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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1962
Page
1
Bonham volunteer fire department members join other groups sponsoring a domino tournament set for June 15 at the fire station. Teams draw partners at 7 30 p.m. and play begins 8 p.m. Pratt notes champions will be declared after final match, though he does not specify procedures if a fire alarm interrupts play.
Scattered storms may disturb Bonham sleep tonight though forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm days through Thursday. A pre-dawn storm dropped .15 inch of rain with strong wind snapping limbs and bending TV antennas. Higher rainfall, about half an inch or more, occurred along the river and west of Bonham. The five day outlook predicts temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with additional scattered thundershowers.
Clarence Schroeder Republican Duval County chairman faced a contempt citation after failing to bring election materials before a grand jury. The dispute drew in county attorney O P Carrillo and GOP figures including Walter Purcell and Jim Leonard, who urged FBI involvement over alleged civil liberties violations. Schroeder said he was briefly detained and that ballot boxes were opened and copied as the investigation proceeded.
President Kennedy told West Point graduates that their role includes deterring wars as well as fighting and winning them. He warned that basic world problems lack military solutions and called for a broader use of the military in diplomacy and economic efforts. He described wars of liberation as a new form of warfare aimed at destabilizing poorer nations and undermining progress.
A memorial at the American Cathedral in Paris honors 130 killed in a jet airliner crash near Paris. Episcopal Dean Sturgis L. Riddick praises the victims as martyrs to aviation progress and urges continued safety pursuits and belt use aboard flights.
Soviet sources report a joint weather satellite project between the United States and the Soviet Union as part of space coopera tion talks sparked by letters between Kennedy and Khrushchev. The partners reportedly also aim to measure Earth's magnetic field and discuss a communications satellite. Dryden declined to confirm the report, calling it an indiscretion.
The Hidalgo County Democratic Executive Committee voted unanimously to ask a grand jury to probe alleged absentee ballot irregularities in last Saturday's runoff election. The probe is expected to start in Edinburg later this month with Gary Gurwitz challenging about 40 absentee votes, many tied to affidavits signed by Dr. R. R. Casso and notary Leo J. Leo, both linked to Yarborough campaign activity.
Actor Charles Laughton remained hospitalized in New York today after aggravating an old back injury. Reports say he was treated at a New York hospital and listed in guarded condition as doctors evaluate his condition.
In Leonard, Bob Jones a 70 year old retired farmer was found shot to death with a bolt action 22 calibre rifle nearby. An inquest led by Justice of Peace Thomas Reece returned a verdict of death from gunshot wounds in a case noted by Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and Deputy Harvey Trapp.
An East German policeman defected to West Berlin at dawn after fellow guards shot a refugee attempting to cross the frontier. West Berlin police confirmed the officer appeared in full uniform with his weapon. Earlier, two guards shot an unidentified man who tried to swim the Spree River to the West.
Members of the Anderson Roberts American Legion will hold their monthly meeting Thursday night at 7 30 in the district courtroom. Commander H G Dulaney urges Legionnaires to attend and help plan the program for the months ahead.
Rotary club heard Rotarian Tom Allison present Rainbow Valley a color film about a national forest ranger. The film showed ranger duties in protecting natural resources parks and wildlife as part of the government program.
The Joint Conasc committee reported 13,182 more civilian employees in executive agencies in April marking the third monthly rise this year. The total federal executive employment reached 2,063,062.
On the New York Stock Exchange trading slowed with prices up at midday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 601.99 and the S P 500 reached 58.25 as auto shares and IBM boosted sentiment while overall volume remained below Tuesday’s level.
Texas Ranger Capt. Clint Peoples said the FBI recovered the hat worn by agriculture agent Henry Marshall when he was fatally shot five times last year. Experts find cooked peas and string beans in Marshall’s stomach, hours before death, prompting renewed questions on whether the case was murder or suicide. The grand jury, reconvening at 9 am, weighs the evidence amid ongoing lab tests and testimony from pathologist Jachimczyk.
Eastern bloc leaders gathered in Moscow to tackle economic and political issues facing the Communist world. Albania protested its exclusion, calling the summit unlawful, and said it would not be bound by any decisions. The meeting, attended by government heads and party chiefs, began at 4 am after arrivals in black limousines.
American and French officials commemorated the D Day landings on the 18th anniversary with a religious ceremony at the American cemetery above Omaha Beach. About 10,000 Americans are buried there and a ceremony also marked the Signal Monument near Ste. Mère Église as plans for a paratroopers museum moved forward.
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