19 Feb 1963
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1963
Page
1
Bonham residents look to a busy night with a domino tournament and food at the fire hall, a golf club stockholders meeting, and chili supper plus game party at the school. CVF hamburger supper supports the First Christian budget as volunteer firemen lament false alarms.
Fannin County home demonstration club members and others learn Miss Margie Sellers has been named state assistant 4-H club leader. She will work from the Extension Service state headquarters at College Station after a notable 4-H career in Carroll County and Calrisburg Cooke County and education at Denton.
Weather notes indicate precipitation has fallen east south and west of Bonham while local observers report no rainfall. Residents remain hopeful for rain as clouds drift overhead and forecasts remain unsettled.
Temperature dropped below freezing in Bonham with frost on windshields and metal objects. Early morning fog reduced visibility though no precipitation was recorded. Wednesday outlook shows no rain with only slight warming but remaining cool.
New York City health officials report influenza reaching epidemic levels as cases spread to Tennessee North Carolina Alabama and Massachusetts. In New York there were 651 pneumonia and influenza deaths in six weeks, and 984 deaths above normal in seven weeks. Wilkes County North Carolina closed schools, Wilkes General Hospital beds fill with flu patients. Tennessee areas report hundreds of cases and rising absenteeism while Memphis hospitals limit visitors.
Gene Danner filed first for one of three council at large posts in the April 2 city elections. He works at General Cable and owns city property. he and his wife live at 320 West Evans Avenue. Other filings signal interest for Ward 1 and Ward 5 seats now held by Billy Cox and Joe Britton Nesther.
The Internal Revenue Service filed a tax lien for 3 553 498 5b in US District Court, Lubbock, naming Cule man D MecSpadden. The lien covers alleged income for 1960 and 1961 linked to the Billie Sol Kates fertilizer tank scandal.
Kiwanis members heard John Meade present the film The Others of Cate at the reunion meeting Tuesday in the Gein afe A. Hi Godat announced tickets for the Ke Wanis Pancake Day on March 5, with breakfast 6 to 8 am and supper 5 to 8 pm at the Peeler building. Dave Lindsey of Dallas and Willis Duff attended as guests.
Hearing continues on a water dispute over Rio Grande rights in the Lyndburg area. Brownsville lawyer argues federal jurisdiction due to Falcon Dam and international treaties. Dunna and Austin attorneys press identical claims noting unused permits suspended by Texas Water Commission.
Geneva reports the Soviet Union sticking to its take it or leave it terms for a nuclear test ban. American British and Soviet negotiators met informally at a lunch, but Hubert Humphrey said there was no sign of movement. Neutrals pressed for a breakthrough as talks stalled over policing provisions and insistence on Kremlin terms.
Aimed at Cuban refugees, a pass twenty program will fly from Minamei to Goete Re Fococe Base in New Hampshire in March. Rev Chirtes DD Broadwen leads the sponsored project under the National Christian Conference and the New Hampshire Corn Churches amid a climate of resethemers.
Bonham high school junior Eddie Reeves and science teacher F mary Hancock were selected to attend a nuclear science symposium at the University of Lexington. They will join about 40 students and teachers from across the state, with costs covered by Texas Power and Light and sponsorship by the University of Texas and the Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation. The event highlights advances in nuclear science and includes research tables from invited experts and industry sponsors.
A Boston woman reported a violent assault by a stranger in her apartment. Miss Ericka Warning described a man about ten years old, 9 feet 9 inches? and 75 pounds with dark brown hair and pale eyes, who knocked and then strangled her before fleeing. Police issued an artist sketch and a detailed suspect description as a manhunt expands. Eight women have been strangled in the area since last June with no arrests.
The House tentatively approves the Padre Island Act after defeating numerous amendments to transfer the island to federal control as a national seashore. Debate spans two hours with key Republicans opposing tax and jurisdiction changes while the Senate previously passed a similar measure.
A chaotic OCR fragment reports a high level parley linked to John F. Kennedy and a Soviet angle. It mentions Nikita Khrushchev, troop movements, and an appeal from an embassy, with scattered references to wartime diplomacy and emergency meetings.
In Midland, officials move an activity bill to the committee as students rally behind the measure. Critics warn of potential consequences while proponents insist on oversight and timely review.
The article notes Margie Sellers as a Graduate Senior at the University of Maryland and the Joy Department of Agriculture pursuing an M.S. in education. It mentions her advanced study and the 4-H post at that university setting.
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