Philosopher Knows Why HST Stays Home From Conventions
A Red River farmer writes that Truman will skip the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. He jokes delegates may demand salaries and benefits, and says he will watch both conventions from his Johnson grass farm, awaiting a government financed TV plank. He signs as J. A.
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Red River
Johnson
Harry Truman
Los Angeles
Truman
Mr. Truman
Chicago
Johnson Grass
J. A
Almanac Today July 3 1969 historical highlights
On this day in history notable events include 1775 George Washington assumes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge Massachusetts. 1819 the Bank for Savings in New York opened. 1863 Gettysburg battles mark Civil War turning point. 1898 US Navy defeats Spanish fleet at Santiago Cuba Harbor. 1956 US soldiers meet North Koreans in battle for first time.
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George Washington
Continental Army
Cambridge
Mass
America
Bank For Savings
New York City
Gettysburg
Santiago
Cuba
Thought for today by John Ingalls on a circle’s limits
A fragment quotes John James Ingalls noting every man is the center of a circle with a fatal circumference he cannot pass, reflecting on personal bounds and hubris in a concise epigram.
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John James Ingalls
Ikvery
Hospital News Rosters Read Like Local Patient List
Rinser Hospital lists numerous patients with last names and towns across Bonham Leonard Ector Dodd City Wolfe City Gober Savoy and nearby areas. Entries include Mrs Lewis Todd Mrs Allen Vermillion Burne Ro River and many Bonham residents with indications of dismissed or treated status.
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Lewis Todd
Leonard
W C. Finnell
Ector
Allen Vermillion
Bonham
Burne Ro River
Arthur Woodson
Gober
Ho A Rich
M M. Couksey
Ralph Owens
Tom Cowan
Baby Boy
Blue Ridge
Effie Butler
Dodd City
T. B Alexander
Jloney Grove
Lawshae Austin
Washburn
Bells
Charles Thompson
Raton
N. Mathelyn
Frank Neighbors
Filla Jones
Lyday
Wolfe City
T. H. Williams
A. B Cockrill
Bertie Caldwell
Edison biography earns praise for its depth and reach
Matthew Josephson's biography of Thomas Edison is praised as a first rate, well written job that portrays the inventor as a paradoxical self made genius. It covers Edison’s methods and key breakthroughs and places his life against important industrial developments and rivalries. It notes the book won the Francis Parkman Prize. SITE OF REVIVAL is also described with details of a countywide Methodist revival tent at Chestnut and East 5th streets.
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Edison
Matthew Josephson
McGraw-Hill
Fdison
Jay Gould
Western Union
General Electr
Edson
George Westinghouse
J. P Morgan
Fdigon
Thomas Edison
The Minor Prophets by G Campbell Morgan
Revered preacher G Campbell Morgan offers a new book on the twelve minor prophets. It presents each prophet with time, traits, and messages, applying lessons to today and noting love and redemption through the cross.
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G. Campbell Morgan
Revell
G Campbell Morgan
Los Angeles
London
Morgan
Methodist Picnic Opens County Revival in Bonham
The countywide revival begins today with a Thursday night picnic at Bonham State Park attended by over 250 people. Key figures include Re Coppedge Bonham, Rev. Quay Palmer evangelist, Rev. Hl. V. Carray co chair, Rev. Lee A Bedford director, and Rev. W. T. Stephenson pastor.
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Coppedge
Bonham
Quay Palmer
Hl. V. Carray
Pedge
Lee
Bedford North Texas
W. T. Stephenson
First Methodist Church of
Bonham State Park
White
Members to Have Part in Methodist Ground Breaking
All members of the First Methodist Church will join ground breaking for a new sanctuary at 3 pm today on West 8th and Star streets. The Rev Henry Mood and Rev W.T. Stephenson will lead with Frank Wright, Bennett and Crittenden, and Muirling Stafford Construction Co taking part. Members are invited to bring their own shovel and spade for the ceremony.
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First Methodist Church
West 8Th
Star Streets
Henry Mood
Paris
Frank Wright
WT. Stephenson
Bennett and Crittenden
Texas Business Activity Rises in May Near All-Time High
Texas business activity reversed a spring dip and reached 235 percent of the 1947-49 average in May, closing the gap to the February peak. The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes gains across agriculture manufacturing wholesale and retail sectors while power consumption and retail sales show declines from April.
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Alsiin
UPI
Texas Business
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas Agency
Francis May
Bureau
Texas
AFL-CIO Plans No Effort to Swing Delegates Views
James L. McDevitt said he will not push delegates toward any presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention. He will focus on lobbying for labor backed platform planks in Los Angeles while other union leaders aim to back their chosen candidates despite a nonbinding AFL-CIO neutrality policy.
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Washington
UPI
James L. McDevitt
Afl-Cio
McDevitt
Aflcio Committee On Political Education
COPE
Los Angeles
Aflcio
George Meany
Meany
Methodist Revival Opens Tonight in Fannin County Tent
The countywide revival begins tonight under a large tent at the corner of North Chestnut and East 5th streets with Rev. Quay Partner of Fort Worth as evangelist. Services run nightly at 8 p.m. through July 17, with Earl Ward of Waco directing congregational singing.
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Methodist
Fannin County
North Chestnut
East 5Th Streets
Rev. Quay Partner
Fort Worth
Earl Ward
Waco
Palmer
U. S
Ward
Bluebonnet Arsenal
McGregor
Rex Coppedge
Bonham
H. V. Carraway
Trenton
Scout to Join Arctic Expedition in Greenland
An NeTseo Trails Council Scout may be selected to serve as junior scientific aide at Camp Century in Greenland for October 1960 to April 1961. Applicants aged 17 to 19 must be high school graduates and fit for Arctic conditions.
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NeTseo Trails Council
Arctic
Boy Scouts of America
Paul Siple
Richard Chappell
Wayne H. LeCone
Greenland
Aiigh School
LeCrone
Boy Scout
Arthur A Schuck
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
United States
Schuck
Scout Movement
Paul A. Siple
Princeton University
Little America
International Geophysical Year
U. S.army Corps of Engineers
Dr Schuck
Miss Bales Elected to Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
Emily Bales of Stillwater Oklahoma to join 47 new members of Kappa Delta Pi at OSU. The OSU senior daughter of Dennis and 721 West 8th Street is a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
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Emily Bales
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Okla
Kappa Delta Pi
OSU
Dennis Bales
West 8Th Street
Bales
Alpha Delta Pi
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