streets, a memory lauded as a huge success. Local note mentions Homer Sledge finding a dead end road while traveling to Lannius for a baked turkey dinner. He backtracked to take the known turn, remarking the rough road proved correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Arterbury
Houston
Bonham
Mr. Arterbury
Arterbury
Myrtle Hancock
Atterbury
Fannin County
Homer Sledge
Telephone
Lannius
Lannius School
Homer
Winter Vegetable Production Forecast for Texas 1958
The U S Department of Agriculture projects Texas winter vegetable production will rise about 10 percent in 1958 from 1957 but remain 5 percent below the long term average. The forecast, based on Dec 1 conditions, notes December supplies may be tighter than expected while the harvest period should extend longer than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
All-State Band Tryouts For Bonham Group In Mt Vernon
Fifteen Bonham band members and director James A Taylor traveled to Mt Vernon for Region 1 band contests and tryouts. About 400 students from 27 schools attend. roughly 90 advance to all region band and first chair players form the all state band to perform in Dallas in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham Band
James A Taylor
Mt. Vernon
Barbara Tosch
Dennis Barr
Robert Gross
Judy Hodges
Gerald Money
Mary Kincaid
Roy Blassingame, Jr
Don McAlist
Easy Come Easy Go Bride Faces Hot Check Charge
Joseph E Stagner and his wife Martha F Merriell were arraigned in New York on bag check charges. Stagner admitted he married for money. he and Merriell faced $2,500 bail as Magistrate Vernon C Rid dick presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph E Stagner
Springfield
Tenn
Martha F. Merriell
Dallas
Tex
Stagner
Vernon C. Riddick
Tito Said Seeking Closer Relations
Yugoslav President Tito telegrammed Soviet Premier Bulganin calling for closer socialist cooperation. Moscow Radio quoted Tito replying to Bulganin's congratulations on Yugoslavia’s holiday and expressing confidence in continued strong joint efforts for socialism and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tito
Nikolai Bulganin
Moscow Radio
Bulganin
Yugoslavia
Army blood drives for Erler children in Dallas
Twenty six pints of blood were donated to Vicki and Vaughn Erler in the Wadley Blood bank Dallas Friday morning. Army volunteers from the Dallas recruiting area led by Maj Adams Collinge and aided by SFC Edwin Russell and BFC Herbert Thornhill organized the drive. Thirty five offered, twenty six accepted, with TV pictures on WFAA tonight at 6 and 10 p.m.
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Vicki
Vaughn Erler
O. C. Erler
Wadley Hiood Bank
Dallas
Dallas Army
Adams Collinge
BFC
David King
SFC
Edwin Russell
Bonham Boys
Herbert Thornhill
Bonham
Wfaa-Tvv
Iran Hit by Series of Northwest Earthquakes
Tremors across Kurdistan Hamadan and Kermanshah provinces killed and left thousands homeless in below zero weather. Reports say 300 dead and 500 injured, with many villages cut off and aid slow to reach. Shah Reza Pahlavi ordered rapid relief as Red Cross appeals for help.
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Tehran
Iran
Greece
Kurdistan
Hamadan
Kermanshah
Iraq
Turkey
Soviet Union
Shah Reza Pahlevi
Kuburz
Tranian Red Cross
Lion and Sun Society
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast For Bonham Area
Bonham area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer weather through Saturday with no rain. Overnight lows near 34 degrees Saturday morning, 31 Friday, with a high around 60. Temperature dropped to 31 after midnight but rose to 37 by 7 am. North Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with warmer conditions tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Texas
Twin kidney transplant cited as successful in Richmond
Bill Merriman of Shawnee Oklahoma received a kidney from his twin brother Sam in a rare transplant at the Medical College of Virginia. Surgeons described the operation as successful with Bill in fair condition and the transplanted kidney functioning well after two operating rooms were used. Sam remained in fine condition as doctors noted post operative improvement and monitored blood pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bill Merriman
Shawnee
Okla
David Hume
Bill
Hume
Sam
Medical College of Virginia
Gifts Mailed From VA Members in Annual Gift Shop
About 900 gifts in 420 packages were mailed by VA Center members and patients through the American Legion Auxiliary Christmas Gift Shop. Volunteers wrapped, labeled, and sent the boxes. shop directors were Mr Grover Hall and Mrs George Luttrell. Numerous auxiliary members from Honey Grove Paris Sherman and other communities staffed two-day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Amxiliary
Grover Hall
Honey Grove
Department Hospital
George Luttrell
Legion Auxiliary
Hall
Luttrell
Earl Bell
WO Cravens
J. S. Erwin
W F. Graves
Fulton Ware Honey Grove
M. Caviness
Marcus Biggers
Odin Pierce
Henry Ferguson
Paris
Opal Westbrook
Wade Morris
Henry Jones
Charlie Ground
Reese Brinkley
Leonard
Tom Blanton
Lulu
Rural Electrification Loan to Fannin KEA Approved
A $195 000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration was approved for the Pan nin County Electric Cooperative to build and expand distribution lines from Rotor to Blue Ridge and improve the system. The KEA serves families in Fannin Collin Grayson and Hunt counties and details came via a Senate telegram and Sam Morgan manager of the KEA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannin County Electric Cooperative
The
Rural Electrification Aminis
Ralph Yarborough
Washington
Sam Morgan
Fannin Kea Morgan
Nolles
Rotor
Blue Ridge
Fannin
Fan
Fannin, Collin, Grayson and
Hunt Counties
Students Picket Dining Hall Over Food Costs
Texas Western College students protest beans and rising prices, forming a 66 strong line at dinner. A mob of chanting students booed those entering the dining hall as diners faced higher monthly costs set to rise by 20 dollars next semester. Current meals run 6 cents for breakfast 75 cents for lunch and 60 cents for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas Western College
Rail Exports To Mexico Up Through Laredo 1957
Rail exports through Laredo into Mexico for the first 11 months of 1957 total 41,096 carloads, exceeding the entire 1956 total of 20,567 cars. Exports peak in September with 4,747 cars shipped across the border.
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Laredo
Friday the 14th birthday chatter across Bonham
Bonham residents mark birthdays on Friday the 14th with mixed views on luck. Mrs Bryan Baker notes a new home on Evang Ave, while Gloria and Ray Neal Campbell celebrate as a same-age couple from Arlington. Others like Nickie Butler and Jolly Reese share differing beliefs about superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Baker
Evang Ave
Bonham
Gloria
Ray Neal Campbell
Arlington, Wic
Paul Spencer
Nickie Butler
Vie Morrow
Jolly Reese
Corpus Christi
Patie
Harbara Biggerstaff
TCU
Mitchell Collina
Wayne Huyen
Vic Morrow Buys Childhood South Bonham Home
Vic Morrow purchased a onetime house and lot at the corner of Becond and Gates streets in South Bonham, tying a personal reminiscence to the city’s past. The current owner will rent the property, with a possible return to live there in the future.
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Vic Morrow
South Bonham
Cral
Bonham
Ohe
Viv
Block Square
Rye Bolton
Becond
Gates Street
Vic
Bouth Bonham
Gatee
Lille Groom
Second
Gateg
Dealer Unhappy Over Price War in Dallas Area
Oak Farms head Joel Thompson told state anti trust investigators the milk price war was the "most stupid thing" they entered and that they do not know how to exit. He warned the price war costs Dallas area distributors about 1,000,000 dollars monthly and noted the war has spread to Fort Worth with milk sales rising as much as 2,000 gallons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallaa
Joel Thompson
Oak Farms
T-Eleven
Fallas Area
Fort Worth
Daisy Men Meet at REA Building Saturday Night
Dairy farmers of Fannin county Wisconsin gather Saturday night at 1 o clock in the REA building. Troy Turn president of NTPA will be the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cirade
Fannin County
REA
Troy Turn
NTPA
Will Ibe
Eisenhower heads to Paris to strengthen NATO unity
President Eisenhower flies to Paris under medical clearance to press a joint NATO response to Soviet East West talks. He aims to establish new European missile bases, stockpile nuclear weapons, and pool scientific data with allies, amid high stakes and complex negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Atlantic
Free Worlds
Rusia
NATO
Paris
Advnt
E. Stevenson
Columbine NL
Russia
Britain
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Harold Macmillan
Bulganin
Paria
State Department
Judge Criticises New Mental Health Law In Texas
McLennan County Judge Biull Logue condemned the new state mental health code set to take effect January 1 calling it a step backward. He objected to a five day grace period allowing an accused mentally ill person to consult a psychiatrist before possible involuntary commitment. Logue argued the change removes immediate action and increases jury trials, harming patient welfare.
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Waco
McLennan
Biull Logue
Logue
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Beckham
Greenville
Lodge
Bondi
Bride
U. S. Army
Erlers
Mexico
NEA Telephoto
Daisy Men
Mbar
Saterday
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