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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
2
Read James 5 13 16 and James 2 15 16 urging true prayer with deeds. The message notes care for the needy and warns empty words profit nothing. Include a Nebraska reference in the devotional line.
A small buzzing package opened at Modesto Airport contained toilet articles and a battery operated fingernail buffer. Reports from other cities note scattered brief items from UPI: postal supervisor Treurner named second vice president of the National Association and a London pub keeper convention adjourned for lunch amid several food poisoning cases. Berlin visitors barred from feeding monkeys at West Berlin Zoo after observed snack incursions.
Congress shifts to the Interior Department money bill while a close vote on Commerce Secretary Strauss hangs over debate. Expect talks on various subjects as backers seek full floor strength. a decision may hinge on absentees and possible extended debate. Eisenhower to seek higher debt limits and rates. The rackets inquiry probes Lake County officials and pinball operators. A hoodlum bribery record surfaces amid a broader science information exchange discussion.
Rev GB Bailey elected president of the Ladonia Lions club for 1959 60 with Moss Farmer Bob Joyner and B Fry as vice presidents Earl Smith Lion Jam er Al Bartley tailtwister James Idwards secretary treasurer Beal Smith and Bill Burns directors The new officers will be installed Tuesday night by the Bonham Lions club.
Moscow report finds Soviet negotiators firm in Geneva while Moscow citizens seek peace and personal goods. Russians are curious about Western life, with theatres crowded and seven year plan viewed as path to a better world. East Berlin and Chinese leaders appear wary, while war talk is seen as bluff by Western observers.
In Geneva the United States Britain and Russia pursue a fresh bid to ban nuclear weapon tests. U S Ambassador Wadsworth British official Ormsby Gore meet Soviet delegate Tsarapkin for the first formal session in four weeks as talks resume after a May 12 recess. The Federation of American Scientists urged the US to seek a test ban with Russia amid calls for inspections and compromises.
Meadville Pa. White House press secretary Lagerty predicts an instant global telecast within two years Could open broad communication between peoples of the world. In Fast Orange New Jersey Ciro Bravata seeks divorce from his wife of quadruplets born Saturday He claims intentions were honorable.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson calls for flexibility in U.S. foreign relations stating the nation cannot rely on a single policy or program nor rest on an unstable one-legged stool.
Mayor George Callihan confirms no state of emergency after two derailed tank cars leaking deadly chlorine gas. He says residents stayed awake but reassures safety measures are in place and the threat is managed.
A classified ad promotes a fast resolution service claiming quick results and cost efficiency. The notice emphasizes convenience and affordability for readers seeking rapid service.
Washington notes from UPI describe an unofficial study from fallout hearings showing radiation exposure over 40 years could approach natural background levels for most people while tripling doses in heavy fallout areas. A significant portion of the population, mainly in the northern hemisphere, might reach three times the ICRP's tentative safety limit. The ICRP offers nonbinding guidelines as reasonable bounds in a world with unavoidable background radiation.
North Central Texas and Rockwall County deputies joined a manhunt for three burglary suspects who escaped Rockwall County Jail during breakfast. Sheriff W J Price said Dallas police tipped the plot. the trio overpowered guard Jeff Riggs, tied him and fellow inmate John Frazier, robbed Riggs of over 100 dollars and a 45 pistol, and fled in a 1946 Ford headed toward Dallas. The suspects are identified as Freddie Warwick, 29, Jimmy Speight, 27, and Sam Mena, 24, all of Dallas.
Hodie E. Scroggins, 50, of San Benito, died Sunday when his pickup truck plunged off a levee into an irrigation canal seven miles south of San Benito. Authorities believe he drowned.
White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty tells Allegheny College graduates that an instantaneous world telecast using Earth satellites could occur within 21 months. He says a 40 percent chance before Eisenhower leaves office and that the event would unite peoples through broader global communication.
In Managua gunfire near the presidential palace was dismissed as drunken celebrants by Gen Anastasio Somoza. He said rebels have fractured into small groups as 30 National Guardsmen pursue them, with no injuries reported and ranged pursuit ongoing.
Thomas Alonzo Shearer, 62, died after being struck by a car driven by a 16 year old girl while crossing a street in northeast Dallas. Police said no charges were filed. It marked Dallas's 26th traffic fatality of the year.
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