Remains Chancellor Adenauer Amazes Allied Experts
Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer stunned allies by opting to stay chancellor of West Germany instead of seeking the largely ceremonial presidency His move aims to strengthen Western leverage at Geneva and ease party leadership struggles Kept out of a counting presidency he remains the iron man of postwar Germany amid East West negotiations and Berlin tensions
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Western Alliance
West Germany
Adenauer
Mem
Bers
Christian Democratic Party
Geneva
West Berlin
Kremlin
Bonham National Guard unit heads to two weeks summer camp
Thirty six members of the Bonham unit of the National Guard Fourth Division depart by bus for two weeks of summer training at North Fort Hood. Specialist James Huckabee jokes about enduring the long bus ride. The unit previously traveled by trucks, and weather at Fort Hood is typically extreme. O. M. Luton reports on The Midland Reporter Telegram moving to a new, air conditioned newspaper building, seen as the state’s most modern.
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Bonham
National Guard
North Fort Hood
James Huckabee
4Th Armored
O. M. Luton
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Midland
Senate weighs Price Daniel deficit program amid protests
Texas industry leaders pressed the Senate State Affairs Committee against the deficit retirement plan amid opposition in both chambers. Witnesses urged repeal of the severance tax on natural gas and higher taxes on utilities while calls for a general sales tax rose. House adjourned without action on the abandoned property act allowing state access to unclaimed deposits and accounts.
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Austin
UPI
Senate
Price Daniel
House
Texas
Senate State Affairs Committee
Amarillo
Daniel
Fannin County Residents Buy Bonds in April
Fannin county residents purchased bonds totaling 17 353 dollars in April, buying Series E and H bonds as part of the Neo ODDS AND ENDS listing on page four.
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Fannin County
Klan Leader Plans Active Arkansas Revival
A C Hightower, Arkansas grand dragon, announces the Ku Klux Klan’s planned revival in Arkansas after rechartering. He says members will practice cross burning but denies plans for violence and seeks secret talks with Gov. Faubus. The Klan’s charter expired 14 years ago. Hightower filed incorporation with a $13.50 fee.
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Little Rock, Ark
API
Ku Klux Klan
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
A. C. Hightower
Little Rock
United Press International
Klan
Hightower
C. G. Hall
New Plastic Said To Be Much Safer
New polyethylene dry cleaning bag film with perforations and embossing is claimed to breathe and reduce suffocation risk for children. Early tests suggest doubled film may not cling to a child's face, according to the Journal of Commerce.
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New York
UPI
Journal of Commerce
New York Business Daily
Bonham Texas National Guard unit heads to summer camp
Sixty one members of the Bonham unit of the Texas National Guard depart for a two week summer training camp at North Fort Hood. Sp 5 Carl Shaffer and S Sgt Ematte Towery lead the advance party leaving Friday. Sixteen men will travel by bus and truck, with the rest by truck. Some members are undergoing Army basic training elsewhere and will rejoin later. The unit combines with Cooper for cooks during camp and will return to Bonham June 21.
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Bonham
Texas National Guard
North Fort Hood
Texas Army
Kenneth Hall
Carl Shaffer
Ematte Towery
Ferrell
Hall
Fort Knox
Fort
Chaffee
Fort Leonard Wood
Cooper
49Th Armored Division
Herter Blasts Soviets Before Four Powers Talks
Secretary of State Christian Herter blamed the Soviet Union for espionage and subversion from East Berlin during the East–West talks. He cited kidnappings, agent recruitment, and covert operations aimed at West Berlin and West Germany, urging a tougher line at the four power ministers conference.
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Christian Herter
Geneva
Russia
Berlin
NEA Telephoto
UPS
East Berlin
Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Andrew Gromyko
West Berlin
East Germany
Queen Urges Atlantic Congress to Lead NATO Nations
In London the Queen urged NATO members to present a clear lead and reduce quarrels as the Atlantic Congress opened with 650 delegates from 14 Western nations. Iceland abstained over a fishing dispute with Britain while Kefauver spoke as Moscow accused the meeting of undermining the Geneva conference.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth II
Atlantic Congress
NATO
Iceland
Britain
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D - Tenn
Moscow
Pravda
Airman Fined for Honey Bribe Over Temple Ticket
Lt. Patrick Strickland of Killeen AFB paid a $1 traffic ticket then returned with 100 pennies and a jar of honey, tossing them into the clerk’s drawer and fleeing. Police arrested him. Judge Joe Thomas fined him $1 plus $50 contempt and ordered return of the honey and pennies.
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Patrick Strickland
Killeen Air Force Base
Temple Alley
Joe Thomas
Strickland
Segregation In Atlanta City Schools Segregation In Atlanta City Schools Banned
A local administrative reform aimed at desegregating Atlanta city schools was approved amid broader efforts to end racial separation. The move centers on district policies and institutional practices affecting student access and resources in segregated settings.
Order on Segregation in Atlanta Public Schools
A federal court in Atlanta opened a non jury trial on a suit by 10 Negro parents seeking a declaration that all Atlanta public schools are unconstitutional due to segregation. Judge Frank Cooper presided with two judges as the court read a preliminary order and promised full arguments from both sides.
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Atlanta
SPS
Frank Cooper
East German Delegation Heads to Moscow for Possible Peace Talks
An 18 member East German delegation led by Walter Ulbricht travels to Moscow to meet Soviet Premier Khrushchev. Officials anticipate discussion of a separate peace treaty that could affect the Four Power Conference and Germany's division. Khrushchev's Budapest talks and timing signal a pivotal moment in East German relations.
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Geneva
UPI
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Khrushchev
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Ministers
Ulbrich
Otto Grotewohl
East Berlin
Friedrich Ebert
Russia
Johannes Koening
Bruno Leuschner
Hans Loch
Paul Scholz
Albania
Budapest
Riots in Guayaquil Raise Death Toll to 28
In Guayaquil Ecuador riots left 28 dead and 120 wounded as violence spread across a turbulent week. About 450 were arrested after looting across the Pacific port, with troops deployed in two incidents. The Liberal Party joined the government in condemning the hoodlums described in Quito papers.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
UPI
Pacific
Liberal Party
Quito
Complaint Filed In Theft of $76
A complaint alleging theft over $50 was filed Friday in Hamp Harper's court against Gene Lockaby. City officers Windle and Thrasher, with John Cox, apprehended the suspect after John Birdwell reported $76 missing from his safe. County Attorney Tibby Wright accepted the filing.
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John Birdwell
Justice of Peace
Hamp Harper's Court
Gene Lockaby
Mac Windle
Tibby Wright
Marlin Thrasher
John Cox
Bardwell
Nicaraguan Attack Branded As Threat To United States
President Somoza called the air invasion a crazy adventure fueled by foreigners aiming to pressure the United States. He said a growing force backed by Figueres Venezuela and Cuba directs the threat and that Nicaragua has the six day conflict under control with six killed, four captured, in Chontales and Matagalpa provinces.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Luis Somoga
United States
Jose) Figueres
Venezuela
Cuba
Chontales
Matagalpa
Motel blast kills Texas boy in Hagerman
Local fire officials probe a motel explosion in Hagerman New Mexico that killed 7 year old Bobby Allen Ashcraft from Rogers Texas and injured 12 others. Fire crews checked gas mains and found no leak. The boy died of a fractured skull as the blast shattered windows blocks away.
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Hagerman
N. M
UPI
Texas
Bet
Bobby Allen Ashcraft
Rogers
Tex
Stolen Car Recovered Near Paris After Heist
A car stolen from Leon Todd's service station in Honey Grove Thursday night was recovered shortly after, abandoned west of Paris, per Deputy Sheriff Leon Shastid. The incident involved a local theft and police recovered the vehicle with no injuries reported.
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Honey Grove
Leon Shastid
Leon Todd
Paris
Bonham Area Forecast Sees Scattered Showers Through Saturday
The Bonham area is forecast to experience scattered thundershowers through Saturday with little temperature change. A light fog lingered early Friday but lifted before mid morning. North Central Texas outlook remains partly cloudy with isolated storms and minimal temperature shifts.
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Bonham
Texas
Dynamite Placed Beside Train Foiled by Moving Wheels
A suitcase containing 90 sticks of dynamite with a burning fuse was found on the tracks east of Des Moines. The device failed to explode when the Rock Island train wheels cut the fuse, after Harold Clark reported a disturbance on the rails.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Here
Harold Clark
Rock Island
Zoning and planning lead to community growth and industry
Dr Tom McMillan of Texas Power and Light and Charles Murphy of Richardson’s planning commission spoke to the Bonham Lions on how zoning guides growth. They stressed fire protection water supply and recreation as attracting industry, and urged cooperative, developer-funded street, water, and sewer infra in new and old areas.
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Tom McMillan
Texas Power and Light Co
Charles Murphy
Richardson City Planning Commission
Bonham Lions Club
McMillan
Omdustry
Forein
General Cably
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Munity
Murphy
Richardson
First Planning Commission
Dallas
Iowa
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Earl K. Long
Wheeler and Rusk
City of
Overton
Mr. K
Hooper
Georgia
Juriet
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Anastasio Somoze
Luis Somoze
NicMillan
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