Oversight leads to apron still on for dinner outing
Mrs A Maxwell, fresh from the washateria, kept her apron on at dinner with friends as an oversight. Mrs Chaney insists A T Maxwell should not start the motor route until he returns, since he has the car keys. They tracked A T and retrieved the keys before he could travel far from Bonham. Jack and Sedalia Branch, who lost their home in a prior fire, thank supporters for clothing and household replacements.
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Arthur Maxwell
Washateria
A. T. Chaney, Jr
A. T
Bonham
Jack and
Sedalia
Town Youths Snowbound as Weather Keeps Them Inside
A Tuesday snowfall kept Bonham area youngsters indoors as heavy snow lay four to five inches deep. The Highway Department deployed scrapers on Highways 2 and 69 from near Ector to clear the roads.
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Bonham
Highway Department
Ector
Squirrels Bounce Through Town Avoiding Dangers
Town squirrels play on the courthouse square trees despite snow. They move between the south and north sides, learning they are safer in the trees and from traffic if they stay aloft on cables.
Raul Castro Attacks Catholic Church In Cuba Speech
Fidel Castro's brother Raul accused Cuban priests of planting bombs and hiding dynamite in a two hour twenty minute speech before 10 000 pro government youths. He cited one unnamed priest seized at a Managua camp with a bullet in his foot and a bomb in his hand.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Raul
Castro
Managua
Spain
Warmer Weather Short-Lived in Bonham Area
Clear to partly cloudy skies bring slightly higher temperatures for Bonham through Thursday with a low near 35 and a high around 55. Wednesday's low was 29. North Texas overall remains 2 to 7 degrees below normal for five days with 0.25 to 0.50 inch of rain expected over the weekend. The warming trend ends by Friday then turns cooler for the weekend.
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Bonham
North Texas
Texas
Northward Atlantic Coast Storm Delivers Snow and Sleet
A coastal system formed off Cape Hatteras bringing up to four inches of new snow followed by sleet to eastern cities. Missouri and Illinois lifted warnings as the storm weakened, while Texas faced its wettest week with rain and snow in the Panhandle.
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Snow Flurries Persist Across Texas Panhandle Area
Light snow fell in the Panhandle with flurries and light rain forecast across north Texas. Amarillo logged 16 degrees at daybreak, Abilene had three inches on the ground, and Dalhart and Childress reported one inch. Northern skies stayed cloudy to partly cloudy while the south stayed mostly clear. Corpus Christi saw a 47 degree overnight minimum.
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Kennedy Takes Low Paid Post in Suffolk County
Edward Kennedy became the lowest paid assistant district attorney in Suffolk County history taking the post for a token one dollar a year. He waived the usual $5,000 salary and said he sought trial experience after his 1959 Virginia law school graduation.
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Boston
UPI
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Suffolk County
Joseph Alecks
Kennedy
University of Virgina Law School
Couple Sought in Houston Slaying
A four state manhunt targets a 23 year old man and an 18 year old woman suspected in the gun and torch killing of Houston real estate operator Fred A. Tones 43 whose body was found in a muddy east end ditch after being shot six times and doused with gasoline. The pair reportedly fled in Tones white 1960 Lincoln. Authorities said they may be armed and dangerous and expanded the search to Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas. A drugstore clerk named Clinton A. Mc Daniels provided a lead by reporting a man and woman leaving a car and entering Tones office late Monday. The suspect moved out Sunday and the car linked to the couple had license plates removed.
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Houston
UPI
Fred A. Tones
East End
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Clinton A. McDaniels
Tones
Randy Stephenson Named as National Merit Finalist
Randy Stephenson a senior at Bonhams High School has been named a finalist in the 1960-61 National Merit Scholarship program and awarded a certificate of merit. The national competition honors about 9,800 students from 50 states and territories, with final winners to be announced April 27, 1961 and merit scholarships ranging from 100 to 1500 dollars annually based on family resources and college costs.
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Bonhams High School
Randy Stephenson
Q. B. Springs
Randy
W. T. Stephenson
United States
John M. Stalnaker
C Corporatia
America
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Texas House urged to outlaw trading stamps
Texas lawmakers considered a bill by Rep. Bill Rapp to outlaw trading stamps in stores with fines of 100 dollars per day for violators. The same session saw a radiation regulation measure pass Senate 30 to 0 and a proposal to let counties abolish the county school superintendent position. Texans moved closer to a vote on an income or payroll tax.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Bill Rapp
Raymondville
Sen
Culp Krueger
el Campo
Advisory Board
Atomic Energy Commission
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
George Moffett
Chillicothe
George Corse
Graham
Bill Bans Sale of Certain Comics
In Austin a House bill would criminalize selling comic books that evoke sympathy for criminals and impose fines and jail terms for distributing obscene party records or suggestive novels. It broadens pornography laws, with first offenses up to six months in jail or $1,000 fine and second offenses up to two years or $10,000 fine.
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Austin
UPI
Tom James
Dallas
Howard Green
Fort Worth
Green
Congo Leaders Vow to Resist UN Disarmament
Katanga Province President Moise Tshombe and army commander Maj. Gen Joseph Mobutu warned they would resist any UN move to disarm their forces. Tshombe said Katangans would be armed to the teeth if needed to oppose UN action, amid Dag Hammarskjold’s push to neutralize the Congo army.
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Leopoldville
UPI
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Joseph Mobutu
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U.N
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Tshombe
Congo
Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Kennedy Says Actions Possible If Soviet Ties Remain Fruitful
President Kennedy says there are things that can and must be done to keep Soviet American relations fruitful. He notes concern over Laos and the Congo and mentions Cuba's export of revolution as a high priority issue, with actions pending official studies.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
United States
Laos
Congo
Llewellyn Thompson
U.S
Moscow
Thompson
Fidel Castro
Kennedy to Use Moral Authority on School Desegregation
President Kennedy said he will employ the moral authority and power of the presidency when most useful to advance civil rights and school integration. He noted the administration is carefully considering steps to implement a federal court desegregation order affecting two public schools in New.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
New
Kennedy vows full NATO partnership and aims for peace in space and schools
President Kennedy pledged the United States will remain a full and energetic partner in NATO and will maintain military strength in Europe. He appointed Dean Acheson to head an advisory group on NATO policy while stressing civil rights, school integration in New Orleans, and cautious space advances amid missile gap rumors. He also outlined plans to use moral authority to influence race relations and international issues with Russia, Laos, and the Congo.
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United States
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Dean Acheson
Dean Rusk
Russia
Laos
Congo
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U.S
Soviet Union
New Orleans
Kennedy says missile gap study to finish by Feb 20
President Kennedy stated that top military aides have not yet provided a final answer on the existence of a missile gap between the United States and Russia. He noted the study would be completed by February 20 and expressed hope that the results show the U.S. to be fully secure.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
United States
Russia
Rotarians Discuss American Field Service Student Exchange
Bonham Rotary Club learns of the AFS program aims and operations through Rev. Richard C. Young who chairs the local AFS chapter plans include inviting a foreign student to live with a Bonham family attend local schools and experience American life the program emphasizes community involvement and overcoming negative abroad perceptions through careful local screening funding and supports ready the local movement began at Bonham High School and will involve local families and students in language and cultural exchanges.
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American Field Service
Bonham
Young
AFS
Mr Young
Bunham High School
Federal Budget Aids Agriculture and Food Programs
Half of the six billion dollar federal agriculture budget funds programs for the needy foods distribution school milk and lunches mutual aid to foreign countries meat inspection consumer education research market development and resource protection including soil water and forests.
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U. S
Conspiracy Charge Filed Against Convicted Prisoner
Meridian Mississippi district attorney said Jon Mattox 21 will be arraigned soon on a charge of trying to arrange a murder of Sarah Grayson who testified against him. The indictment accuses him of offering two jail mates 1500 dollars to kill Grayson now a UC Berkeley junior.
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Meridian
Miss
UPI
Jon Mattox
Dist
Paul Busby
Mattox
Sarah Grayson
University of Calfornia
Berkeley
Weaver Nomination Cleared by Senate Banking Panel
The Senate Banking Committee approved Robert C. Weaver’s nomination as federal housing chief by an 11-4 vote. Committee chair William A. Robertson cited four defections, three Southerners and one Republican, and noted Weaver would face floor action after February 20.
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Washington
Weaver
Senate
Horse crash kills three in New Hall California
A runaway horse leaped into a truck trailer causing a head on collision with a small foreign sedan. Three men perished in the crash and the horse also died.
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New Hall
Calf
UPI
Driver Injured In Freight Crossing Collision
John Burleson of Trenton suffered head and possible internal injuries Tuesday when a slow freight struck his car on a grade crossing in Trenton. The car was knocked off the track but did not overturn. Burleson was alone and en route to town as the northbound freight approached. train crew included engineer Otis McMillin and conductor Brigham.
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John Burleson
Trenton
Burleson
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