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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1951
Page
4
Mercedes residents returned to drinking water from faucets after a 36 hour drought. Workers finished repairs on a broken canal wall that had sent water cascading across fields into a ravine. The break was found Tuesday and officials suspect gophers weakened the wall before heavy rains.
Pilot Charles F Blair Jr. arrives at New York International Airport with wife Janice and son Christopher after a history making solo flight from Bardufoss Norway stopping in Fairbanks Alaska en route to New York. The journey finished in under 36 hours marking a notable aviation feat.
Justice James Cleveland Compton of the New Mexico State Supreme Court escaped injury in a two car collision near Marshall Texas. His wife Bessie Compton was treated and released. The couple continued to Lebanon Tennessee where he will receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Cumberland University. The Fry driving the other car was Emory W Fry a 58 year old Marshall sales clerk.
Longview officials J H O Toole and J Russell Smith resigned from Grever County draft board alleging political influence at Austin postponed a Kilgore youth’s induction. They cited a telegram from State Draft Director Paul Wakefield overruling a board decision. They accuse third member Tobe Butler of involvement. The unnamed youth is a University of Texas student.
Mrs Verna Hoover Fonda of Stamford Connecticut sues former husband Millionaire Douglas C Fonda of Liberty Texas for 250000 in alimony after a May 16 divorce and May 2 lump sum award. Fonda appeals the alimony order as Columbia Basin Project Act prohibits land speculation.
At a executives meeting leading U S firms discuss labor sharing as a modern democratic economic approach. The note highlights a Jaycee Jam square dance on June 7 near our location and promotion for Chrysler and Plymouth cars at Lee Motor Company.
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