Bonham City Commission appoints zoning board and routes bids
Bonham commissioners ratified a five member Zoning Adjustment Board to two year terms. They authorized bid solicitation for petroleum products, approved Jeep sale bids, and funded a water tank reassessment. Plans include street rebuilding, a Denison State Parks Board meeting, and a traffic plan for Washburnton school area.
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Board of Zoning Adjustment
Bonham City Commission
Grady Fisher
City Water Department
Fisher
Jones Field
de- Rose Industries
State Highway Department
Washmnerton School
East 4Th
U. S. 82
Lumpkins Leads Maids Lake View Girls To Big Wins
Raymond E. Lumpkins of Maids Lake View High School has rebuilt a strong girls basketball program since 1941. His teams posted a 298 52 career record and 26 4 this season while reaching regional finals four times and district title contention this year.
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Raymond E
Gene) Lumpkins
Fannin County
Lake View High School
M. D. Lumpkins
West 10Th Street
Lumpkins
Bailey
East Texas State College At
Commerce
Maids
San Angelo
Grimmett Submits Low Bid on Langford Creek Project
Grimmett Brothers of Bonham and Snyder submitted the two lowest bids on the Langford Creek flood control project near Clarksville. The Snyder Bonham firm bid $76,473 for the two flood control structures and specializes in dirt work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimmett Brothers
Bonham and Snyder
Langford Creek
Clarksville
Snyder-Bonham
Bonham to Turn Over Prisoners to County for Prosecution
The Bonham city commission indicated it may transfer all lock-up prisoners to county custody for prosecution. The move follows bills totaling over $400 for January meals and jail use, with the 60 cent meal rate and $200 monthly jail fee in effect previously.
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Bonham
Sheriff’s Force To Get New Car
The commissioners court approved buying a Pontiac sedan to serve as a prowl car for the sheriff’s department on a low bid from Baccus Motor Co. of Bonham. A 1959 Chevrolet was traded in for the new vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Commissioner's Court
Baccus Motor Co
Bonham
Scouts Observe National Boy Scout Sunday at Church
Boy Scouts from Troop 260 took part in services at First Methodist Church for National Boy Scout Sunday. Larry Frair Claude Leatherwood Mike Adams Steve Southerland and Bruce Southerland served as ushers at both morning services. About 15 Scouts plus Board of Review members and Cub Scouts attended as part of God and Country award requirements.
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First Methodist Church
Larry Frair
Claude Leatherwood
Mike Adams
Steve
Bruce Southerland
Board of Review
Cub Scouts
Mild Weather Forecast Continues in Bonham Area
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures are forecast for the Bonham area through Wednesday. A light cool front had little effect on temperatures with maximums expected back in the mid seventies. North Central Texas sees similar mild conditions through midweek.
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Bonham
Texas
Delay in Submitting Texas Tax Proposals
Rep. Marshall O. Bell of San Antonio asked lawmakers to postpone floor debate on his proposal for a constitutional amendment to allow Texas voters to decide on an income or payroll tax. He urged rescheduling to Feb 28 and noted passage would bar future income or payroll taxes, a concern amid Gov. Price Daniel’s payroll tax plan to fund $200 million in state spending over two years.
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Price Daniel
Valentines Brighten Benham VA Center for Patients
Junior Red Cross volunteers delivered 360 red and white Valentine candy favors and poem place cards to Benham VA Center residents for Valentine’s Day. Bailey Inglish elementary art students produced the items under Mrs. Buster Johns. C. A. Tosch sold the valentines as morale boosters for patients and staff.
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Benham VA Center
Junior Red Cross
Bailey Inglish
Buster Johns
George Leatherwood
Keith Hembree
Mary Lou Wilshire
Jo Newman
C. A. Tosch
Soviet Union Rejects Hammarskjold as UN Official
Moscow states Dag Hammarskjold is no longer recognized as United Nations Secretary General and demands his removal. It calls for ending UN action in the Congo within a month and recognizing Antoine Gizenga as Congo leader, while calling for arrest of Tshombe and Mobutu for Lumumba's death.
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Ist
UPI
Moscow
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Hammarskjold
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Stanleyville
Russia
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
General Assembly
Presidium
Trygve Lie
China
Lie
Lovell Union
Fort Inglish Replica To Be Discussed By State Parks Board
Bonham city officials and the State Parks Board will meet February 20 at the Denison Hotel to decide the fate of the 24 year old Fort Inglish replica. Proposals include Park Board maintenance and relocation to Benham State Park after bids to raze were delayed pending agency involvement. Mrs. Edwardine Crenshaw urged the commission to delay action at the January session.
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Denison
Fort Inglid
Zoning Adjustment Board
Joe Adair
Harold Mary
John Reece
Dan Sitzler
Bob Dorough
John VanKirk
Mayor VanKirk
Ward 1
Fort Inglish
Bonham
State Parks Board
State Historical Society
Edwardine Crenshaw Couch
Commission
Kiwanians Hear Talk by M B Nelson
M B Nelson Bonham Independent schools superintendent spoke on Advanced Teaching Techniques at the Kiwanis luncheon at the Gem cafe. John E Meade announced a Kiwanis pancake breakfast and supper on February 28 in the Peeler building. Guests included Richard Allred and Lt Col French G Lewis.
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M B. Nelson
Bonham Independent Schools
Kiwanis Club
Gem Cafe
Tibby Wright
Nelson
John E. Meade
Kiwanis
Peeler
Richard Allred
V. A. Domicthary
French G. Lewis
Dallas
Legislators Warned Against Berry Horse Racing Bill
In Austin, lawmakers in Tarrant County received a telegram from the Arlington Ministerial Association urging opposition to Rep. W. E. Berry’s horse racing bill. The wire, signed by Rev. Beryl West, claimed to represent more than 50 churches and urged keeping breweries out of Tarrant County. A First Baptist Church of White Settlement letter threatened retaliation at the polls against any local official voting for the bill, with individual writers adding poll tax numbers.
Riots at Belgian Embassy Over Lumumba Slaying
In Moscow UPI reports thousands of Russian and African students stormed the Belgian embassy three times to protest the slaying of former Congo premier Patrice Lumumba. Police broke up the shouting demonstrations.
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Moscow
UPI
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Katanga
Godefroid Munongo
Elizabethville
Congo
Munongo
Joseph Okito
Leopoldville
NEA Telephoto
Stanleyville
Orental
Antoine Gizenga
Protests Flare Worldwide Over Lumumba Death
Across Moscow New Delhi Lahore Cairo Belgrade London and other cities demonstrators clashed with police in response to Patrice Lumumba's death. African Asian and Soviet students attacked embassies smashed windows and called for anti imperialist action while authorities barred crowds and deployed police and mounted patrols.
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Soviet Union
Friendship University
Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Night of Long Knives Surges UN Alerts in Congo
Lumumba’s slaying sparks fears of mass reprisals as UN forces warn Congo troops. Katanga claims Lumbumba aides massacred after jailbreak, while Katangese forces seize Bukama. Dag Hammarskjold weighs pulling peacekeepers to avoid civil war.
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Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
Nsew
Moise Tshombe
Baluba
Castro Hopes Kennedy Reverses Cuban Policies
Fidel Castro expressed hope that President Kennedy would ease Eisenhower era policies toward Cuba and favors a relaxation in US foreign policy. He blamed vested interests for blocking change and called for peaceful relations only if US air drops of arms to Castro's regime ceased.
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Havana
API
Piemee
Castro
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
US Ambassdor
United Nation
Adi. Stevenson
Chester Bowles
Soviet Union
Poetr
Drs
Sue Castro
County to Repair Record Bindings
The county approved spending over 400 dollars in 1961 to repair and rebind records in the county clerk office. The commissioners court said the work will be supervised by County Cork Pete Holman. Bonham State Bank was awarded the county depository contract for the year. Election judges for 1961 were named.
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Commissioners Court
Cork
Pete Holman
Bonham State Bank
Gavin Named Envoy To France by U S
Lt Gen James M. Gavin, who resigned from the Army in anger over Eisenhower policies, is named ambassador to France by President Kennedy. Gavin is known for paratroop service in World War II including Normandy and front line combat. The appointment comes after a three year wait.
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Washington
UPI
France
James M. Gavin
Normandy
Gavin
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Mons Day
Rayburn Says Action Planned on Program Amid Crisis mood
Speaker Sam Rayburn warned Congress will move ahead on an urgent recession program after a White House conference. He noted Cabinet review and Arthur Goldberg reporting unemployment in five major industrial states. Kennedy is set to outline a televised proposal stressing urgency and necessity.
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Washington
APDI
Sam Rayburn
Wire House
Ty Mirst
Rayburn
Kennedy
Cabnet
Democrats
Congress
Arthur J Goldberg
Goldberg
Hig
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Miam Anderson
Clarence Elkins
O. A. Shepherd
A C. Smithey
Aral Darling
Grimmett
Sheriff's Force
Eee Toecognize
Dag
M. B. Nelson
London
VPI
New Delhi
Baudouin
Lahore
Pakistan
U.S
United States
Cairo
African Association
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Belgium
India
Polee
Foreign Office
Foreign Ministry
Communist Party
U. S
Lebanon
Moscow Radio
Bukama
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