Permanent Armory Building Sought For Bonham National Guard Unit
Bonham Chamber of Commerce directs leaders to petition the Texas Armory Board for a permanent brick and concrete armory to replace the 1948 quonset hut. Major Turner says $300,000,000 in federal funds earmarked for Texas armories, with no local cost. site faces State Highway 78 on a 19 acre plot deeded earlier. The unit may be named the Wade Armory in honor of Captain Wade.
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The
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Boyd Williams
Ben Caldwell
Texas Armory Board
Texas National Guard
Earl Turner
Co. A
Greenville
Turner
Armory
Bonham
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Loyd Dodson
James Huckabee
W W. Wade
W W Wade
Sherman
North Central Texas Weather Outlook
Generally fair conditions sweep across North Central Texas with cooler spells tonight and Friday. Thursday night will see cooler air while Friday brings a slight warmup and continued fair skies.
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Texas
Benson urges dairy farmers to cut subsidies through research and promotion
Chicago June 3 AUP Secretary Ezra Benson told dairy farmers they can lift themselves from economic hardship via intensive research and public relations. He spoke at a June Dairy Month luncheon urging faster progress in research and distribution while cautioning against relying on subsidies and praising a past consumption surge. He noted milk consumption would imply a looming shortage if kept at 1942 levels and defended a current price support cut as law required.
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Chicago
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
United States
Fort Worth Market Report Cattle Hogs And Calves Mixed
Fort Worth markets show cattle generally steady to weak with mix of good and choice slaughter calves and stocker yearlings. Hogs steady to lower with midweight and sow prices noted, while buyers pursue high value stocker calves and rounds with some new price highs for the season.
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Fort Worth
Senate Calls Up Housing Bill Amid Public Housing Debate
The Senate moved to debate the administration housing bill as a Dixie revolt against public housing wanes. GOP leaders expect approval and an Eisenhower compromise may settle the dispute, with President proposing limited public housing and a shift back to an 810,000 unit program.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Gop
Eisenhower
Senate Banking Committee
Burnet R. Maybank
D. S.C
Supreme Court
California
Four Year Old Prefers Beer to Water Baffles Authorities
In Fort Worth a four year old boy, found in a downtown hotel room, told investigators he preferred beer to ice water. Authorities seek his father who checked in Tuesday with the boy then disappeared Wednesday. The child shows possible cerebral palsy and no vitamin deficiency, and previously endured abuse at a downtown rooming house.
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Fort Worth
A_ hotel
Peggy King
Kansas harvest to rely on few out-of-state workers
In Great Bend Kansas on June 3 1931 head of the states harvest office R B Gilkison said very few if any out of state workers or combines would be needed for the wheat harvest Howard indicated the harvest would start in southern Sumner county around June 7 about a week earlier than usual.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
R. B. Gilkison
Howard
Sumner County
Texas sites overlook for Air Force school
A special commission recommended three sites near Alton Illinois Colorado Springs Colorado or Lake Geneva Wins for the $126 million Air Force Academy The decision rests with Air Force Secretary Harold B Talbott who said final choice will be made within a month after thorough land and construction reviews The commission led by Charles A Lindbergh logged over 18000 miles inspecting sites and praised the study while Eisenhower signed the act creating the academy and funding for a temporary facility with training expected to begin in 1955 and the permanent campus in 1957
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Washington
Air Force Academy
Point of the Aly
Alton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lake Geneva
Wins
Air Force
Harold B. Talbott
Talbott
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Carl A. Spaatz
Hubert R. Harmon
Merrill Meigs
Hearst Corp
Chicago
Virgil M. Hansher
Iowa University
Eisenhower
West Point of the Air
France seeks written pledge on U S aid plans
Geneva June 3 France reportedly seeks a written pledge from the United States before committing future Indo China troop movements France wants a formal in writing promise to avoid misunderstandings about U S intentions The decision on reinforcements to Indo China could depend on the US stance and could free manpower from other posts if needed.
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Geneva
France
Indo - China
U.S
Democrats Predict Texans to Lead House and Senate
Fort Worth dispatch reports Katie Louchelm, national director of women's activities for the Democrats, predicting two Texans will become House speaker and Senate majority leader next year. She names Rep. Sam Rayburn as House Speaker and Sen. Lyndon Johnson as majority leader, and says a Democratic program would be offered for President Eisenhower to support.
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Fort Worth
House
Senate
Katie Louchelm
Benate
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Louchwim
Eisenhower
Texas Democrats Face Choice on National Committee Seat
Texas Democrats must select a successor to Wright Morrow for the Democratic National Committee. Stephen A. Mitchell refuses to recognize Morrow, who backed Eisenhower in 1952, leaving Texas with only Mrs. Hilda Weinert as national committee member until a formal designation is finalized.
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Texas
Wright Morrow
Washington
Democratic Committee
Hilda Weinert
Stephen A. Mitchell
Morrow
Weinert
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Communist Drives Wipe Out French Troops in Viet Nam Ambush
Three Communist battalions overran about 500 French Union soldiers in an ambush in south central Viet Nam. A watch tower near Saigon was seized amid explosions at an ammunition dump, with saboteur suspicion. Reports say sniping and heavy fighting continued along the Annam coast and near Song Can as French command details reshaped operations.
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Hanoi
Viet Nam
Saigon
Indo-China
Annam
Song Can
Red
High Command
Mnd
Red River Delta
Dien Sien Phu
Lions Honor 12 Members With Attendance Pins
Twelve Bonham Lions Club members received perfect attendance awards at a meeting. Recipients listed include F. M. Spence Collie Smith Stan Norwood J J Magoutik B J Joa Glen Finley Robert Dale John Glenn Doss Clark Dennes Bales Dan Barnard and Bob Can Trell. Visitors Zeke Creen and Martin Lindsey Dallas attended. Ticket sales for the Shindig Show on June 17 were discussed.
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Bonham Lions Club
Lions
F. M. Spence
Collie Smith
Stan Norwood
J.J. Magoutik
B. J. Joa
Glen Finley
Robert Dale
John Glenn
Doss Clark
Dennes Bales
Dan Barnard
Bob Cantrell
Zeke Creen
Martin Lindsey
Dallas
Lions Jung 17
Belgian airliner attacked near Austria Yugoslavia frontiers
A Belgian Sabena freight plane was hit by an unidentified jet fighter near the Austria Yugoslavia Hungary frontiers. One Belgian crew member died and two were wounded. a British crewman was uninjured. The attacker was described as an older Soviet MiG.
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Graz
Austria
Sabeng
Auustria
Jugoslavia
Red Hungary
Hungary
Vienna
Murska - Sobota
Election Bet Beards Return From Bonham Record
In a 1936 Cathas Times Herald issue a photo shows Cabus Breckenridge with Jake Myers sporting a heavy beard beside a wolf, said to reflect an election bet with Sid Smith. FE Elkins recalls Myers grew the beard after the bet, a paper saved in a cedar chest by Mrs Elkins who found it among other old clippings and a 1936 Daily Favorite ad for coffee.
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Bonham
Cathas Times Herald
Cabus Breckenridge
Jake Myers
Myers Ix
Elkins
Elking
Eikins
Wilkins
Eight Members of Family Injured as Tornado Hits Home
A tornado struck a rural area east of Paris Texas injuring ten people, eight of them from the Cooper family. Loretta Cooper, 14, suffered severe head injuries and possible broken back after the house was lifted and she was flung 250 yards. The family residence was destroyed and the eight injured family members were hospitalized as a frontal storm system moved through North Texas.
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Paris
Tex
Here
Texas
Loretta Cooper
Don Lewis
Lamar General Hospital
Leela Cooper
Loretta
Cooper
Iowa Park
Wichita Falls
Ida Plancencio
Paducah
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
Waco
Beaumont
College Station
Lufkin
Texarkana
Tyler
Darhart
Galveston
Corpus Christh
Fl Paso
Farouk Barred from Joining Exclusive Genoa Yacht Club
In Genoa the swank yacht club rejected former Egyptian King Farouk’s request for membership. He reportedly sought entry after visiting a North Italian resort and associating with beauty queen Irma Capece Minutola. Club officials noted war era rules ended automatic honorary membership for royalty.
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Genoa
Italy
Swank Yacht Club
Farouk
Paola Pallavicino
Itelian Riviera
Irma Capece Minutole
Pallavicino
McCarthy Charges of Reds in CIA Are Denied by Dulles
McCarthy offered to show his secret files to the Pentagon to prove 138 Communist workers on defense plants but Dulles called the claim false. Hearings enter day 26 as McCarthy seeks to summon Pvt. G. David Schine and a secret meeting record may be made public. Hensel urged release while Mundt signaled support. CIA inquiry and nuclear program data prompt scrutiny from JAE committee members.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Pentagon
Wisconsin Republican
Defense Department
McCarthy
McCarthy Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt. G. David Schine
Cohn
Senate
Defense
H. Struve Hensel
Carthy
Hensel
Karl & Mundt
GOP
Subcommittee
Central Intelligence Agency
Planta
CTIA
Allen W
Fis
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Sen
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Mly
McCarthy's Fight Over CIA Investigation Intensifies
McCarthy's subcommittee probes alleged Communist influence at the CIA meet stiff resistance from Senate allies and calls to curb his investigating powers grow. CIA Director Allen Dulles denies the charges as lawmakers discuss limiting McCarthy's chairmanship.
Muteh Leatherweed Run Lag Geber Goodwill Tetp
Fragmentary notes describe a dune event with mentions of Muteh Leatherweed and Geber. Readable text indicates a goodwill trip or similar activity around a specific date, but core facts remain unclear. Entities include Muteh Leatherweed and Geber. no clear place or outcome.
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Ladd Air Force Base
Alaska
Mt. McKinley
Argus
NEA
Bonham National Guard
AMORY
By Ken Revnaide
Tye Alwave
Sepham New San
Verve Masely
Dixie
AIR Force School
U. S
Joe Foss
South Dakota
Vail Pittman
Nevada
Commie
Bulletin
Swank Resort
Dulles
CIA
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