Califor n ia Primary Sets Vein for Nomination Fight
Californians voted in a crucial Democratic presidential primary between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver as the battle for the nomination intensified. Stevenson led Kefauver in indicated first ballot votes, with other hopefuls also listed, while primaries in New York South Dakota and Montana shaped the campaign ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Washington
California
Adlai Be, Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Chicago
Stevenson
Kefauver
United Press
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Stuart Symington
D.-Mo
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
New York
Averell Harriman
South Dakota
Montana
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Bonham Students Quiet After Final Bell As Seniors Lead Exit
Principal T. E. Anderson calmed a Friday dismissal by telling seniors juniors and sophomores to leave quietly. Only freshmen remained as the last bell rang. City Manager Grady Fisher urged water customers to pay by the 10th to avoid delays from collecting. Bonham residents plan to seek more baseball fields for Little Pony and junior leagues, with lighted facilities desired. The junior team travels to Sherman and Whitesboro for games.
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T. E. Anderson
Anderson
Grady Fisher
Fisher
Bonham
City Commission
Sherman
Whitesboro
North Central Texas Weather Outlook Brief
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms late afternoon and evening, mainly in northern portions.
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Texas
Grand Jury Returns True Bills On Three Indictments
Three defendants face forgery and passing charges after the grand jury returned five indictments during the June term in Sixth District Court. Bonds set at 500 each were recommended by County Attorney Tibby Wright. Dee Hardy of Bonham appears in two indictments. Hal Parker and A E Smirl appear in the remaining counts.
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A. M. Harrison
Arand
Sixth District Court
Tibby Wright
Dee Hardy
Bonham
Hardy
J. E. Stocks
Fannin County
Hal Parker
State Penitentiary
Nueces County
Parker
H. E. Parker
Jimmy Beauchamp
A. E. Smirl
Smith
Mt. Pleasant
T. J. Watts
Honey Grove Baptist Church
Eisenhower summons party leaders to White House over foreign aid cuts
President Eisenhower calls Democratic and Republican House leaders to a White House meeting in a last minute bid to salvage his foreign aid program amid heavy proposed reductions. Army Secretary Brucker warns West Point graduates that a prolonged armed threat will require a strong military shield for years. General Taylor cautions officers against public controversy over Army Air Force differences. Senate Interior Committee approves Fred A. Seaton as secretary of interior by unanimous vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
West Point
N. Y
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
United States
Maxwell D. Taylor
Air Force
Navy
Seaton Seen As Interior Secretary Nominee
The Senate interior committee summoned Fred A. Seaton for a hearing on his nomination to be secretary of interior. A closed-door meeting after the public hearing suggested possible fast action, with Eisenhower having named Seaton to succeed Douglas McKay. Some Democrats signaled sharp questions but confirmation was expected.
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Washington
Senate
Fred A. Seaton
Secretary of Interior
Senate Interior Committee
Seaton
Eisenhower
White House
Douglas McKay
Ivery Goon
Mate Poisoner Is Sentenced to Die in Alabama
Rhonda Bell Martin, 49, was sentenced to death in the electric chair by a Montgomery circuit jury after a three hour deliberation for the murder of Claude C. Martin in 1951. She confessed to poisoning seven relatives for insurance, including her husband, three daughters, and her mother, and admitted attempting to poison her current husband Ronald Martin.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Bell Martin
Claude C. Martin
Nibling Elevated to Fiscal Officer at West Haven VA
William A. Nibling, administrative officer at the Veterans Administration Center in Temple, Texas, is promoted to fiscal officer at the VA hospital in West Haven Connecticut. He will transfer in the coming weeks as the West Haven facility staffs about 1,200 employees.
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William A. Nibling
Veterans Administration Center
West Haven
Conn
C. A. Tosch
Nibling
Veterans Administration
Bonham Center
Billy
Kenny
Temple
Tex
Two From Here Join Scout Camp Staff for Five Weeks
Bobby Reece a Bonham Explorer and Jim Youree a North Texas State College student Denton travel to Camp Glover in southeastern Oklahoma to serve on the five week summer staff. They join B J Stallings Windom coach and assistant scoutmaster with Don Knecht Bois d Arc district field executive aiding preparations before the influx of Boy Scouts.
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Bobby Reece
Jim Youree
North Texas State College
Denton
Camp Glover
Oklahoma
B. J. Stallings
Windam
Camp
Glover
Don Knecht
Bois d’ Arc
Hickenlooper Wins New Term in Iowa
Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper won re nomination to a third term in the Iowa primary. His opponent, Iowa Atty. General Dayton Countryman, conceded as returns from about one third of precincts came in. The farm protest vote appeared to fizzle in Des Moines and surrounding farm country.
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Eisenhower
R. M. Spike Evans
National Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Des Moines
Iowa
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Dayton Countryman
Midwest
Vaughan faces assault to murder charge in Hatley shooting
Walter Vaughan waived examining trial on a complaint accusing assault with intent to murder in the Hatley Motor Co shooting that wounded Tex Hatley. Hatley, a local Ford dealer, was treated for a thigh wound. Vaughan bound over to the grand jury with a $500 bond.
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Walter
Doc) Vaughan
Tex Hatley
Hatley
Hatley Motor Co
West 4Th Street
O. R. MccKissack
Hoyt Ivey
T. B. Hatley
Vaughan
McKissack
Justice of Peace
Hamp Harper
Buster Cole
Police McKissack
T. B
Allen Memorial Hospital
Kenton D McLeran
Perrin Afb
Ford Agency
Tito Opens Formal Talks With Soviets In Moscow
Yugoslav President Tito begins formal discussions with Soviet leaders in the Kremlin after two days of preliminaries. Talks are led by Premier Bulganin and Party chief Khrushchev with Tito meeting them directly across the table. He also visits Lenin’s tomb and Stalin’s site in Red Square, omitting Lenin’s embalmed body.
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Moscow
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Great
Kremlin Palace
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikitai Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Tito
Bulganin
VI Lenin
Josef Stalin
Red Square
Lenin
Saar Return to Germany Agreed After Luxembourg Talks
In Luxembourg French Premier Guy Mollet and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reached a final accord to return the Saar to Germany by January 1, 1957 and to merge its economy with Germany after a three year interim. They also settled canal projects and upheld the Atlantic alliance amid broader tensions. In Washington diplomats warned a new Kremlin power struggle could mimic Stalin’s reign of terror, sparked by Khrushchev’s speech and questions about Stalin’s death. Two more items note a fatal head on collision near Huntsville, Texas involving U S immigration investigator Lee Brimberry and his wife.
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Luxembourg
Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
Saar
Germany
Mollet
Adenauer
France
Moselle
Rhine
Upper Rhine
Atlanti Alliance
Washington
Stalin
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
State Department
Department
V. M. Molotov
Anastas Mikoyan
Communist Party
Lavrent P. Berta
Molotov
George Malenkoy
Soviet Union
Malenkoy
Huntsville
Iemer Lee Brimberry
U. S
Houston
Hula Driskill
Brimberry
US. 75
Bonham High School 1956 Commencement Exercises Honor Grads
Dr John D. Mosely urged the Bonham class of 1956 to face today’s frontiers of the mind in human relationships as he delivered the commencement address at the 63rd annual ceremony. The event featured a piano procession, solos by Anne Harper and Lindy Dearing, and awards to valedictorians Ava Stefen Harriet Halsell David Ol Barbara Biggerstaff and Anne Harper.
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John D. Mosely
Bonham High School
Mosely
Austin College
Sherman
Bonham
Karen Butler
Harriet Hassell
Sally Risser
Janet Smith
Ben Kennedy High School
Anne Harper
Linda Dearing
Lindy Dearng
Soloit
Lon Stackates
Jan Lipscomb
C. H. Dilleyhay
T F Anderson
Ava Stefen
Harriet Halsell
David Ol
Barbara Biggerstaff
Nancy Miller
Betty Annip
Ann Bybee
Ruth
L. C. Biggers
Bonham Independent School District Board
$100000 in Mouldy Bills Seized In Boston Brink’s Raid
FBI officers recovered an estimated $100000 in mouldy counterfeit bills from a green metal cooler during a raid on a South End office. Two men were arrested on accessory after the fact and receiving stolen goods charges linked to the January 12 1950 Brink’s robbery in Boston.
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Boston
FBI
South End
Brink
North End
Massachusetts
Jordan Perry
Baltimore
Perry
Justic Department
Washington
Felix Forte
U Nu Resigns as Burma Prime Minister
Burma's Premier U Nu announced his resignation at a news conference in Rangoon. He will be replaced by defense chief U Ba Swe and will focus on reorganizing the Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League. Dissatisfaction with Burma's neutral stance and issues with Soviet and Chinese embassies influenced the move.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Nu
Asia
Jawaharlal Nehru
U Ba Swe
Peoples Freedom League
Cole Elected to State Bar Board
Bonham attorney Buster Cole is named one of seven new directors of the State Bar of Texas in Austin. Cole was among four elected without opposition as mass balloting results for more than 12 000 members were released. Houston attorney Newton Gresham is selected as president of the state bar.
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Buster Cole
Bonham
State Bar of Texas
Austin
Cole
State Bar
Houston
Newton Gresham
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