50-Year Award Honors B S Chitwood at Railroad
B S Chitwood of Bonham received a 450 year award as the 161st T and P railroad employee to earn the honor. The diamond studded pin was presented by George W. Stone, assistant superintendent, at 617 East 9th Street. Chitwood was born at Ee-
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B. S. Chitwood
Bonham
Texas and Pacific Railroad
T&p
East 9Th Street
George W. Stone
Texas and Pacific
Chitwood
Left
Road
Fort Worth
Car
Stone
Ruby Allmond a Bonham bank clerk turns fiddler and songwriter
Ruby Allmond of Baileya, a Bonham State Bank clerk by trade and local fiddler, released two songs Almost and Standing Outside on Towne House label at Plaza TV and Appliance. She has appeared on North Texas radio, works with Joe Shelton Jamboree at Reiley Springs, and is remembered for goodwill tours with local merchants.
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Ruby Allmond
Bailey
Plaza TV
Bonham State Bank
Joe Shelton
Reiley Springs
Sulphur Springs
Ruby
Bonham Merchants
North Texas
Rights Bill Tops Agenda
A push to dislodge the stalled civil rights bill from the House Rules Committee nears a make or break moment with signatures aimed at 219. Liberal Northern Democrats and AFL-CIO allies seek to pressure for floor action on a measure extending federal oversight of registration and votes and adding desegregation penalties.
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Washington
UPI
House Rules Committee
Oder
House
Frankoy
Congress
Rules Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
Rules
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Daniel backs LBJ for president at Texas press meet
Gov. Daniel told Dallas reporters he supports Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination. He met more than 100 editors during the Texas Press Association gathering and outlined reelection plans and goals.
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Daniel
Texas
Dallas
API
Pri Daniel
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Texas Press Assay
Tom Whitehead
TPA
Brenham Banner Press
Suspect Held in Burglary Tied to Lucas Jewelry Case
Melvin Wallace Greer, 34, held in Brownsville on a Fannin County pickup order in connection with the Lucas Jewelry burglary in Leonard on Dec 18. Grayson County also charges him in the Van Alstyne city hall burglary. Five watches and 18 rings recovered from buyers.
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Brownsville
Fannin County
Lucas
Leonard
Sherif Hoyt Ivey
Melvin Wallace Greer
Sherif
Greer
Ivey
Woody Blanton
Grayson County
North Texas
van Alstyne
Murrell Lucas
Terrell
Texas
France Warns Airlines Of 12 Hour Atomic Test Notice
Paris announces a 12 hour advance warning for airlines crossing Africa as France prepares to detonate its first atomic bomb. The Secretariat General of Aviation says airlines in the Sahara region will receive new flight instructions when the notice is issued.
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Paris
API
France
Africa
Secretariat General of Aviation
Sahara Desert
United States
Britain
Russia
Charles de Gaulle
Reganne
Algiers
Sahara
United Nations
Hiroshima
Japan
Beautification project brings 1000 Red Oak trees to Bonham
Bonham Camp Fire Girls, led by Jack Smith, arrange 1000 Red Oak trees for planting by residents this week at cost. Trees arrive midweek from Tennessee and will be distributed as public needs rise. The effort, endorsed by the Bonham Garden Club and city officials, supports the Golden Jubilee celebration and local civic plans.
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Bonham
Jack Smith
Smith
Camp Fire Girls
Bonham Garden Club
Cutty Planning Board
Tennessee
Smyth
Sabotage Suspected In Damage To Long Beach
The Navy reports possible sabotage affecting the nuclear powered cruiser Long Beach under construction at Bethlehem Steel Fore River yard in Quincy Massachusetts. Investigators probe electrical cable damage and compare to prior Nautilus incident in Portsmouth New Hampshire Naval Yard. Captain Batcheller notes the damage as relatively insignificant while confirming ongoing inquiry by Navy and FBI.
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Quincy
Mass
UPI
Long Beach
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Co
Portsmouth
N. H. Naval
Eugene P. Wilkinson
E. H. Batcheller
Naval
FBY
Batcheller
Spending Below Estimates Highlights 1960 Budget Gap
Top administration sources say federal spending will come in about 500 million below forecasts for 1960. Eisenhower backs a strong chance of a general tax cut in 1961. The 1960 spending is now $74.4 billion with $74.6 billion revenue, a surplus near $200 million. The 1961 plan requests $79.8 billion spending and a $4.2 billion surplus to cut debt.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Treasury
Congress
Esenhower
State of the Union
White House
Agriculture Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Great Britain
Nixon's Name Put On GOP Ballot in New Hampshire
UPI reports Nixon entered three state primaries on a permissive basis while pledging to stay largely in Washington. Klein said Nixon has two plans to appear in primaries but will not launch a formal campaign, with actions limited to ballot entries in New Hampshire Oregon and Ohio.
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Nixon
New Hampshire
Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Oregon
Ohio
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
Eisenhower
Congress
Mark Hatfield
Wesley Powell
Powell
Ray Buss
Motel Robbers Take About $1000 From Circle Inn
Two men, one described as a 25 year old woman accomplice, robbed the Circle Inn Motel in North Dallas early Saturday. They forced the night clerk into a back room and took about $1,000 in cash, $600 in checks and several rolls of silver coins.
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Dallas
API
Circle Inn
Russell B. Taylor
Occasional Rain Forecast for Bonham Area
Local forecast shows occasional rain and warmer conditions in Bonham through Sunday with a cooler Monday. Skies cloudy Saturday afternoon as humidity rises. Sunday morning temperatures near 50, with highs around 62. North Central Texas mostly cloudy and mild.
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Bonham
Texas
Will Wilson to reveal 1960 plan Tuesday night
Texans await Atty Gen Will Wilson's decision on contesting Gov Price Daniel or seeking a third term. He will announce at 7 pm Tuesday via statewide network as other statewide races heat up with filings for Feb 1.
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Wilson
Waggoner Carr
Daniel—Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Clyde E Smith
State Supreme Court
Robert W. Calvert
the Supreme Court
J. E. Hickman
Texas TB cases hit 1959 high since 1952
(UPI) 4,246 tuberculosis cases were reported in Texas during 1959, the highest annual total since 1952, according to the State Health Department. The figure notes a peak similar to the 4,385 cases recorded in 1902.
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UPI
State Health Department
Department
Wife of Soviet Official Nabbed Lifting Article
Washington authorities report a Soviet embassy official’s wife, Galina Glinsky, was detained by Giant store detectives for concealing meat valued at 2.56 dollars without a receipt. She claimed diplomatic immunity and was released after signing a statement releasing the store from possible false arrest action.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Galina Glinsky
Giant
No Polio in 1960 in Texas, Health Dept Reports
Up to now in 1960, polio has not struck Texas according to the State Health Department. Through the same period last year five polio cases had been reported.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
State Health Department
West Berlin vows to crush Nazis after synagogue desecration
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt pledges ongoing fight against Nazis as police report arrests of four more suspected anti Jewish activists. Brandt says there is no room for Nazis in Berlin and outlines steps including a shared West German anti Nazi plan and history revisions to stress Nazi crimes. Bishop Dibelius donates to Israel amid rising tensions across Europe.
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Berlin
UPI
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Brandt
Cologne
West Germany
Nass
United Press Movietone Television Service
Berli Citzens
Karl Heinz Reimann
Hitler
Germany
Otto Dibelius
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
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Daas
State Department of Corrections
Ike
Defense Ministry
Charles A. Willis
New York
Willis
Will Wilson
Nazis
Europe
West
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