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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
13
A Corpus Christi grand jury indicted Mayor Leslie Wasserman and seven men on bribery charges. Houston oilman A. W. Gregg and six local businessmen face counts for offering or taking bribes tied to gambling permits and leases. Payoffs alleged to have continued over more than two years.
In San Diego on June 5, a primary exchange centers on Sheriff George B. Parr of Duval county and Judge Sam Reams. Donato Serna, a Freedom Party candidate, alleges Parr pressured Union Bus to shift a station from Serna’s drug store to a service station, a claim Parr denies. Serna says officials promised a public hearing before any move. Parr counters with plans to rebuke the grand jury via Judge Reams, alleging intent to dismiss and replace it to probe voting irregularities during absentee balloting.
Houston health officials announce a joint city county fly elimination plan to curb polio transmission after Baylor Medicine findings. City and county authorities meet to coordinate actions as polio cases in Harris County reach sixty five for the year.
Texas Supreme Court refuses to hear the first election code contest of the year. Representative William A. Miller Jr. of Houston sought to remove Andrew Z. Baker from the ballot. The court ruled it lacks original jurisdiction and that the relief must begin in a lower court due to its injunctive nature.
East Palmyra resident Jasob J. Benne, a diver by trade, was profiled after aiding in the search for Charles Daub who drowned near Bluff Point in Keuka’s West Branch on March 29. Benne and his family visited Bonham relatives in January and are connected to Rubye Sloan through marriage.
Broadcasting slate lists morning alarms and farm hour programs then midday music shows like Eddy Arnold Show and Bing Crosby. Afternoon features Bonham Livestock and Holiday Melodies with Little League updates and sports parade closing at 7 30 p.m. Sign Off.
The diver Benne remains in contact via telephone with topside crews as black waters reach up to 200 feet around the scene. He wears standard commercial gear with a helmet and glass-disc window. He weighs about 170 pounds, but in full diving rig his weight reaches 350 pounds. No recovery has been made yet.
FBI tied a two state bank burglary ring to four Texas residents, with James Virgil Counts and Lois Counts, Donald Wells Hall and Wilma Hall charged after bank burglaries at Mount Enterprise Texas Trent Texas and Carter Oklahoma in January. About 113000 dollars in cash and bonds were taken. Counts was arrested in Corinth Mississippi after other arrests.
In Abilene Kansas June 6 General Eisenhower running as a Republican candidate denounced excessive taxation big spending and government waste He warned against unified economic policy and punitive laws saying excessive taxes threaten free government He urged ruling out inflation and centralization while stressing thrift and local control He did not detail policy specifics.
Houston press reports government agents are investigating alleged fraud in wheat exports from Houston or Galveston. Authorities examine claims that low grade Canadian wheat was mixed with high grade, with subsidies paid for the higher grade while the lower grade received none. Production and Marketing Administration agents probe the matter.
Grand Prairie hosts a two day Texas American Legion convention delegates from four districts will elect a new state vice commander Forest Stephenson of Rockwall is the announced candidate for the post with election during Sunday session Rockwall district nominates the division commander The new officer takes office August 10 at the Dallas state convention Charlie Gibson Amarillo state commander will speak at the Sunday joint Legion and Auxiliary session.
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