Adenauer stunned West Germany by staying chancellor
Bonn reports Konrad Adenauer, aged 83, announced he would remain chancellor instead of pursuing the presidency. The move aims to strengthen the Western position at Geneva and ease party leadership battles while raising questions about East West talks and Berlin security amid Allied diplomacy.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
Western Alliance
West Germany
Adenauer
Mem
Bers
Christian Democratic Party
Geneva
West Berlin
Kremlin
Bonham Guard unit to begin two weeks summer training
Thirty six members of the Bonham unit of the National Guard Fourth Division head to North Fort Hood for two weeks of summer training. They will ride a bus to camp for the first time, while past years saw travel by automobile or Army trucks. The article notes the division’s earlier camp timing and predicts hot dusty or wet conditions, and mentions O M Luton’s local paper brochure and April bond purchases by Fannin county residents totaling 17 353 in Series FE and H bonds, with more on page 4.
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Bonham
National Guard
North Fort Hood
James Huckabee
4Th Armored
Fannin County
Texas senators hear price Daniel deficit program amid protests
Texas industry leaders told the Senate State Affairs Committee the severance tax on natural gas, the corporate franchise tax, and a new utility tax would burden business. Witnesses chanted sales tax as Amarillo chamber head urged general tax support. The panel showed signs the plan to close a 66 million deficit may falter. The House adjourned without acting on the governor's property act, the only part of the program still alive.
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Daniel
KKK Plans Revival in Arkansas Under Grand Dragon
A. C. Hightower, Arkansas Klan grand dragon, announces revival plans after rechartering the group. He says members will practice cross burning but denies intent to violence. seeks secret talks with Gov. Faubus while the governor remains silent. Hightower files articles of incorporation and pays a $13.59 fee to restore the Klan charter.
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Little Rock, Ark
API
Ku Klux Klan
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
A. C. Hightower
United Press International
Klan
Hightower
Faubus
C. G. Hall
New Plastic Promises Safer Dry Cleaning Bags
New polyethylene film that breathes may reduce suffocation risks from plastic film used in dry cleaning bags. The embossed perforated film, tested for safety, projects that even when doubled it will not cling to a child’s face.
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New York
UPI
Journal of Commerce
New York Business Daily
Bonham National Guard unit heads to summer camp at Fort Hood
Sixty one Bonham Texas National Guard members from the unit depart Sunday for two weeks of annual training at North Fort Hood. An advance party left Friday to prepare, with thirty six traveling by bus and twenty nine by truck. Cooks will come from the Cooper unit, and the group will return to Bonham on June 2.
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Bonham
Texas National Guard
North Fort Hood
Texas Army
Kenneth Hall
Carl Shaffer
Ematte Towery
Chaffee
Fort Leonard Wood
Hall
Cooper
4Th Armored Division
Herter Blasts Soviets Before Four-Way Talks
Secretary of State Christian Herter assailed Soviet espionage abduction and subversion centered in East Berlin during the Big Four foreign ministers conference. He cited 103 kidnappings in ten years and espionage by Soviet Polish and East German operatives and warned of continued West Berlin destabilization.
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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 NATO Lead as Atlantic Congress Opens
London. Queen Elizabeth II tells 650 delegates from 14 Western nations at the Atlantic Congress to give NATO peoples a clear lead and bar quarreling within the alliance. Iceland abstained over a fishing dispute. Kefauver opened the sessions amid Pravda criticism and talk of Western policy tensions.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth II
Atlantic Congress
NATO
Iceland
Britain
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D - Tenn
Moscow
Pravda
Airman fined $51 after honey provokes temper in Temple
Airman St Patrick Strickland of Killeen Air Force Base paid a $1 parking ticket in Temple but anger over the charge led him to fling the ticket and a jar of honey into a drive‑thru window. Police traced the incident and Judge Joe Thomas imposed a $1 fine plus $50 contempt of court, plus return of the honey and pennies.
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Joe Thomas
Strickland
Atlanta Federal Court Lets Desegregation Case Proceed
A federal district court in Atlanta issued a preliminary order in a non jury trial brought by 10 Negro parents seeking a declaration that all Atlanta public schools are unconstitutional while remaining segregated. Judge Frank Cooper presides with two judges to hear arguments on the preliminary ruling and desegregation scope.
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Atlanta
al Segregaton
Frank Cooper
Hooper
Georgia
Juriet
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Ernest Vandiver
East German Delegation to Moscow Faces Peace Treaty Talk
An 18 member East German team led by Walter Ulbricht heads to Moscow to meet Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev likely to discuss a separate peace treaty that would formalize Germany's division and affect the four power talks. Khrushchev, traveling from Budapest, may reveal views on East German integration with Western conferences.
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Geneva
UPI
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Khrushchev
Germany
Berlin
Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
East Berlin
Friedrich Ebert
Russia
Johannes Kooning
Bruno Leuschner
Hans Loch
Paul Scholz
Senate committee plans Saturday session on tax hearings
The chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee announced a Saturday session to finish hearings on Texas tax problems. Sen Jarrard Secrest of Temple acted as governor for a day marking his 44th birthday and 22nd wedding anniversary. A gunman robbed Randall's Super-Value Store No 1 of about 20000. Probate Judge Hugh Gibson set a June 16 hearing to commit Louisiana Governor Earl K Long to a 90 day mental hospital treatment.
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Austin
UPI
Jarrard Secrest
Temple
Texas
Houston
Randall’s
Galveston
Tex
Hugh Gibson
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Gov Price Daniel seeks federal disaster aids for Texas counties
Texas Governor Price Daniel requested a federal disaster declaration for Wheeler and Rusk counties and the city of Overton. He seeks federal funds to aid in recovery from the disaster.
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Austin
UPI
Price Daniel
Wheeler and Rusk
City of
Overton
Riots in Guayaquil Leave 28 Dead and 120 Wounded
UPI reports that violence across the city and surrounding areas left at least 28 killed and 120 wounded with about 450 arrests. Troops dispersed mobs in two incidents while looted goods were recovered from prisoners. The Liberal Party and government condemned the hoodlums amid unclear political aims.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
UPI
Pacific
Liberal Party
Quito
Complaint Filed In Theft of $76
A complaint alleges theft over $50 in the Wednesday theft of 76 from the safe of John Birdwell contractor. Gene Lockaby is charged in Hamp Harper's Justice of Peace court. Mac Windle signed the complaint. Tibby Wright accepted it for filing. Burdwell notified officers. Marlin Thrasher and John Cox apprehended the suspect late Wednesday.
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John Birdwell
Justice of Peace
Hamp Harper's Court
Gene Lockaby
Mac Windle
Tibby Wright
Marlin Thrasher
John Cox
Burdwell
Nicaraguan Attack Branded As Threat To United States
President Luis Somoza branded the air borne invasion as a foreign inspired threat to the United States. He described a growing force linked to Figueres Venezuela and Cuba, saying Nicaragua is its latest target. Six killed, four invaders captured, battles in Chontales and Matagalpa.
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United States
Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Luis Somoza
Jose) Figueres
Venezuela
Cuba
Somoza
Chontales
Matagalpa
Motel Blast Kills Texas Boy In Hagerman
Local fire investigators probe a motel explosion that killed 7 year old Bobby Allen Ashcraft from Rogers Texas and injured 12 others. Investigators checked gas mains but found no leak and have not yet confirmed a cause. The blast shattered windows blocks away.
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Hagerman
N. M
UPI
Texas
Beg
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 found abandoned west of Paris a short time later. Deputy Sheriff Leon Shastid reported the vehicle had been taken from the service station and recovered shortly after the theft.
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Honey Grove
Leon Shastid
Leon Todd
Paris
Thundershowers Forecast for Bonham Area Through Saturday
Scattered thundershowers are forecast for the Bonham area through Saturday with little change in temperatures. A light fog occurred early Friday morning but lifted before mid morning. Partly cloudy conditions continue in North Central Texas with showers and thunderstorms and no notable temperature changes.
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Bonham
Texas
Dynamite on Tracks Foiled by Train Wheels Near Des Moines
A suitcase containing 90 sticks of dynamite with a burning fuse was placed before a passenger train east of Des Moines, but the device failed to detonate when the wheels of the train cut the fuse. Harold Clark, a fireman on the Rock Island train, radioed that the train had just passed over something on the tracks.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Here
Harold Clark
Rock Island
Zoning and Planning Drive Bonham Lions Talk
Dr Tom McMillan of Texas Power and Light and Charles Murphy of Richardson discuss how zoning guides growth plans. They emphasize fire protection water systems and recreation as industry considerations, plus local cooperation and developer costs for streets and utilities.
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Tom McMillan
Texas Power and Light Co
Charles Murphy
Richardson City Planning Commission
Bonham Lions Club
McMillan
General Cably
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Richardson
Vege
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Luis Somoze
Mr. K
Albania
Budapest
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Munity
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Murphy
First Planning Commission
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