Faubus Disclaims Knowledge of Segregationist Ad
Gov. Orval Faubus said he knew nothing about a Louisiana segregationist group ad urging him to lead a solid South at the Democratic National Convention. The piece also notes the eight Southern states listed for potential bloc strength totaling 193 votes and cites Johnson and Kennedy criticisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Arkansas Gazette
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Washington
Johnson
Kenedy
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
California
New York
South
Weekend Holiday Confusion and Lake Texoma Recreation
Turbulent timing from double holidays disrupts the week while sheriffs deputies city and state officers monitor highways. Lake Texoma draws crowds with boats and skiers as campers race for space.
Bonham Scout Honored in Order of the Arrow Camp Glover Due
Larry Moss of Bonham Troop 255 was called out in the Order of the Arrow ceremonies at Camp Glover last Friday night. He served in the mess hall during the week and is the son of Mr and Mrs Morris Moss of Bonham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Order of the Arrow
Camp Glover
Larry Moss
Larry
Morris Moss
Groundbreaking Ceremonies for New First Methodist Sanctuary
Two of the churchs oldest members, Mrs Vic Morrow and Mrs T J Humphrey, helped break ground for the new First Methodist sanctuary Sunday. Rev G Henry Mood Paris district superintendent, J Frank Wright building committee chair, and Rev W T Stephenson pastor led the official ceremony as parishioners joined in with shovels. Construction expected to start this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
New Sanctary
Vic Morrow
T. J. Humphrey
G. Henry Mood
Paris
J. Frank Wright
W T. Stephenson
Stormy Sunday brings lightning blaze to Honey Grove home
Storms swept across the county Sunday with light rain in the west and a destructive lightning strike that burned the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Allen northwest of Honey Grove. The house and contents were insured. A city pump station roof was ripped and two John Ingram Motor Co plate glass windows blown out. One resident recalls a woman struck by lightning near the Allen home 76 years ago. Rain totals varied from Bonham to the Honey Grove Ladonia area, with official 1.81 inches in Honey Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Allen
Honey Groove
B. C. Fewell
Bonham
Allen
L. W. Blair
John Ingram Motor Co
U. S. 82
Ingram
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Ector
Khrushchev Tours Austrian Plants With Western Aid
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited Austria to observe postwar reconstruction aided by U.S. dollars. He toured the Karpun hydro plant and addressed workers at Linz's Voest steel plant, criticizing Western powers and pressing for an all German peace framework amid tensions in Salzburg crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Reports of Tourist Abuse Reach Mexican President
Mexico City reports say tourists on the Reynosa border face police abuses, including unwarranted traffic arrests and high fines. Officials in the Texas Valley and McAllen chambers say they have filed formal complaints, but Reynosa Mayor Jose Cruz Contreras has ignored protests, prompting concern at the national level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
McAllen Chamber
Jose Cruz Contreras
Treyino Ortiz
Yale to Build Southern Hemisphere Telescope Camera
Yale University will construct a special telescope camera in the Southern Hemisphere to measure motions of stars within the earth’s galaxy. The project aims to map stellar movements and contribute to understanding galactic dynamics and structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Yale University
Cuban Envoy to Washington Takes Refuge in Embassy
Jose Miro Cardona Cuba’s envoy to Washington resigns and seeks asylum at the Argentine embassy in Havana. He cites irreconcilable ideological differences and quits as professor at Havana University in protest at student demands for a purge of counter revolutionaries. He was a former prime minister and anti Batista resistance leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
UPI
Jose Miro Cardona
Washington
Sergio Rojas
London
Miro Cardona
Havana University
Federation of University Students
Fidel Castro
Bar Association of Cuba
Civic Resistance
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Miami
Ten Rioters Die As Congo Riots At Coquilhatville
In Coquilhatville the Congo saw ten demonstrators killed by police during rioting. Thirteen natives were wounded and three soldiers plus an African police commissioner were injured as crowds attacked security forces. A curfew and heavy patrols followed the clashes amid the new republic’s fragile stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Congo
UPI
Coquilhatville
Patrice Lumumba
New Republic
Belgium
Equatorial
Traffic tolls soar on Fourth of July holiday
United Press International reports the three day Fourth of July weekend set an all time traffic death toll above 427 fatalities with 155 drownings and 118 other accident deaths. California led states with 32 highway deaths and officials urged urgent action to curb holiday bloodshed on roads nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Ohio
New York
Texas
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Georgia
Michigan
Alaska
Delaware
New Hampshire
The
Safety Council
Council
Spring Green
Wis
Richard Meister
Johnson formally enters Democratic presidential race at Los Angeles convention
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson announced he will seek the presidency at the Democratic convention in Los Angeles. He said his name would be placed in nomination and he is now a Democratic candidate. Johnson cited the Soviet threat and pledged a working presidency while predicting broad delegate support on the first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Johnson
Congress
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Texan
Paris
Cuba
Berlin
U.S
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Truman
Senate
Texas
Quiet Weekend With One County Highways Accident
The July 4 weekend yielded one county highway accident on FM 68 between Gober and Ladonia, involving R. Lee Slayter who was uninjured as his car overturned three times and was a total loss. Officers reported five arrests and two fireworks calls across city and county agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Ivey
R. Lee Slayter
Gober
Ladonia
Ivey
Honey Grove
Odell Hyepock
Bonham
Bonham Hospital
O. R. McKissack
McKissack
Concentrate Work In U S Officers Told by Secretary
Fernando Farias Cisneros says U S law enforcement should focus narcotics elimination within states and stop blaming Mexico as the source. He calls Mexico a springboard for traffic and notes buyers are mainly in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mexico City
UPI
U.S
Mexico
National Revolutionary Federation
Fernando Farias Cisneros
Farias Cisneros
Officers Facing Galveston Trial on False Arrest Charges
Police Commissioner Walter B. Rourke Jr. and two Galveston officers are to stand trial in county court this week on false arrest charges. Sgt. James C. Brooke and Officer John Temple were indicted last month for arresting and jailing Robert C. Berg Jr. on a case now under county scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
UPI
Walter B. Rourke Jr
Rourke
James C Brooke
John Temple
Galveston County
Grand Jury
Robert C. Berg Jr
Thailand's King Seeks Friendship With U S Citizens
At a Waldorf Astoria press conference King Rama IX of Thailand urged vigilance against Communist subversion. He cited political and economic threats and said Bangkok monitors propaganda aimed at children while stressing he seeks strengthened ties with the United States and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Rama IX
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Sirikit
Bride Rushed to Hospital Before Vows in Nantes
Stricken by acute appendicitis Simone Blanbeil was rushed by ambulance to the church then to a hospital for an operation just before her wedding to Joseph Bougre. She reportedly said yes at the ceremony before the medical emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantes
France
UPI
Simone Blanbeil
Joseph Bougre
Kennedy Answers HST Declines to Step Out of Race
Senator Kennedy rejects Truman’s call to quit the presidential race saying he will not step aside and will pursue open conventions. He cites youth health vigor and his record in World War II and Congress to defend his path to the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Nation
Truman
White House
Massachusetts
Kennedy
United States
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sherif Hoyt Ivey
Sheriff’s Department
Bd Walker
Charles Carey
Bonham and
Haney Grove
Leonard
Federa
Lake Texoma
Mrs
Fanin County
Honey Grove Red
Nikita
Mateos
Embassy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!