Secret Talks Launched Between West and Soviet Bloc
In Geneva the West opened a new round of Big Four talks pressing Khrushchev to withdraw the Berlin war threat. Gromyko, Herter, Lloyd, and Couve de Murville met at a French villa. no progress reported toward a Berlin truce as secret sessions began after earlier public testiness.
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SPI
West
Nikita S Khrushchev
Berlin
Poland
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Stifter Urges Natural Gas Tax Plan Amid Senate Gridlock
The speaker urged action on a severance tax for natural gas with a proposed rate of one half cent per 1000 cubic feet. He called for no back tax on gas producers as the House and Senate clashed over a bill. Lt Gov Ramsey and Speaker Wangore presided as the chamber opened.
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Ben Ramsey
Spearer Wangore
Daniel
Legislators Back Daniels Gas Pipeline Tax Push
Governor Price Daniel urged Texas lawmakers to tax natural gas pipelines with a flat rate of 1 088 per 100 cubic feet, aiming to raise about 4 million dollars for the biennium. He appealed for action within 10 days as the legislature faced a financial crisis and warned against further delays.
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Austin
UPN
Price Daniel
Aniel
Texas
Daniel
Michingan
Church completes funding for new rising hall annex
The congregation has finished financing the construction of a new building that will be attached to Risinger Hall creating a single integrated unit of church architecture.
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Risinger Hall
Mr. Stephenson
Bonham Couple Named King and Queen of Diamonds
Roy and Mrs Joan McMillan won the title on Jewelers' Night at Crosley Field when the Reds faced the Milwaukee Braves. Roy, a Reds shortstop, has been sidelined by a hand injury. A Cincinnati paper shows Roy, Joan, and their son David in Reds gear alongside Karl Mouch, event chairman.
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Bonham
Roy McMillan
Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Reds
Milwaukee Braves
Roy
Redlegs
McMillan
Joan Lawrence
R. L. Lawrence
R. M. McMillan
Joan
David
Karl Mouch
Foreign Steel Makers Rush Goods Amid U S Strike
Foreign steel manufacturers exploit the U S strike to flood the market with cheap labor backed production. With U S mills idle, these imports undersell American steel and may push prices higher as demand remains strong.
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U S
U. S
Nunnelee area pools fill after heavy rain runoff
Thursday's rain brought running water to Nunnelee pools once nearly dry along James Annip's route. Estimates put rainfall at 4 to inches in the area as pools rose, while most hay had already been baled and stored.
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James Annip
Nunnelee
New Stamp Honors Soil Work By Cooperators
Cooperators of the Fannin Soil Conservation District are among those honored by the world's first Soil Conservation Stamp. Truman Atkins announced the 4 cent stamp, issued August 26 in Rapid City South Dakota, to salute conservation farmers and ranchers and the workers of state and federal government. The stamp goes on sale nationwide the next day including post offices in the Fannin district.
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Fannin Soil
Rapid City
Sol Conservation Society of America
Atk
Fannin Soil Conservation District
Bonham First Methodist completes building fund drive
The Bonham church finished a $126,715 three year campaign to finance a new church at Star and West 8th. Construction will start after razing the present 1899 building, with Risinger Hall linked to the new sanctuary for classrooms and offices.
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First Methodist
First Methodist Church
Star and
West Ath Streets
Bonham
West 8Th
W. T. Stephenson
Mr Stephenson
L. D Williams and Associates of
Bryan
Bailey Inglish
Mr. Stephenson
Risinger Hall
Mail Carrier Road Run Drenched by Little Caney Creek Rescue
Rural carrier James Atnip on Bonham Route 3 braved a five inch rainfall as his jeep and mail were swept into Little Caney Creek. He saved the mail, waded to safety, then neighbors W D Fulp and Jack Fulp pulled the jeep from the ditch and provided oil and a meal before he continued his rounds.
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James Atnip
Post Office Department
Atnip
Bonham
Rt. 3
Little Caney Creek
Atmip
Atmp
W. D. Fulp
Jack Fulp
Annie
Atmo
Ex-Texas Ranger Purvis Dies in Houston Hotel
Former Texas Ranger Capt Hardy Purvis died of a heart attack in his Warwick Hotel apartment in Houston. The 68-year-old retiree, who left active duty in 1956 after 30 years, had a heart condition. He had split time between Houston and Lufkin and was doing investigative work for oil and pipeline firms.
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Houston
UPI
Texas Ranger
Hardy Purvis
Warwick Hotel
Purvis
Ranger Company A
Lufkin
Frends
Savoy Schools Schedule Set for Summer Term Start
Savoy will begin a six weeks summer term Monday with classes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The lunch room will operate and bus routes run on schedule. Enrollment is expected to rise due to upcoming construction projects. Glenn Kinsey of Durant Oklahoma is named principal and high school coach.
Weather Outlook for North Central Texas
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with scattered afternoon and night time thunderstorms. Expect no significant temperature changes and varied shower chances across the region.
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Texas
FBI Denies Texan Held in Slaying
San Antonio FBI officials clarified that 25 year old James Brewer has not been arrested and is not detained in Texas in connection with the Canadian murder of Bruce Worline. RCMP had suggested a lead. Brewer was simply questioned while driving home from the University of Alaska to San Antonio.
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UPI
FBI
Alaska University
Bruce Worline
Worline
Prince George
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James Brewer
Texas
Vancouver
RCMP
Brewer
University of Alaska
Long Storms Hilton Room In Texas After Juarez Night
Gov Earl Long of Louisiana caused a ruckus at the Hilton El Paso storming a door to wake aides who slept during a Juarez visit. He raged and kicked as Capt Douglas Durrett tried to calm him, while Long's entourage grew exhausted and prepared to depart for business reasons.
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Tex
Far K Tong
Lousiana
Hilton Hotel
Juarez
Mexico
Long
Douglas Durrett
Louisiaa
Durrett
Texas
Agai
Hi Town
Joe Anselmo
Rayburn
Spencer Myrick
Durett
Isiana
M. O| Miller
David Bell
Lonz
Tucson
Rains Return to County Friday
Heavy rain across Fan nin county Thursday caused creeks to overflow and stock pools to fill. Bonham reported 3.15 inches officially, with some sections exceeding five inches. Showers persisted into Friday with Red river bottom areas hit hard and roads reported impassable. The Weather Bureau forecast scattered thundershowers through Saturday and temperatures in the 70s to low 90s.
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Fannin County
Bonham
Red River
Coun
US Weather Bureau
47 Die In Stampede At Pusan Stadium
A sudden rain storm triggered a deadly crush at Pusan stadium in South Korea. Orient Press reported 47 bodies counted and hundreds injured as crowds surged to exit during a typhoon event sponsored by the Kukje Shinbo newspaper. Radio Soul cited higher child death tolls and police could not verify due to damaged lines.
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UPI
Pusan
Orient Press
Radio Soul
Orient
Bille
Yellow Sea
Second escapee nabbed by officers near Clarksville
CLARKSVILLE Texas UPI The second of two escapees from the New Boston jail surrendered to Red River County Sheriff R A Shim Hulen last night The other fugitive Joe Carter 56 was shot to death Tuesday by a deputy near Clarksville The escapees broke from the jail Sunday afternoon and fled east of the town. Carter was found on a grocer’s porch armed with a penknife. the other accomplice Allen Potre aged 29 was killed Tuesday by a deputy during the pursuit.
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Clarksville
Tex
UPI
New Boston
Red River County
Sherif R. A
Shim
Hulen
Joe Carte
Clarks Ville
Carter
Old Allen Potre
Clarkes Ible
Moscow accuses Shah of Iran in radio broadcast
A Moscow radio broadcast claimed the Shah of Iran is concealing his actions to arm Iran. It alleged the United States is quickly building rocket launching sites in northern Iran and that the Iranian army has been supplied with nuclear missiles.
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Moscow
Shah London
UPI
Moscow Radio
Iran
Rayburn denies Johnson pledge on civil rights passage this year
UPI reports Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Leader Lyndon B. Johnson did not agree that new civil rights legislation must pass this year. In Shreveport Louisiana the Journal attacked the fairy tale Black and White as interracial propaganda and called for a state library shelves investigation.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sheveport, la
Shreveport Journal Today
Castro resigns as Cuba prime minister defies by president
Fidel Castro reportedly submitted a resignation from the prime ministership, a move not accepted by Cuba's president. In Texas, Austin the Legislature opened a third special session with a state government spending plan and six tax bills. The House adjourned to 1 am after Gov. Price Daniel's address. the Senate planned a 10 30 am return.
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Havana
Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
Unready for Sub War Say Rickover on Russian Threat
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover warned the United States remains ill prepared to counter the Soviet submarine menace. He cited the risk of missiles aboard Russian subs and an attack on coastal cities, reflecting on past German submarine threats.
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Washington
UPI
Hyman G. Rickover
United States
Bonham Burglary Suspects Face Charges in Ray Coonrod Store
Fort Worth police and Fannin County deputies charged Howard Trvin Wallamus and Lord Leo Davis with burglary in the Ray Coonrod store break in Bonham. Williams, held on related warrants, admitted involvement and detailed pistol and cash items. Investigators pursued leads after weeks of activity, with prior bond status noted.
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Wo Burks
Williams
Worth
Bonham
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