Governor Long accuses wife of hiring killer plot
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long said his wife tried to hire someone to kill him ten months ago and accused U S Sen Russell Long of complicity. He announced a special legislative session to address mental hospital reforms and vowed to sue Dr Arthur Long over commitment papers.
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Sohn
Warner
United Press International
Covington, la
UPI
tIouisiana
Earl K. Long
Long
Arthur Long
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Tex
Miss Blanche
Tragic Grade Crossing Crash Kills Father and Four Children
A northbound passenger train struck a car carrying a father and his four children at a grade crossing near Main Street in a small Fannin County farming town. All five occupants were instantly killed Saturday night.
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Trenton
Fannin County
Tragic Train Collision Kills Chesher Family Near Trenton
On Dec 8 1958 near Trenton James Thomas Chesher 3 and his four children Judy Carolyn 10 Thomas Darrell 8 Connie Diane and Patricia Anne 3 were en route to visit grandparents when a train struck their car broadside. The vehicle was dragged 128 feet and obliterated leaving mangled remains along the tracks. The mother remained at home in Grand Prairie.
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James Thomas Chesher
Judy Carolyn
Thomas Darrell
Connie Diane
Patricia Anne
Grand Prairie
Harrison Chesher
Trenton
Chesher
Chester
Dee
Record rainfall and temperatures for 1959 six months
Rainfall for 1959 reaches 1504 inches by June with 6.17 inches that month making June the wettest of the year. June temperatures ranged from 97 to 82. Sixteen days reached 90s, while the year to date shows January as driest at 0.41 inch.
Grenade Kills Four Children in Taranto Field
In Taranto Italy four children were killed and four injured when a World War II era hand grenade exploded among them as they played and tried to take it apart. Local officials said the device appeared old and the blast occurred Tuesday in a field near the city.
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Taranto
Italy
UPI
Here
Cooler Weather Forecast For North Texas Through Thursday
A slight drop in temperatures is forecast for the Bonham area through Thursday with mostly cloudy skies, mild temperatures and scattered thundershowers. Expect a low near 69 and a high around 84 as a light cold front reaches North Texas bringing showers.
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Bonham
West Texas
North Texas
Texas
Flood Devastates Junta Village Killing Dozens
A sudden flood in Junta Colombia swept the mountain village while residents slept. Authorities report 80 bodies recovered with about 150 people unaccounted as helicopters search for survivors and bodies amid the destroyed town and livestock.
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Ieague
Colombia
UPI
Junta
Eight Juvenile Complaints Are Being Prepared
County Attorney Tibby Wright announced eight pending juvenile cases with three girls and five boys to be charged as delinquents. Denison youths, arrested for hub cap theft, join five others in theater burglary cases at Bonham Drive In. Probation revocation petitions likely for one older suspect and one theatre defendant. prep work will delay trial calls.
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Tibby Wright
Wright
Rom Denson
Bonham
Denison
Neil Gilbert
Ja. Jackworth
Wat Bonham Drive
Ladonia High School Principal Resigns for Wolfe City Job
Grady Boyd resigns after five years as Ladonia high school principal and eight years as a teacher. Supt Loyd Burnett cites TEA staffing needs and seeks a qualified principal who can assist in high school athletics. board open to a married couple for the roles.
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Ladonia
S.pt
Grady Boyd
Ladonia High School
Wolfe City
Boyd
Supt
Loyd Burnett
Princpal
Supt Burnett
Ladoma
Texas Education Agency
Senate Fights Through Overtime Over Foreign Aid Plan
Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson kept the Senate in session for additional hours to push the 4.16482 billion foreign aid bill toward final action before the July 4 holiday weekend.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Lawmaker Defeated Over Sales Tax Move
An Austin lawmaker who said he would carry pistols to defend against newsmen was decisively defeated in a bid to levy a sales and advertising tax on Lexus papers in San Angel.
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Austin
UPL
San Angel
Lexus
Laver Upsets MacKay in Wimbledon Thriller
Rod Laver an Australian with red hair defeated Barry MacKay of Dayton Ohio in five sets 11-13 11-9 10-4 7-0 6-3 to ensure no native American reaches the Wimbledon men's singles final.
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Wimbledon
England
Rod Laver
Barry MacKay
Dayton
Ohio
World Peace Talks With Ike Kozlov At White House
Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov spoke 70 minutes with President Eisenhower at the White House. He said the main issue was world peace and described the meeting as wonderful. Kozlov spoke through an interpreter and later gave a TV interview outside the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Frol R. Kazater
Wedi
Kozlov
Tre Caraina
White House
Eisenhower
Andrei Gromyko
Christian A. Hertere
Berlin
Germany
Herter
United States
Russia
Texas House rejects gas tax plan shocks Daniel
Gov. Price Daniel criticized the House for killing a proposed severance tax on natural gas and a luxury sales tax. He urged a reversal before sending the bill to the Senate as Texas faces a broader financial dilemma in the second half of the special session.
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Austin
UPI
Price Danel
Texas
Daniel
Huse
Frates Seeligeson
San Antonio
Senate
House
Science to Come Alive at Show Here Tonight
Bonham hosts a General Motors Previews of Progress program tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium. Demonstrations include synthetic rubber, a sun powered miniature car, a jet engine and other science feats to illustrate industrial progress under a free economy. The event, free of charge, is supported by local dealers Wilson Chevrolet Co Bonham Motor Co and Leatherwood Brothers Hardware.
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Bonham
General Motors
America
Iwoman
Rotary
Kiwanism
Genral Ncotors
Wilson Chevrolet Co
Bonham Motor Co
Leatherwood Brothers Hardware
Police Capture Suspected Hooded Rapist in Miami
In Northwest Miami a man described as a hooded rapist who attacked three women in seven weeks was wounded and captured by a 40-man police posse. He fled toward a Gulf course area, was shot in the neck by Officer AL Gwynn, and taken to police headquarters for questioning. Authorities withheld his name, noting he fit the suspect description.
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Miami
UPI
Miami Shores Country Club
Gulf Course
Miami Shores
AL Gwynn
Soviet Cuts Retail Prices Across Mass Goods
Soviet government cuts prices on bicycles clocks cameras toys wines and radio record players by a reported average of 21 percent effective today Tass the official news agency said the move targets mass consumer goods in the economy.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Eisenhower sees Congress backing balanced budget plan
President Eisenhower said Congress seems to back his goal of a balanced budget as it cycled the permanent debt ceiling to about 288 billion dollars. He asked for 1 000 600 600 for foreign aid plants while rejecting direct public influence on the 1968 Republican nomination. He urged using the OAS in Cuba and the Dominican Republic and ordered a study of the Supreme Court ruling on the industrial security clearance program.
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Washington
UPI
Esenhower
Congress
Isenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Eis
Moscow
United States
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Supreme Court
Bond and tax vote set for July 25 in consolidated district
A bond assumption and tax equalization election is scheduled for Saturday July 25 in the Bonham Edhube consolidated district. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bonham fire station. The district will assume outstanding debt and maintain the current tax rate of 110 dollars for maintenance and 50 cents for debt service. All residents of the new district may vote.
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Bonham
Edhube
Supt
C. H. Dillehay
Murder Discounted In Death of Boy
OKLAHOMA CITY UPI reports police discounted murder in the death of 7 year old Jerome Anthony Brown whose charred body was found in a self service dryer. Homicide inspector Meals noted the boy may have climbed into the drum while the machine was idle, but the mother Dorothy Gale Brown claimed a cruel prank by other children and that the boy was mentally retarded and feared heat. Autopsy ordered to determine if he was alive when entering the dryer and to confirm timing in the drum.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Aundry Fbb- Meals
Jerome Anthony Brown
Dorothy Gale Brown
Eisenhower to Sign $4.6 Billion Farm Price Support Bill
President Eisenhower is expected to sign a $4.606 billion compromise farm price support bill soon. The measure, crafted by a conference committee after House and Senate approval, limits government price support benefits to $50,000 per farmer during the crop year, while implementing a watered down formula.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Angier
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Dusulate
New York
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USW
David J. McDonald
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By Lloyd Larrabee
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