Horned toad business hinted as eggs found
Local tales mention Jimmy Collins possibly entering the horned toad trade after finding more than two dozen eggs from a female specimen. Fire smoke rises from trash fires near West Sam Rayburn Drive and Willow Street as Peeler Estate clears a house for new development. A box supper at Selfs funds a new community center rebuilt after last fall's fire, and a county victory party is planned to celebrate one year of progress with Fannin County communities.
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Jimmy Collins
Jimmy
Sam Rayburn Drive
5Th Street
Willow Street
Peeler
Selfs
Fannin County
County Agent Encounters Rain and Sign Mystery
County Agent Wayne Cranfill visited his folks in Indiana Oklahoma where it rained the entire visit. He noted a roadside sign reading Bump-30 Mites on Highway 155 near Cache, interpreting it as a literal message about the weather and the local area.
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Wayne Cranfill
Indiahoma
Okla
Highway 155
Cache
Expert predicts another rise in sugar prices this year
Rep. Charles A. Vanik warns the United States may face higher sugar costs before year end as a House subcommittee probes the sharp price surge. He blames underproduction and US policy while urging cheaper purchases abroad to meet demand.
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Washington
UPI
Charles S. Murphy
Ohio Democrat
United States
Vanik
Kennedy to Meet Macmillan in Britain June 29 30
President Kennedy announces plans to confer with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Britain on June 29 and 30 aboard the USS Kitty Hawk after Navy demonstrations at China Lake. The trip also includes visits to West Germany Ireland Italy and a return to Washington by July 3.
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U.S.S
Konrad Adenauer
Ireland
Kennedy
Great Britain
Macmillan
Kemnedy
Italy
Antonio Segni
Washington
White House
John XXIII
Rome
Segni
Milan
Mojave Desert
California
Link Plans Unfinished on Washington Kremlin Teletype Link
Soviet disarmament negotiator Semyon Tsarapkin said the proposed teletype link between Washington and the Kremlin is not finished. Reports say a draft agreement had been completed by U.S. and Soviet experts and approved by Kennedy, with final Soviet approval pending Khrushchev.
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Geneva
UPI
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Jis
Washington
Kremlin
U. S
Moscow
Kennedy
Tsarapkin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Elmer Ashby Named Texas Public School Bus Driver of the Year
Elmer J. Ashby of the Carlisle Independent School District in Rusk County was named Texas Public School Bus Driver of the Year after a statewide Texas Education Agency survey. The Texas Motor Transportation Association presented a $100 cash award and certificate at TMTA convention lunch.
Wallace defies injunction over University of Alabama entry
Gov. George Wallace risks confrontation with federal authority as he plans to block Negro students from entering the University of Alabama and Huntsville extension campus. Federal officials warn of possible troops if Wallace enforces the plan, while a judge orders injunctions and possible contempt penalties.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
UPI
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Washington
Wallace
Huntsville Extension
Montgomery
Seybourne Lynne
Alabama
Fannin County Named Pilot in Rural Civil Defense Program
Fannin County is among six Texas counties chosen as a pilot in the Rural Civil Defense program. County Agent Wayne Cranfill received the notice. TEA and Texas A&M Extension Service will hold a June 18 conference in Bonham with Cranfill and Mrs. Mable London, featuring TEA experts Mrs. Bobye Riney Tommy Hollmig and George Blassingame.
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Fannin
Fannin County
Texas
Wayne Cranfill
Ted Martin
Cransed
Civil Defense Educational Division
Texas Education Agency
Texas A&m Kixtension Service
Martin
Tom Joyce Cunningham
Bonham
Cranfill
Mable London
Civil Defense
Extension Service
Bobye Riney
Tommy Hollmig
George Blassingame
Cranfil
News censorship urged during cold war crisis
Washington officials will judge what information is released in a cold war crisis. Ed ward A. McDermott, director of the Office of Emergency Planning, spoke in a closed session about a voluntary code for newsmen and government to guide coverage during tense times. He warned that without controls on information, freedom of the press and national security could be at risk.
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Washington
UPI
Edward A. McDermott
McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Government Information Subcommittee
United States
Twe
Air Force Denies Asking General Dynamics for Plans
The Air Force denies requesting cost estimates from General Dynamics for 200 supersonic B58 bombers. A congressional source cited a possible SAC inquiry into 200 more planes with speed and range upgrades, but no decision or public shift in policy is reported.
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Strategic Air Command
General Dynamics Corp
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
Nec
Labour Demands Full Inquiry Into Profumo Resignation
Britain’s Labour Party pressed for a parliament debate on June 17 demanding a full security inquiry into War Minister John Profumo’s resignation amid a sex scandal linked to Christine Keeler and her ties to Soviet official circles. Prime Minister Macmillan ordered Secret Service review while Queen Elizabeth granted Profumo no ceremonial appearance. Aloysius Gordon jailed three years for assaulting Keeler.
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London
API
Britain
Labor Party
Today
John Profumo
Profumo
Harold Wilson
Harold Macmillan
Wilson
Christine Keeler
Miss Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
Ivanov
Moscow
Secret Service
West Indies
Macmillan
Scotland
Moss Keeler
Aloysus
Lucky) Gordon
Miss Keel
Federal troops eyed to enroll Alabama Negroes next week
A high government official said the federal government may use troops to enforce integration at the University of Alabama if Gov. George Wallace blocks the entry. Officials emphasized no marshal confrontation and noted decisions hinge on Wallace. Simultaneously, civil rights legislation was in final drafting for a likely House intro next week expanding Justice Department powers to act on rights matters.
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Washington
UPI
University of Alabama
George Wallace
U.S
Alabama
Wallace
Clemson
Clemson College
South Carolina
Congress
Justice Department
Screwworm outbreak warns Texas stockmen in Grayson Fannin
County agent Wayne Cranfill urged ranchers and farmers to watch cattle herds for screwworms after a confirmed case in Grayson County. Crews and veterinarians rushed to the area from Tyler to control the outbreak as experts advised sampling infested worms for study. The eradication program with state and federal cooperation continues to target the parasite amid warnings of possible sterile fly releases.
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Fannin County
Grayson County
Tyler
Wayne Cranfill
Cranfill
Texas
Cloudy Warm Weather Forecast For Bonham Area
Weather outlook shows cloudy and warm conditions in Bonham with a forecast of temperatures around the mid to upper 80s and no rain mentioned. The 5 day outlook indicates temperatures about two to four degrees above normal with scattered thunderstorms possible early in the week.
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Bonham
Racial Violence Shocks Lexington as Man Dies
A white man was shot to death and a news photographer wounded during racial unrest at a Lexington street intersection. State troopers aided police as about 2,000 whites clashed with Negroes, with rocks hurled and cars damaged. One shot killed Fred Link, 24, another struck photographer Art Richardson. A man identified as William Tate was detained. Local and state troopers from Greensboro also moved in to quell the violence and restore order.
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Lexington
Secon
Fred Link
Art Richardson
William Tate
Pounce
North Carolina
Greensboro
Greensburg
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
Justice Department
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Gnield
Miss
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi
County Board Considers Student Transfers Monday
The county school board will meet at 2 pm Monday in the county courthouse office to hear transfer applications. County Superintendent M L Brent says the hearing is open to all parents seeking to move students from their home district to a neighboring one. Some districts plan to oppose all transfers.
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M. L. Brent
Supt Brent
Supt. Brent
Gallagher Proposes Expanded College Tuition Loans
Rep Cornelius Gallagher of New Jersey proposed an amendment to the National Defense Education Act to extend college tutoring loans to a broader pool of students. The plan would increase funds to cover more average talent students seeking low interest loans for college costs.
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Washington
UPI
Cornelius K Gallagher
D-N 4
Gallagher
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