Narcotics and Farm Problems Dominate Campaign
U S Sen Price Daniel urged the toughest narcotics law and pitched a state led farm aid plan while rival Ralph Yarborough blamed Benson and Democrats for low farm prices. Daniel campaigned in West Texas with stops in Wichita Falls Fort Worth and Amarillo. Senterfitt planned west Texas swing with a San Saba speech and a collared kids tour.
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United Press
Texas
U. S
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Plainview
Yarborough
Orton
San Saba
Reuben Senterfitt
West Texas
Senterfitt
Austin
Abilene
Senate
Lawton Tadlock kills copperhead on county road
In Bonham State Park area Lawton Tadlock stops his car and uses mud chains to beat a copperhead to death to prevent bites this summer. The report also discusses chiggers fireflies and personal insect precautions for outdoor season.
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Lawton
Lila
Bonham State Park
NTSC Dormitories Opened to Negroes
North Texas State College began full dormitory access for Negro graduate students this week, following three years of partial integration. Two Negro women, Gwen dolyn McDonald Jackson and Rose Lee Thomas, moved into Terre Hall as roommates, with officials reporting no incidents. About 50 to 70 Negroes registered for summer school, mostly undergraduates, plus around six graduates.
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Denton
Tex
North Texas State College
Gwendolyn McDonald Jackson
Wichita Falls
Rose Lee Thomas
Dallas
Terre Hall
Soviet Premier challenges U.S. to cut army to 1.2 million
Soviet Premier Bulganin sends a two page letter and a 16 page document to Secretary Dulles challenging the United States to match a 1.2 million man Soviet armed force. Officials say the note discusses disarmament and a reduced manpower scale, while the U.S. plans to maintain 2.85 million troops.
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Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
U. S
Georgi Zaroubin
Bulganin
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Soviet Bloc
Free World
U.S
Dulles
Charles E. Wilson
Harold E Stassen
Stassen
London
Britain
France
First bale of 1956 cotton seen in Harlingen valley race
Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers push crews into fields to produce the nation’s first 1956 bale. Expected to be worth at least 2500 dollars to the grower, with Harlingen Chamber prize of 1500 and a guaranteed minimum 1000 when sold on a downtown street corner. Ray Barnick of Mission and E. E. Bingham among early pickers. Hidalgo County gin manager Leonard Littleton预测 the bale weighed in today. Dispatch notes the bale is raced to the Harlingen police station for timing after ginning, part of a long-standing annual race due to earlier planting in the region.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Ray Barnick
Mission
E. E. Bingham
Hidalgo County
Leonard Littleton
United States
May 15 Accident Totals in Fannin County Report
Texas DPS records 15 accidents in Fannin County on May 15, causing four injuries and $6,397 in damage. Speeding leads five crashes. wrong side driving and defective equipment cause two each. Through May, 1955 shown lower figures with 595 district accidents and 42 deaths versus 591 and 62 last year.
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Fannin County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Weather forecast for North Central Texas
Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with widely scattered afternoon and nighttime thunder showers in the west and north portions.
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Texas
Second Wednesday Set As Time For Directors Meet
The Bonham Chamber of Commerce board set the second Wednesday of each month as the date for its regular meetings. This time setting was the only definite action taken in this morning's board session.
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Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Admins abandon bid to restore aid cut in foreign bill
Administration leaders dropped efforts to recover $1 billion cut from Eisenhower's foreign military aid in the House. They pivot to urging the Senate for more defense funding beyond the House approved $2 billion. The debate included proposals to cut aid to Tito, India, and Egypt and possible restructuring of aid oversight. The House already cut $100 million from economic aid.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Edna F. Kelly
D.-N.y
U. S
Marshal Tito
India
Egypt
Kelly
James P. Richards
D-Sc
John Foster Dulles
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Optimistic Crop Prospects Nearing Full Harvest in Fannin County
Farmers in Fannin County report strong crop growth for 1956 with cotton corn and peanuts showing good yields. Oats wheat and barley harvests outpace early expectations while hay yields surpass forecasts. Insects remain a concern in cotton but early infestation checks are under way as grain moves toward harvest.
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Fannin County
Eisenhower Nominates Hershey as Lieutenant General
President Eisenhower names Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, to the permanent rank of lieutenant general. The promotion reflects Hershey’s ongoing leadership in the military draft system.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Eisenhower Admitted To Walter Reed After Ileitis Diagnosis
President Eisenhower, stricken with ileitis, is hospitalized at Walter Reed as a precaution. White House officials stress no heart trouble and no cause for alarm. Doctors, including Col. Francis Pruitt and Dr. Snyder, monitor his intestinal inflammation and plan further evaluations.
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White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
James C. Hagerty
Howard McC. Snyder
W Eisenhower
Hagerty
Snyder
Walter Reed
Francis Pruitt
John
Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
White House News Photographers Association
Executive Mansion
JKE
Fannin County Father of the Year contest adds gifts
The Daily Favorite and local merchants extend the Father of the Year contest with new prizes from Dobson's and Tommy's Men's Store. Letters must be under 100 words and due by next Monday noon. A panel will judge for content neatness originality and sincerity. winner will be published Father's Day morning June 17.
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Fannin County
Dobson's Department Store
Tommy's Men's
Dobson's
Tommy's
J. B. White Company
Leeth's
Hunt's Department Store
Annin County
Stevenson voices concern over Eisenhower illness
Democratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson says he shares concern over President Eisenhower's illness. In Galveston authorities file narcotics charges after raiding a businessman's apartment. In Sandwich Britain and America compete in Curtis Cup golf with two wins for the American side. In Odessa Texas two jail escapees are recaptured at relatives' homes.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Sandwich
England
America
Britain
Odessa
Tex
Ector County
Warmest Day of Summer Reaches 94 in Bonham
Bonham recorded its highest temperature of the season on Thursday with a 94 degree high. The forecast calls for continued hot weather and a chance of widely scattered thundershowers through Saturday according to the Weather Bureau.
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Bonham
Weather Bureau
Bonham Boys Drift Down River Today
Three Bonham youths Kenny Turner Jimmy Wiggins and Dorman Smith floated a raft down Red River starting Wednesday from Lowell's Bluff bridge. They were spotted Thursday afternoon by Fred Boling who was flying over them. he said they appeared safe as they fished and drifted toward Texarkana, planning a weeklong journey.
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Bonhams
Tom Sawyers
Huckelberry
Texarkana
Air Force Leads Push for Unified Military Force
Washington reports the Air Force has launched a campaign for closer unification and a possible merger of Army Navy Marines and Air Force. Gen Nathan Forwarding or PwYung? outlines a single defense structure while lawmakers including Sen Symington Ellender Jackson and others call for a unified force with common staff and a single uniform.
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Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Nathan ForPwining
National War College
Pwyung
Thomas K. Finletter
elIngie
Amerika
Allen Jo Ellender
Henry M Jackson
Stuart Symington
Aw Kure Oretetar
Truman
Meane Mu
Guardsmen Commended for 100 Percent Drill Attendance
Fourteen members of Company A, 147th Armored Infantry Battalion, 49th Armored Division Texas National Guard, are commended for perfect drill attendance. Maj. Gen. Berry and Maj. Gen. Johnson, Col. Gibbs, and Lt. Col. Glascoe signed the letters praising the unit’s dedication, with named officers and enlisted personnel listed.
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Co. A
147Th Armored Infantry Battalion
49Th Armored Division
Texas National Guard
Bonham
Kenneth Hall
L. KK. Berry
Texas
Albert S. Johnson
498Th
Joseph W. Gibbs
CCB
49Th Division
Guy D. Glasscoe
Lloyd W. Dodson
Robert R. Joyner
James H. Houeckabee
John K. Lindsey
James F. Towery
Carl W Shaffer
Charles H. Bellows
Ted Hall
Bobby L. Masters
Bradford I. May
Joe F. Moats
Wylie W. Morris
James R. Clark
Jimmie E. Norrig
Berry
Fourth Army
Johnson
Gen. Berry
Col. Gibbs
Adjutant General of Texas
Col. Glascoe
School Employees Re-Elected by Fannin County Board
The county board of trustees re elected office staff including Mrs Borris Hodge Mrs Lois Spencer and special teachers Mrs Ketty Erbanks and Mrs Norman Jean Robinson nurses Mrs Jann Eller librarians W C Nash and Kate Estes supervisors Clint Little and Alton Swain visiting teachers and Olin Lauper. Gaylen Moore was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the Ector rural high school district board. Applications to transfer students between districts received careful consideration with most granted and some denied.
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Fannin County
Jim Moulton
Borris Hodge
Lois Spencer
Ketty Erbanks
Norman Jean Robinson
Jann Eller
W. C. Nash
Kate Estes
Clint Little
Alton Swain
Colombia Receives World Bank Rail and Road Loans
The World Bank will provide Colombia with two loans totaling 32 million dollars for railway and highway construction, announced by Finance Minister Carlos Villaveces on Wednesday in Bogota.
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Bogota
Colombia
World Bank
Carlos Villaveces
Frigid Friday Scenes From Boakuu City
On the Square reports a cold Canada day with Paul Campbell. Roland Burns hurries about while Ruth Bone blames herself for a muffed opportunity. Nancy Modges and Thebua Van Zandt discuss during a coffee break. Kenneth Renfro passes out favors. Clarence Leadon drives in from Gober, Friday in Boakuu.
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Paul Campbell
Canada
Roland Burns
Ruth Bone
Herelf
Nancy Modges
Thebua van Zandt
Kenneth Renfro
Clarence Leadon
Gober
Boakuu
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