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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1962
Page
6
Prospect describes a 3 bedroom house in a residential area with central heat insulated rooms shade trees near a vacant lot across from a theater. Mentions FHA loan terms with $450 cash closing and monthly balance payments. Also notes a two bedroom dwelling on Graham Ave with equity offer and rent-like balance as a quality home on the street.
Senate investigator John McClellan said public hearings will begin June 27 and may run for weeks with up to 100 witnesses. The inquiry will probe Billie Sol Estes dealings with the Agriculture Department and related actions, as staff investigations continue.
Livestock: cattle 1200 and calves 200 for Thursday sale. Yard trade moderately active. all classes steady with spots up to 25 on commercial cows and good slaughter calves. Slaughter steers around 875 lb high, yearlings 23.50 25.50, some 26. Feeder steers 640 lb 23.50. good 700 lb at 176 per head. Hogs 400 head. market active and generally steady. Sheep 4000 head. prices steady with lambs up to 25 higher.
Alfred Ragsdale 81 died at home 520 East 6th Street Bonham June 4 1962 after a long illness. Funeral services 2 p.m. Thursday at St Paul CME Bonham with Rev G A Jones officiating. Interment Gates Hill cemetery directed by Fannin County Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow Beulah Ragsdale and daughter Mae Ever Ragsdale both of Bonham and four sisters.
Atty Gen Will Wilson announced seven of eight wells surveyed in East Texas oil field were drilled illegally and the remaining well was junked to halt investigation. He warned the case could become a major year’s story citing substantial money involved and a 56 degree deviation in one crooked well. The Texas Railroad Commission survey was expected to finish within two weeks.
The Dow Jones averages show gains at 2 pm with the industrials up 13.85, rails up 1.75, utilities up 2.28, and the stock index up 4.25. Trading volume totals around 3.01 million for the period and 540 thousand for a later measure.
Classified listing highlights multiple Bonham area residences including NE Bonham and Northwest Bonham 5 room and 3 bedroom homes, near schools and town. Several FHA insured options with low down payments, and a 30 acre highway property with city water and gas.
Chicago owner George Halas announced defensive halfbacks Pete Manning and Dad Mullins have signed with the Cab bago Bears for 1962. Manning was the Bears’ No. 1 choice two years ago and joined as a free agent last year.
TV schedule outlines daytime and evening programs including Newsreel Weather Sports entertainment shows and classic series such as Naked City Hawaii Five-O The Jane Wyman Show Queen for a Day and Bandstand with times ranging from early morning to late night. The guide notes local news updates and weather segments along with special programs across NBC ABC and affiliated networks.
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