Jury service postponed for Fannin county residents
Fifty Fannin county residents with jury service cards for Sixth District Court Monday Aug 3 need not report after Judge A M Haro announced the change following a guilty plea by the lone defendant who had a jury trial set. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and attorney Tibby Wright confirmed the update. Lions Club members assessed rodeo concessions and thanked vendors and helpers for cooperation.
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Cantrell
Fannin County
Tor
Sixth District Court
A.M Haro Onntorney
Tibby Wright
Hoyt Ivey
Tral
Harrison
Sheriff's Office
Bonham Lions Club
Kueckelhan
Lions
Clyde Crittenden
Nickie Butler Keeps John Wesley Company With New Skunk Pet
Nickie Butler introduces a young skunk to John Wesley the cat. The unusual pet addition follows a church stop when his mother followed Nickie home from the Methodist church.
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Nickie Butler
John Wesley
Nickie
Squash Harvest in Tulip Farm Exceeds 2000 Pounds
Ralph Snodgrass reports a bumper Butternut squash crop on his Tulip farm, with 2000 to 3000 pounds on a two acre patch supervised by Ed Murray. He says the squash, sourced from New England seeds in 1935, are superior eating and can be boiled baked or mashed with butter.
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Ralph Snodgrass
Snodgrass
New England
Ed Murray
Three Killed in Hotrod Wreck in San Antonio
Two speeding hotrods crashed in a nighttime race on a deserted San Antonio street killing Amador Plata 18 Hector Martinez 19 and Carlos Gomez 23. Gomez died later at a hospital. Roberto Hernandez 21 was injured as workers freed Gomez from wreckage.
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San Antonio
UPI
Amador Plata
Hector Martinez
Carlos Gomez
Nixon Returns to Moscow After Siberia Tour
Vice President Richard M. Nixon landed in Moscow after a four day Siberia trip marked by large demonstrations of friendship and some heckling. He met Acting Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov at the airport and said he planned radio remarks for Saturday. Nixon noted his regret that he could not spend two more weeks on the trip and spoke on improving U S Soviet scientific cooperation.
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Moscow
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Siberia
Nixon
Beloyarsk
Vasily Kuznetsov
Ted Niven
Leningrad
Oeast
Nexon
MF Mphis
Polic
Masons Hear Live Masonry Day Message at Bonham Fish Fry
At the Bonham State Park fish fry 228 attendees heard R W Proctor of McKinney Grand Senior Warden urge Masons from Fannin Grayson Collin Hunt and Lamar counties to live their Masonry daily. Proctor noted Masonry's long history and its religious character plus the role of women in lodges.
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Phott
Proctor
Grand Lodge of Texas
Af&kfm
Fannin County
Jim Moulton
Alt Robartley
R. W. Proctor
McKinney
Af& AM
Bonham State Park
Grand Lodge
Grayson
Collin, Hunt
Lamar
Solomon
Temple
Masonic Lodge
Texas
Constantine Lodge
Bonham
W Booth
Paris
Ab&am
Grand Canyon teen found alive after five days
A 16 year old Savannah Georgia boy was located alive early today eight miles from Desert View where two hiking partners perished. The rescue ends a five day search in the Grand Canyon region.
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Grand Canyon, Ariz
UPI
Savannah. Ga
Grand Canyon
Desert View
Central Texas Weather Forecast With Scattered Showers
Cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with possible showers across central Texas. Passages suggest unsettled skies and periods of rain, with no strong storm systems noted for the immediate period.
Federal mediators wrap up another week in steel strike
New York reports that federal mediators concluded a week of talks with no significant progress toward ending the 17 day steel strike, as negotiators remained apart on key issues and no agreement emerged.
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New York
UPI
Qa Ben
Berlin
West
Russia
Navy hurricane hunter to fly tests near Windward Islands
A Navy hurricane hunter aircraft was set to fly today through a suspected weather disturbance east of the Windward Islands to gather data on possible tropical activity.
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MIAME
UPI
Windward Islands
Senate House Conferees Back 40 Billion Military Bill
Congress conferees approved a compromise military appropriation totaling nearly 40 billion dollars with a mandatory provision to keep the National Guard at 100000 men.
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Washington
UPI
Senate House
Tulsa Foundry and Vista Petroleum Merge in Oklahoma Expansion
Official in St Louis announced the merger of Empire Foundry of Bonham and another Tulsa firm led by Philip B. Crane. Crane will become chairman of the board of the combined companies. Vista Petroleum president Donald K. Kivett said the acquisition broadens diversification and expansion across Oklahoma and other states.
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St. Louis
Tulsa
Okla
Empire Foundry
Bonham
Philip B. Crane
Bobby Dunn
Dennis Baker
Dunn
No Is
Donald K. Kivett
Vista Petroleum
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Bonham Family Survives Wreck Near Birmingham
Three Bonham residents escaped serious injury when their car overturned near Birmingham. Mrs Phillip Due and her son Richard sustained minor bruises and abrasions after a collision with a soft shoulder. Relatives were not visiting, and Ham's family was reportedly unharmed as they waited for help.
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Bonham
Birmingham
Phillip Due
Riachie
Track Hero’s Life Saved by Train Platform Rescue
An unnamed man narrowly survives after a kick saves him from an oncoming train. Bystanders and responders stabilize him. the incident prompts medical attention and a delayed hospital treatment.
Four Speeding Up Pace of Geneva Talks
UPI reports NAACP lawyer W J Durham filed a motion for entry of judgment to secure a written ruling after U S District Judge T Whitfield Davidson declined to order immediate Dallas school integration. Durham seeks to prep for an appeal and said the move protects constitutional rights while Davidson indicated integration was inevitable but did not set a date.
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Dallas
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S
T. Whitfield Davidson
NCCAP
W. J . Durham
Davidson
Durham
Firefighters answer call at inverted rear apartment blaze
While Assistant Fire Chief Tony Piazza was ill with the flu, his crew was called to a kitchen fire in a rear apartment of the family rental in Albion New York.
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Albion
N. Y
UPI
Tony Piazza
Atlas Nose Cone Shown Public After Intercontinental Flight
Atlas nose cone recovered from a 50700 mile space flight was displayed in Cape Canaveral Florida. Newsmen viewed the debris and a film from a Thor mission showing stabilizing and control of space flight for interplanetary travel. The cone is 12 feet tall 5.5 feet base and designed to endure reentry heat with a meltable outer coating. It marks the first recovered nose cone from an intercontinental range flight.
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South Atlantic
Air Foree
Haven
General Fleeteic
Atlas
Pilot Survives Crop Dusting Plane Crash Near Honey Grove
Henry Gardner a Kennedy teacher and crop duster escaped serious injury when his Stearman biplane struck a telephone pole and power lines and burned near the G A Davis farm two miles southeast of Honey Grove. He was treated for cuts and burns and taken to a Paris hospital after a local medical check. Gardner has 14 years of spray experience and this was his first serious accident.
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Spl
Henry Gardner
Kennedy
Gardner
G. A Davis
Hoyt Crouch
Honey Grove
Grover Hall
REA
Bat Gardner
T T Ls
Paris
Owas
Thad
North Texas
Billy Joe
Sailor) Stroud
Bonham
Rot Gilbert
Birst National Bank
West May Plan for Renewed Talks at the United Nations
Conference sources say the Big Four aimed to resume discussions at the United Nations in September. Reports describe rapid progress in Geneva talks and a tentative path toward a technical agreement, with secret meetings involving Andrei A Gro.
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West
Geneva
Wetec Crac
Khrushchev May Be Invited for U.S. Visit in Fall
Western sources report Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev may receive an invitation to visit the United States within days, with Eisenhower possibly inviting him. A presidential reception could precede a broader four power summit and tie to Khrushchev’s UN General Assembly trip in New York.
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UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Britain
France
Russia
Nixon
Warm Weather to Continue in Bonham Area
Temperatures in the Bonham area are expected to stay warm through Saturday. The Li's Weather Bureau forecast calls for a high near 94 degrees this afternoon and overnight lows in the mid-70s.
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Bonham
Li’ S Weather Bureau
POOF ESCAPES DEAL Above not shown the charred ruins of a crop dusting plane
A crop dusting plane crashed on the G A Davis farm south of Honey Grove early Friday. Pilot Henry Gardner of Kenedy survived the incident and escaped the wreckage.
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Davis
Honey Grove
Henry Gardner
Kenedy
Commie Officials Ousted in State
Indian President Rajendra Prasad dissolved the Kerala communist government and placed the state under presidential rule after mass protests and seven weeks of riots. Anti communist factions pressed the ouster as police cracked down, with about 20 000 arrests and 15 deaths reported during the unrest ahead of the 1961 elections.
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New Delhi
UPI
Rajendra Prasad
Kerala
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Violence Feared in Baja California Election
Violence fears mount for Sunday Baja California gubernatorial vote. PAN leaders allege the government ordered troops to quell disturbances during the election, with the PRI accused of backing the unrest.
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Mexico
UPI
Baja California
Partido Accion Nacional
PAN
Partido Revolucionar Constitucional
FMRI
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