Heavily Jimmied Lock Box Found Near Trenton
A burglar alarm box was found abandoned in the roadside park on U S 69 near Trenton. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey received the box from J D Kittrell and E S Mitchell after their boys found it. A circular bearing an Alve Okla address was the only ownership clue. valuables were stolen.
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Sheriff's Office
U. S. 69
Trenton
Hoyt Ivey
J. D. Kittrell
Randolph
E. S. Mitchell
Bonham
Ivey
Bonham Welcomed Visitors From Long Island
Mrs. W. J. Stanton and her daughter Annola of Garden City New York former Bonham residents visited Bonham this week. They flew to Dallas and rented a car for the drive to Bonham. Annola recalled the fast plane trip and joked about jackrabbits racing the plane down the runway confirming her Texan ties despite years living in Yankeeland.
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W. J. Stanton
Annola
Garden City
Long Island
N. Y
Bonham
Dallas
Texas
Miss Stanton
Weblo Fete Dancers to Highlight Thursday Night Weblo
The Yukatali group of authentic Indian dancers from Greenville will perform Thursday night in Bonham during the Weblo ceremony as Cub Scouts advance to Boy Scouts. Dancers are sponsored by Mr and Mrs Robert Lockhart with participation from Pack 52 Cub Scouts from Bonham and Honey Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Bonham State Park
Robert Lockhart
Bors d Arc
Boy Scouts
Greenie
North Texas
Lockhart
Harold Winnett
Pack 52
Bonham
Honey Grove
Winnett
Bob Sweat
White Eagle
Okla
Windy bus ride in West Texas tale from Amarillo trip
Mrs Vic Morrow recalls a bus incident en route from Amarillo through West Texas. Three elderly ladies wearing hearing aids struggled to hear as the bus sped along. They joked about the wind and the day and planned a Coke stop when they reached Estelline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Morrow
Amarillo
West Texas
Amateur Radio Week Declared As Galveston Hosts ARRL Meet
Gov Price Daniel proclaims June 30 to July 6 Amateur Radio Week in Texas to honor 2 000 ham operators converging on Galveston for the ARRL convention June 19 to 21. He lauds their civil defense roles and cites Texas City disaster Hurricane Audrey and Rio Grande floods as examples of their service.
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Galveston
UPI
Price Daniel
National American Radio Relay League
Daniel
Aumin
Grady A Payne
Bellaire
Tex
ARRL
Texas
Texas City
Audrey
Rio Grande
Committees Named For Year at Whitewright Chamber
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce announces its 1959 60 committees led by Leon White president. Membership committee includes John Biggerstaff Clyde Little Walter Bunch Burgher R Vestal and Mrs Paul Cook. Finance committee chaired by Sears Anderson with Carl Edwards Charles Ayres and Sonny Gosnell. Agriculture committee led by Tom Sears with DO V Barker Charles Skaggs and Dick Walker. Highways committee headed by W E Badgett with Roy Blanton J P Darwin and N E Skaggs. Health committee chaired by Dr Paul E Geers with Martha Bigger staff Roby Childress Glenn Doss and Russell Summers. Holiday committee led by Joe Meador with Martha Nossaman C C Henning and Wilson Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Leon White
John Biggerstaff
Clyde Little
Walter Bunch
Burgher R. Vestal
Paul Cook
Sears Anderson
Carl Edwards
Charles Ayres
Sonny Gosnell
Tom Sears
DO. V. Barker
Charles Skaggs
Dick Walker
W. E. Badgett
Roy Blanton
J. P. Darwin
N. E. Skaggs
Paul E Geers
Martha Bigger
Roby Childress
Glenn Doss
Russell Summers
Joe Meador
Martha Nossaman
C C. Henning
Wilson Kaiser
Speeding and disturbance plea ends with $246 fine
Ariadne Thompson, a Black resident of Hale Center, pled guilty in Honey Grove Justice Court to speeding and disturbing the peace. He paid $246 in fines and costs, then fled on foot after a wreck south of Windom. Later he was shot in the leg at Lem Carter's home, where Carter claimed he fired through the door after no answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of Peace
B. N. Parrish
Honey Grove
Ariadne Thompson
Negro
Hale Center
Thompson
Lem Carter
Windom
Dodd City
Bonham Hospital
Carter
Hoyt Ivey
Long Talks With Other Patients at John Sealy Hospital
GALVESTON Tex A spokesman for John Sealy Hospital says Louisiana Gov Earl K Long visits and chats with other psychiatric patients where he is confined for treatment of mental illness He is allowed daily access to a recreation room on the floor where he stays His condition remains unchanged since arrival May 30 A sanity hearing is set for June 16 with three lawyers appointed by Probate Judge Hugh Gibson.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
John Sealy Hospital
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Daniel Bobbit
John Sealy
Long
Hugh Gibson
Governors to Russia Summer Visit
Nine U S governors will visit Russia this summer led by officials from New Jersey Florida Utah North Dakota Colorado Illinois West Virginia North Carolina and Idaho. The trip is organized by the Institute of International Education to foster international understanding.
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Russia
New York
UPI
Institute of International Education
New Jersey
Florida
Utah
North Dakota
Colorado
Illinois
West Virginia
North Carolina
Idaho
McElroy Moves to End Missile Dispute with New Plan
Defense Secretary Neil H McElroy returns from Geneva ready to present a master plan to Congress. It will define each service role in national air defense and endorses Nike Hercules and Bomarc missiles while flagging lingering Joint Chiefs disagreements.
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Washington
UPI
Neil H McElroy
Geneva
Army Air Force
Pentagon
Congress
McElroy
Army
Air
Christian A. Herter
Germany
McFalroy
Eisenhower
Air Force
Atlas Blast May Hold Up Long Range Missile Program
The Air Force said an Atlas ICBM explosion at Cape Canaveral could affect the nation's long range missile program. Immediate schedules for mounting 5,000 mile missiles at bases nationwide were not affected. A shift to Titan would delay the first bases by a year, and the first missiles could be ready to fire within a few months.
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Washington
API
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Atlas Missile Explosion Details Face Vague Report
A fragmentary note reports an Atlas missile explosion with unclear context and limited readable details. No locations or official statements are confirmed in the surviving text.
Crisis Brews as Atlas ICBM Fails Again
At Cape Canaveral a combat type Atlas ICBM exploded 90 seconds after launch during a 5000 mile range test, the third consecutive failure in five attempts. The mission aimed for initial operational capability by summer and deployment at bases by July. The blast was out of observers' sight over the ocean. cause unnamed. The Lebanon-Jordan Syria border clash closed traffic amid mounting Middle East tension with Syria denying charges and Jordan accusing Syrian incursions.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
Russia
Cape
Here
Air Force
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Hussein
Amman
Damascus
United Nations
Middle East
Ascension Island
South Atlantic
Ths
Average Car Travel in 1957 Reaches 9391 Miles Nationwide
The average American car logged 9391 miles in 1957 at 14.40 mpg with half in cities. Total travel hit 647 billion miles, per George S. Thompson of the Dallas Commerce Department. He projected about 700 billion by 1959 and offered a visual convoy comparison.
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Dallas
API
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
George S. Thompson
Thompson
Portland
Maine
Ore
Farmers Happy With 1959 Wheat Crop Yields
Farmers report above average yields for the 1959 Fanam county wheat harvest aided by scattered showers. C Q Cauthon expects 25 to 30 bushels per acre with profits from the crop aiding winter pasture for his cattle.
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O C Cauthon
Cauthon
Wendell Home
Fanam County
C. Cauthon
Geneva talks stall as Khrushchev warns of Berlin, rocket bases
At Geneva, Khrushchev and Gromyko dominated by threats of a new Berlin blockade and rocket bases in Albania and Bulgaria. Western ministers pressed for free access to West Berlin while hints of a separate Greek-Italian arms move loomed. Brandt may be invited for talks as observers fear a renewed confrontation.
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Geneva
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Berlin
Russia
West Berlin
Gromyko
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Herter
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Gerhart Foster
West Germany
Fisler
Moscow
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Bonham Library Board Guided by Community Women Leaders
Bonham Public Library lists its current Board of Directors including Mrs H Dean Smith Mrs R D Franks Mrs W P Kantz Mrs M W Miller Miss Virginia Bard Mrs Adel Brown Mrs L E Morgan Miss Katherine Finley Mrs Harry Swann Mrs Gene Dunner Miss Myrtle Hancock Mrs Joe Lyle Miss Mary Alice Pritchett Mrs Raymond Whaley Miss Ruby Kinkead and Miss Betsy Saunders Four honorary members honored for 25 years service are Mrs Sam Hancock Mrs Richard Morgan Mrs Henry Youree and Miss Allie Lipscomb The group represents community support for a city library with ongoing fundraising and cataloging efforts and notes progress in city funding and improvements.
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Evelyn B. Morgan
Bonham Public Library
H. Dean Smith
R. D. Franks
WP. Kantz
M W. Miller
Virginia Bard
Adel Brown
L. E. Morgan
Katherine Finley
Harry Swann
Gene Dunner
Myrtle Hancock
Joe Lyle
Mary Alice Pritchett
Raymond Whaley
Ruby Kinkead
Betsy Saunders
Sam Hancock
Richard Morgan
Henry Youree
Allie Lipscomb
Bonham
Bonham Weather to Show Little Change Through Sunday
Bonham area forecasts expect warm conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms through Sunday. Temperatures range from a low near to a high of 88.
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Bonham
North Central Texas Sees Warm, Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. No significant temperature changes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Preman Warned of Warred Fire Hesar Fireman's Ball
Montgomery dispatch reports an annual dance proceeding with couples dancing as an official announcement sets the tone. The Fireman's Ball continues amid crowd energy and ceremonial remarks.
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Preman
Hesar
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
World refugee crisis prayer crusade announced
Catholics Protestants Jews Moslems and Buddhists join a weekend prayer crusade from June 26 to 28 to seek a solution for the world 45 million refugees.
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Prayer Crusade
Geneva
UPI
High School Honors Roll Lists for Six Weeks
One hundred students are named on the A and B honor rolls for the last six weeks of the 1958 59 term at the high school. Principal M B Nelson notes 103 on the semester lists with six seniors on the A roll and six seniors on the A roll overall. Names include Glynn Crelia Virginia Dodson Robert Francis Loralei Glenn Robert Gross Richard Richardean and others among juniors sophomores and freshmen.
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Nelson
Ua’ Am
Dom Caerpbell
Gionael Cacha
Virgiia Uodoun
Robes
Ert Francis
Loralei Glenn
Robert Gross
Richard Richardean
Ly Brown
Pat Downing
Dean Po Jean Pope
Sally Swann
Carolyn Teague
Mickey Wade
Dennis Barr
Charlotte Coonred
Janet Johnson
Randy Stegan
Sandra Castle
Barry @ay
Roy Brassingame
Shirley Brooks
Linda Bryant
Gary Childress
Richard Haggard
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Yankeeland
Weblo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Blunt
Atlas Missile
Mideast
Cairo
Mena
Mr. K Rattles Rockets
Christin A Herter
West Berin
Ally
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