Pilot Maj A P Bolding Jr Attends National Vets Meet
Maj A P Bolding Jr a Korean War pilot flies to Washington DC for the National Convention of Veteran Air Force Pilots this week. The Bondi graduate is son of Mr and Mrs A P Bolding of Bonham and traveled from Dallas as a guest of the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Bolding, Jr
Maj Bolding
Air Force
Washington
D. C
Maj. Bolding
A. P. Bolding
Bonham
Dallas
Bonham Tourist Urges Sam Rayburn Library Signage
A visitor, whose name is not recorded, suggests Bonham place signs at city entrances reading Home of The Sam Rayburn Memorial Library and erect an attractive sign near the library. He says many pass by unaware of the library and praises its value to the town.
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Sam Rayburn Library
Bonham
Sam Rayburn Memorial Library
Bonham Man Seeks 1878 Vintage Paper in Whitewright Visit
George German of Dallas and former Bonham resident was in Bonham Wednesday seeking a newspaper from 1878. He promoted Grayson College exes reunion set for Whitewright on June 14 while visiting local friends.
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George German
Dallas
Bonham and
Whitewright
Bonham
George
Grayson College
Notaries Must File Bond and Take Oath by June 10
County clerk Pete Holman has reminded all notaries to file their bond and take the oath of office before next Wednesday June 10. Applicants for notary public must be at least 21 years old.
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Pete Holman
Barrow recovery from car crash fuels humor on diet woes
Bob Barrow returns to work after a serious auto accident and endures a liquid diet while his mouth heals. He looks forward to eating steak again but notes he cannot open wide enough to bite. He quips that cows are a wonderful invention for producing milk.
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Bob Barrow
Barrow
Dry cleaner chain to halt plastic bag use in NY area
A 200-store New York metropolitan dry cleaning chain announced it will discontinue plastic bags. Officials tie bags to child deaths this year, noting health concerns and a push toward alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Weather outlook for North Central Texas through Friday
Partly cloudy conditions continue in North Central Texas through Friday with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Temperatures remain steady with no significant changes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Long Governor Harris says Long to recover in time
Dr Titus Harris at John Sealy Hospital said Governor Earl Long of Louisiana is cooperative with treatment for mental illness and should recover in time. A Texas hearing on 90 days of mental treatment was expected for June 15 or 16 with probate judge Hugh Gibson preparing orders.
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Hugh Gibson S.g
Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Govrnor Earl Long
John Sealy Hospital
Long
Arthur Long
Gaiveston
UPI
Titus Harris
Earl Long
Harris
Hugh Gibson
Texas
Gibson
Lether Frazar
Baton Rouge
Frazar
North Viet Nam demands U.S. pullout from South Vietnam
The Communist New China news agency reported that North Viet Nam has demanded the U.S. military mission in South Vietnam leave the country by month’s end. The withdrawal note was sent May 28 from the North Viet Nam army high command liaison mission to the international commission.
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U.S
Tokyo
UPS
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Communist New China
Texas Storms Rake Texas From Panhandle To Gulf
Violent storms lashed Texas from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast with more predicted through Friday. A Port Arthur man Harley Eddingston Sr. was struck by lightning and killed instantly while fishing in a boat. Alpine reports eight inch hailstones. Showers expected over the South Plains today drifting east tonight and Friday. Low temperatures ranged from 52 at Dalhart to 80 at Corpus Christi. Lubbock saw heavy rain with over three inches in two days.
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United Press Internation
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Port Arthur
Harley Eddingston Sr
Alpine
South Plains
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
West Texas
Bonham Reports Light Rain Then Stays Cloudy
Rain measured at .23 inches by 7 30 a m and a light shower continued until after 8 a m The forecast calls for additional showers late today and early Friday with slightly higher temperatures in the forecast area Benham observed weather conditions and a brief shower in the morning.
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Benham
One Car Crash Sends Man to Sherman Hospital
A one car crash west of Trenton injures John Carol Welburne of Leonard. He suffers a frozen vertebra broken ribs and multiple injuries and is taken by heart ambulance to a Sherman hospital. The vehicle left FM 814 struck a tree after skidding 351 feet. damage exceeds $1 000.
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Trenton
John Carol Welburne
Leonard
Sherman Hospital
Bill Walker
Welborne
Walker
Surman
Brainheart
Dinmage
Edward Ray Robinson O
Randolph
Sughi
Edde
Robinson
Lester Hollis
Ho.1
U. S
Dodd City
Sidney Lando
San Franciso
Canf
Mary T Wolverton
Lando
Flight of X15 Delayed by Wind at Edwards AFB
Adverse winds halted today’s planned first free flight test of the X15 at Edwards Air Force Base California. The mission was moved tentatively to Friday with the needle nosed rocket plane to be released from a B52 mother ship during a captive flight.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
United States
Starkweather Last Plea to Escape Electric Chair
Three attorneys argued Charles Starkweather may gain a new stay of execution as a federal habeas case heads to a three judge U S circuit panel in Omaha. If denied the stay expires at midnight and Nebraska penitentiary warden John Greenholtz would carry out the death penalty. a separate action could seek a new execution date.
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Omaha, Neb
UPI
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
U.S
Milton R. Abrahams
D. Nick Caporale
Omaha
Herman Ginsburg
Lincoln
Harvey M. Johnson
Joseph W. Woodrough
Martin D van Oosterhout
Sioux City
Iowa
Starkweather
US Supreme Court
John Greenholtz
State Supreme Court
C S. Beck
Seed Sown in 1901 Library Has Survived Famines
The Bonham Public Library traces its 1901 origins to the Current Literature Club founded in 1808. Through handkerchief bazaars Tag Day plays and teos the club financed the library's early years. Librarian duties were handled by club members before a formal staff existed.
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Betsy Saunders
Bondant Public Library
Tom C. Hassell
Bonham
Katherine Phillips
Bonham Pubiic Library
Charles Phillips
Literature Club
American Theatre
Current Literature Club
Bonham Public Library
Russell-Arledge Store
Mra
A. B. Kennedy
Air Force pessimistic over space mice fate
Air Force officials said Discoverer II likely failed to reach orbit with its four mice aboard. They cited a precise launch window and possible end state such as a failed orbit or power loss, noting signals ceased after 13 minutes and radar contact would be unlikely if orbiting.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Offi
Pacific Range
Conrad Sets New Record in Non-Stop Flight
Pilot Max Conrad broke the record for single engined nonstop flight with a 6,958 mile journey from Casa Blanca Morocco to El Paso. He planned a possible stop in Tucson or San Diego and reported 70 gallons of fuel remaining 80 miles from El Paso. The old record was 6,856 miles set by M I Boling from Manila Philippines to Pendleton Oregon.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Max Conrad
San Diego
Calif
Conrad
Casablanca
Morocco
Southwest Air Rangers
el Paso International Airport
S.t
Tucson
Los Angeles
Ariz
Customs Service
van Horn
M. I. Boling
Manila
Philippines
Pendleton
Ore
Boling
Ives
San Francisco
City Planning Talk At Bonham Lions Club Meeting
Bonham Lions Club heard experts discuss city planning basics and advantages. Charles Murphy of Richardson and Dr Tom McMillan of Texas Power and Light spoke on locating industry and shaping planning and zoning practices.
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Bonham Lions Club
Charles Murphy
City Planning Commission
Richardson
Tom McMillan
Texas Power and Light Co
H. Dean Smith
Bonham Planning Commission
W. L. Barnett
Bonham Tp&i
McMillan
Murphy
Richardson Planning Commission
Turnabout in Winooski as ex-commissioner returns as patrolman
Former police commissioner Ernest Seymour rejoined the Winooski force as a patrolman and now works under Chief Joseph Sprano who was patrolling when Seymour headed the department.
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Turnabout
Winooski
UPI
Ernnest Seymour
Force
Joseph Sprano
Seynwu
Riots Continue in Ecuador amid State of Emergency
In Guayaquil tanks and troops clashed with an anti-government mob, killing seven as violence raised five day deaths to at least 19. A government decree imposed a dusk to dawn curfew and blamed foreign elements. Earlier five were killed in Portoviejo and a lynching in nearby events set off the wave of violence.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
UPI
Guayaqui
Portoviejo
Gulo Quevedo
Senate committee resumes hearings on Texas tax bills
In Austin a Senate committee working under time pressure in the special session resumes hearings on a tax bill as the House debates a measure to raise the maximum fees charged students at state supported colleges. Gov Price Daniel presented his tax battle before the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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Daniel
Charles Herring
Austin
Herring
Senate
Shawn Daniel
Texas
Fred Husbands
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Turrentine
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Harry C. Jones
Kilgore
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Assn
Jones
Allogenes Boards
Bonham youth held for theft from lumber yard safe
A 19 year old Bonham boy is jailed awaiting felony theft charges after admitting to taking 76 dollars from a cigar box in the safe at John Birdwell lumber yard on North Center Street. Police say he used 75 dollars as a down payment on a used car from a local dealer. The youth has a juvenile record and will face charges when the county attorney returns to Bonham.
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Bonham Boy
O. R. McKissace
John Birdwell
North Center Street
McKissack
Birdwell
Radio Store Sales in U S Sink From 15 Million to 12.7 Million
Store sales of radios in the United States declined from 15,217,059 units in 1957 to about 12.7 million units in 1958 indicating a drop in consumer demand and market activity during the period.
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U. S
Neighbors Help Hale Crops In Good Shape At Benham Farm
Neighbors from Ar ledge Ridge Moore's Chapel and Edhube helped Rayburn Hale at his Benham VA Center area farm. They hoeed and plowed cotton and corn and hauled in hay on Tuesday and Wednesday, with crews including Loyd Stoddard M D Adamson Julian Whitt Arlan Purdy and others.
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Rayburn A. Hale
Benham VA Center
Arledge Ridge
Moore’s Chapel
Edhube
C. RB. Dale
Loyd (Sherry) Stoddard
Robert Price
M. D. Adamson
James Piett
Ralph Brown
Lian Whitt
W. A. Grigg
A. D. Grigg
Arlan Purdy
Forrest Porter
Raymond Johns
James Platt
Loyd (Shorty) Stoddard
Evans Dale
George Anderson
Julian Whitt
Hale Farm
Stussdadici
Telhe Raed
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San Angelo
Big Spring
Eddingston
Craig Stevenson
Stevenson
Pecos
Electric Chair
Delphian Club
Bonham Library Association
Court House
City Hall
Mary Ka
Cial
Popular Action Party
Lima
Peru
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Fronton
NEA Telephoto
Texas Legislature
United Presse International
Rayburn Hale
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