Bonham Texan Pictorial Album Reveals Early City Growth
City files excerpt from Bonham Texas 1902 notes the town as a thriving rail hub in Fannin County with a population over five thousand. It highlights Bonham's manufacturing, cotton mills, Carlton College, free public schools, churches, modern utilities, and active enterprise led by local citizens and merchants.
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Bonham
Texas
Fannin County
Texas and Pacific
Denison
New Orleans
Carlton College
Chas. Carlton
South
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans
Bonham Cotton Mills
Pannin County
Sandford
Idatings
Bonham ‘ Cevelly
Farmers Review
Sweans & Ie
Bulldozing Begins for Bonham National Guard Armory
Ground breaking marks start of construction on Bonham National Guard armory west of the Sam Rayburn Library. Capt. Kenneth Hall turned the first spade. bulldozers to clear site Monday morning. Completion expected late January next year. Local officials and contractors, led by Aflen and Wilson of Denison, announce rapid progress.
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Kenneth Hall
Bonham National Guard
Camp Polk
Bonham
National Guard
Sam Rayburn
Hall
William Page
Allen and Wilson
Bonham Guard
Fort Polk
Aflen
Wilson
Denison
Eral
Ray Wilson
Bob Barrow
Chamber of Commerce
Willow Wild Cemetery
Texas National Guard Armory Board
Rayburn
Captain Hall
Barrow
Jess Mugourik
Billy Cox
Ed Koenig
Celebrezze Named New HEW Secretary by Kennedy
President Kennedy nominated Anthony J. Celebrezze five term mayor of Cleveland to head Health Education and Welfare. The surprise pick, a devout Catholic and civil rights advocate, succeeds Ribicoff who resigned to run for Senate. Confirmation expected Monday or Tuesday with Celebrezze to meet Kennedy at the White House.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Cleveland
Celebrezze
Abraham A. Ribdicoff
Senate
Connecticut
Sans Souci
Canada
White House
Washington
Health, Education and Welfare
House to Resume Estes Probe Monday
House investigators will hear Billie Sol Estes cotton allotments questions with Dabney Townsend of the Agricultural Marketing Service among witnesses. Senate hearings will start Wednesday as Estes faces bankruptcy actions and new court-linked developments.
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McClellan
Estes
West Texas
Senate
Cars Damaged in Two Accidents in Bonham and Leonard
Two Friday accidents caused significant property damage with no injuries. Mickey Robert James of Bonham and Ray Manning of Leonard were in a collision on Rotor Pike near the Texas and Pacific underpass, about $200 in damage. A Smith residence car was hit by a passing car, heavily damaged while the other driver claimed to be asleep in the back seat and unaware of who drove.
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Mickey Robert James
Bonham
Rt. 2
Ray Manning
Leonard
Rotor Pike
Texas and Pacific
Rice and Clark
H. Bees Smith
Smith
Heat Wave to Persist in Bonham Area Through Sunday
Hot and dry weather continues in Bonham with clear to partly cloudy skies. Official readings hover near but not above 100 degrees, with a high of nine in a recent reading. North Central Texas forecast calls for brief thunderstorm chances in the northwest portion as conditions stay hot through Sunday.
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Bonham
Texas
Echo II launch planned to test new communications system
The article notes a planned Wednesday launch of the Echo II communications experiment. Houston area officials discuss regulatory questions as the House General Investigating Committee considers slanted hole drilling amid a widening probe into oil industry practices.
Balloon 135 Feet Tall Will Be Shot
CAPE CANAVERAL UP1 The United States plans a space communication test next week with a 135 foot balloon launched by a Thor. If it reaches 950 miles altitude it should be visible to much of the nation. The passive system echoes signals back to Earth, differing from Telstar. Echo-3, larger and more rigid, aims to test longer space survival and wider signal reach.
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Cape Canaveral
United States
Telstar
Thor
U. S
America
18 Cases of Beer Seized by Officer
A man remained in Fannin County jail on Saturday in lieu of bond after an arrest Friday for possession of 18 cases of beer. The seizure was made by a Liquor Control Board agent from Grayson who stopped the car just inside the county line.
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T Ladoma Negro
Fannin County
Liquor Control Board
Grayson
Don’t Guess Soil Test campaign spreads countywide
The Soil Fertility committee launches a countywide effort with green and red bumper stickers urging farmers to don’t guess soil test. The two week drive starts Aug 1 aiming to collect 1,100 soil samples from Fannin county farms for Texas A&M labs.
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Fannin County
Algerian Split Deepens as Ben Bella Attacks FLN Faction
Premier Ben Bella denounces FLN directors in a growing rift within Algeria's provisional government. Ben Khedda seeks concessions to unite the left wing while Ben Bella rallies ALN support and plans next moves with Khider in western Algeria.
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Algiers
API
Mohammed Ben Bella
National Liberation Front
FLN
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ben Bella
Ben Khedda
Tlemcen
France
Algerian Liberation Army
ALN
M'hamid Yazid
Algeria
Mohammed Khider
ASC Members Not Notified or Act
J W Adams Jr of Angleton says he has received no official notice of suspension from the Brazoria County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Adams and Clarence E Zwah of Danbury were suspended by the state ASC committee amid an investigation into alleged misuse of rice acreage allotments in the county.
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Fast
Texas
James Turman
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Hale
Railroad Commission
Murray
Harris County
Atty
Will Wilson
Webster Field
East Texas
Hawkins
Rusk
Gregg
Commission
Angleton, Tex
UPI
J.W. Adams Jr
Angleton
Brazoria County
Fannin County Receives 4-Star Rating for 1961 Finances
Fannin County earned a four star rating from the East Texas Chamber of Commerce for fiscal year ending December 31 1961. The report notes strong fund balances tax collection rates and a cash balance of 324 228 30 with operating funds tax rate of 5 cents per 100 yielding 171 629 85 in revenue and a per person cost of 7 19.
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Fannin County
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
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Koenig
Jess Magourik
National Guard Armory
HEW
Ribicoff
House
Rugma
Aby As
House Committee
Turman
Maia
Texas A. and
M. College Laboratories
Bonham State Park
Wayne Cranfill
College Station
M. College
ASC
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