Jazz and Cultural Exchange Through VOA and Tours
The State Department uses artists abroad to counter foreign ideas about Americans and race. VOA in 1955 launched Music U S A a two hour program broadcasting American jazz worldwide from Tangier to Scandinavia. The show features SOV Will Conover as emcee and Ray Michael as weekend host with an English lineup.
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Tvashington
NEA
U.S. State Department
State Department
International Educational Exchange Service
Dizzy Gillespie
Middle East
Dizzy
Abadan
Dakkar
Karachi
Beirut
Damascus
Aleppo
Ankara
Istanbul
Belgrade
Athens
Gillespie
U.S. Voice of America
VOA
Tangier
Scandinavia
U.S.A
Conover
M.c
Mumes
Ray Michael
U.S
Washington
Munich
San Fernando
Honolulu
Colombo
Bethany
Cie Io
Ica
Los Calif
Central America
Louis
Jong
Duke Ellington
Amendment Offer Could Halt Yugoslavia Aid In House
Congress debates stopping all U S aid to Yugoslavia as Rep John M Vorys argues Tito's Moscow remarks justify cutting funds Military aid and total aid could be trimmed from the 38 billion aid bill The House moves to act Wednesday amid related rights and draft reserve debates and a wiretap evidence proposal in the federal courts
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Washington
U. S
Yugoslavia
House
Marstram Tito
Moscow
John M. Vorys
Ohio
Mnior
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Tito
Russia
Vorys
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Congress
Martin
University of Syracuse
Eisenhower
Emanuel Celler
Judiciary Committee
House Rules Committee
Smith
Celler
Bricker
Everett M. Dirkser
Miss Pearl Campbell Visiting In Allen Texas
Miss Pearl Campbell visiting Allen Texas with nephew J IBZ Long Jr and family. They moved into a new home. Mr and Mrs Martin visiting her aunt Mrs Mae Collins and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Robert Grandstaff of Arlington were guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Oli Hicks. May of Nucona was a guest of Mr and Mrs Wo May. Mrs S H Reed in a Dallas hospital.
New Texas Oil Field Near Mineola Raises Hope
A test well near Mineola, Texas, interpreted by oil men as a possible major discovery could hold up to 25 million barrels of oil, with some sources suggesting even 100 million. The No 1 Bessie Wisenhunt reached 10,300 feet in Woodbine Sand and may extend toward the Balaxy Sand, pending drill stem tests in three weeks. Leases in the area surged to about $1,000 an acre, with many fields already leased and some players like Ryan Consolidated Petroleum praising the find.
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Dallas
East Texas
Robert Kepke
British-American Oil Producing Co
Bessie Wisenhunt
Mineola
Tex
Kepke
Epke
Woodbine
Jerem KK Crossman
Ryan Consolidated Petroleum Corp of
Ryan Consolidated
Standard Oil of Texas
Fudd Crossman
Local items from clipped report mention visitors and vacation
Fragmentary notice describes individuals such as Mr and Mrs C L Kirksey and Carl Ornduff vacationing in Tennessee Kentucky and other states while a relative Kathrin Fo and a commercial counter appear in a partial context.
Notable remarks from world leaders and public figures
A United Press roundup cites diverse comments: Truman on photographers ejected from a concert hall, Lehman on civil rights in the North, Nikolai on faith in Russia, Princes Margaret and a potential governor general post, Andy Douglass on his £32 000 Challenge prize, Norah Docker on defending her husband’s firing, and Victor Riessel on the Birmingham attack inquiry.
Lawmaker Proposes Bureau for Older Persons in HEW
Senator Magnuson of Washington introduced a bill to create a bureau for older persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The measure, like a companion House bill, would authorize grants to states to address needs of people aged 65 and older.
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Washington
Ser. Warrer
G Magnuson
D-Wash
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Miss Bonham Wins Texoma Contest Finalist Title
Joan Milton 18 year old Bonham junior was named Miss Bonham in the Texoma preliminaries and will compete in the Lake Texoma finals at Island View resort Sunday. Sponsored by Peeler Drugstore, she is among 13 entrants from Denison Sherman Dallas Whitesboro Paris and Bonham and plans to enroll at East Texas State Teachers College after graduation.
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Joan Milton
B. Milton
Lake Texoma
Island View Resort
Bonham
Miss Bonham
Miss Milton
Peeler Drugstore
Denison
Sherman
Dallas
Whitesboro
Paris
Texoma
Kaytricia Pope
Mr and Mrs Leeman To Live in Lubbock
Mr and Mrs Charles Leeman plan a home in Lubbock after their May 30 wedding in Wadsworth Ohio. The bride Joanne Elizabeth Snyder her parents hosts a church reception. The couple traveled to Bonham then to Lubbock where Leeman will re enter Texas Tech.
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Lubbock
Charles Leeman
Wadsworth
Ohio
Joanne Elizabeth Snyder
John S. Snyder
Leeman
O. W. Leeman
Island Bayou
Harry Hoffman
Akron
Edward Leeman
Sharon
Bonham
Texas Tech
Bonham Girls to Counsel at Camp Ellowh
Miss Mary Lou Miller and Miss Nancy Miller depart Tuesday for Camp Ellowh near Cedar Hill to serve as Camp Fire counselors. Mary Lou, a senior at Abilene Christian College, becomes unit in training director and Horizon club leader. Nancy begins freshman year and leads a Blue Bird group. The camp runs until August 5.
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Mary Lou Miller
Nancy Miller
Camp Ellowh
Cedar Hill
Mary Lou
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
Nancy
John C. Miller
Horizon Club
Leonard Seniors Take Annual Trip to Colorado
Sixteen members of Leonard high school’s graduating class are touring Colorado by bus on the annual senior trip. Accompanying them are Mr. and Mrs. Griffitt and children Glen and Sue, and Mr. and Mrs. Cochram and daughter Judy. They’ll visit Cave of the Winds, Cliff Dwellers, Seven Falls, Cripple Creek and Estes Park before returning to Amarillo June 6 and home the next day.
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Leonard
Spl
Leonard High School
Colorado
W. C. Griffitt
Glen
Sue
C. N. Cochram
Judy
Raton
N. M
Manitou Spring
Col
Cave of the Winds
Cliff Dwellers
Broadmoore Hotel
Seven Falls
Cripple Creek
Estes Park
Amarillo
Junior student in the engineering school
A junior student in the engineering school is noted. Mrs. Leeman will be employed by the telephone company in Lubbock, indicating local employment news involving town residents and regional industry.
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Leeman
Telephone Company
Lubbock
Graveside Service For Morris Infant
Graveside services were held for Ray Vaughn Morris infant son of Mrs. Olife Ruth Morris at Carson cemetery today at 10 am. Officiating minister Lefton Hester of the Ector Church of Christ. Interment directed by Wise Funeral Home. The infant was born June 2 in M S hospital Bonham and died June 3 1956. Survivors include the mother a sister Jacqueline and grandparents Mr. and Mrs A L Bellows of Ector.
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ECTOR
Ray Vaughn Morris
Olife Ruth Morris
Carson Cemetery
Lefton Hester
Ector Church of Christ
Wise Funeral Home
M&s
Homecoming Set At Cannon June 10 Picnic
Former Cannon residents return for an old fashioned reunion in the grove opposite the Cannon store. The event led by Mrs Bill Ireland begins at 10 30 Saturday morning and runs through the day with a picnic and get together.
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Whitewright
Spl
Cannon
Bill Ireland
Life Insurance Ad Targets Seniors in Kansas City
A newspaper notice urges people aged 60 to 80 to mail in for a $1,000 final expense life policy from Old American Ins. Co. in Kansas City. The program promises no obligation and no follow up calls, requesting only name address and age.
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Kansas City
Old American Ins. Co
West 9Th
Dept
Evans-Thurman to Wed at McKenzie Church
Mr and Mrs Lon B Evans announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Anne to Billy Ray Thurman son of Mr and Mrs W R Thurman Route 2 Honey Grove The wedding will be held at McKenzie Methodist church June 21 1956 at 8 o clock p m Friends are invited to attend
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Honey Grove
Sps
Lon B. Evans
Mary Anne
Billy Ray Thurman
W. R. Thurman
McKenzie Methodist Church
Spring Creek Baptists Set Homecoming For Sunday
The Spring Creek Baptist church will observe its annual homecoming and Memorial Day services Sunday June 10. The program begins with Sunday School and continues through the day with a picnic lunch served at noon.
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Spring Creek Baptists
Spring Creek Baptist Church
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Bonham Publishing Co., Inc
Bonham, Tex
Aubrey L. McAlister
Robert M. Cantrell
Ne Hogue
Ralph Allen
The
United Press
EDSON
Uncle Sam
Peter Edson
U.S. Treasury
Special Emergency Fund For International Affairs
Comgerce Department
Porgy
Bess
Bases & Service
Ce Electric
Miss Pearl Campbell
Allen
Hi Convalescent Home
NEA Service, Inc
New Texas
N. Matu
Benham
Salzburg
Austria
Carl Popesch
Truman
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
North
Harlem
Nicolai
Ukraine
London
Sunday Graphic
Margaret
Canada
Australia
Andy Douglass
Norah Docker
Birmingham Small Arms Company
Sir Bernard Docker
Norah
Victor Riese
Fae Jones
Henry Lovelace
Bradford - Watson CO
G. C. Hodge
Bonham State Bank
Lou
N.S. Davis
Marshal Tito
Molotov
Cominform
NEA Radio-Telephoto
Favorite Sta. & Ofc. Supply
Center St
Morris Infant
Mary Anne Evans
Billy Thurman
Mary Anne Evats
Pe Eee
Black Knight
Fearless
Tm Technicolor
Patriga Medina
Peer Cushing
John Wayne
Susan Hayward
Har Ouvia
DE Havilland
Robert Mitchum
Frank Sinatra
Gloria Grahame Charles
Balasso Tee UD
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