Red Cross Plans Practice Alert In Bonham Area
The Fannin county American Red Cross chapter plans a practice disaster alert after a Denton chapter demonstration. Officers and directors were elected at the annual meeting led by Bonham chair W. T. May and new directors include Dick Travis Rev Don White and Henry Lovelace. The group credited Denton for the successful alert and reviewed the year’s work and budget.
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Fannin County
American Red Cross
Roland Burns
Denton County
George F. Spuller
Cochairman
Denton
W. T. May
Bonham
Alvin Bramsett
Ladoma
Forrest Copeland
Codharmen
Lyndell Purdy
Bill Derick
Dick Travis
Don White
Wayne Roberts
Gober
Raymond Trempler
Honey Grove
J D Toney
Leonard
Henry Lovelace
Prudence Kelsey
Leoard
T. J. Humphrey
Weldon Nichols
L. L Newman
W M Thornton
Shem Martin
A. L Godat
Eugene McIver
J. G Danner
Thad Finley
Tibby Wright
Aubrey McAlister
Alma Kinkead
John Dagley
Forest Copeland
Leonard Haris
Spuller
Buster Thornton
The
Albert Christian
Home Service Committee
Long Heads Back To Louisiana From Arkansas
Gov. Earl K. Long concluded a western vacation in Hot Springs Arkansas and departed by private plane for Louisiana. He visited a hot mineral bath before opening hours and stopped at a jewelry store to pick up a watch before flying to Monroe for a political meeting.
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Hot Springs
Ark
UPI
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Monroe
Traffic lights glitch clears at two intersections
Despite no traffic signals at the square on Tuesday motorists drove with care and there were no accidents though near misses occurred. A control box gadget failed causing a city lights outage except at West 4th and Willow and North Center and 10th Streets. Officials aim to restore full operation soon.
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West 4Th and
Willow Streets
North Center
10Th Streets
Weather warms but shows risk in Bonham area
The Bonham forecast calls for a warmer spell with a high near 80 as scattered showers remain possible. Temperatures are expected to rise through Tuesday with a similar pattern continuing into Wednesday and Thursday despite dry spells.
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Bonham
Deadlock at Geneva Berlin truce talks collapse
East and West rejected rival plans for a Berlin truce at Geneva. The Soviet and Western positions remained far apart as Nixon Khrushchev discussions yielded no signs of change. The conference is effectively finished after eight weeks of stalemate.
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UPI
Pravda
Communist Party
West Berlin
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
North Central Texas Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy through Thursday with widely scattered mainly after noon and evening thundershowers. Temperatures show little change.
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Texas
Eisenhower OKs Landrum Griffin labor reform bill
President Eisenhower gave a qualified endorsement to the Landrum Griffin substitute labor reform bill in the House. He said it moved closer to his ideas on curbing union corruption, while noting he had not studied all provisions.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
House
Phil A. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Senate
House Labor Committee
Landrum-Griffin
Soviet Union
Geneva
United States
United States Steel Corp
TVA
Congress
Insects Breath Through Tubes Not Lungs Across Bodies
Insects lack lungs and instead use a system of tubes called tracheae that run throughout the body to deliver oxygen directly to tissues. This network allows air to reach cells without a circulatory pump involvement.
Atlas completes 5000 mile Atlas test flight
Atlas launches a revampted Titan sounding attempt to test an Atlas ballistic missile with a data capsule aboard. The flight, from Cape Canaveral, aimed to prove guidance and performance after earlier failures. A recovery attempt was planned for the capsule while officials urged patience before full operational deployment.
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Air Force
Washington
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force Research Chief
House
Air
Juveniles Ordered to State Schools in Bonham Case
Two juveniles were ordered to state schools in Gatesville after hearings on burglary charges. Six others were placed on probation with their parents. three of these faced burglary charges, and three were held for hub cap thefts from Denison. The hub cap theft group was linked to the Bonham Drive-In concession stand burglary.
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Gatesville
Denison
Bonham Drive-In
Senator Defends Tax Plan Amid Sabotage Claims
Senator Wardlow Lane denounced sabotage charges as he defended his 187 million severance tax bill for natural gas. Lane offered an amendment restoring methane and ethane exemptions, while a women’s march pressured lawmakers at the Capitol as debate began on the House substitute.
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Austin
UPI
Sen
Wardlow Lane
Center
Senate
Lane
Bbesiege
Capitol
House
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
New Waverly
Aluminum Contracts Extended Amid Steel Strike Logjam
In New York the United Steelworkers union extended its contracts with Alcoa Reynolds, Kaiser and related firms as steel talks drag into a third week. US Steel reveals a first half profit of 254.95 million dollars while Finnegan laments no quick settlement and oilers priority deliveries for defense firms.
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New York
Joseph F Finnegan
United States Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
USW
US. Steel
Washington
Commerce Department
McDonald
Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals Co
Kwaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Presidential Suite
Roosevelt Hotel
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ormet Corporation
Wheeling
W V
Nixon Seeks Cooler Reception in Soviet Plant Talk
Vice President Richard M. Nixon faces a cooler reception as he unveils discussions with Premier Nikita Khrushchev during a UPI report from Sverdlovsk. The exchange follows a public disclosure about the talks and a military wave greeting at the plant event.
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Sverdlovsk
U.S.S.R
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon Tours Soviet Union Faces Probing Crowd in Novosibirsk
Vice President Richard M. Nixon draws tough questions from a self identified communist worker Grigori Belousov during a visit to the Novosibirsk hydroelectric plant as President Eisenhower weighs Geneva conference fate and Khrushchev visit prospects. Nixon later tours the OB River and urges open cities to foster U.S.-Soviet friendship.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Christian A. Herter
Santiago
Chile
Grigori Fedorovitch Belousov
Novosibirsk
OB River
U.S
New England
Gulf Coast
California
New York
Hawaii GOP Captures Senate and Governorship
Republicans won the Hawaii governorship and gained control of the state Senate in a surprising election. Daniel Inouye and Hiram Fong became notable firsts for their races, as Democrats held the House but Republicans edged out in critical contests and labor's influence remained debated.
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Honolulu
UPI
Hawaii
U.S Senate
Senate
Mth
William F. Quinn
John A. Burns
Daniel K Inouye
House of Representatives
Inouye
Hiram Fong
Congress
Frank A. Fasi
Oren E Long
Wilfred Tsukiyama
Mitsuyuki Kido
James Kealoha
Harry Bridges International Longshoremen’s Union
Burns
Fong
Ways and Means backs bonds to ease highway funding crisis
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan to float a billion dollars in bonds to address the federal highway financing crisis. Navy officials said the Polans mussie program will have a submarine launched rocket join the fleet in 1960, three years ahead of the target. The Texas State Supreme Court declined to close the door to legislation prohibiting wet precincts in dry counties, while upholding a prior ruling that localities may vote on fecal option elections.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Navy
Congress
Austin
State Supreme Court
House votes through foreign aid bill for 3.1865 billion
The House passed a foreign aid measure totaling 3.1865 billion, well below President Eisenhower's request. The bill moves to the Senate where the administration intends a forceful push to restore the desired funding level.
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Washington
UPI
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Counterfeit U S Government Checks Printed in Mexico
Mexican authorities and treasury agents arrested four men in Durango and seized zinc plates used to print counterfeit U S government checks. The operation disrupted a counterfeit scheme tied to illegal minting and distribution activities.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Durango
Mexico
U. S
Funds Received by Fannin Schools Totals $32,135
State funds totaling $32,135 have been received at the offices of County Superintendent Jim Moul tam for distribution to Fannin county schools. Funds include $20,350 for salary and operation, $4,913 for transportation, and $7,872 in per capita payments. Deposited to the accounts of the respective schools in their depositories.
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Jim Moultam
Fannin County
Army develops radar to detect tiny movements and distinguish gender
The Army announced a new ultra sensitive radar that can spot the slightest movement behind enemy lines and even distinguish a walking man from a woman. In tests, a crawling soldier two miles away can be seen and heard, with claims of targets up to 15 miles away under ideal conditions.
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Washington
UPS
Army
Pocket fallout detector FIDO by Cambridge firm
Cambridge firm Controls for Radiation announces a pocket sized fallout detector called FIDO for fallout intensity detector oscillator. Dr. Irving A. Berstein says it will sell for 10 to 15 dollars.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Cambridge Electronics
Irving A. Berstein
Controls For Radiation, Inc
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Roger M. Blough
US Steel
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