Faubus Denies Knowledge of Ad Backing Southern Bloc
Gov Orval Faubus said he knew nothing about a Louisiana led ad urging him to head a solid South at the Democratic national convention. The message criticized Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy, listed eight southern states with 193 votes, and framed the move as opposing perceived leftist influence. Faubus, seeking a fourth term, was unsure if he would attend the convention.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Arkansas Gazette
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Washington
Johnson
Kenedy
Lake Texoma holiday traffic and busy boating weekend
Sheriff Hoyt Ivey notes double holidays disrupted timing and increased patrols on state and federal highways. Bonham Huie Grove and Ladonia Leonard units watched lanes while lake visitors packed camping sites and boats on Lake Texoma. Fishermen faced crowded conditions and slow bites as skiers and boats filled the area.
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Sherif Hoyt Ivey
Sheriff's Department
Ed Walker
Charles Carey
Bonham
Huey Grove
Ladonia
Leonard
Federa
Scout Larry Moss Earns Honor at Camp Glover Ceremony
Bonham youth Larry Moss of Troop 255 was recognized during the Order of the Arrow ceremonies at Camp Glover last Friday night. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Morris Moss of Bonham and was working in the mess hall during the week.
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Bonham
Order of the Arrow
Camp Glover
Larry Moss
Larry
Morris Moss
Groundbreaking for New Sanctuary Led by Church Officials
The official groundbreaking was conducted by Rev G Henry Mood Paris district superintendent J Frank Wright building committee chair and Rev W T Stephenson pastor All members invited to bring a spade and participate in the ceremony Work on the new sanctuary to begin this week Staff Photos
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G. Henry Mood
Paris
J. Frank Wright
W. T. Stephenson
Stormy Sunday Brings Lightning Fires and Rain Across County
Storms swept Fan County on Sunday with heavy rain in Honey Grove and Bonham. Lightning destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Allen northwest of Honey Grove, with the house and contents insured. A city pump station roof ripped, John Ingram Motor Co windows blown, and local officials noted 1.81 inches of rainfall in Honey Grove. Reports also describe earlier near 75 year old lightning fatality site and varied regional rainfall totals as northern Texas faced unsettled weather.
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Richard Allen
Honey Stove
B. C. Fewell
J3onham
Allen
L. W. Blair
John Ingram Motor Co
U. S. 82
Ingram
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Bonham
Ector
Texas
Khru shchev tours Austrian plants aided by dollars
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev began a visit to Austria focusing on aid from the Marshall Plan. He toured the Karpun power plant in Salzburg, noting 45 percent of construction costs were covered by aid and the dam yields 815 million kilowatt hours annually. He warned against German militarism and threatened to sign a separate East German peace treaty if the West rejects an all German peace. He was booed in Salzburg but received cheers from others.
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Salzburg
Austria
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
U.S
Khrushchev
Karpun
Europe
Tennessee Valley Authority
Voest
Linz
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
Riendship
Reports of Abuse of Tourists at Reynosa Stir Mexico City
President Lopez Mateos received reports of police abuse toward U S and Mexican tourists in Reynosa opposite McAllen Texas after local authorities failed to intervene. The Texas Valley Chamber and McAllen chamber say tourists face unwarranted traffic arrests and high fines, with official protests ignored by Reynosa Mayor Contreras.
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Mexico City
API
Reynosa
McAllen
Tex
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
National Chamber of Commerce
Juan Trevino Ortiz
U.S
Trevino Ortiz
Texas Valley Chamber of Commerce
Yale to Build Solar Telescope Camera in Southern Hemisphere
Yale University will build a telescope camera in the southern hemisphere to measure star motions in the Milky Way. The project aims to map stellar movements and contribute to galactic understanding under UPI reporting.
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New York
UPI
Yale University
Souuthers Hemisphere
Earth
Cuban Envoy to Washington Seeks Asylum in Argentine Embassy
Jose Miro Cardona 58 Cuban ambassador designate to Washington resigns and takes refuge in the Argentine embassy in Havana citing ideological divergences with the government. He also resigns as professor at Havana University and joins ex ambassador Sergio Rojas who sought asylum days earlier.
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Washington
Embassy
Havana
Cuba
UPI
Jose Miro Cardona
Sergio Rojas
London
Miro Cardona
Havana University
Federation of University Students
Fidel Castro
Bar Association of Cuba
Civic Resistance Movement
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Miami
Ten Die as Riot Clashes Rock Coquilhatville
In Coquilhatville the Congo saw ten demonstrators killed by police during a street riot with bows and arrows. Thirteen natives wounded and three soldiers plus one police commissioner injured as curfew spreads under Prime Minister Lumumba to quell inter tribal violence.
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Leopoldville
Congo
UPI
Coquilhatville
Patrice Lumumba
New Republic
Belgium
Coquihatville
Equatorial
LA Traffic Toll Reaches All Time High Over Holiday Weekend
The United Press International tally shows at least 427 killed in traffic accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, with 155 drownings and 118 other accident deaths raising the total to 700. California led with 32 highway deaths. safety officials call for urgent action to curb holiday bloodshed on highways.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
United Press’ International
California
Ohio
New York
Texas
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Georgia
Michigan
Alaska
Delaware
New Hampshire
the Safety Council
Safety Council
Spring Green
Wis
Richard Meister
Johnson formally enters race for Democratic presidential nomination
Senate leader Lyndon Johnson announced he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination at the Los Angeles convention. He said his name will be placed in nomination and that he is a Democratic candidate for the presidency. Johnson warned the next president must be a working leader able to stand against communism and potential Soviet threats in Berlin Cuba and overseas bases.
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Washington
United States
Johnson
Congress
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Nikita Khrushchev
Free World
Khrushchev
Texan
Paris
Cuba
Berlin
U.S
Jemas
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Truman
Senate
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Quiet Holiday Weekend With One County Accident
The July 4 weekend saw one county accident on FM 68 between Gober and Ladonia with a total loss after three rollovers. Four people arrested for intoxication. Police reported two fireworks calls and praised careful driving across city and county roads. Honey Grove officers escorted a tourist family boy to Bonham for treatment.
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Hoyt Ivey
R. Lee Slayter
Gober
Ladonia
Ivey
Honey Grove
Odell Hyepock
Bonham
O. R. McKissack
McKissack
US should focus narcotics efforts inside states says Mexican official
Mexico’s National Revolutionary Federation official Fernando Farias Cisneros urged U S law enforcement to concentrate drug elimination within the United States and stop blaming Mexico He described Mexico as a springboard for narcotics traffic and said the main buyers are in the U S while Mexican addicts are scarce
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Mexico City
UPJ
U. S
Mexico
National Revolutionary Federation
Fernando Farias Cisneros
Farias Cisneros
U.S
Officers Face Galveston Trial for False Arrest
Police Commissioner Walter B. Rourke Jr. Sgt James C Brooke and Officer John Temple were indicted by the Galveston county grand jury for false arrest and jailing of Robert C. Berg Jr. Trial set in county court this week.
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Galveston
UPI
Walter B. Rourke Jr
Rourke
James C Brooke
John Temple
Galveston County Grand Jury
Robert C. Berg Jr
Thailand King seeks friendship with United States
King Rama IX of Thailand told a New York press conference he seeks stronger ties with the United States to counter Communist subversion. He warned of political and economic subversion and said Thailand monitors Communist influence, including propaganda aimed at children, while pledging readiness to defend the nation and foster ongoing friendship with the U.S.
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New York
UPI
Rama IX
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Waldorf-Astoria
Sirikit
Simonne Blanbei Marries After Urgent Appendectomy
In Nantes France Simone Blanbei faced a wedding crisis when acute appendicitis struck just before her ceremony. She agreed to wed Joseph Bougre then was taken by ambulance to a clinic for a successful operation.
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Nantes
France
UPI
Simone Blanbei
Joseph Bougre
Kennedy Answers HST Declines to Step Out of Race
UPI reports from New York that Senator John F Kennedy refused to quit the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He defended youth and vigor for the White House and argued for an open convention, noting his 18 years in public service and four as a naval officer.
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New York
UPI
John F Kennedy
Nation
Truman
White House
Massachusetts
Kennedy
United States
Congress
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